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A ALFRED BAKER LEWIS PRESENTS SOCIALIST PARTY PLATFORM

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TRACK CLUB WILLHOLD SMOKER FORFRESHMEN TONIGHT

All Freshmen and UpperclassTrack Men are Invited

To Be Present

TRACK OFFICIAL SPEAKS

Technology's newly organized TrackClub will hold a smoker for all trackenthusiasts in the Grill Room ofWalker Memorial this evening at 7:45o'clock. The meeting, the club's firstof the year, is primarily for the pur-pose of interesting as many freshmenas possible in track and its alliedsport, cross country.

All upperclass track or cross coun-try men, and all freshmen at all in-terested in the sport are invited toattend tonight's affair, with the prom-ise that a liberal amount of refresh-iments will be served. Richard Bell,'34, president of the Track Club, willpreside at the meeting.

Track Official Will SpeakJohn H. Clausen, one of the lead-

ing track officials in New England, isto be the principal speaker of theevening. Mr. Clausen, in addition tohaving seen most of the importanttrack events in this country for many

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Dormitory Freshmen toHold Meeting Tomorrow

The third dormitory fresh-man meeting will be held inCrafts Lounge tomorrow eve-ning according to notices postedon t h e dormitory bulletinboards. These meetings arecompulsory and the entire fresh-man representation of the dor-mitories attends.

The first meeting was heldseveral weeks ago in the Han-gar Gym, where the freshmanheard talkss on various activitiesand san- school songs. The sec-ond meeting was a dinner meet-ing held in Wtalker Memorialabout ten days ago.

The program for tomorrow'smeeting has not been an-nounced as yet. Why the sceneof the meeting wvas transferredfrom the Hangar Gym to Craftscould not be learned.

Professor Schell Makes GuessThat 50 To 60 Percent

Have Secured Jobs

Approximately 30 percent of lastyear's class was definitelg placed inwork at graduation last June, Col.Frank L. Locke, director of the Insti-tute Personnel Dept. estimates. Thehead of the Engineering Administra-tion Dept., Professor Edwin H. Schell,makes a higher estimate, placing thefigure at 50 to 60 percent. Of those ac-tually to get jobs, it is safe to say that75 percent secured work substantiallyalong the lines for w;hich they pre-pared. While this figure seems to in-dicate considerable depression in theprofessional world, it is interesting tofind that there are only- 900 graduatesof Technology registered as out ofwork. In comparison with the total ofover 22,000 registered graduates, this900 fades to less than 5 percent, arelatively small figure.

Moreover, one-half of those regis-tered as unemployedl are men whograduated prior to 1920. One of theunfortunate aspects of the depressionis that the older mien are perhaps thegreatest suff erers.

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PICK FINAL CASTlFOR "THE PIGEON"

To Meet Tomorrow for FirstTime With Managing

Staff

Athelstan. E. Spilhaus, G. has beenawarded the lead in the new Drama-shop play, Galswvorthy's "The Pi-eon,"Professor D. M. Fuller of the EnglishDepartment announced yesterday. Hewill be supported by Priscilla Bacon,'34, who wtill take the part of hisdaughter.|The final decisions of the casting

years, is the editor of the paper Tracl .teams are still in need of material,Other probable speakers of the eve- and it is expected that a number of

new men will be signed up for theteams following today's meeting.

So far as could be learned nothingdefinite has been planned by the fresh-man class concerning abductions orkidnappings of Sophomore class lead-ers. The Sophomores, however, arereported to be taking no chances andare protecting their prominent elasE-mates with body guards while on thecampus.

Last year's freshman class -madeseveral attempts at kidnapping thepresident of the Class of 1934, but ithas never been positively shown fromwhence the plans issued. It is not be-lieved likely that the section leadersare contemplating any such action,nowv, and should it occur, it p-ill prob- &

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ning will be Coach Oscar Hedlund,Coach Robert Bowvie, and Dr. SanfridK. Johnson.

The Track Club is an honorary so-ciety whose purpose is the fosteringof interest in track and good sports-ranship at the Institute, and is com-

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PRESIDENT COMPTONTO SPEAK TOMORROW

Faculty Club Will Also ListenTo Professor Shaslev

That President Karl T. Comptonof Technology and Professor Shapleyof Harvard University would speaktomorrow night at the annual dinnerof the Faculty Club commencing at6:30 in Main Hall of Walker Memorial,vas announced yesterday by Profes-sor A. C. Hardy, secretary of theclub.

Following the dinner, PresidentCompton will speak on the subject"The Summer Meeting of the Societyfor the Promotion of EngineeringEducation", and will be followed byProfessor Shapley's treatise including"The Highlights of the Recent Con-gress of the International Astronomi-cal Union."

Membership in the Faculty Club, ofuhich Professor Horwood is presi-dent, is open to all resident alumniand all graduate students studyingfor a Doctor's degree, as well as allmembers of the Instructing and Ad-ministrative Staffs of Technology.Monthly meetings are held by theclub and also weekly luncheons dur-ing which prominent men speak onsubjects of general interest. Mem-bership dues, according to the by-lawsof the club, are not to exceed two dol-lars per year.

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Editor's Note:- This is the first of a Capitalists Are Autocrats | ly, they destroy that market for theseries of at%+icles priesenzting the The owners of industry under capi- products of industry. Every time

Policies of each; of tile foar talism are actually autocrats so far xages are reduced, purchasing powermaljor parties. as the wages, the hours of labor, and of the community is cut still further

the very right to work of their em- and business recovery postponed thatThe members of the Socialist Party ployees are concerned, and they are much longer. Furthermore the gov-

believe that capitalism is bound to autocrats with interests opposed to l ernment's figures show that the sue-- - -- - -- - . . . .1 Ithat of their workers, for the workers cessful attempt of the owners of in-

want high wages and high salaries, dustry to buy labor power more cheap-while the capitalist class get more ly per unit of output during the periodprofits, other things being equal, when of so-called prosperity is what broughtthey buy their labor power cheaply. on our hard times. The federal gov-

Competition makes this situation ernment's census of manufactures.worse. If nine out of ten competing shows that in 1929 we produced 38VIemployers do not wvant to reduce more actual physical goods in manu-wages because they have some feel- | facturing on an average than in 1919.ings for the hardships that would re- | but the total payrolls in manufactur-sult, but one of them is sufficiently ing went up only 9%lo. In the longhard-boiled and selfish to cut pay, the l run you can not sell 38c/o more goodscompetition of the most hard-boiled lto people with only 9co more pay, soand selfish among them wvill force the we have what the owners of industryothers to do as he does. call over-production, but what is real-

The likelihood of capitalism work- ly under-consumption.ing out justice for the men who work Obviously, if -wages had been raisedfor a living is therefore very: small. | or the hours of labor reduced equallyTheir jobs are controlled by the own- lwith increased productivity thereers, the owners get more profits in Would lave been no serious generalproportion as they buy their labor unemployment as there is at present.power cheaply, and competition forces | But the owners of industry seekingeach employer to pay as lorw -, aes as | their private profit won't do that. Inthe most selfish and inhumane of all l-fact they couldn't do it, because com-competing employers in that line. petition among themselves 'would not

workers Are Best Markets for allow them. So we must have theProducts Socialist solution of having the gov-

Besides being an item of expense, ernment take over industry and runin production, the workers, byl hand | it in a planned sensible Socialist way,or brain, taken as a whole, furnish| raising wages and reducing the hoursthe best market for the products of, of labor with the purpose of givingindustry. Yet, just as the employers! steady work to all; and malingsucceed in buying labor power cheats ! (Continued on page three)

work inefficiently in proportion to the

productive capacity of industry, andunjustly as well, because the worker,whether by hand or brain, occupiestwo contradictory positions in the in-dustrial order. To the owners of in-dustry the workers and techniciansrepresent labor power, manual ormental, as the case may be, and theowners want to buy that labor powercheaply. Wages and salaries are costsof production, and the owners of in-dustry want to keep such costs low;and in proportion as they keep theircost low, other things being equal,they will make greater profits.

Fundamentally the owners of in-dustry are buyers of labor power, justas they buy raw material or fuel. Likeany other buyer they want to buycheaply; that is, they want to paylow wages and salaries per unit ofoutput. They likewise have a far bet-ter bargaining position than their em-ployees, for they own and controltheir employees' jobs, and their em-ployees individually have no similarcontrol over their employers. To speakof genuine freedom of contract be-tween an employee and one of thegreat corporations that are comingmore and more to dominate our econ-omic life is simply absurd.

the part of upperclassmen in theform of an occasional speech at someof the Field Day meetings would do

lmuch to help.THE TECH To Blame?

Henry D. Humphreys, '34, statedthat recent reports in THE TECH ofindifferent enthusiasm at past meet-ings has done much to destroy themoral spirit of the lower classes. Aboost or an exaggeration of such sprr-it, he said, might serve to bring outthe lax majority of the classes. Repre-sentation of fraternity freshmen atmeetings and something- done on thepart of the Quadrangle Club tobring out Sophomores, he stated,might be the solution to the presentsituation.

Another point under considerationw-as the matter of ushers at FieldDayI. Pres. Duncan indicated that all]imenibers of the Beaver Key Society]ere automatically made ushers atField Day. All ushers will be re-quired to attend an ushers' meeting tobe held on next Wednesday.

Before adjourning the meetingmembers svere asked to try to helpat the freshman meeting to be heldtonight in Room 10-250 at 5 o'clock.

Official UndergraduateNews Organ of

Massachusetts Instituteof Technlology

ALL AT INSTITUTEMAY CAST BALLOT

AT POLLS OCT. 25Campaign Buttons Are Offered

At Tech News OfficeIn Walker

|LARGE INTEREST AROUSED

Supporters of any political party maynowa start campaigning by obtainingbuttons and insignia of their party atTHE TECH news office in the base-ment of Walker. A large amount ofpolitical enthusiasm has been evincedby all party members since THETECH announced its straw vote,which is to take place in the S11ainLobby from nine to five o'clock onTuesday, October 25.

Since this vote is open to all under-graduates, graduates, fa.ulty mnem-bers, and non-citizen members of theInstitute, whether eligible to vote inthe national polls or not, the vote willnot be representative of the nation asa w-ole, but it svill serve to indicatethe tendency of the engineer's mindand the young man's mind.

Posters Being Put UpIn pursuance of its policy of impar-

tiality THE TECH is posting a largenumber of posters of the four major

|Conltinzucd on parge four,?

"HELP RAISE SPIRIT"PLEA TO BEAVER KEY

Miembers Are Urged To Aid AtField Day Meeting

of Both Classes

Spirit and enthusiasm among themembers of the freshman and? Sopho-more classes zzas again t-ne chieftopic under discussion at the secondImeeting of the Beaver Key Societywhich was held last night in theFaculty Dining Room of Walker Ale-I morial at 5 o'clock. As it had beenIpointed out by Richard L. Fossett,'0O, president of the Senior Class, theSophomore and Junior presidentsw vere encountering difficulty raisingspirit in the Sophomore and freshmanclasses respectively.

|Wtalter 1R. Duncan, '33, president ofthe society, urged all members ofthe society to try to help the re-spective class presidents at theirclass meetings in preparation forField Day. He declared that frompresent indications Field Day seemsto be one of the dying institutions atthe Institute and would pass on unlesssomething was done to remedy thesituation. As it is unlike other in-stitutions in that no expenses are in-volved in carrying out this tradition,he pointed out that more activity on

Large Attendance I Col. Locke EstimatesExpected Todayvrt 30 Percent of LastFreshman Meeting Year s Class PlacedFreshman Ilaeetzng~

President of Junior Class W..illPreside Over Freshman

Mass Meeting

Final details in preparation forField Day are on the program of to-day's freshman mass meeting to beheld in Room 10-250 at 5 o'clock. Overninety percent of the class is expectedto be present this afternoon in spiteof the poor showing made at the pre-vious meeting. Only nine days are leftbefore Field Day and a good turnoutis essential.

At the section leaders' meeting lastMonday afternoon it was announcedthat each representative should in-form his respective sections of today'smeeting. Edward L. Asch, presidentof the Junior class, will preside atthe meeting and William Sample, Jr.,'34, manager of Field Day, will out-line the order of events and give finalinstructions.

Teams Still Need Material

Until today the first year men haveshown little spirit in their attendanceat meetings. Several of the Field Day

M. I T. Liberal Club

Holds First RegulariMIeeiitg Of Thle Year

President Dauber Explains Aimsand Policies of the

Club

The MI. I. T. Liberal Club held itsfirst regular meeting of the year )Mon-,day afternoon at four o'clock in Room4-231. Inasmuch as all of last year'smembers are no longer directly con-nected with the group, this meetingwas held largely for the purpose ofacquainting prospective members ofthe club with the aims and policies.

Joseph Dauber, '34, President of theLiberal Club, presided over the meet-ing, first explaining the present situ-ation. 'Then he asked for suggestionsas. to the installation of a definite or-ganization within the Club. It Nvastentatively decided to appoint fourco0niittees to take care of variousbranches of the Club's activities. Tlesecommittees arce to be: the Speakers'

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See If You Can Find theError In Miller's Words

"Now," says Eddie, "you takethis blue circle which I havejust drawn in green and drawa line where it intersects theeccentric circle and you havethe displacement of the plate."

This statement was made byEddie Miller in Heat Engineer-ing class, Monday. Two pinswill be paid for every success-ful sleuth who finds the errorin fact.

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MANAGING BOARDJ. G. Hayes, '33 ........ General ManagerB. H. W hitton, '33 .................... EditorD. H. Clewell, '33 .... Managing EditorD. B. Smith, '33 ........ Business Manager

OFFICES OF THE TECH

News and Editorial-Room 3, WalkerWalker Memorial, Cambridge, Mass.

Telephone, University 7029

Business-Room, 302, Walker

Telephone, University 7415

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Published every Mon., Wed., and Fri.,During the College year, except

during College vacation.

Entered as Second Class Matter at theBoston Post Office

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BUSINESS SERVICE DEPT.

B. Goldfarb, '34, Associate ManagerJ. D. Hossfeld, '35 A. A. Frank, '35

CIRCULATION DEPARTMENTJ. D. DuRoss, '35 J. D. Loomis, '35

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ASSOCIATE BOARDC. S. Dadakis, '34 ............ News EditorW. L. Wise, Jr., '34 .... Features EditorH. R. Plass, '34 ................ Sports EditorD. Horvidi, '34 ............ Make-Up EditorW. R. Churchill, '34:.Advertising Mgr.N. B. Krim, '34..Business Service Mgr.W. Brown, '34 ....Circulation Manager

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTEditorial Board

C. W. Sweetser, '33 W. Sheppard, '33F. W. Kressman, '33Night Editors

P. Cohen, '34 P. A. Daniel, '34T. M. Rimbach, '34News Writers

I. S. Banquer, '35 H. H. Dow, '35Sports Writers

W . H.Stockmayer, 35 J. S. Slosson,'35

Feature WritersH. S. M ason, '35 .... D. B. Rubenstein,'34

S. T. M-artin, Jr., '34 R. E. Stanfield, '35Photographic Staff

C. S. Taylor, 2d, '35Reporters

H. L. Beris, '35 G. F. Lincoln, ' 35R. B. Woolf, '35 R. J. Shloss, Jr., '34

In Charge of this Issue: Howard S. Mason, '35

CLEAR THE SMOKE

ink of the Cleofan will take place onOctober 28.

Of particular interest is the fan i

that there are six new members -A!the society.

e As re Likelt ItHOLLIS STREET THEATRE i

"The Gondoliers", by Gilbert and cSullivan

It is a pleasure to chronicle the adA.vent of another season of well-pre-I

sented Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.These pleasing musical fantasiesstand pretty well at the top of the-light opera world, and Milton Aborn-is their American high priest.

There is really little one can sayiconcerning one of his presentation.-of Gilbert and Sullivan. Their meri tfare well known. William Danfortklhas been playing "The Mikado" al-1most from time immemorial, and he is~still good; he was a bit troubled by al

cold last night, though. Frank Moul-lan's Duke of Plaza-Toro was consist-tent and amusing. -

The whole staff seemed to be Anlsympathy with the spirit of the opera,_.which is sometimes difficult to achieve.BeOften the sentimental parts are over--sentimentalized, too frequently the-burlesque parts are over-burlesqued;-but, as is their custom, the Civic LightkOpera Co. has managed to strike more'or less of a happy medium. A

A note in the program promises nowonly a series of Gilbertian produc'i

tions, but also a series of revivals of,other well-remembered operettas, framwRobin Hood on. Judging from lh;.night's performance, we can look foilthem with anticipation. !_

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Wednesday, October 19, 1932.

CHEMICAL SOCIETYANNOUNCES TRIPS

Trips to Fogg Museum and tothe Harvard Chemical Laboratoriesare announced by the Chemical So.ciety. These will take place otThursday, October 20.

Members who desire to go, areasked to meet the trip manager, or,the above date, either at 3:30, inlBuilding 10, or at 4:00, in the FoggsMuseum.

CLEOFAN WILL HAVE ,A TEA NEXT FRIDAY

Theatre Party for October 29 IskAlso Being Planned

At a meeting of the Cleofan, Tech's women's organization, held Wednes.!day, plans for attending the October29 performance of "Show Boat" werediscussed. According to Miss DorothyJones, secretary of the society, mally.similarly enjoyable can be expected.le

A tea will be held next Friday in-the Emma Roger's room, which wil!'be sponsored by the women's alumnaeIassociation. The next business meet-

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FINE ARTS THEATRE"Monte Carlo Madness" - English

Speaking German Film

It's frothy. In fact it's all froth -and there is such a thing as overdoingthat sort of motif. However, SariMaritza, in the role of a very alluringprincess, makes a pleasant sight asshe cuts fantastic capers with FritzAlbers, who is striking as to eyes andappearance, but lacking in voice.

The Maritza girl is all there, hav-ing most of those little things thatseem to be so popular among thegentlemen, and is the real reasonwhy the picture holds the attentionof the spectator. Her more intimatescenes with Albers show finesse, andcome near holding their own with thesmooth artistry of Lunt and Fon-tanne.

We noticed one amusing thing. Dur-ing the Princess' pursuit of the favorof the dashing captain, Mr. Albers,she acquired an interesting littlepamphlet called "The Cocotte's GuideBook", or some such. One sceneshowed her avidly perusing a chapterentitled "The Art of Seduction". Muchto our bewilderment, however, the textread something like this--"In the pro-cess of welding the plates on thisboiler- ". Very, very amazing itwas, and not a little disappointing.

RKO KEITH'S"The Phantom of Crestwood"

For the man who enjoys entertain-ment with the least possible exerciseof the brain, RKO Keith's has thebill this week that is made especiallyfor him. The feature picture is onethat requires no thinking to under-stand and appreciate, while the fea-ture vaudeville act requires so muchthought for thorough comprehensionthat few are tempted to even try.

"The Phantom of Crestwood" is amystery picture that presents an en-tirely new solution to the age-old mur-der problem. It is one that has notbeen used before, and should proveinteresting to a student of sensationalfiction. Here for once we find thevillain solving the problem with theaid of his gangsters, and independentof the police. A few improbabilitiescan be found on close scrutiny of theplot, as is usually the case, but other-wise it is rather convincing.

Blackstone, the magician has a num-ber of fascinating illusions which thisreviewer has never before seen. He isespecially proficient at quick changesin apparel.

Besides these features there is alsoa revival of one of Charlie Chaplin'searlier comedy shorts, synchronizedwith sound. It shows the kind of act-ing that the famous comedian wasdoing while he was winning a namefor himself in the entertainment in-dustry.

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the muscle could not gain the baronce.

At this state of affairs, Jackie, ourown Jackie, prevented the deadlockfrom maturing by himself boostingthe freshman five or six times, muchin the same fashion that you and I

would hoist a small doll up and down.Tiring of this, he unhooked the now

inanimate piece of flesh and set itdown, whereupon a small and tired"Whew" was heard to come from it,followed by "Gee, two more weeks ofthis, and I'll be just like Tarzan." Ohno, my dear fellow, you mean justlike Jack Flaitz. Oh hello, Jack.

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There have been many questions oflate as to how accurate our statementof last issue was concerning the lone-some Oshkosh maidens. And theLounger can only reply that it's theGospel truth to the best of his knowl-edge.

At least the maidens are there, theaddress is there, and you all knowwhere Commonwealth Avenue is, boys.As a matter of fact, the Lounger wentcalling Sunday, only -o nave themdrive off in a Ford eight Victoria.Nrow aren't you sorry you threw awaythat old issue with the address?

Our English friend listened to thebale with obvious interest and finallyquestioned, after appropriate reflec-tion, "Oshkosh! Isn't that the placewhere the funny trunks come from?"But the Lounger cannot say if his twoerstwhile friends have funny trunksor not, that being a somewhat trans-cendental matter.

The same night that the Oshkoshdamsels told your hwnble correspon-dent of their pitiful plight, anotherphone call of dubious nature was re-ceived by the brethren.

This one came from a nurse in thehotel across the way, who claimed tohave seen the boys having a waterfight in the street, and so felt privi-leged to call and ask if anyone wouldcare to take a walk.

Unfortunately, the chap answeringthe phone was new to the house and alittle bashful anyway, and so the re-ply was no. And when the unseenvoice asked if, failing cooperation,they could tell her of any nice placesto walk, the reply was again no, andso the conversation ended.

Now when this was told to the restof the house a great clamor and out-cry arose, epithets as to relative in-telligence split the air, in short thebrethren were, to say the least, justa bit aggravated.

Immediately nine of then donnedsuitable raiment and proceeded acrossthe street in the hopes of meeting theunknown, and participating in a littleadvanced peripatetic art. But all wasin vain, alas.

Ergo and therefore, you can imag-ine the Lounger's consternation andsurprise, while conferring with friendsin front of the house, the followingafternoon, to hear a few of the afore-mentioned not actively engaged in theimmediate conversation, break intoloud hoots of laughter.

The Lounger perceived that theirmerriment was directed upward, andgazing overhead, he saw the cause ofit all. There, audaciously placed ina prominent window of the upperfloor, facing the hotel in question was,an enormous placard, upon which wasemblazoned in extra heavy characters,the legend, "THAT PHONE CALLWAS A MISTAKE". Ah there, Cas-anova.

We hope Jack Flaitz won't mindour using his name in connection withthe following, but the tale must out.

It seems that Jack was engaged ingiving a workout to one of the new can-didates for the gym team. With Jackleading the drill, around and aroundwent the merry go round. Push-ups,leg work, and all the other musclebuilders were tried in rapid succes-sion, until it was quite obvious thatthe freshman was not the man hethought he was before he started.

As a matter of fact, it was a won-der to the onlooker that a general de-pression, followed by a complete col-lapse, did not immediately take place,but Jack, big brute that he is, took nonotice of these minor sufferings.

Finally he led his fast weakeningprotege to a suitable contrivance andmade him do pull-ups. In spite ofthe fact that it was plain that thefreshman was in no mood for chin-ning, Jack was not content with let-ting him do it the easy way. Oh no.Nothing would do but the hardest me-thod of all must be employed. Butthe human machine could be drivenno further. His ardent student of

! ADVERTISING DEPARTMENTJohn M. Teasdale, '35, Associate Mgr.J. L. Fisher, '35 O. C. Thelen, '35

D. Stevens, Jr., '35

ODAY we begin the publication of a series of articles con-cerning the platforms, beliefs, and aims of the four political

parties that are recognized in the national student straw vote inwhich Technology is taking a part on next Tuesday. These shortstatements have been prepared with care to give the undergradu-ates at the Institute a clear idea of what the parties stand for andon what grounds they make their appeal for votes in the nationalelection three weeks, hence. It is our intention that the cloud ofpolitical smoke usually surrounding speeches shall for the mostpart be blown away.

We urge everyone to read all four of these statements. Theyrepresent a conscientious effort to present an impartial view ofthe parties. Read them, then express your decision on which partyyou consider best fitted, through its record and its proposed courseof action, to control the government for the next four years.

GOING MODERNTHIS seems to be a changing age. We remove something that

has remained practically without alteration for years andsubstitute something -new, something modern. Technique thisyear is going modern too. Plans for the yearbook include havingthe general style along modern lines rather than the older andmore sober.

But form is not the only phase of Technique that is under-going change as the staff and boards of the present volume beginwork. A change has been made in what one might call the tradi-tional manner of buying books. For the first time in the historyof the volume Seniors are being extended the opportunity to securesign-ups for the yearbook at the time of making appointments forpictures.

Last year with 600 fourth year men at the Institute, 452 madephotographic appointments and had their pictures and activityrecords published in Technique. The number of Seniors buyingthe book was somewhat more than that which had pictures in it.It may be assumed from this that all those whose pictures ap-peared purchased copies. Signing-up for a Technique at this timeis a convenience for Seniors. Technique deserves our thanks, andin the meantime, Seniors, how about that appointment?

BLESSINGS IN DISGUISEIN the wake of this so-called depression have come many things.The removal of much of the unnecessary gilt of living which

was put on during the period after the War is doubtless one ofthose things which has been good for us. The reduction in in-comes and the never-decreasing cost of government have strucktogether to produce what may be fire, and this is another of thoseafter-affects which may be of value.

For years the public has run along, minding its own businessand letting those in charge of governmental affairs conduct themas they felt inclined. So long as there was no drastic sudden in-crease of taxes there was no complaint, and if one were the bene-ficiary of some political action, he was pleased and more inclinedthan ever to let things work themselves out. The question of effi-ciency in local, state, and national government was of little in-terest to the voter and taxpayer.

Now, however, all is changed. There is the attitude quitegenerally felt that everyone must economize, and in most casesthis attitude is justified by a reduced income. While incomes havebeen on the decline, governmental expenditures for the most parthave held their own. Usually it is cheering to hear of somethingthat has not declined, but here the shoe is on the wrong foot, orrather the hand is dipping into the wrong pocket. Alarmed bythe continued high cost to them of what little government theyhave, the people are at last becoming sufficiently interested somake some question about expenses for the numerous offices. Thecondition is a healthy one. We may do something about it, andagain little may be accomplished, but whatever happens, the de-pression will have been a blessing in disguise if it arouses someinterest in the people's affairs among the people.

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Fraternity Pledge ListWill Be Published Friday

Additional fraternity pledgeswill be listed in the Friday is-sue of THE TECH, instead oftoday. Will all those houseswhich have obtained pledgessince the last listing turn themin by Thursday afternoon at 5o'clock.

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This cast will meet for the firsttime tomorrow at five o'clock in Room2-278. The managing board and can-didates for managerial positions willalso meet at that time.

Fencing Mass MleetingAil freshmen interested in fencing

are requested to come to the massmeeting in Wallker Gymnasium to-night at fivre o'clock. Coach Rothwill be present to give individual in-struction to all wcho appear.

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CAST OF DRAMASHOP MAINY EXPECTED ATPLAY IS SELECTED FRESHMAN MEETING

(Co'ntinued from pare one)board were made last night. The fol- (Contined fram age one)lowing have obtained parts in the ably spring spontaneously from cer-play: tain small groups in the class, as hasChristopher Wellwyn, been the case in the past.

Athelstan Spilhaus The Beaver Key Society has voicedAnn Wellh-yn .............. Priscilla Bacon considerable disappointment at theMrs. AMegan, showing of the first year class thus

Christine N. Fairchild, '34 far. At their meeting yesterday itFerrand .................... John Muma, '36 was suggested that all Beaver KeyTimson ................ Gustave E. Kidd,, '33 men who are members of fraternitiesRory Megan ........ Charles H. Ross, '35 bring pressure to bear on the fresh-Constable ............ Charles W. Ball, '34 men in their particular house to at-Bertley ......... Edmund DeL. Lucas, '34 tend the class meetings in an effort toColway ..............Joseph I. Puffer, '37 instill in them a certain amount ofHoxton ............. Gerald C. EHudson, '34 class spirit. How well this plan suc-Three Humblemen, coeds will be evident fromnt the attend-

George E. Best, '34 ance at today's meeting.

LEADING .SOCIALISTOUTLINES PLATFORM

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changes in industry to meet changingconsumer demands and methods ofproduction, with the idea of preserv-ing primarily the security of liveli-hood of the workers rather than theprofits of the owners.Compensation By Annuity Or Bond

IssueA Socialist government would take

over industry by using the powers ofeminent domain. We would compen-sate the present owners either by anannuity, so that as the present ownersdied off the people would own theirindustries free and clear of any en-cumberance, such as having to payunearned income to the capitalistclass, or else by the proceeds of abond issue which would in turn bepaid off gradually' out of steep in-.leritance and income taxes.

Of course, if any section of the capi-talist class started to revolt againstthe Socialist government they wouldnot merely be put down by the Social-ist controlled army, but would forfeittheir compensation as wiell. Not allindustries would be talken over at once,and this would still further reducethe likelihood of a capitalist revolt.Workers and Technicians On Board

of DirectorsThe socialized industries w·ould be

governed by a workers board of di-rectors, composed of the representa-tives both of the workers and of thetechnical experts, so that'the techni-cian instead of being the capitalist'shired man with a precarious job,would become under Socialism alongwith his manual fellow workers thecontroller of the industry in which heworked. He would know that hissuccess in increasing technical effici-ency would result in more goods forthe consumer and more pay or shorthours of labor for himself and his fel-low workers, instead of more profitsfor absentee corporation owners andmore unemployment for the workersas is now the case.

While working for this ultimate aimthe Socialist party favors anythingthat will increase the buying powerand security of livelihood of the work-ers, reduce the power and profits ofthe capitalist class and increase ourpolitical democracy. Old age pen-sions, part pay for the unemployedthrough a system of unemploymentinsurance, stricter regulating of pub-lic utilities, heavier taxes on big in-comes, inheritances, and the proceedsfrom gambling on the stock and pro-duce exchanges, and the abolition ofthe power of the Supreme Court todeclare unconstitutional the lawspassed by Congress and signed by thePresident, are typical examples of theimmediate demands contained in theSocialist platform.

ALFRED BAKER LEWIS3 Joy Street,Boston, Mass.

SMOKER IS HELD BYTRACK CLUB TONIGHT

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posed of the letter-winners in trackand cross country.

Freshmen Show Little InterestCoach Hedlund is disappointed in

the number of freshmen who havesigned up for track to date. In con-trast to the squad of eighty or ninetymen which turned out last fall, only-twenty-five freshmen have so far sig-nified their intentions of substitutingtrack for Physical Training.

Manager S. T. Leavitt, '34, in em-phasizing the advantages of trackwork, mentioned the convenience asregards location and practice hours.Track men can put in their threeworkouts per week any afternoon af-ter three o'clock, in contrast to sportswhich limit the men to definite prac-tice hours. All. freshmen still wishingto substitute track for their PhysicalTraining work must positively signup at H. P. McCarthy's office, on thethird floor of Walker Memorial, be-fore noon this Friday, October 21.

Officers of the Sophomore class arerequested to see Edward J. Collins,'35, class president, this afternoon atfour o'clock in the West Lounge ofWalker Memorial. Plans for theSophomore After-Field-Day Dance

Freshman Basketball Schedule For 1932-33Saturday, December 10Saturday, December 17Saturday, January 7Saturday, January 14Tuesday, January 17Saturday, January 21Saturday, February 11Wednesday, February 15Saturday, February 18Friday, February 24Saturday, February 25Wednesday, March 1Saturday, March 4

Wentworth InstituteR. I. State FreshmenBrown University FreshmenNew Hampshire FreshmenHarvard FreshmenTabor AcademyDummer AcademySt. George SchoolTufts FreshmenDartmouth FreshmenTilton AcademyBoston Boy's ClubKeene Normal School

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BOSTON420 Tremont Street629 Washington Street

30 Haymarket Square6 Pearl Street

242 Tremont Street1083 Washington Street

44 Scollay Scuare332 Massachusetts Avenue

19 School Street437 Boylston Street

*1080 Boylston Street34 Bromfield Street

540 Commonwealth Avenue204 Dartmouth Street105 Causeway Street

ALLSTON1215 ComrnonwVealth Avenue

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found itself "on the other foot", asCol. Locke said, with an over-demandand an under-supply. There weren'tenough graduates to fill the vacantpositions. It is hoped that when thisyear's class graduates conditions willhave again changed, and Technologywill find plenty of positions open forits graduates.Personnel Department Finds JobsThe personnel dept. is a branch of

the Division of the Industrial Corpor-ation and is designed primarily toserve industry. The Division takes theIattitude that it is the responsibilityof the job-seekers to find work. Theduty of the personnel office is to findmen best qualified to fill certain posi-tions as vacancies occur. If some com-pany needs a man of special qualifi-cations, it consults the Personnel Di-rector who immediately looks throughthe records of the graduates, finds outwhat men in need of work are bestsuited for the job, and puts the com-pany in touch with them.

Through this system the Institutekeeps in close touch with its gradu-ates, and men registered at the officehave a good opportunity of findingwork for which they are best suited.While the Institute has no separatelyorganized personnel department, its'faculty and administrative officershave always given active attention tothe study and development of thecharacter and personality of its stu-

Ldents. The several department headshave a keen interest in the right startof their graduates and assist materi-ally in their placement.

POSITIONS ARE YETOPEN FOR MUSICIANS

According to a report given out bythe management of the CombinedMusical Clubs there are still positionsopen in the Banjo and Glee Clubs.The Banjo Club can use any stringedinstrument except the violin, cello,and ukelele, and the Glee Club hasopenings for first and second tenors.Rehearsals for the former are heldTuesdays and Thursdays in the EastLounge of Walker Memorial at 5o'clock, while the latter holds rehear-sals on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5o'clock in Room 10-250.

Specialty acts such as xylophonesolos, banjo duets, cello solos and ac-cordion solos are wanted to formparts of coming concerts. Soloistsneed not belong to any of the combinedclubs, although .such membership isdesirous. Trials for such specialtieswill be held during the first three daysof next week.

of America, wvill address the mcimbersof the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology Student Chalpter of theAmerican Society of Civil Engineerstomorrow on "The Chute t Caron IHy-draulic Development". Mir. Rickeywvill speak at -41 p.lll. in Room 5-330,the Pratt Building, 55 MassachusettsAvenue, Cambridge.

The lecture will describe the suc-cessful damming of the swift Sague-nay River in Quebec by the novel me-thod, conceived by -Mr. Rickey himself,of building a huge concrete dam inthe form of a vertical obelisk and tip-ping it into place by blasting. Thespectacular achievement will be shownin motion pictures.

ARCHITECTURAL CLASSSPONSORS EXHIBITIONThe fifth year design class in the

architectural course recently held anexhibition of its work at the RogersBuilding, Boylston Street, whichhouses that department.

The designs, which were class prob-lems to be conceived, planned, and ren-dered in color, without reference toother work, were classified and graded.Many persons not connected with thecourse showed great interest in thework.

Some of the problems were a swim-ming pool, a memorial rotunda for alibrary, an overnight camp, and anoffice for an executive of the Ameri-can Airways, Inc.

will be discussed.

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Granger has a pleasingaroma. It is slow burningand cool. Just try it!

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parties throughout the Institute build-irgs, and is also publishing a series ofarticles by well-known party membersindicating the major political issuesof their respective parties. All stu-dents are urgently requested to readthese articles, since it might give anew light on the political conceptions.

Similar balloting will take place at34 other leading colleges of the coun-try. Results of the local vote willbe published in THE TECH on theday following; those of the other col-leges in the Friday issue of the sameweek.

Straw Vote At the Little Three

Of interest, as a possible indicationas to how the Technology straw votewill go, are the results of the presi-dential polls at Amherst, Wesleyan

and Williams. The total vote of theLittle Three was 1086 for Hoover, 279for Thomas, and 202 for Roosevelt.At Amherst the Communists failedto score a single vote, Hoover took358, Thomas 85, and Roosevelt 71.Wesleyan, also Republican, gave aboutfive-eighths of its votes to Hoover,while Williams added 411 of the 558votes to the President.

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a study of recent developments ineconomic, cultural, and other fields. Itwas also proposed to lend active sup-port to the liberal traditions of freespeech and impartial scientific inquiry.

The date set for the next meeting ofthe Club is Monday, October 24, atfour o'clock. At this meeting a dis-cussion covering the history and valueof the R.O.T.C. at Technology will beheld.

CALENDARWednesday, October 19

4:30 P.M.-T. C. A. Church Relations Group Meeting, Faculty DiningRoom, Walker Memorial.

6:00 P. M.-Alpha Chi Sigma Dinner Meeting, Faculty Dining Room,Walker Memorial.

6-00 P. Al.-Tech Catholic Club Dinner, North Hall, Walker Memorial.7.30 P. M. .- Track Club Smoker, Grill, Walker Memorial.

Thursday, October 205:00 P.M.-Banjo Club Rehearsal, East Lounge, Walker Memorial.5:00 P. M.-Institute Committee Meeting, West Lounge, Walker Memorial.6:00 P. M. - Boston Plant Engineers' Club Dinner, Grill, Walker Memorial.6:30 P. M. - Faculty Club Dinner, North Hall, Walker Memorial.

Friday, October 215:30 P. M. - Second Techtonians Rehearsal, East Lounge, Walker Memorial.6:30 P. M. - Civil Engineering Society Meeting, North Hall, Walker Memo-

Tickets for the affair will cost sev-enty-five cents. They may either bepurchased in advance from any of theClub's officers, or at the door.

INFIRMARY LIST

James n. Abbott, GThomas K. Fitzpatrick, '33

Charles Gewertz, '36

H. W. Hayward, Prof.

Charles Schauer, '36John G. Brunner, '34John D. DuRoss, '35Abner Stodder (Employee)

Technique AcceptingSignups For Senior

and Group Pictures

148 Last Year's Seniors FailedTo Have Photographs in

Class Portfolio

Technique will accept signups forSenior and group photographs in theMain Lobby until and including nextMonday from 11 to 2 o'clock daily.Individual and activity pictures willbe taken on the second floor of theCoop Building, and fraternity pic-tures, at the various houses. TheWarren Kay Vantine studios will takethe photographs.

Last year out of a class of 600Seniors only 452 had their photo-graphs taken and their names andactivities listed in the senior portfolio.

Informals have been drifting intothe Technique office slowly, especiallythose taken at this year's freshmancamp, In order that Technique maymake up its informals panel in duetime it is necessary that they havethese pictures as soon as possible. In-formals may be left at the Techniqueoffice on the third floor of Walker Me--morial.

Wishes To Correct MistakesTo facilitate the bringing forth of

an aecurate volume, Technique re-quests to be informed of any mistakesthat have been discovered in previousissues. Corrections may be left atits office.

TWENTY MEN ATTENDBASKETBALL MEETING

Over twenty freshmen turned outlast night for a meeting of the basket-ball candidates held in the HangarGym. Manager Charles J. Hunt, Jr.,'34, stated that regular practice wouldstart after Field Day, and urged allthe freshmen to substitute the sportfor Physical Training.

All members of the Class of 1936who intend to substitute basketballfor P. T., but who did not attend thEmass meeting, should report to H. P,McCarthy's office any morning thi!week Or to Manager Hunt in the Athletic Association office, both on thethird floor of Walker Memorial. ThEdeadline for signing up is at noorthis Friday, October 21.

At present it is not known who willcoach the freshmen. Last season Al-len Zollars, a graduate student, han-dled the yearling squad, while CoachMcCarthy devoted all of his time to

the varsity, and a similar arrangementmay be followed this year. The fresh-man schedule, consisting of thirteengames with leading freshman andprep school teams, is printed else-nhere in this issue of THE TECH.

NOTED ARCEIITECTTO SPEAK AT SUPPER

First vice-president of the Ameri-can Institute of Architects, Mr.Charles D. Maginnis, is speaking atthe first Catholic Club supper meet-ing tonight at 6:30 in the North Hallof Wallker Memorial.

Besides TIr. iaginnis, -ho is also

the senior member of Boston's largestfirm of architects, Mag innis andWalsh. Captain Johnson, nho recentlysucceeded Captain Craw-ford 'Ai. Kel-logg as head of the Chemical WarfareDepartmient, aill speak in his first ap-pearance at a club function. Sev-eral other speakers, including Profes-sor Matthew R. Copithorne, are onthe program.

these fine tobaccos, afterproper aging and mellowing,are then given the benefit ofthat Lucky Strike purifyingprocess, described by thewords-"It's toasted". That'swhy folks in every city, townand hamlet say that Luckiesare such mild cigarettes.

6IsIet toasted"That package of mild Luckies

They are not present in Luckies... the mildest cigarette

you ever smoked

x~jrE buy the finest, the veryWQ finest tobaccos in all theworld--but that does notexplain why folks every-where regard Lucky Strike asthe mildest cigarette. The factis, we never overlook thetruth that "Nature in theRaw is Seldom Mild" - so

Y"'Ifa man write a better book, prearm a letter sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, tho hebaild his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten patb to his door. "--RALPH WALDO EMERSON.

Does not this explain the world-wide acceptance and approval of Lucky Strike?

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Committee, which will arrange forspeakers at the Club's open meetings;the Discussion Committee, which willsuggest topics for discussion in theregular meetings; the Research Com-mittee, which will gather informationthrough questionnaires, and attemptto analyze this information; and thePublicity Committee, which will pro-vide for the publicity needed by theClub by posting bulletins as to pro-ceedings of general interest.

The present officers of the Club,elected last year, are Joseph Dauber,'34, President; Lawrence C. Ebel, '34,Vice-President; Deborah V. Rubin-stein, '34, Secretary, and My. N. Green,'33, Treasurer.

The policy of the Club, as set forthby the President, is to make possible

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