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r, I I - -- ~- ---- ~--- ----------- - I ech * EVANGELICAL I C).0 0 * CHRIST CENTERED - FFor Fresh nen Only * BIBLE PREACHING How many times have you been told that three or less close friends. Time was scarce; o.. "MIT is tough."? Ten? A hundred? Probably entering freshmen, most of whom had done very vu more. Everyone who has talked with you about well in high school, found themselves with time 1st UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH this place since you were accepted has taken the for nothing but school work. Whereas in the 1418 CAMBRIDGE STREET ,u line, "Well, it's a tough school .. but we all four years of secondary school, twice as much CAMBRIDGE, MASS. know you'll pull through all right. Good Luck!" time was spent in recreation and social activities And chances are, you agreed with them. You are as was spent in studies, at MIT this ratio was pretty sure you will pull through all right. A reserved. REV. ROBERT LANTZ, PASTOR I_) study of the present Senior class when it was in The subject of the freshmen's complaints was I- ,L its first year revealed that 96% of the men in the no surprise. Some of the precise statistics were. L.----, -,--, --------- i class counted on being in the upper half of the Our purpose in printing a few of the more dis- ·lcrrrrrrrrr---·l----·I ---- - I - --- --- I I --- ,_ 0 I class academically. Needless to say, half of these turbing ones is to start you, the Class of 1964, t- freshmen were disappointed. thinking about the problem areas that you will The study to which we refer is the Sussman encounter. Report. Dr. Leila Sussman, of Wellesley Col- Do not feel, however, that you have run into a BACK TO SCHOOL m lege, observed and interviewed the Class of 1961 brick wall. At MIT the problems mentioned throughout its freshman year; her report was above are not considered unsolvable. Much has made available last Spring. We recommended at transpired since the present Senior class arrived; SALE that time that all of you be sent copies of the every year sees further development of MIT as a I NEW AND USED BICYCLES Report, but nothing was done about it. So we'll community as well as a technical institute. As take it upon ourselves to pass on to you a few MIT evolves from an impersonal diploma fac- AT POPULAR PRICES I of the facts contained therein that concern you tory to a genuine university, with an intellectual directly. and cultural life outside the classroom as well as Racing bicycles and equipment Lack of school spirit at MIT was a complaint in, each successive class gains a little more from SALES RENTALS REPAIRS of many of the entering Freshmen. 75 % of its four-year experience. A welcome, then, to - - dormitory residents also felt a lack of house you, the newest members of the MIT community. spirit. 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Matching Pencil, $3.95 I Somerville A PRODUCT OF tcTHE PARKER PEN COMPANY v SO 6-1412 -- U'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ENJOY HARVARD SQUA RE UN 4-1300 THE CONVENIENCES OF MODERN LIVING Tech Coop II- A -11 LI _?-- -~~~~~~~~~---- _ I - I- - -_j.I: ;a I -i 'Scoundrels' Humorous, 'Beggars' Routine m Gay Play at Brattle Farce at Exeter -I I By Richard Howland, '62 By Les Lampert, '60 F) "School for Scoundrels", a farce now playing The current film at the Brattle, The Beggar's -n at the Exeter, satirizes the notion that there is Opera, is a disappointing version of the 17th an easy way to go through life. Anyone can century opera written by John Gay and 70 p succeed adapted by using the proper play at the proper by Christopher Fry. Many of the original m time. songs And if you want to become something- have been included on the film, with the addi- anything at all-go to school. tional music by author Bliss imposed on the 0- The concert season is barely beginning, but the entertainmentt Based on Lifemanship sound track. picture for the coming week is still bright. There are a couplee The movie, based on the "Lifemanship" books of good plays Swashbuckler in town and the quality of the films currently7 by Steven Potter, tells of a man who goes to The work was available is somewhat higher given the full "Errol Flynn o than usual, for Boston. school to learn how to get along in the world. treatment"-butr with Sir Laurence Olivier in Picture Palfrey, the The Boards hereditary owner of a small the leading role. Olivier's songs, sung while investment firm, who bumps into a beautiful galloping at a pace achieved only by Hollywood's Starting with the legitimate theater "Raisin in the Sun,"'Ygirl on a bus and gets a date. He, it would seem, horses, seem ridiculous. In fact, most of John -0 Lorraine Hansbury's award-winning drama about a Negro family is a winner. But he is other-directed-others in Chicago, 7 Gay's delightful music was ruined by the cine- is at the Wilbur Theatre for another two weeks. This3 being his employees, his landlady, and his best matic production stars Claudia necessity of having the performers act McNeil and is directed by Lloyd Richards. friend, who steals the girl. while they sing. Maurice Evans (of all people) is the star of the musical I Learning Gambits This clash between 17th century opera and a (of all things), "Tenderloin," which hits Boston for its pre- In despair Palfrey signs up for "The School 20th century cinema was aggravated by the Broadway tryouts on Tuesday.