0 a 0 A41,45 60-A 1= L- I O 6 I 4 ) I 11 I rotest remains peaceful;l Bow director speaks YAProunter-emonpeace s at Kresge colloquium; OYAF counter-demonstrates$ Deansdiscugs attc Fears of violence proved unfounded as the SDS and Held yesterday in Kresge Audi- the Committee to End the War in Vietnam sponsored torium, an open forumn met to a peaceful protest against a recruiter from the Dow discuss social responsibilities, in Chemical Company yesterday morning. particular the use of napalm in The protesters assembled at 9 am in front of the Student Center the Vietnam war. The forum was where they held a rally to seek further publicity for their cause- sponsored by an ad hoc faculty Dow's production of napalm for the Vietnam war. After the rally, committee, chaired by Professor the protesters, numbering about 70, headed to the Ford Building for Murray Eden of the Electrical a 10 am confrontation with the recruiter in the Placement Bureau. Enginreering department. The top- Fill hallway ic under discussion was "Napalm, University." They continued to the fourth floor of the building, where they Vietnam and the was scattered throughout the hallway, since there was not enough room The purpose of the colloquim objective for all of them in the entry to the Placement Bureau. There they to hold an organized, issue. awaited the arrival' of the Dow recruiter. discussion of the napalm this open forum Once in the Ford Building, the protesters did not physically pre- Speakers at John- vent any students from entering the Placement Bureau. Lt. James included President Howard irtroduc- Olivieri of the Campus Patrol, who had stationed extra forces in the son, who delivered the building in case of trouble, explained that all students seemed able tory talk. Dow's Max Key, Di- Relations, dis- to get through to interviews and that there was "no trouble." rector of Industrial company's position on Take interviews cussed his supplying napalm to the Defense physically bar any job appli- Although the SDS members did not Department. Following Key, Dr. the same end cants, another form of strategy was employed with Frank Ervin of the Harvard had absolutely no interest in working result. Many students who Medical School and the Massachu- to waste -the- recruiter's time. for Dow requested interviews setts General Hospital, discussed One of these SDS members had been able to get the first inter- his medical mission, from which view with the recruiter. This student later recounted the details of he had just returned, to aid his interview to passers-by from the steps of the Student Center. napalm victims in Vietnam. He He explained that the recruiter claimed that production of napalm spoke against use of incendiaries. was only a small portion of Dow's enterprises. The student then Professor Ithiel Pool, Head of Vol. 87, No. 43 Cambridge, Mass., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1967 5c asked the recruiter why Dow would continue to produce an item of the Department of Political Sci- such little consequence to its financial well-being when so many ence, and an advisor to the gov- potential employees are driven away. The recruiter answered (per- ernment on Vietnamese policy, Meeting sei for rentghi haps, in jest) that the napalm issue keeps Dow in the public light spoke for the war, and was fol- and probably gains more applicants. lowed by Philip Morrison, Pro- YAF counters fessor of Physics, who spoke to explore sehoog plan In response to the SDS protest, the Young Americans for Free against the fighting. Chairman of in order to support Dow's the Faculty Walter A. Rosenblith By Jack Katz dom developed a cournter-demonstration right to recruit on carnpus. Appro:inately 15 people, including some served as chairman for the meet- Because people generally listen when Dr. Jerome Lettvmn twho vigorously opposed the War in Vietnam, but who st felt that ing. speaks, MIT could one day embark on a radically different concept Dow had a right to interview, aired the YAF's views by demonstra- Another meeting in high schools-an institution taught by college students receiving ting in the Ford Building against the SD-S. Another group also took action Before the anti- academic credit for their efforts. (Please turn to Page 6) last weekend. Dow demonstrators had even for At a meeting scheduled planned their tactics, the Dean's 8 pm tonight in the West Lounge CAP begins discussion office had held a discussion of of the Student Center, discussion what would be done to prevent for will be entertained' on ideas a violent demonstration, and an MIT financed high school what sort of action should be cater- taught by undergraduates taken against protestors who be- ing to the Cambridge community. came carried away with their by Mark days-in both the mornings and the afternoons. An ad hoc group headed By Mark Bolotin efforts to draw attention to the Spitzer '68, Richard Adelstein '68, * CAP might suggest that last year's Reading experiment may anti-war cause. Bill Carlson '68, Jerry Grochow Last year's Reading Period Period experiment be continued. This proposal Reading Per- Deans confer '68, and Dave Peterson '68 will pave the way to major alterations of calls for a five-day Reading Period plus the iod and Examination Period. Armed with a SCEP Dean of Student Affairs Ken- formulate the proposals for event- weekend free both before and after. Finals would neth R. Wadleigh conferred with report on Reading Period changes, the Faculty afternoons ual presentation to President be still spread over the mornings and Associate Dean Jay Hammerness. approv- Committee on Academic Performance has begun Johnson for Institutional of five days. with Thomas W. Harrington, Di- al. discussion of the problem. No ReaDing Period In a conference with The Tech Friday before rector of the Placement Bureau, $10 million estimated need a CAP could present a plan to incorporate are to CAP met to discuss Reading Period, Professor E. where the Dow interviews According to Peterson, esti- Reading Period and Finals Week into an extended i take place, and with President Neal Hartley, Chairman of CAP, explained the mates have it that MIT could Examination Period. This proposal, which is be- Dean Wadleigh, possible recommendations his committee might Howard Johnson. devote $10 million over 10 years ing supported by SCEP, has examinations given on present. however, refused to comment to an acceptable project. only once a day over the 10-day period. This plan No change what sort of action would be Not allowed to teach received the editorial support of The Tech in the taken against demonstrators if a CAP might recommend the continuation of Dr. Lettvin first made the pro- issues of May 9 and October 27. they stepped over the boundary posal at the MIT Myth Confer- the system of old Reading Period and Examination 8 CAP could suggest some combination of thesee between the acceptable and the ence tvo weeks ago, although he Period. There would be a three-day Reading Per- tern to Page 2) unacceptable. (Please turn to Page 3) iod and three-hour finals would be held over five (Please i 8 0 I Z ., Biei umark acti've wYeeken Pro -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ anior II I Junior Prom succeed s 1 Field Day tradition falls socially and financially A as sophs defeat frosh number of partal I An unprecedented 1 By Peter Meschter z, ticket sales offset a slight drop in the bitterly contested ... i: number of full weekend tickets to make I" In one of the most I 9:' i JP x and enthusiastically battled Field Days JP '67 the first financially successful t k., of recent times, an outnumbered "Red - in recent years. Full weekend sales to- y1 I Baron" sophomore class triumphed over taled 825, down from 873 last year, but the "Snoopy" freshmen last Saturday. over 1100 couples were present at the The victory represented the first time Saturday concert, and a record 1200 cou- I since 10o that the class of an even-num- ples were present at the Saturday night R, won Field Day. blast. il bered year has t Sophomores had stolen most of the spe- The formal dance Friday night went k had had -, ....". smoothly and was highlighted by the i cial T-shirts which the freshmen A made up for Field Day. Many of these ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...... 77~:? . :...... ?. crowning of the JP queen, Miss Linda 1,I shirts appeared on sophomores, with the Kilburn of Wellesley Colhege, the date of I original Snoopy 'cartoon covered by the Dave Kiser (SC). Sophomore class symbol in red. .v ~'~.;%,. ~ :-.. ~ ...... I Saturday, success- !!.~..'.,~. '''.., ! , . X.,~:ii 10 for Beaver Key ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,..:::u,,..?.....~.~The large turnout for the concert Sat- event, a pumpkin pie-eating The first urday afternoon was rewarded with an contest between living-group representa- enthusiastic performance from the Lovin' of the two classes, came to a tives Spoonful. The weekenad's one major crisis end when the pie-eaters be- Premature photo by Larry Stuart-Deutsch was discovered by the, J'P committee be- carne pie-throwvers. Beaver Key awarded on their shoulders fore the concert. Tests- of the sound sys- the 10 points at stake in the con- Jubilant sophomores hoist President Joe Bisaccio itself proved test. when they learn of Field Day victory. Gaining the cup, the sophomores broke the tem in the Back Bay Theatre numbered classes winning the frosh-soph rivalry. The job of tcradition of odd (Please turn to Page 12) (Please tuian to Page 3) c1lleaning up the field fell to the freshmen. k- -1 I t '0ATO sign fops Sheraton SCEP iI Il X as stunt finally succeeds ei u en s sole Olne ina opr a~i
-o.0 (Continued from Page 1) upperclassmen (their maturity should allow better i ideas, such as a shortened Reading Period and a use of the extra time), and freshmen (they have lengthened Exam Period. rigid schedules, especially at exam time). 0 CAP might present one of these proposals SCEP poll I on an experimental basis for the spring term. Despite this opposition, the experiment was pp. 2 Experimentation proved by the faculty'when confronted with a Reading Period was extended for the spring SCEP report. The report consisted of a poll con- >:fI) coCQus term last year on an experimental basis at the ducted in the spring of 1966 to determine studens, urging of SCEP. Although, according to Prof. desires about Reading Period. Tzis poll showed Hartley, the Faculty expressed "relatively little that 35% preferred a lengthened Reiding Period; enthusiasm" for the plan, they accepted the change 27% favored no change in Reading Period; 22% I as a basis for gathering comparative wished for a short Reading Period with exams -. data. At that time, rnembers of the Faculty felt that scheduled on alternate days; and 16% preferred a I i the extra two days of formal instruction were short Reading Period and a lengthened Exam Per. b worth more in class than out. Other considerations iod with only one test per day. were concerned less Nwith the actual length of The SCEP report also pointed out advantges L Reading Period than with the form itself. of a lengthened Reading Period. Some students Who profits? felt that a short Reading Period could only lead i lU Another question raised sought to determine to cramming. Others claimed that the major fault r photo by Larry-Stuart Deutsch which people would profit most by the lengthened with the present system was that a student could t I Five lett-ers of the electric sign atop the Sheraton, Hotel were Reading Period. Bids were put in for humanities have two exams on a single day. blacked out Friday night when several members of Alpha Tau students (more time needed for reading courses), (Please turn to Page 7) Omega managed to carry out a plan delayed from last Halloween, I and used a portable 11%4 frame to change the lettering. I i Anyone not too occupied Friday SHER by a switch, a fact they night may have noticed that the had not known last year. They large sign atop the Sheraton Hotel used the rest of their frame to The lightweight champs read not "SHERATON" but cover the N of the sign turning off 'ATO," in honor of a certain the letters ATON for about 45 sec- fraternity on campus. Not many onds while fitting the cover. of the world... knew at the time, however, how Thxse participating in the coup I the trick was accomplished. were Biran O'Connor '68, Con I The act was planned for Hal-- Foley '69, George McKinney '70, loween a year ago by five mem- Ed Johnson 71, and Steve Barr SONY RADIOS AND bers of the ATO house, but they '70. postponed it because of the high - -m-~prx II winds. However, the foldable iI I~ ir frame built for the occasion was I TELEVISIONS preserved. At 9:20 pm Friday night the five Indoors, outdoors, on land, on sea, and on the climbed to the top of the Shera- I air, Sony scores a technical knock-out with these ton with their frame, which was miniature portables. Great ccntenders, they're covered with a plastic coated oil I power-packed to give heavyweight reception any- cloth. There they discovered that where, anytime. For a ringside seat, visit the they could turn off the letters Coop's Mezzanine Floor, Main Building, and see these little champions in action!
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A great teacher may permnn- visiting hours, and encouraging The new orbital nuclear weapons been a major goal of US foreig " anently influence a student's thinking and those visits; and the desire to go outside system apparently under develop- policy, as exemplified by our Ur E philosophy; a poor one is probably best the formal bounds of teacher-student re- ment by the Soviet Union should successful attempts to reach some LIJ prompt a reevaluation of our ideas > left unremembered, because at his worst lationships, to contribute to the total de- on US-Soviet relationships. The sort of agreement with the So 0 viets limiting the z he turns students velopment of those he comes in contact Soviet "fractional orbital bombard- deployment of away from his partic- the AB1M. > ular field. with. ment system" (FOBS) announced Unusual circumstanees < Professors and Back in April, 1966 the Faculty Com- by Secretary of Defense McNa- instructors at the uni- Back in. Arl19mara last week could place nu- Under n o r ma I ccumnstaces, u versity level have not had education mittee on Educational Policy (CEP) held clear missiles in a low earth or- neither side gains any tangible - courses, nor does their teaching ability a meeting for the general faculty and a bit from which they .could be benefits from an increase in the significantly affect their future in the aca- number of students at which time a num- latunched at any time, giving the level of weapons sophistication, demic realm. Tenure is still evaluated by ber of factors-in good teaching were men- US as little 'as three minutes' assuming ltheother side under. tioned. These included: takes a comparable buildup. HIow. I colleagues using such criteria as research (1) preparation; warning of an impending attack u output, expertise and general reputation (2) organization and presentation of ma- as compared to fifteen minutes for ever, the Soviet Union stands to ' in the particular field, and published ma- terial, (3) good personal student contact, an ICBM attack. his new weapon, gain a great deal more than it w terial. The ability to communicate ideas and (4), that spark of interest, that en- following as it does the deploy- would under nornal peacetme I effectively to a class of undergraduates is thusiasm of a teacher for his material. ment of the Soviet anti-ballistic conditions due to US involvemnwt considered minimally in the tenure deci- To this we would add the encouragement missile (ABM), indicates a desire in Vietnam. Burdened with a sion process at best. Nor does later ad- of classroom response and discussion. Too on the part of the Kremlin to up- budget carrying $25 billion for vancement in the amademic hierarchy many courses are merely monologues ad- set the relatively stable situation Vietnam and facing an enormous hinge very critically on actual pedagogi- dressed to the sleeping masses. in the strategic weapons arena deficit already, the US is in no condition at this time to under. cal talents. Of course, student responsibility in the which has prevailed since the in- take the development of new The quality of teaching at the under- teaching process can not be neglected. troduction of the ICBM. Intelligent discussion No advantsges? strategic weapons without major graduate level remains largely a student is impossible if the NoDespiteSecreta MeNamas's economic dislocations. students choose to be absent or ill-pre- assurances that the advantage of problem. The initiative for suggested im- A sobering event provements, the encouragement of better pared. Nothing is more frustrating for an assur anceorbital system arenegli-e instructor than to attempt a discussion in suble and tharbt a newlydeveloped The deployment of the FBS performance, the awards for excellence would be a violation of the intent an area in which no one in the class has gbleradar wi negthatae them, it seemsloped fall to interested students and student if not the done any reading. radar will negate them, it seems letter of the recent groups to do something about. doneany reading. doubtful that the US will be able treaty banning nuclear weapons SCEP now provides teacher evalua- In regard to personal contacts, too to avoid increasing its own efforts in space. Although the missile tion questionnaires for any instructor many students never want to discuss any- in the strategic weapons field in could be fired before making a who requests them. The results of the thing with an instructor outside of class. the face of such a determined new futU orbit and therefore would not feedback are evaluated by the individual This is a serious mistake which unfor- effort in Russia. As nice as it technically be "in space," a piece instructor and are for him to use or tunately limits a student's educational would be not to be faced with a of paper would mean very little ignore. experience. The faculty of this Institute potential new arms race, we must were the Russians to refrain ftom are remarkably willing to put aside their remember that Each spring the Baker Foundation confidence in its pressing the button the first time research, publishing, and other academic strategic forces is an indispensable around. Those who enthusiastically presents the Outstanding Undergraduate chores to just sit down and "shoot the political tool Teaching Award to one or more distin- for a superpower in encourage reconciliation with the bull." But thd student who never seeks the conduct of its foreign policy. Soviet Union should be sobered guished, untenured professors who have out his professor, contributed who never takes advan- Under these. circumstances the by the attitude which has pro significantly to the quality of tage of the opportunity to discuss any most desirable teaching. The $250 cash gift and the goal which we have duced first the ABM system and as- topic, related to the course material or any chance sociated medal are meant to recognize ex- at all of attaining is now the FOBS. Without ceasing to not, is getting shortchanged on his tul- that of keeping competition at a look for ways to ease tensions, we cellence, and hopefully to influence sub- tion. sequent tenure decisions so that the high low key; beyond a certain point, must realize that the "mellowing" - As one small advance . process in Russia still has a long quality teachers will remain at MIT. -As~~~ ~ ~ in~ encoura.-,,;.',,,,r-,,=~.~~~~~o the... degreeins relativly of weapons unimprtan sophistica- so better teaching way to go. The Goodwin Medal is primarily a fac- and suggesting better on is relatively unimportant so ulty selection with student input which teaching methods, we will feature in recognizes graduate students who have "Faculty Spotlight" some of the more performed "conspicuously effectively over inspired, if lesser known instructors, ask- and above ordinary excellence." ing them questions about their philosophy of instruction, their techniques, and what What constitutes good teaching? The brought them to MIT. Although we do Baker Foundation, has its own criteria: not wish to sponsor a popularity contest, the ability of the teacher to stimulate we would like to hear from any students deeper thinking and interest among the who know of professors who are conspic- students; the ability to communicate ef- uously good teachers. Suggestions may Vol. LXXXVII, No. 43 November 6, 1967 fectively the ideas of the course without be mailed to W20-483, or dropped off Chairman mere repetition ...... G uille Cox '68 of a text; the willingness directly at our offices. Chairman MiLl,~ D!,Rnl, ,,r '/,1 oilltr ...... MllKeldg ID UrgU M8anaging Editors ...... John Corwin '68, Tom Thomas '69 Business Manager ...... D an Green '68 News Editor ...... Mark Bolotin '68 Letters to ze Features Editor ...... M ichael Warren '69 ach Sports Editor ...... Tony Lima '69 Chess club checkmate 2 weeks in advance, or not make Entertainment Editor ...... l...... Jack Donohue '69 Stephen wnders Photography Editor Bill Ingram '68 the changes at all. Advertising Editor To the Editor: To the Editor: ...... Nick Covatia '68 It is high time that SCC acted The Chess Club, which has regu- Dear Michael, I wonder if aniy- National Advertising Manager ...... Jack Swaim '68 responsibly to insure that the Associate 'Maryaqing Editor ...... Greg Arenso0 '70 lar meetings Saturday and Sun- one could address a letter to this Associate News Editors ...... Steve Carhart '70, Paul Johnston '70 first come," who planned in ad- Associate Sports Editor ...... George Wood '70 day afternoons in room 491 of Intramural vance, are "first served" with column and not have it succeeded Sports Editor ...... Joel Hemmeistein '70 Associate Entertainment Editor ...... Barry Mitnick '68 the Student Center, scheduled a scarce space in the Student Cen- by an editor's note containing Associate Photography Editor ...... Jeff Reynolds '69 Accounts Receivable ...... Pat Green '69 tournament for this Saturday ter, and not pushed aside in your own opinionated conumen- Assistant 'Advertising Manager ...... -...... Regan Fay '70 favor of those who did not plan Controller ...... Steve KinneY '70 (Nov. 4) which would take about tary upon the subject treated. Secretary...... Linda F. Stewart far enough in advance to reserve 4 hours, and started publicity of I am not a journalist, but it Features Staff ...... Lee Shaeffer '70, Ed Chalfie '70, the proper amount of room. Louis Zarfas '70, Philip Selwyn, Bob Dennis' 71 the event. Today (Tuesday) we is my inderstanding that an Sports Staff ...... Herb Finger '68., John KopoloW '68 Peter Meschter, '69 were informed Jon Steele '68, Arm Varteressean '68, Steve Wiener '69 by SCC that be- Chess Club editor's note should be used to Scott Rhodes. '69, Jim Yankaskas '69, Paul Baker '70 cause of a meeting of the Nation- Roger Dear '70, Jeff Goodman '70, John Wargo '70 George Phillies '68 supply factual correction to, his- Joe Angland '71, Ron Cline '71, George Novosielski '71 al Association of Student Unions Scott Ramos '71 Strategic Games Society torical background.for, and/or to on Saturday, room 491 would rnot Front page photo of the Green Building by Steve Gretter. be available until 3:30 p.m. The relate happenings pertinent to a Strategic Games Society, which Of Viking red reader's letter. It is my opinion has a fixed event on Saturday To the Editor: that your views are for your part only, was similarly affected. The Runkel Towers Association of the page only. This sudden change in room has followed the exploits of Bur- And I welcome any factual cor- availability is not unique. In the ton House (The Tech-last 3 issues) rections to my letter, which, I last year and a half, the Chess with great disgust and pity. Dis- repeat (for your Club has been arbitrarily moved gust that The Tech concentrates benefit only), is my opinion. at least five times; the current its efforts upon one living group instance represents one of the and pity for the poor Burtonites. Stephen L. Weinberg '69 earlier notices which we have The Tower Association is proud (Ed. note: Dear Stephen, received. of its Viking red, bronze trimmed First some factual information. Some halls - infinitely superior to the activities are getting Of the 15 letters printed prior tired of the 29 shades of Institute grey. This I flagrant disregard to this issue thus far this term, immense, aesthetic project of SCC for "permanent" room was 7 had no Ed. notes; 2 contained { conceived, financed, reservations. Recognizing that and engineer- Ed. notes apologetic only; 3 had ed by the Association meetings of overriding import- itself (the purely factual replies; 1 was half ance East Campus 4th and must sometimes take up 5th floor opinion, half fact, and 2 were extravaganza most or all of the room in the depleted the Senior clearly opinionated replies. As I House building Student Center, we nevertheless fund.) So'- what's to your concern over the nature feel that SCC should inform hold- so special about Burton? of an Ed. note-what can I say? ers of permanent room reserva- Fred Kuminer '71 We have a difference of opinion. tions of displacements at I e a st Towers Association Sec. Michael.) -,,, -- 1,, I .
Ik I I I 0 . 0 0 - 0 1% PI I m Ix s rive or I e Of - if an on affn us -- 4 r By Greg Bernhardt to the wire. The voting is sched- bytum. An analysis showed him they'd be free to tear each other ,in the name of any of the candi- 0I uled to begin Monday and last to be 100% waste, which gives to pieces.' dates. Six undergraduates have been until Friday. Each vote will cost him a considerable lead over Mostly hair Last year's drive, which net- dredged up to compete in Alpha one cent and one may cast as Chapman, who was only 99 44/ Last of the contestants is Fer- ted $558.28 for charity was won -< phil Omega's "Ugly Man on 100% waste. nando the Bull, alias Peter Wul- by Mel Basan '68. Basan refused many votes as he wishes. Voting to tell The Tech why he did not Canpus" contest. If previous con- is open to the entire MIT Com- Long odor half-ife kan '68 of Bexley. Fenlando is a member of the phylum Taurus choose to run this year, but, ac- tests are any indication, competi- munity. APO will donate the pro- From Baker comes "Klondike" cording to informed sources, he tion can be expected to be stiff Ed Krugman '70. Klondike is Exerementus, class Very Little. ceeds of the contest to a charit- He can be recognized by a hair- sent a lengthy letter to APO with Z and the race will go right down hairy, drools, wears size 18EEE his full support for one of the able causes the American Cancer shoes, and stands 14 light years do complete with a bird's nest candidates. m Society. high. His odor half-life was found and caterpillars. About his abumd- Their quzalveations to be too long to compute and ant hair, Fernando said, "Not sat- mEIO isfied with normal head-totoe ugli- This year's contestants exhibit analysis showed him to be an ness, I have added extra inches i an unusual range of deformities, utter waste. Klondie amassed the of ugliness in the form of a dis- and deviations. largest number of signatures on mutations, tinctive halo. Fernando will be a '70 of his petition, which must mean Contestant Alan Chapman tough contender, stating that he II I " e~~i TEP, boasts a running nose, in- something. Describing his qualifi- i I - cations, Kondike pointed out that, has "single-handedly grossed out fested hair, trench mouth, ath- the entire populations of Cam- lete's feet, and a waist size ol "Nobody knows how ugly I am. bridge, 'Mass., Visegrad, Yugos- 9.7 x 10.3 mmn. Coming from the They can't look at me long enough lavia, and Kitchener, Ontario. 'o0 phylum Barfahelofalot, Chapman to find out." i v-I describes himself as "hideous In reply to Baker, Burton 'The Blob' A. (.n ugly, repulsive, unsightly." scrounged around and found John APO will once again run a movie Not to be outdone is Gregg Charles Thomas Salerno '71. to gain publicity for the UMOC "S'UVMP" Erickson '69 of DU. Salerno can be recognized by contest and to help gather funds STUMP'S assets include a well copious hair, several eyes (at last for the American Cancer Society. picked nose, clubbed feet, one count), pseudopdia, and a mass "The Blob" will be shown in red and two blue eyes, no chest, of 681 x 10.5 mg. Salerno is from Room 10-250 at 7 pm and again and no shoes, STUMP classifies the phylum Deformis, class at 9:30 Wednesday, Nov. 11. The himself in the phylum chewum- Crassus. Describing his nose, he admission of 35c may be donated John Salerno remarked that he "nose only gross ~~if-- jokes." Salerno feels himself to be qualified since he has a "warped mind in a deformed
Fishy sory Also from Burton, Wazoo floor, is Irving G. Sassoon '69. Irving is unique in that he does not fit into any phylum. He has no hair, no eyes, three noses, and a foaming mouth. Irving commented on his "discovery," saying, "I was dis- covered in a neighborhood fish store lounging in a window tank along with the eels. I was relaxing after a strenuous session pulling wedges out of lobsters' claws so . .i2 Photos by Alan Goldberg Ed Krugman Gregg Ericksonn Peter Wulkan Irving G. Sassoon Ed- Ke -ruqman I c
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MBT PRESSBBOK SALE~~~~~~1 6~~i~,E~;&~~·s~tsg Q) Nontobst rctve s in P. Ksbxtzer . ....-l r esltiedeterined Sun, mBy Php elw tracts that extension of the pro- would act as a group after a de- North but it was the defense who came (Continzted from Page 1) out Victorious. posals would lead to its shut down. cision was voted upon. It was also 6 5 3 2 The YAF hopes to show that f 103 ce thought that a protest must be South's t a c t i c a 1 contributon the majority of IN students sup- Actually war protest AQ84 came dhring the bidding. Emast chosen which would not cause un- Q 10 4 port their position by means of a favorable reaction in the student failed to open an "obvious" 1NT It was Professor Katz's opinion West because he was playing "'weak" lii petition reaffirming Dow's right body. East co that Dow's appearance is merely '4 K8 6 J 9 4 No Trmnps. He, therefore, had to to recruit on campus. an occasion to protest fte war. Six Wellesley girls attended the f 987 9t A~A5 KE5i open 1 Club, planing, to rebid meeting and also protested. They Pllamtg ofi protest In regard to protesting Dow itself, J 10752 6K9 3 1 N to show a balanced 1517 he claimed the students were no heard about the meeting turvgh ' 8 7 2 4 A J 6 5 points. The format for the protest was more doing that tihan protesting personal sources. Kenneth R. South Wadleigh, Dean of Student Af- South had a distinct problem planned at an SDS meeting held "US Steel for making'bullets or A Q 10 to fairs, stated that if trouble drevel- over 1 Club. He did not want LU Sunday evening whose sole pur- MIT for making possible some of (QJ642 make a take-out double with no the technology used in the war." oped the girls would be asked to 0 6 pose was to decide the form of leave firt. tolesne for diamonds. He also protest to be employed against Other complications developed. 46~K'693 K9 3 felt that if he bid 1 Heart now, the Dow recruitment on campus. One There were fears by some that too 'Responsible' protest Neither Vulnerable bidding might get too high for student in attendance at the meet- radical a protest might have a East South W W North him to show his spade suit later. reactionary effect on today's Cam- Once the actual protest had be- He therefore chase the clever bid ing remarked that it was "per- gun, Dean Wadleigh explained 1 4 1 Q Pass 2 4 ,L haps the only planned politicaI bridge referendum on the Viet- of 1 Spade. Nrth's dlear-cut raise the that he was pleased with the dem- Pass Pass Pass Lu activity of its dind at M." nam War. One participant in to 2Speades ended the auction. meeting asked for some form of onstration-"pleased in the sense In today's hand, both sides en- In a flyer, the SDS gave the assurances that the attendants that it's responsible." gaged in some tactical warfare, f(Please turn to Page 10) reasons for its specific protest of .. _ riB3 lnnFaraaanarc. =M-a Dow. SDS differentiates Dow ,s~p~nmn~B"""Lao~mmw~0~us 1 Er : _ from all other defense irndustries I. by virtue of the fact that mrLpalm, which it prduces, carries with I it a "much more direct and imn- mediate connotation of inhumani- ty than do other military prod- ucts which go into the war effort. I I MlT, by ignoring the "atrocious implications of napa!m," becomes by letting Dow reo-uit on its cam- pus, an accomplice to the atro- cities - in the minds of the stu- dent protestors. Three representatiwes Three representatives for the protesting group were 'chosen. They were: Professor Jerrold Katz of the I)epartment of Hu- manities, Ed Lucas '68, and Abe Igelfeld '69. The meeting adopted the state- ment that "It is the overwhelm- ing decision of the meetng, which included undergraduates, gradu- ates, teaching fellows, and facul- ty, to conduct on the occasion of Dow Chemical Company's re- cruiting at MIT a non-obstructive sit-in to protest the war in Viet- namn."' There were four main proposals that were voted on at the meet- ing. They were: obstrucve sit- in at the Ford Buildng or Presi- dent Johnson's office: non-obstruc- tive sit-in at the Ford Building or President Johnson's office; a picket; and an informaion drive at Kresge. AT complicity In war What becamne evident at the nmeeting was ftlt a general con- sensus of goals of 'the protest did not exs Some people argued that they wanted to protest MIrs complicity in the war. Others said the protest was diretedl against the war in general. The argument against MIT complicity lost grPound at the meeting. Related proposals such as ending recruitment by the 400 top defense contractors were also dismissed. MIT's existence is so involved with government con- -5· :··:;i·· : r i... e : eS pn 8l ms;i as rp i i:::: :j: ·: : FS-· ···r .:.i i -· ' ·2.·'· .i i:i
The Tech wishes to apolgze · ·i ' ·i .j ·: for the delayed appearance of ·6:;:·· ·i i '·:ii ii: -· thel Iad Is= Do* to a pow~ :· : :· ·· i. i: I :: Moire IO m2' m'ifT', it twas i :· :: mposd~W to distribute the pa- -i .· ;· .;. i I.: rf pser f fe nomal Fridy ii·· --.. :;.::' · .i . Randy Trost, Wisconsin '67 adePa . never feel like a rookie" i: l -,~ ---. ~ ...... __ ~,u~ _ __ I Alp MEMDFRl "Sure it's my first year with B &W, but I've been too out making steam generation equipment. That led-to r busy to think about that. I've been working in my field atomic power stations, nuclear marine propulsion E I all along, and the training sort of blends right in." equipment, refractories, specialty steel, machine tools, i If Randy Trost sounds like a B&W booster, you computers, and closed-circuit TV. (And we still make '"The cSl!ng Card to success for career-m nded People in all posl- should hear what his supervisor says about him. the best boiler in America.) tlons arnd profssions." L Uas 3h[MIgM your EXPE- We're locoking for aggressive; talented young engi- If you'd like to talk with Randy Trost about B&W, R EN