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__ i i ~~~~~~~Vol. 89, No. 2 ~Cambridge, Massachusetts, 14 Febnrary, 1969 Five Cents Vol. 89, No. 2 1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ l, III Urban Center Head A,4strornalt [-r.rmoq "npll_Ir_ Ex-HUD SecretWary ood cites .. _m ta - 9 Need for overview inpl nigIF 9 B~~~~~~~~~IvJav 1Kumnin JM6 %-.f addressesuI aiJ mu···'· Institute community By Joe Kashi Astronaut James A. Lovell, Professor Robert Wood, Secretary Jr., navigator of the Apollo 8 flight to the of Housing and Urban Development moon, greeted the MIT community under Lyndon Johnson, reflected yesterday in a series of addresses and upon the many problems he faced meetings. during his three-year' .tenure in Lovell first spoke to Washington Tuesday night in the Instrumentation Laboratory Sala. personnel in, Kresge, congratulating them on the In his first public speech since performance of the Apollo navigation returning to head 'the Political and guidance systems which were Science Department and the developed at the Lab. He then joined MIT-Harvard Joint Center for Urban Christopher C. Kraft, NASA's director Studies, Professor Wood detailed the of flight operations at the Manned main elements involved in training a Spacecraft Center in Houston, and new type of planner: the "urban Robert Gardiner, head of the Guidance i professional." He-- emphasized that and Navigation Division at the Center, the prerequisites for effective in a press conference in the McCormick training of the urban professional lounge. Lovell described the navigation were projections into the future, system as a "man-machine integrated rather than merely reflections of loop," and stated that man was a past crises. I necessary part of the type of space II Change without Professor Robert i fear C. Wood flights now being undertaken. In order for the United States to begun last year. The only field A convocation in Kresge followed grow effectively and be assured of of the housing industry the press conference. President an adequate supply of well-trained which. has made any appreciable Johnson introduced Dr. C. S. Draper, urban workers and' planners, Wood headway in producing attractive units Head of the Instrumentation Lab, and cautioned, the U.S. must not be at low cost is the mobile home industry. David Hoag, Associate Director of the afraid of changing patterns and Prefabricated Lab, who explained the Laboratory's, courses of action. Unless the housing modules which are assembled involvement with Apollo and described American public accepts change at the factory and Photo by Al Goldberg then erected the navigation, guidance, and control. without fear,. he continued, it at the housing site President Howard Johnson greets Astronaut James Lovel Jr. may systems which worked so well. Draper cannot remain relevant and will be prove feasible in the near future, noted that taking technological "color slides. Lovell spoKe of the guidance and navigation unable to implement changes which but at this time, they. are system. confronted chances is nAeda'y to a venture of this preparations for and the actual After his speech, will be necessary to.ultimately, raise by such impediments as'4 flight of Lovell answered sort, but-. "if you don't the quality of urbanlife.- labor probiems, hoising- codes, ihnd make it, Apollo 8, his -third space flight His job questions, then went to the Sala to nobody's going In addition to- excellent zoning laws. oogive-you a damn bit as navigator required him to be sure of receive a book of signatures from UAP of sympathy." the craft's attitude Maria Kivisild specialized training, an adequate Model cities and position at all '69, congratulating him Johnson number of employment One of the HUD programs which then introduced Lovell, times, but especially when the capsule for his part in Apollo. He concluded his may prove very beneficial' to who showed a film taken of and by the was behind the moon. He also visit to the Institute with a dinner with opportunities is necessary to attract A .. C.... A m e rica n crew, 'and appended the President competent students into 'urban cities in general is the movie with commented on the performance of the Johnson. affairs. Model Cities program. Here, Wood The 1 9 6~8Houin-explained, the emphasis is on 68Housing Act community participation and represented al major committinent I Bishoff nnounees Cmajor a increase by the 89th comit exptdnt neighborhood action, but balancing Co ngresso endpure .community anld hvulie hnouiino law a democracy and real political M~~Anaak*&lla,; U~Y a problems will continue tfactor of ten over -the next ten to be a problem in the foreseeable futue. In years. The requirement now is for conmmlons, dormn rent fees Although communication By Steve Carhart and board I figure will comfortable housing at low cost. is of vital go from this conditions in the food and labor importance Rent and commons fees in the year's level of $970 to However, last year there was an here, the urban $1,035 next markets made it undesirable for the professional Institute dormitories will be higher fall. He also told 11% drop in new housing starts, should remember that the assembled Institute to continue its policy of continued dialogue next year, it was announced student representatives despite the growing shortages. This for unreasonable that a further raising room and commons charges lengths of time Wednesday. increase to 1,100 is planned drop was due in part to the can lead to for the every few years with the In a move which many students following restriction of exaggerated fnrustration. Too much fall. expectation of making money during I credit. have been expecting, f planning can be the downfall of the Laurence Reasons for rise the initial period following the Instead of the HUD ,.. SCal.% o 2.6 planner. To combat Bishoff, Director of Housing and In explaining the new increases, million starts per year, only about this tendency, increase and losing money later on. Dining Services, told a dinner Bishoff 1.5 million Prof. Wood suggested that a time and Dean of Student Affairs In addition, it was thought that the housing units were meeting of Dormitory Council (please tunm to page 9) - that Kenneth R. Wadleigh noted that old plan did not treat each the average annual combined room rapidly rising prices and unsettled incoming class equally. Undergrad support sought Bishoff also presented Dormcon , I . . ,i with a number of options for cutting services provided in dormitories which could be used to March 4 str/ie gains momentum, reduce the size of the rent increase. ,oppos nv Dormcon showed little enthusiasm for eliminating An organized opposition to the which states, in part, "We MIT under- the house tax or dorm line March 4 research strike has begun to graduates support and commend the system. However, it was agreed grow, as anti-strike petitions began cir- faculty and graduate students who will that the reduction of desk operation culating in the lobby of the Armory on suspend research on March fourth in could be considered by individual houses. In addition, registration day. protest against our present uses of tech- an ad hoc committee will A group of graduate students, nology and who seek meaningful alter- be set up to consider mostly from Ashdown House, has star- natives to them." improving or eliminating porter service. ted a movement to protest the pro- Another petition being circulated Burton House committee posed work stoppage, perhaps changing calls for instructors in individual classes voted Wednesday night not to change its it to a day of discussion rather than to "devote (several recitation sections) current desk arrangement, protest. They feel that the publicity to discussion of the course in relation and Baker president Dariush Ashrafi '69 said that he did bcing given the strike is bad for MIT. to the present situation in America and not think Baker Leaders of the strike, however, believe the world. The sessions should be held would change its desk operation. that the students are not protesting the in the weeks before the Research Stop Figures presented strike Shelf, but rather the tactics of page on March fourth which may serve Bishoff's presentation was backed the SACC. Ira Rubenthal of SACC sta- as a focus for the discussions." Discus- by a variety of charts and figures ii ted that he would welcome discussion sion topics are to include MIT's affilia- outlining trends in living costs. He with the group, but thus far no move in tion with ,tte Defense Department noted that no increase in living that direction has been made. through Lincoln Instrumentation Labs, charges have been made in the The SACC has begun a drive to "classified I; theses, courses, and work Institute dormitories for the last interest and involve undergraduates in given credit by the Institute." five years, with the exception of the strike. At an organizational meeting Several announcements were made I the increase voted by students to Wednesday afternoon, about 80 stu- at the meeting. Senator George McGo- pay for unlimited seconds on dents received information packets and vern will be unable to participate as commons. He also presented figures instructions for canvassing in undergra- planned, but other speakers are still which showed the cost of food and duate living groups. It is SACC's hope expected. Similar strikes are being orga- Photo by'Gay labor rising rapidly during the last DeBani to `canvass every undergraduate, gra- nized at many other universities, Graduate students circulated petitions in the Armory on registration five years. In addition, he showed duate, and faculty member at MIT." among them Yale, Cornell, i day-in opposition' to the planned March 4 strike. Minnesota, charts which presented dormitory Undergraduates will circulate a petition and Yeshiva. . Il (pteds; ru'tn to paagel2) I .
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"The attitude here is, if you're good enough to be :? hired, you're good enough to be turned loose on a project," says Don Feistamel. Don earned a B.S.E.E. in 1965. Today, he's an Associate Engineer in systems design and evalua- tion at IBM. Most of his work consists of determin- ing modifications needed to make complex data processing systems fit the specialized s requirements of IBM customers.
,ri Depending on the size of the project, Don '' works individually or in a small team. He's now working with three other engineers on part of an air traffic control system that will process radar information by computer. fti Says Don: "There are only general guide- lines. The assignment is simply to come
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Tuesday, February 25, 1969 Tech Band 'snowed in NJ; Three nights at Ho ROGERS DAY Rv Rnh rlonki Hliday Inn D} VvJ UiUUi braved the elerfents to venture into At, M.I.T. At the beginning of the MIT Con- bers-were fortunate to gain accomoda- cert Band's annual intersession tour, tions at the local Holiday Inn. New York, beholding the big city near personnel assistant Mike Lynch com- Long, Hard Road paralysis and taking in shows. Others mented, 'This is a fractured group-no The other bus, however, did not remained in their rooms, watching Rogers Corporation is a much-talked-about and innovative one seems to' know one another." enjoy such a comfortable night-the dri- ancient John Wayne movies and rea- national leader in the fields of high-quality fiber polymer Within a few days, however, through ver was possessed with a mania to get ding Modern Sex Techniques. Barbara the tyrannical hand of Mother Nature, home. Aboard the bus for most of the Padgett became an all-purpose mother, materials and special printed circuitry .. . sustaining a 31 straight hours, they endured monu- banker, and card-shark. doubling-in-size growth rate every five years. Positions the 85 members of the band-under varying degrees of stress-came to know mental traffic jams and the necessity of Besides its strength in bringing a available on the R&D and MFG Center in Rogers, each other all too well. having to shovel themselves as well as large section of the northeast to a vir- Connecticut and in the new manufacturing plant in After a tour highlighted by concerts many cars out of snow drifts on several tual standstill, the storm could be mar- veiled at by its'effects on people. As a Phoenix, Arizona. Construction on a new R&D facility at in Philadelphis, Richmond, Washington occasions, and they reached MIT around 5:00PM Monday. member of the family that was picked Rogers 'starts in June, 1969. We'll be at the MIT (where 9 Tech jaywalkers were able to outwit a cop who had never heard of Meanwhile, 'back at the Holiday up by our bus noted, "In this situation, Placement Bureau and would like to interview: there's no such thing as a hitch-hiker- MIT ), and a memorable Saturday night Inn, Monday morning found the roads everyone's a friend." As the television Maors For Positions in party (with some unexpected visitors), through and out of New York City still camera visited Kennedy Airport on the Engineers: the bleary-eyed musicians set out for impassable. On Tuesday, the band's Mechanical Research and Development home at 10:00AM Sunday. president, Barbara Padgett, used her night of the storm, one of the 6000 Product and Process Early in the afternoon, the snow maternal instincts to decide the surety stranded people summed it up: "We Materials should do this more often. Everybody Quality control began falling on the New Jersey of the Institute's emergency funds was Civil gets Turpike. As the roads became increa- a better bet than venturing out under to know each other-and it's fun.' Sales Engineering - i i i1 - Electrical uncertain road conditions, and so thist k Technological service singly treacherous and. dark, the two Chemical Wilson buses carrying the band became half of the band remained comfortably Chemistry R&D administration sepaated. As the first bus neared New ensconced in the Holiday Inn until York, several band members ventured 6:OOAM Wednesday when they Management embarked on an uneventful return trip I aqontlmeate I _ out into natures white fury to push off I * Only those announcements to the white and wonderful Institute. Roes Conpoltion Rogers, Conn. '06263 the road one of the many cars that which axe of general interest to our -- I ,--- c ------The entire snowbound group _ -- I __ were immobile and blocking traffic, readers will be considered for inclu- obtained adjacent rooms in the motel. and the car's occupants were admitted sion in this column. Announcements Not only was an unprecedented sense to the bus. As the George Washington must come from the MIIT commu- of comraderie among all achieved, but Bridge loomed ahead hopelessly nity. Furthermore, announcements some Techmen reacted to the stress of clogged, the bus driver, Maurice Evans, of events for which there is an admis- the situation by forsaking all tradition astutely. decided to take the Hacken- sion charge will not be considered. and taking an unabashedlyfond interest sack, N. J., exit and the 40-odd musi- Announcements must be short. In cians-included several female mem- in the coeds in the grop. Some groups ------·L general, announcements longer than 50 words will not be considered. The deadlines for receipt of announcements are 5 pm Sunday for a Tuesday edition and 5 pm Wednes- Harvard day for a Friday edition. These dead- lines cannot be relaxed under any cir- Green Bag's cumstances. Since announcements are pub- first improvement lished free of charge, The Tech 1. Pipe broken? in 85 years reserves the right to edit, postpone, No, I'm trying to find or refuse any announcement for any where I stashed some dough. reason. * Miss Lillian Hellman will offer a new course in Humanities during the spring term, 21.383, "A Course in Reading and Writing." Students interested in registering for it are asked to submit a paper they have written to Professor C. T. Cole in room 14N-314. * Any freshman interested in wor- king on the Committee to Evaluate Freshman Performance should sub- mit a letter of application to Peter Buttner (7-133) explaining why he can contribute to the evaluation of 2. That's where you keep 3. What's wrong with the bank? the pass-fail experiment in the next your money? three and a half years. A permanent I'd only take it right committee member will be selected Sometimes I put it in out again. the flower pot. from the applications and personal interviews. For more infromation, contact: Peter Buttner, x6771, Peter Harris, x2696, or George Katsiaficias, x3616. * Undergraduates interested in a See that zipper? It opens and closes course major in Social Enquiry to a handy pocket for things you don't begin 1969-70 are requested to sign the information list on Allen Grau- want to lose. bard's door, 14N-338, by the end of Behind it is another pocket. We-left February. A meeting for those inter- it open for things you want in a hurry. ested is planned for late March. Otherwise, the Harvard Green Bag * Mike O'Conner remains in the I1 is the same as Harvard Green Bag I. -~~~~~~~~~5 -thmo' b ltb stockade at Fort Devens. Letters to 4. Bullt that's what you're 5. Ithink you'd otbetterl Waterproof. Ample-sized. Closes with him should be addressed: J. Michael doing now. off putting some of'your a drawstring you can't lose; O'Conner, US. Army Building P-6, dough into Living Insurance , Fort Not quite.Not The quitef beauty rom Equitable. It riot only Our new Green Bag Iiis $1.98. Our Devens, Massachusetts. of my systemI canttusuamy isf that - gives you and the family original Grebn Bag I is still an econom- I usually can't fnd you're going to have a * The Theater Arts Course, 21.28, you're going to hay,& a ical $1.39. will meet at 4 pmr, Monday, in the where whereI put it.v.it. lifetime of protection, it also builds cash values Pick your bag soon in the Stationery Green Room in Kresge Auditoriumn Department at the Coop. you can use for'emergencies, * Dramashop tryouts will be held opportunities, or even retirement.; Monday evening in the Little Theater in Kresge Auditorium. I wonder if it could be with the french fries? * The MIT Nautical Association will conduct its Third Winter Senior Seminar Wednesday, February 19, at For information about Living Insurance, see The Man from Equitable. 8:30 pm in room 6-120. Featured For career opportunities at Equitable, see your Placement Officer, or will be Greg Bemis, chairman of the write: Lionel M. Stevens, Manager, College Employment. International Rules Committee. * The Visiting Committe on Stu- HARVARD SQUARE dent Affairs of the MIT Corporation OpenThurs.,'til 9 PM will hold an open meeting from 3 to i THE UUITABLE M.I.T. STUDENT CENTER 5 pm in the Mezzanine Game Room The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States of the Student Center on Monday, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019 MEDICAL CENTER Februavy 17. All interested students An Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F Eauitable 1968 396 Brookline Ave., Boston are invited to attend and express their opinions. I- -- -- IL _ _ _- . _ - . . i_ alug -CI= aI PAGE 4 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY -144,969 THE TECH ' - . - Wednesday or Sunday evening in our office (W20-483) and talk tow an editor about joining one An Appeal of our staffs. We cannot be the kindof paper we would like to be unless you, the reader, help us out. The Tech needs your help. During volume 88 we V o l . L NXI, o ,. 2 tried, with some success, to be more effective in VoL LXXIIX, No. 2 Februay 14,1969 informing the MIT community and to be a construc- tive influence in reforming and improving the Insti- Youth Fare BOARD OF DIRECTORS tute. But we have a long way to go. Most of the criticisms which have been directed at the pape' in Recently a Civil Aeronautics Board examiner recommended that youth fares be dropped Chairman ...... Greg Arenson '70 the past have been to varying extents justified. by Editor ...... domestic ; ...... teve Carhart '70 We cannot, however, do the- kind of job we airlines on the grounds that they discri- Business Manager ...... Julian James '70 would like to do unless there is a significant influx minate against older passengers. If this principle Managing Editor ...... Reid Ashe '70 of concerned people who would like to do some- were to be extended to its logical conclusion, the EditorialAssociates ... 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Dave DeWitte '69 tors, there are always a large number of responsible Unless the full CAB-sees fit to reverse this positions left open when their occupants are promo- decision, it will become effective thirty days after. ted. In the past. staff members have recruited new the submission of the examiner's report. Now is the Controller .. people from their living groups to work for the time to write your local congressman, senators, and ...... Stan Gilbert '71 the Treasurer ...... Steve Tharp '71 paper, with the result that the staff has been neither CAB at 1825 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Wash- Accounts Recievable ...... Doug Coonley '72 sufficiently large nor sufficiently representative of ington, D. C., 20009. Accounts Payable ...... Pete White '72 the student body to do the job that must be done. Circulation Manager ...... '. ... Tini Furney '72 Before you say that you have too many problem sets to do, stop. You are going to have to live in a Editorial Consultants ...... George Flynn '69, Tony Lima '69 society of issues, problems, and people, as well as Cost of Living Tom Thomas'69, Mickey Warren '69 technology. Your education is only half an educa- Steve Kinney '70, George Wood '70 tion if you cannot deal with issues and personalities. We were disappointed to see that the charges for Those who work on the paper get an excellent dormitory rent and commons will increase next grounding in these topics and are usually among the year, but in light of their stability over the past five ProductionStaff ...... Alan Goldberg '69, Mike Bromberg '70 first to hear of a lot of exciting things. Although years despite generally rising prices, this can hardly Vicki Haliburton '72, Sandy Wiener '72 some spend as much ormore time on the paper as be viewed as a surprise. Insofar as the quality of on classwork, the depth of your commitment commons is concerned, it seems to us that relatively News Staff ...... Tom Pipal '71, Harvey Baker '72 Don D'Amnico '72, Dave DeBronkart 72 depends entirely on you. Many staff members find few students (who could move to a house without Joe Kashi '72, Larry Klein '72 that if they set aside time for the paper, they can required commons) would object to compulsory Alex Makowski '72, CharlesMann '72 work more effectively (out of necessity) when they commons if the quality were maintained. We will study. watch closely during the coming term to see whe- Second-class postage paid at Boston, Massachusetts. The Tech is published every Be relevant for a change. Get in on the ground Tuesday and Friday during the college year, except during college vacations, by ther the steps taken by Mr. Bishoff to improve the The Tech, Room W20-483, MIT Student Center,-84 Massachusetts Ave., floor of the excitement of volume 89. Drop in any West Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139. Telephone: Area Code 617, 876-5855, or Campus commons quality are effective. 864-6900, extension 2?31. United States Mail subscription rates: $4.25 for one year, $8.00 for two years. - -- Science Strike our c o u n try's reserve-- of :"undeveloped land." Undeveloped To the Editor: minds represent no potential land In December a graduate student -bank, but rather a guaranteed future representative visited my office to ex- Lote t D drain .on the social and economic plain edi that a tor number of MIT students, Tech well-being of every person in the undergraduate and graduate, were nation. repeated seriously concerned with the social of source of support, are doing open my offer to arrange a panel. than numerical marks on quiz papers. . Each student must participate to research of discussion on, the topic originally: consequences of research and invited their own choice. For those etc. All of these developments are create a climate that will enable suggested at any mutually acceptable me to organize one of a series of panel engaged in animal and human studies, coupled to the use of N/F and him to develop his "own piece of time outside of the regualr working discussions on this theme in my own as are many in this Department, it comments rather than grades. land." It is an affront to good hours of the Institute and will still be field. I was happy to agree to arrange a would be highly improper and irrespon- With regard to study habits, we are sense to assume that students will glad to do-so as long as it is not panel discussion along with some on sible, as well as a social disservice, for monitoring lecture attendance as one forever submit to patterns that do arranged in association with any my colleagues on the "Application of them to neglect their duties. In the life indicator of how students spend their not serve them adequately. it is research stoppage. Scientific and Technical Knowledge sciences, as in the physical and social- time. We are also in regular contact equally absurd to assume that I reaffirm my own conviction from Research to World Food and sciences, most discoveries of value and that with dormitory and fraternity tutors, students, one step away. from the the issues Nutrition Problems," my special area importance for human welfare can also raised are important ones to in order to get a feeling for what is Black ghetto, in a highly and a topic on which I have recently be used for contrary purposes. What is be explored deeply and thoughtfully happening within the living groups. competitive world, are voicing a by prepared a detailed report tor the needed is not to ban such research, but students and faulty. I believe it is I really cannot agree with the blind rejection of integration when United Nations. to develop national and international true of most of the faculty and statement that "almost no one was they wish to set up a "family" students I learned in January, however, that policies and forms of social organiza- of this Department that they satisfied the the Performance community within the campus the panels were to be organized in such tion and restraint which- ensure that have deliberately. chosen an area of Evaluation sheets." We have sent community. The Black student's -a way that students and faculty would research discoveries are used construct- research where their efforts might be of questionnaires and/or information let- need for increased sense of personal be urged to abandon their research for ively. tangible and .fairly immediate benefit ters to advisors, instructors, and fresh-. identity min a new and frequently. an entire day in order to attend and The concept of a work stoppage to mankind. We are actively working men themselves, all asking for specific: harassing .experience has solid "that the movement was being identified would be unacceptable for a variety of long hours to find ways' of applying comments and suggestions on thisi historical -Precedent' as a strike. I indicated to the student good reasons to many people'sympath- science and technology for the operation, and we are quite ready to. . It is useful to recall that the major- organizers that I would be strongly etic with discussions of the objectives improvement of human health and implement any improvements as soon:, · ity of immigrant family children went opposed on principle to such a pro- and implications of research and-would 'welfare "in'tOth'iddtsitrialized and less as they are suggested. In this sense, the to college asco6mmutimg students. They cedure and would not participate in it unfairly place them in the position of developed countries through improved "experiment" is indeed a continuously participated, little in the social and in this form. seeming not to care. nutrition. Given the urgency of the evolving one. extracurricular life of the campus. In discussing some of the reasons I believe it would 'be far more .world- food crisis; perhaps a research-in If there is one input that we do Traveling on public transportation with would .be more appropriate for us than why, I explained that as far as Iknew meaningful for persons concernedwit h need at this time, it would be former high school friends, their per- persons doing research in the life this problem to take their time in the a'research stoppage. additional concrete suggestions as to sonal lives remained tied to their child- sciences at MIT believe it to be for the evenings or on weekends for the Sincerely yours, specific observables which could be hood community throughout their col- benefit of mankind and that, regardless proposed discussions and panels. I Nevin S.' Scrimshaw measured during the course of the next lege years. Economics alone did not Professor of Nutrition 3162 years, which could have a bearing dictate this pattern. The largely pros- and Head of Departnent of on an assessment of.the program. The perous, white, Protestant milieu pf the Nuitrition and Food Science Committee members are always glad to resident college population presented a Pass- Fail discuss these matters with interested threatening and exclusionary scene'that To The Editor members of the MIT community. inhibited immigrant family children Your editorial of' February 11. from attemptin life in the dormitory "Pass-Fail", raised a number. of Black Students even when economically feasible. questions concerning evaluation of this To the Editor: That Black students. do not cite program. Since it appears that a Many of us in the white comimunity such facts, but express their concerns - number of the evaluation procedures who have a total commitment to inte- in the rhetoric of Black Power is only a being used are not widely known, I gration do not view the Black student popular excuse for complaint. Far would like 'to -cite some of these in desire for a degree of separation -as more distressing and warranting com- reply.- Clearly, a subjective permanently foreclosing the future of plaint is the poor memory of educated assessment alone of freshmen-reactionw integration. Nor do we see the Black adults, especially faculty and admini- is not sufficient. One criterion of student focus as a hindrance to indi strators, who ignore the facts oftheir success, which will not be operative vidual academic achievement. This is own history-and miss the point at until next year, is the academic the moment, it would seem, for issue. performance of the Class of '72 in thoughtful people to reexamine many There is no more galling experience second-year subjects, as compared with faulty premises so that colleges may for a college student than to be told past records. Another aspect we are deal more justly with Black youth who "lies" which is their term for rationali- watching closely is any change occurng axe now attempting to expand those zations advanced to obtain compliance in the way that the furst-year subjects opportunities so recently opened up to with adults's desires. Most adults con- themselves are taught, such as them. - gratulate 'themsehes that they want a elimninatioa of examinations, changes in Unlike the past, today it is the nmore integrated society and more section size, use of comments rathem minds of our young that constitute (plse tutn topage 121 rta '91 a P 1 I - p I THE TECH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1969 PAGE 5 Hall is a fright -- paint it white Social Sciences are and Institute grey goes away. favored in MIT xchange By Harvey Uker The MIT-Wellesley Exchange Pro- popular course being 21.386, Interpre- viously participated in the program. · · ·~B~ ~ ~ ~ P.'.... i', '. gram, Spring 1969, has gotten off to a tation and Judgement of Films, which A final interesting statistic shows good start this semester with nearly has. been elected by 25 Welleslyites. that precisely 69 girls majoring in three hundred students cross registering More than half of the Wellesley stu- Social Science are taking MIT courses. their courses. dents are taking courses in their major On the other side of the ledger, a A glance at the statistics shows that or in a related field. plurality of the 96 MIT students regis- almost twice as many Wellesley stu- The breakdown by departments tered at Wellesley are taking Humani- dents as Techman: are taking advantage shows that there are 116 girls in Huma- ties courses, wwith only thirteen elec- of the exchange. The overwhelming nities, 56 in Social Science, and 28 in ting science courses. One singularly per- ,najority of the girls registering at MIT Architecture and Planning, but a mere suasive student has been, allowed to are taking humanities and Social Sci- 29 in Science and Engineering com- take Mathematics at Wellesley, while ence courses, with the single most bined. Forty of the girls have pre- two others are taking Physics. -.., ...... 5~.t.~i~i·..-z~~.t~.f: . - :s·~,~, ,,~:~::~:~:~::::~::~·:·z The largest single Wellesley depart- ;~:~:~:::~::r~:i:....:'::;:~::::ment ...... that the Techmen enrolled in is 4 * REnglsh, quite possibly a reflection of i::R'.-. F o ot o te * R- gi MIT's lack of an English department as !iiRiiiiiii! ~[~Xq: OO t e s . - iiisuch. An MIT student desiring to major :miliiiii , - 'R.....-~...... in English must instead major in Huma- iX~~ :i~ ~~jj::::.:.B..`~~~~~..::*:::Z... *.- -. *.~~~ii~~~::*::::::~~~~~~~~~::::::**~~~;·-- - .... * iisadtk nlshcusswti I LIa.L uaIll. ime. rel;apsiJ ai resL, 8. The ladies handing out roll cards telescope in Massachusetts 'and a the most popular Wellesley course elec- on registration day stuck diligently large one, possibly as large as 90 ted was English 210 Modern Poetry. 22 to their instructions. One student inches, in South America, to be MIT men cross-registering in the who had all of the right papers but shared with several other schools. exchange program have taken part in it not the signature of his advisor previously. 14. We'd like to thank the sage of argued futilely for a minute to get A breakdown by year of graduation his roll cards. Finally he left the the Student Center, A} Goldberg, for of the enrolled students shows that line, signed his advisor's name at making a. half-tone of the Astronaut Wellesley is contributing 68 seniors, 53 Lovell picture on the front page. The Photo by George Flynn the bottom of his schedule, juniors, 64 sophomores, and 12 fresh- Building 5 gets a facelifting while most of the rest of the building returned to the same line, and picture was taken hours past the men to the program. MIT, however, printer's deadline for submission of the remains drab. The Paint Shop indicated that repainting on the main hall picked up his cards. can muster no more than two fresh- is being held up for lack of any duly authorized color. It's supposedly 9. One of the nicest programs we pictures. The printer normally handles men, in addition to the upperclassmen, the process which is necessary for all being decided by a committee somewhere. At any rate, the Paint Shop saw was given to a sophomore in primarily seniors who number 55. went on record as being firmly opposed to psychedelic colors. chemistry. The computer assigned photos. RP-· _ r~~p~~l"I I leg Ir -,,, __I - I ~~~~~sl i a I~ a I him a lunch hour every day and nothing else. I 10. Desperate during the last snow I storm, Wellesley offered to pay its students $2.75 an' hour for shoveling snow, proving that a liberal education is indeed useful. 11. From the walls of The Tech's production room: "There is . the pragmatic conclusion that most Catholic families, judging from their now smaller families, have already RCA adopted birth control and hence the encyclical has no effect. This is wrong." 12. In trying to search out the O-n Campus reason for the digging in the Great I Court the other day, an unsuspecting reporter got a good I lesson in the workings of the Interviews Institute. Starting out in the Superintendent's Office, he was told that they didn't know but the Physical' Plant ought to know. for Engineering Physical Plant, in turn, replied that they had nothing to do with the Rotational Programs or hole and suggested the Superintendent's Office. But they made the fatal' mistake of arming Direct Assignments the reporter with a name to contact. Back at the Superintendent's Office, the reporter finally got his information. February 26 and 27 13. MIT, according to one of our sources, may be getting a small
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