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I I. I '. vI Ianalyzes system I . . I discuss publiclty By Charles Man before thdie committee is to meet. 2. All II committees should publicize their inStudent Center The old issues of student participa- tion in the decision making process meetings well in advance and should By Reid Ashe were given a rehash by the Committee make available the names and addresses Bil Brown 56 is in one of the most of Committee Chairmen (CCC) at a of the committee members. 3. AIll com- lusual lines of engineering work in meeting Monday. The discussion group, nmittees should hold, at more or less te World: he specializes in designing consisting of student members of facul- regular intenrvals, open meetings to dis- !leVator systems. ty committees, committee chairmnnen, cuss their purpose, aims, plans, past ,rhe. holder of almost a1t the and other interested persons tried to actions, and mode of operation. 4. All dlevator "software" patents in center its attention on student partici- committees should submit and have ,xistence, BiE is frequently called in by pation, government structure. and published descriptions of their fiunc- :gtLects for consultation. His firm, agenda. The argument centered around tions, in a general sense with particular Bto>vn & Murphy Associates, has to its communication of the aims and actions reference to the sorts of problems ~lit successful and original designs of committees. This was assumed to which might be referred to that com- brught the world. His current project be important and the essential point mittee. 5. That all committees should ~ that of desigrig elevator software since the general consensus was that publish in The Tech, or Tech Talk, or New York s World Trade Center. perhaps in handouts, their current acti- ElevatoX software, Driefly the faculty meetings did not really decide anything, since all the issues dis- vities on a short-term basis. explamned, is the art of achieving the cussed in the general meetings are first maximum degree of efficiency and Committee Membership considered in committee meetings. It passenger convenience in Other suggestions relating to existing was also apparent that the people pre- committees were that membership in hightly-confired one-dimensional senrit at the meeting thought that the committees should be open to all system. Involved in the process are committee system could be made more interested persons who are wfiling to sch basic concerns as picking the right effective if certain changes were made. hadware for the job, and such make a serious and continuing effort to ubliminal concerns as human reaction Changes Suggested work with the committee. tie and walking speed. The changes suggested centered A suggestion for improving the Student Cente Elevatars around communication of the activities structure as a whole was made with To clarify the concerns involved it of the committees and the formation reference to the importance of depart- hbfield, B/ll consented to make a brief of some new groups. The proposals for mental problems to the students. The comrentary on ihe more blatant faults the improved communications follow: suggestion was for the formation of of the Student Cenier elevator system. 1. AU committees should be required joint' student-faculty committees to 'The Student Center elevators are a VoL 88. No. 52 Friday, Dcember 13, 1968 Five Cents- to submit agendas for publication consider departmental requirements, ~- ' ~=--' ~ 1 i i - i 'i &%ster ... ," began Brown after a course material and all the host of other brief nvestigation. "What you have are matters of academic and non-academic two completely independent systems, Labs on concern associated with the depart------~~~~~~~~~~~~---s - campus- -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~ ch, of which is forced to do the entire ments. Ob." The job, he explained, is that of A. -3 -W -T A D A hro The essential viewpoint of the dis- responding to a call on a specific floor. p. cussion was phrased by one of the "You have CSR aie r on one hand the matter Is IVwAd3~a P amn moderators: "'The question is not of dofuplicity of effort, which is bad openness of meetings but of openness (Ed. Note: This is the second in are a major concern of the CSR, in the almost entirely out' of the space enuh by iltsof, and on the other the a of structure." It was felt that the propo- seed research category. industry. Nutritional problems are Mdiocy" of the physical placement of series) sals for communication would make For example, the rapid travel which among the other life sciences affected e two units. Brown aid-that the joint Dave deBro~rt the already existing structure more space travelers will undergo has also by CSR research. dlidency of two independent units as A NASA satellite designed and built accessible to both students and faculty. raised many 'questions about the Assoc. Prof. Eugene Skolnikoff and afunction of ditance of sepaion has by MIT's Center for Space Research The CCC will review the suggestions biological effects of such travel. Prof. Edward Robertst are investigating the apeak at zero, then goes down, and (CSR) may be' launched within the and present most of them in more Nevin S. Scrimshaw is currently social implications and consequences of ia again at iniity. (The function next 18 months according to Prof. J.V. explicit form for further discussion. involved with research into biological space science, and the race to the ato varies with obstacles, both physical Hanington, CSR Project Director. rhythms; an area that has developed moon. Under consideration are the ad visual, between the two.) The. satellite, nmamted Sunblazer, will' "lThe separation- you human factors and effects of the have here is be a solardata-collecting unit Using _..__ massive technical changes taking place, t about at the minimum of the- radio-propagation methods, it wil at ss-all tbged and many of the side effects and e[~icency curve.' What happens in attempt to determine the al Stitute se witl At Monday mesting by-products in technical fields which prtice is that a person wishing to go charaternistics of the extended corona VP iglEst a IwSa down pres~s the down buttons on have been offshoots of the space race. By Joseph Kashi around the sun, and the nature of -m S _ _ Ma Way---. ~wRmu both elevators, and Space Science About 150 persons directly stands by one of, interplanetary space. Group The Space Science Group, concerned with freshman academic per- them. Probably a t1rd of the time it is two categories one of not the. larger groups involved in formance heard detailed comments that elevator, but the other one Sunblazer is one of many projects major WEch frt arrives. The system is projects, is mainly concerned with directed at the Committee on Fresh- in many areas currently under way at ovted down not only by have both interplanetary physics, particularly man Performance at a meeting Monday the-CSR. Prof. Harington divides these evators answer the call, with x-ray astronomy in the Sala de Puerto Rico. but also by projects into two categories, according techriques. A haWing that person walk the thirty major concerni-is the localizing The purpose of the meeting was evi- feet to the nature of the research each does. and or So while tie car is waiting resolving of the many new dently one of factfInding rather than for him. Whi Sunblazer he says, is a project x-ray "Bel/eve me, that sources which have been discovered presentation by the Committee, as the i a significant with specific research- objectives, many in retardationi the galaxy, in an attempt to understand entire meeting was taken up by comn- factor, and one which we projects are momre general "seed cOns/talyI try to eliminate and define the emission mechanism. ments, mostly from freshmren. The first in our research," looking for general ideas and I segment was devoted to an evaluation icnsulting work." concepts.- Sunblazer, of course, is the other of the major projects. The satellite of the limitation of freshman course While its main aim has been the has been under development for the last loads to 54 credits as a general maxi- Brown noted that the Student investigation of space and its nature, Center elevators four to five mum unless petition was made. At flthus were a particularly the entire space race has generated years; Prof. Harrington says he defimitely does "expect a launch point, the Committee stated that the widespread side effects. These effects we turn to page 5) within the next year, year and a half or philosophy behind this limit was that ALd so." The instrument capsule will be under the pass-fail system, many fresh- Prayes repet launched atop a NASA Scout rocket, as men might attempt to accumulate cre- Photo by George Flyr a joint project. Unlike many starved dit by taking as many courses as pos- Decaying brick wall of top-security NASA projects, Sunblazer has already sible and barely passing them all due to Cambridge houeasng group Bldg. IL5A at 199 Mass. Ave. is received specific Congressional a highly overloaded schedule. However, pierced by errant wrecker's crane. appropriations for completion of the many exceptions may be made, with will reconvseene tomorrow Mishap occurred 10 am. Thursday. mission. (Please now to page 3) l 8 Bob Denni Convention's Co-ordinating Committee The housing problem in Cambridge has held several- meetings with Loi Weitit f otreseen remains in the forefront of community administration officials from Harvard news as the second Cambridge and MIT in which the Committee's Convention on- Low-Cost Housing demands have been discussed. Brandeis Sanctuary settles down prepares to convene tomozow. In The format of the Convention, The Brandeis Sanctuary settled down this week for the other developments, which will begin residents of East at l pm tomorrow at long wait for the bust Cambridge approved the Model Cities St. Mary's Hall in Central Square will The anti-war community on the Waltham campus Program and the MIT Graduate include short opening speeches and seemed to be following the pattern·set at the Institute, as Student Council presented a series of reports from subcommittees to the full attendance, particularly during the day, seemed to be slow- recommendations on housing to the meeting. ThIe Convention will then ly falling off due to the pressure of classes. In the evenings, administration. break into individual strategy however, supporters of AWOL SP4 John Rollins continue conferences Second Convention with the sub-committees to return in substantial numbers; over 100 were present The first Housing Convention on to plan further rquests. Wednesday night. September 14 attracted nearly 1000 Model Cites Friction between the Sanctuary and citizens of Cambridge residents and slpawked Thle Cambridge City a Council is Waltham, which reached its peak in an ugly attack on series of confrontations between expected the to approve next Monday the Brandeis students which took place in the Sanctuary community Model and both the Cambridge Cities program that was Saturday, had apparently subsided. The University has universities.and branches of the city overwhelmingly approved in a indicated its- willingness to use a portion of the factory it government. Demands for action neighborhood referendum this week. owns near campus for use as a meeting ground for Brandeis Photo centered on the lack of low-rent Final approval is required by the by Jon Borschow and Waltham High School students. As the Brandeis Sanctuary moved into its eighth housing for the elderly and caused Department of Housing and Urban Little thought has apparently been given by tte Sanctu- day, signs began to abound. in fact, even the signs accusations that student housing Development, which has reserved ary steering committee to the possibility of moving the had signs, which had signs, which had been erased. policies of the universities had caused $870,000 to. get the program started. Sanctuary from its present location in Mailman Hall. Ami administration at Brandeis has taken a stiictly "hands off' the shortage. The program includes such things as Schwartz, Brandeis '69, a spokesman for the coalition of attitude. Since ithe last convention, the legal and financial assistance to buy various elements in the Brandeis community which is spon- Rollins has been resting a great deal to avoid the exhaus- Cambridge City Council has appointed homes, teenage recreation ald services, soring the Sanctuary, said that it was the feeling of the tion which plagued Mike O'Conner here. The only major a special committee to investigate and a study of income supplements for the group that a change of location such as occurred at the problem which could severely cripple the Brandeis Sanctu- recommend on the problems of elderly, a day care center, a rent Institute Sanctuary would not be needed. No schedule con- ary effort if interest remains high is the deterioration in stu- low-rent housing for the elderly. The (Plase nn to page 5) flicts in the use of Mailman Hall are imminent, and the dent ranks which will come over Christmas. - ' Ii ,r I -, ,, * * , ^ , , _ I, T - . {-, . 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,, .·.,-. :-.s'...:::..::.. : .-.,...I... , ., the entire philosophy of pass-fail was hold an MIT Open House this coming ... +',-. '.:.: '.- desirable or not. Many felt that student spring was the focal point of ;""~ ~- . ~ c' ;~':"1 : .'-~: .... · :,2 :.'~/, x''-:...?~- , I motivations would be lowered as the Wednesday's Inscomm meeting. The pressure of grades was removed. This bi-annual Open House which usually sentiment was countered by the feeling handles somewhere in the 1. You sure are my kind of 2. Y'think maybe you and me of many involved in the meeting, espe- neighborhood of ten thousand people folksinger, Fran. could, uh, possibly... cially by the approximately 75 fresh- has normally started organization on or "Oh, a lonely minstrel "A-singin' my song men present, that they were working before Thanksgiving. But as of yet, no I'm meant to be..." to humanity..." for a different and perhaps better moti- action has been taken to find people vation than grades: that of learning for willing to undertake the project. the intrinslc value of knowledge. Also Therefore, the question of holding the many freshmen volunteered that they Open House at all was raised. 'According to Al Harger, a senior who was a moving force behind the Open House two years ago, a project of this magnitude would require the almost full time dedication of at least seven people. To try to find people interested in the project, interviews will MAKES THE B16 be held this Sunday evening at 7:00 pm in Maria's office. However, the question was quickly SKI MM~i answered by Dean Hammerness' action of forming a faculty Committee to 3. I've always 4. And I was hoping that discuss the "form" of Open House. admired you. perhaps, somehow, the This committee outlined three main feeling might be mutual. THIS SE S0 "Forever to roam You'll find a spectacular new ski area on the reasons for such a project (chance for is my destiny..." "Without any need for "Chin" of Mt. Mansfield...with challenging the Institute to look at its progress, company... new trails... new high-rise, high-speed chance for great student-faculty Gondola Lift ... 100 four-passenger cars ... interaction, great educational to whisk you in comfort to a new Cliff House, experience) and continued to state that for twice the skiing pleasure. Open House '69 should take the SPECIALSK PLANS approximate form of past ones. 5-Day Plan $40 7-Day Plan $50 Another issue of interest was the (MON.-FRI.) (MON.-SUN.) continuing discussion of Inscomm unlimited use of ski lifts, including new Gondola. - two-hour daily Ski reorganization. Maria Kivisild stated School lessons. · children under 14. that there was no truth in the rumor half rates. INSTANT SNOW REPORTS that she sopported the TANG proposal. Dial Toll-Free Number (800) 451-4161, any- Also, word has it that a counter where in Northeast (except Vermont) for latest snow conditions direct frorn Stowe. proposal to TANG known as O.J. is in L the offing. Dick Moen, Finn Board Chairman, was named to chair a PARTHEaNON RE... $TN committee that would consolidate the AUTHENTIC GREEK CUISINE different proposals (which now number 5. But I guess you're just too 6. It could have been beautiful, EXCELLENT EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN WBINE over ten) and write up the formal form wrapped up with your music. because I just got one of ALL KINDS OF LIQUOR of the student referendum by January the great jobs Equitable is UNIQUE HELLENIC ATMOSPHERE FEATURING 9, 1969. "Alone, yes, alone offering college people Other announcements of interest constanrtly. .." THE ANOIENT GREEK PARTHENON these days. Real good pay, OPEN EYEP.Y DAY came from the Student Committee on challenging work, and I A.M. to II P9.M. Environment, Student Committee on promotions that come as E"rtmely Moderal% Prices fast as I can earn them. ,ForReservations Call 491 -59i Educational Policy, and CEP. SCE announced a forum next Tuesday from Like to hear my version 924 Mass. Ave. .1 to 4 pm in Kresge concerning the of "Lead Mle Down g yls~~ QIXBWUN HMIVAED AD cENTRAL SOUAR$) physical changes which the Institute the Aisle, Lyle"? will undergo in the next few years. iii i i .ial, .. i Running the forum will be the I architecture firm which is supposedly Charter flights tolEropee planning the changes. SCEP announced For details about careers at Equitable, see your Placement Officer, or round trip only a new, more thorough advisory and write: Lionel M. Stevens, Manager, College Employment. tutoring program for disadvantaged N.Y. - London $200 students. In the program, one advisor and two grad students would be June 15, June 23 responsible for five students. 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Yet, in the final analysis, it is a tage of Burton House, for instance, attends hemsse WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 - Birth con- whom there is no adequate support of subject which has received much attention and little meetings, but we are willing to bet that a report o)n trol is one of the 'good issues'. It con- any kind.' actual work done on improving the day-to-day life the activities of Inscormm is not given. tinues to elicit from varied corners ne, A Washington columnist, Joshua of the average student. Therefore, the problem resolves itself into onrie and different arguments which rattle Ledexberg, has added that medical evi- the thinking processes. This is a healthy dence is gathering which suggests that We would like to consider this of prime impor- not of a do-nothing body, but of an unrepresent a- tance in our consideration of the functions of stu- situation for any institution which the rhythm method itself may be medi- tire one in which even the members are not reallly would rather face the occasional prob- cally hazardous. He cites somne specula- dent government. Quite frankly, one of the biggest aware of what the committees are doing. When waas leto of maintaining relevance than an tidn by two doctors in Nature mnaga- problems facing Inscorm right now is that the aver- the last time that any Inscomm member took notees ultimate problem of a lost constitu- zine that 'infrequent or mistimed coi- age student simply does not know what committees at a meeting, with the express intent of taking ency. tus under the rhythm system will such as SCEP and SCE are doing. He does not know report back to his constituency? Not within or One of the fiust appealing argu- increase the chances tiat an egg will be ments against the Pope's famous ency- fertilized (if at all) during its dying gasp where the money Finboard gets goes; in fact, he memory. clical, Humanae Vitae, was that it viola- rather than during its prime of life may not even be aware that Finboard gets any Therefore, we would like to offer the suggestio )n ted the Vatican's own principles of when it ought naturally to be ferti- money. And, he is not aware of who his representa- that the committee on reorganization, when cons3i- conscience. The Second Vatican Coun- lized,' in Lederberg's words. He too tive is so. that he can seek that person out and find dering proposals for the referendum, seriously Ioo)k cil went strongly on the record to say poses the question of whether any deli- out what is going on.- at the question of which ones will best enhance th that all men ought to be "immune from berate action can be called 'natural'. coercion on the part of individuals or of Then theze is the broader view. The This is brought about largely through the defect communication. It seems to us that once this haas social groups and of any human power, encyclical, says ex-priest James Kava- of poor representation. It is impossible for the three been found, the other functions of the studer at in such ways that one is forced to act in naugh., 'has pronounced that the 1FC representatives to visit all the houses and report government will follow naturally, with increase,~d a manner contrary to his own beliefs, church will hereafter refuse to be rele- on what has happened, and merely making a report communication leading to increased student interest. whether privately or publicly." vant in society.' The significance of this proclama- Meanwhile, for those who had clung tion would seem to be that hereafter to Catholic teaching about birth con- Guest editorial- none of the Church's own encyclicals trol, the 'new reaffirmation of that doc. could be considered binding. trine (largely because of this debate) The Catholic ban on artificial birt has only upped the ante of his faith. IResponts eto Rabi control is. based, of course, on the John Ciardi, in his September 21 sacredness of chidbirth and of the pur- colurnm for the Saturday Review, took The decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan believed that Germany's introduction and use of poses of sexual intercourse and mar- the broadest view of the issue by distin. must be viewed in term-s of overall American diplo- new weapon, namely the submarine, was immort-al riage - which do not include personal guishing the 'humanistic priesthood' macy and the inability of scientific men of con- pleasure. It is, several critics say, an from the 'theological priesthood', thus and an international outrage (Oust as part of th anti-life attitude harking to the eras of conf'm'ning the extent of polarization science to play any role in that decision. world has judged America's bomb by America's owfn burlap undershirts and purging by fire. over this issue. The insistence of the United States upon total WWI criterion.) It says that the flesh and life are basi- The theological priesthood, says and unconditional surrender - a demand that was The men of conscience were not heard becaus cally evil (this is the meaning of origi- Ciardi, focuses on life as. preparation relentlessly pursued (although after the bomb and of their nilitary incompetence, although th hal sin) and their pleasures must be for an after-life-the classical Catholic avoided. doctrine. The theological priest says: after Japan agreed, America did permit a condition) Constitution specifies that the civilians, wit If however, as the Roman Catholic 'If it be God's will that a man suffer, or -- meant that a settlement tKrough diplomacy or President as Commander in Chief, act in the namle church says, intercourse is only for the even that he create a family in which through the existence of options was not possible. of the nation.Trhe nation knew nothing; many c)f purpose of procreation, then the his children stiffer, let him and let his America built a strategy of "overkill," Russia was those who knew and feared the consequences spokze approved rhythm method must itself family accept suffering joyously as the begged to agree to enter the .war, and accordingly but were considered out of place because they wer be a concession to the 'evils of the road to blessedness every saint has flesh.' How is conscious sexual pleasure walked.' fulfilled her promfise on time in August. Intelligence not the military. With- the ascendancy of th during a 'safe period'-any more 'natu- The humanistic priest, on the other reports revealed a destroyed Japanese nation. The military, the military itself was divided, and thosse ral' than conscious sexual pleasure with hand, is (to quote that ex-monk, drastic introduction of, a nuclear weapon should commanders did exist who considered thte physical safeguards? Both defy the Eugene J. McCarthy) concerned with f have been irrelevent, except in terms of forcing total bomb unnecessary before it was dropped. basic ruling against pleasure for its own 'the good life'. Especially acute is the acceptance of America's mor-al s~U.... ;--:* ,ItL Wheprocess of diplomacy blocked,-wit h sake. problem of the American priest. 'His I Most disastrously, Amenca's decision put her in concepts of totality guiding the 'decisions', with th A Methodist Bishop, John Wesley American thinking,' says Ciardi, 'must Lord here in Washington, recently refuse to make peace with suffering the same position as Nazi Germany, where the acceptance of values antithetical to traditionmal made a counterpoint that the banning that could so easily be prevented.' His F: genius of science 'objectively' had become the pos- Amernican values, with scientists silenced, the prcD- of birth control is immoral when the is a pro-life attitude. The theological session of national state policy based on a total con- cess of logic of unconditional surrender regardless c)f result is to produce children for whom priest's attitude may not be bluntly cept. Further, America entered World War i, after the existing condition ushered into existence a nei there is inadequate -means for survival. anti-fife, but it is pro-afterlife. remaining neutral under the Monroe Doctrine age of terror. He asserted in a November 27 state- The question is whether the 6 nient that: 'It is an evil thing to perpe- church's heavenward gaze wil1 be too toward Europe for a century, because the President Prof. Diane Clemens, XX tituate and aid methods thatspawn... strong to allow Christian humanism to millions of hungry human beings for the earth-bound. '" : iijiIj.i:::::T:r:Y:.(C: i· 825,1S 26ti. i.Y-r Y:::::::.:·E:!·,;·:-;·w'::xrN...-.. 5':iiCci ;· Y:Y· RI- Iemr, to The Tech i footnotes* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~i,:ii~THIE TECH~ MIT bureaucracy ~~B Gr s ] e~nha'¢ I~:~~:~~ ~~/j~:$;~::.::?~`~?i:~yiis>? :ii~:~?:. ;".:!"~..i:!i~:.! To the Editor: Vol -LXXXVIII, No. 52 December 13, 1968 The refusal to re-hire Dr. Walter W. 45. A couple of weeks ago a large-red somehow acquired one on the Postow would be humorous if it were ambulance, complete with numerous underside'of its dashboarnd around the BOARD OF DIRECTORS not so typical. According to a New York Times article in the wake of rotating red lights, was sighted out time the two cars met in the midwest. Chairman ...... Tom Thomas '69 back of the old Saceta Maria Hospl. James Reston's column, the decision 49. Apparently the two Howard Editor ...... Tony iUma '69 The driver was talking with Officer Johnsons actually gottogether for a did not involve his views on Vietnam. Brown, who mormally works the guard dinner the other day. President Managing Editors ...... Greg Arenson '70, Karen Wattel '70 Rather it seems to have followed a dia- house at the parking lot behind Kresge. Johnson remarked tlhat he was always Business Manager .Steve- Kinney '70 logue in which: (1) the economists said After the ambulance had left, Offier catching flak about 28 flavors and Production Manager ...... Michael Warren '69 Rostow was now competent only in Brown explained that the driver didn't such. Whereupon the ice cream man Steve Carhart '70 political science, (2) the political scien- News Editors ...... CaxsonAgnew '70, tists said he was only competent in eco- know thatthe hospital had vacated, commented, "Don't worry. I know I'm . .. George Wood '70 "It's a good thing this wasn't am getting old when people ask me if I'm Sports Editor ...... nomics, and (3) the interdisciplinarians emergency case.," he commented. related to the President of MIT." EntertainmentEdito r ...... Randy Hawthorne '71 said that to fit between the two disci- 46. Overheard on the third floor of the S0. One of the first things to get used Photography Editor ...... George Flynn '69 plnes he first had to be in one. Student Center the 6t~er night from a to in dealing With the Tech Coop is Advertising Editor ...... Dave DeWlitte %69 The scenario is not original; Gilbert yousg hdy to her date: "What's a being a number. O0ne young man and Sullivan used similar ones several decades ago. Still, one might have Harold Federow?" apparently hasn't. Standing in the Washington Correspondent...... JimSmith '69 hoped that MIT could have avoided it. 47. Technology Student Enterprises checkout counter with a pile of new Associate Managing Editor ...... LarySi~rerison '70 A few years ago, in fact, I would have has finally unloaded its washing books to be paid for, he was asked for Associate Production Manager ...... Jeff Gale '70 machine concession in Bexley Halt his number. "Oh no, I don't have a been quite depressed to see the MIT Associate News Editors ...... Dean Roller '70 administrat/are process resemble that of back to the housing office. The actior number. I'm a civilian," was his reply. Jay Kunin '71, Greg Bernhtardt '71 came after years of accusations bS 51. The Student Tbnes printed this Associate Entertainment Editors ...... Ray Ergas '71 a second-rate bureaucracy.. Now, tiough, I am inured to it. residents of that dormitory that TSE entry under their listing of television Roy Fzuman '71 was talkng advantage of the house ia When will the faculty and staff programs: Frontpage photo of Dean Harmmerness and Mr. Diamond by John Roceriole. falsifying its records with respect to the Tuesday (11-26) 10:00 WRDH {$): learnthat narrow rules can be molded amount actually received from the "60 M inutes" Televisio's news Second-class postage paid at Boston, Massachusetts. The Tech is published every, to fit individual cases; that arbitrary machines, refusing to return the rebate Tuesday and Friday during the college year, except during college vacations, by regulations must always be subordinate magazine covers birth control and The Tech, Room W20-483, MIT StudentCenter, 84 Massachusetts Ave., due the house each year, aad refusb~w eating out. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139. Telephone: Area Code 61', 864-6900, to the students' welfare? to let residents watch them remove extension 2731: 876-S855. United States Mail subscript4on rates: $4.25 for one When, I ask, when? year, $8.00 for two years. money from the machines. TSE, in a John R. Ross '67 final gesture of good wfi, has agreed to .-l I I give Bexley a large share of the money received from the sale of the used w ashingmachines and wil make an arbitrary payment to the house of slightly more ttma $50. 48. We understand that one of those "'This property destroyed courtesy of MIT counterguerfila unit" stickers found its way on the NfI' electri car during the race with Caltech. And even better was the Caltech car which THETECH FRIDAYDECEMBER 13, 1958 PAGE5 0 ae 7 A 41 ot F9 evat ex gert norks S tuden Ceeinter I I (Continued from page 1 180 degrees out of phase. Brown said reflected in the layout of the building tvo separate runs. * The annual Christmas Convoca- 'that this system is best suited to itself - that is, the building is divided pod example of a situation in which Two of the elevator shafts became tona will be held Tuesday at 11 am in applications in which the density of use into blocks of floors for the various Oftware could help the situation full=service elevators, which ran the Kresge AuditoriunL Following rev is high, and in which there is no departments. ,nsiderably without the necessity, of full 32 floors, while the other two marks by President Johnson, BR1 'pzeferred level." The Student Center, Costly hardware modifications. Physically, the building has 32 became the runs of two local-service Artihu r '70 and Proew iHuston -just off-hand, I would conjecture he said, is a classic example of this sort active floors, each with a floor area elevators each. Thus the system took Smith will speak on "4The Sknifi- of situation. 6at a combination of three software about the same as a Student Center into account considerations of local cance of Christmas in the Twentieth Unner $20,000 floor. It was built in 1965, but Brown's features Would best expedite the traffic, and the overlaps were planned Cerntury" lasses will be cancelled "These revisions would be relatively ituation here." These features are work was done in 1963. Since the with re spect to calculated between 11 am and 12 noon Tues- inexpensive," Brown explained. architect wanted a first rate job, Brown B,)at Brown calls "selective call," interdeparmental chculation. clayo ,,180-degree deviation,".and "passenger "Depending on the ability of the & Murphy was, cakled upon to do a The two full-ruv elevators manufacturer to conform to new study of the problem. Reaction." incorporate Brown's own ground-flsor * AM studlents shoid obtain an requirements, you could probably Four-imonth study The selective call system is one -sleep, top-floor sleep, and 180-degree examination schedule at the Imporma- Finish the job for under $20,000, all Brown and one assistant spent four which has been around for a while, deviation features- The entire system is tion Office, Roma 7-1B1. Ex~amina- g told." months in Brazil making a rigorous Blown explained. "What this means is unusual, Brown said, because it is tions not listed, or a conrlict in y pressing the Brown was il Cambridge briefly to study of all factors which would enter Ftat when a caH is made by uniquely designed around an eta~i~mina ;, must he repcied to stem analyzes visit friends, and carne. by the InstitUte into the design of the elevator system. button, a discriminlator sys administrative structure. the Schedules Ofice by Friday, Jan- iovernents of to look around. He said he had not Among the matters considered were: Fe present and future mi The elevator system was of course uary 3, 1969. Fe elevator units involved1, and decides seen the, place since he graduated, and (1) a thorough study of the architect's designed entirely before the building answer the wanted to see the new buildings. His plans, taking careful notice of who &ich car will actually was constructed, and there was the * Tlhe awes of '71 and '69 (plus would be working where, and of where ial." tour naturally took the formh of a expectation that possible revisions the silent one) alannnce a witerT When the discriminat, the major. concentrations of traffic :Or makces its "businessman's holiday," that is, taking would be considered after a couple of weekends for February 28 thrPog would be found; and (2) a thorough .idecision, the "passenger:r direction" a look at the elevators. He said he was years of use. Marc 1, 1969. Cmious? stoem,which is simply a system of particularly amazed by The Student study of the elevator system and of Clienots plead Xj traffic patterns in the old building from Ognal lights, indicates to 1the passenger Center elevators because of the "gross As things turned out, te office 4 A gopen Forum om the IAse of Which car will arrive. This feature incompetence that went into their which the staff would be moving. 1 workers were so pleased with Brown's Grading will be held Monday at 12 rg-time which design." The architect's plans, which were in would eliminate the waitin system that they refused to co-operate noon it Kresge Little Thetre. SponE- pnsently0 impedes the syste:tlin. Brown said that his firm, which is fimal form, called for three 20-person in a later saudy. "4When i showed up in' sored by Plmannn ProfmE o Edward c elevators which would run the fuil The "1SO-degwee devialtisn'" system- based i New York, makes 'most of its late '66," Brown Add, "they practically S--it, this will he the first of a height of the building. onwhich Brown holds ai patent, is a money from patent royalties, although threw me out . . . " because they were series om key educational ismes. Any- -( Brown's study indicated, however, complex logic system whil"ch makes the most of its work is in consulting. His afraid he night change the system. one interested in discwwhi the funeA Iwocars tend to run ap that a slightly different arrangement pproxiniately partner, Roger Murphy, is "anl old When Brown graduated from MITS tions, and effects of the various gra- was called for. "For one thing, there O $~t~:::¢sf: r**iend with capital," who does not in 1956 in Mechanica1-E£nginein g, he ding systems is enouraged to atted. actually participate in the day-to-day were certain clear patterns of local took a "hack job with O)tis Elevators, movement . . . The Treasury tgZ workings of the fhnn. mnldlly because I didn't have anything * Applications for admixn to 3 days ' Department had the top five floors, When an architect is called upon to better to do." After two years with Oial shools for the fail of 1969 and other departments had other design a, particularly complex system, Otis, he had decided that the hardware are stil being processed by the MIT blocks of floors . . . one would expect ENDS he often draws upon the talents of angle was rather Unmprornsing, but that Premedical Advisory Commitee, aid BEETHOVE from our studies that there would be Brown & Murphy. Generally, Brown there was room for interesting anyone who has not completeda hi considerable circulation within the finds himself using old ideas, but he improvement in the software applic2timn should do so inmmei- various blocks." AYT frequently has to find new solutions to department. ately. Quesdons concerning BIRETHR Modifications 4reuire new problems. He then set out to form his own ments or procedures for medical First of all, Brown met Nvih the Most challengaig problem company to specialize in the unusual s ol!!admission should he daid4te Happy Birthday- Asked wh at w as his most architect and persuaded him to modify field of Elevlator software. Askced if be to the Advisory Committee, or thee the floor plans to make four small challenging problem Brown said, "That liked his work, Brown commented, "I MIT Premedical Society, , Room G would probably be the Ministry of (1O-person car) elevator shafts Instead wouldn't be in any other line of work 5-106. Economics Building in Brazilia ... at of the original three, and to insert ~even if it payed twice as much! He least that is the project I'm the "6spacer floors" between the various volunteered that he makves around * The Pot Lkuc Coffeehouse will proudest of." blocks. These "spacer floors" were I- The Tech $100,000 a year, inostly from patent be open tonight on the third floor of _~~~~ -- one-floor allocations to relatively small, The building itself is an office royalties. The consulting serves the Student Center at 8 pm Fea- autonomous departments, and allowed building, housing a national primfarily to "pkeep me off the streets tred artist will he Lynne Kuahner. the splitting of the elevator shafts into RoUl Over -Beeft jvwv>Wven bureaucratic structure which is and out of trouble." ndfisisionl and refreshmenats free. -- , - -- I- c---------------------uaCmblidge Amoung * The ET Premaeial Sot will feature a talk by Dr. Melvin Gfim-

(Continuwed fromz page i; clHer, Head of Orthopedics at Mae- control study and iproved healh smhusett; General Hospi, andDr. services, such- as a "hot-linle" to the Rexrt Mann, Frolem; o lXedma Cambridge City Hospital. cil Enginaeerig, on the BostonArm I THE UrBAn CALENDAR The model neighborhood area at 4 pm Monday in Room 1-190. consists of 268 acres in eastern Cambridge, bordered on the north by The fint hour of thae -%id Somnenrvlle, the east by the Boston and recorded Monday at the Open Albany Railroad Tracks, the west by Meeting on the Evauatioan of Frestle Prospect Street, and the south by Maiam omn Perfonnance will be shown nine St. and Mass. Ave, The neighborhood is Aeprate times saPn today in the old, ailing, and crimne-infested. Its E~ast Lounge of the Student Centwe 15,000 res~idenrts are predominantly Showings wiU star at the foellowin At MIT:: Italian, Lithuanian, Portuguese,Polisli fties: today at 1, 2, and 3 yrn; Mon- and Black- Among the additional day at 2, 3, and 4 pm; and Tuesday | reasons for selecting thlis area were the at 3, 45 and 5 pm. 1 The Urban Systems Laboratory and the Center for Advanced Engineering Study will hold one seminar hope of preserving a lower-moderate from the fall series: income neigborhood against the * Anyone who wishes to work on e x pan sion of the Cambridge the Pot Luck Coffeehouse, or play l institutions and to protect against th e it pleas leave your name and where Dean John1 P. Eberhard, Drean of Architecture, S.U.N.Y. (Buffalo), will lecture on Possibility of the proposed Inner Belt youecan be rPehei at x 3913, Mon- Tuesday, December ]7, at 4:00 pm in Room 9-150. cutting through the neigborhood on I day through Friday, 9-5. Elm. St. The Model Cities profile referred to * There will be a meBetng of the the area's current problems of "high IFC at Va he's Steak Hlose on route The seminar originally scheduled for Thursday, December 19, has been cancelled. incidence of absentee ownership, littl 9 Wednesday. Dinner at 6:30, cock- enforcement of the housing codes, tiXs at 6. 'demand for low-cost housing exceeding supply, and a spiraling inflationary Th Outing club will presenlt a The Harvard-MIT Joint Center for Urban Studies will sponsor a lecture by Lee Raiawater, Sociologist, housing situation-" Washington University, on Tuesday, December 17 at 8:00 pm. in Kresge Auditorium. GSC resolutions lecture and slide show on white water cano ig by Ed Mattison of At yesterday's Graduate Student Council meeting, m

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PRUDENTAL SHOPPNG PLAZA PRUDMACf. TTER, ostonm s. P <'E FRI'DA¥,'f!*CEMBR*, ' 161968 PAGE8 7 __ THE TECH__ FRI'bAY, DECEMBER -13, I , .. ~~UM 4-~80 oeon IMaking the Scene gToday tamghrL Tuesday the 17th: a theatresee at 8:30 pm in Kresge Tonight, Dec. 13, "'THEQUEEN"' the MIT Symphony AuditoriuLm 3:55, 6:45, 9:50 under David Epstein, is Orchestra, § plus '"THE UMBRELLAS OF m, Shavw haf-way at Charles perform the G. B. opening its season. It will ao CHERBOURG" American premiere of Sven-Erik Back's § 2:15, 5:10, 8:10 and the By Bruce Laird "Intrada per. Orchestra" gStafing Wednesday, December 18. of changed their minds. And so they Playhouse reached the of the truth behind the type Boston premiere of Alberto Ginastera's SEASONS" The Charles Alastair and Patricia to their g"MAN FOR ALL .p0int of its season this year on a character that our contemporary depart, "Overture to the Creole Faust", both and Adrian and the ewhat sour note. George Bernard society has produced. quiet anonymity, contemporary works. Also included are up-river tavern" aw's delightful comedy, 'The heiress to a "rustic Hector Berlioz' "Les Nuits d'Ete" and Whistle. 0Today and Tomorw: e illionairess", is the current The story is initiated by the called The Pig and Franz Joseph Hayden's Symphony No. and g "HERE WE GO' ROUND THE 0duction. This version, however, happenstance arrival of four After fighting with Adrian 100 (The Military). with sa MULBERRY BUSH" :kes that polished sense of poise and individuals, Mr. and Mrs. Alastair putting him in the hospital Tonight and tomorrow evening, Dec. injuries, Mrs. Fitzfessenden a3Sun-Mon-Tues December 15 -17 Ofidence which is so characteristic of Fitzfessenden, and their respective numerous 13 and 14, the MIT Drama Shop is and and forces her attentions upon a a Melina Mecouri in .B.S. and his plays. The cast is "Sunday spouses", Patricia Smith meets presenting- in Kresge Little Theatre at doctor (Nicholas rns "NEVER ON SUNDAY" tpable in a disunified and somewhat Adrian Blenderbland, at the office of young Egyptian 8:30 pm its last perfomnances of the a private solicitor. Kepros), and finally asks hirm to marry daily at 5:30,7:30,9:30 a dividual sense. But the staging and Julius Sagamore, American premiere of D.H. Lawrence's Shows O millionairess. btion is second rate and it mars the They all proceed to trade her, revealing that she is a "A Collier's Friday Night" and a Matinee Saturday at 3:30 that by his dead mother's erformance on more than one recriminations, and in the process He tells her Emanuel Peluso's "Good Day". uumuivn atiu mzri umn on sumulwJu),a he cannot marry anyone who p------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ssion- reveal the history of the mismatch behest, r, _ ,,, ------for six months on two biting between Alastair and the millionairess. will not live Shaw is well mknown for his the )ial satires, and "The Mlillionairess" At the begining of the play, a hundred piasters. She accepts gives up her millions for nds him at his best as the play moves divorce is in the air, but when all is said challenge and everyone has either the six months. Starting out as a killfully through hilarious social and done, I or else scullery maid at The Pig and Whistle, :.26- B~p~e~e otrasts and jibes to reveal something forgotten why they came, Opens Dec. 18 she quickly gains ownership of the establishment, and elevates it from a CINEMA ltheatrXe*onse run-down tven to a fashionable KENMORE Craft Theaatre$ 4Salome ' weekend resort. SQUARE In a repetition of the situation I a bomb in every respect comedy of the first act, Alastair and and the solicitor, and By Reat Forer unclever, but positively infantile; (2) Patrician, Adrian Mrs. Fitzfessenden all turn up at The Salome, Oscar Wilde's portrayal of musical effects exceeded in simple- Pig & Whistle, and they continue to heexecution of Saint John the Bap- mindedness only by some of the other argue (with the solictor as middleman) t, is an expansive, ceremonious sort special effects (the prophet's head lying who has the legal right to do what ofplay. It requires a large, inposing on a tray would be dmost funny if the over FACES to whom. 1968 !age, one that makes no demands of thing weren't serious); (3) clumsy act- U.S.A. unruffled English exactitude ptiracy. It needs a detailed set, and ing in the major parts, reminiscent of The acting inl of the solicitor is well captured by D)necto. Jothn C;asmaete, dticate staging, if the generally unin- high school plays, and (4) no $rc) rnplay Jol)hn Canaxetes and his performance 'ed plotting is not to show the ninor parts, producing (5) abso- Robert Moberly, Plhotngraphy AlII Ruban most consistent. Peter Coffeen as Edamtor Maurice McEndtree, Al Ruban 0ugh too heavily. And it demands a lutely no sense of dramatic tension; all is the and Joy Mills as Patricia, Leadtig Pnyf-vr rtainpomp in the acting, so that the of which must be blamed at least par- Alastair, combine their parts in a convincing if Richard Forat [olhn Xilrley cessvely emotional lines can seem tially on (6) poor direction. There is Jeannie Rapp GCcna Rowlands who plays .ynn Carlin a-way natural. something to be said for the incense-it mediocre way. Tom Lacy, Mjarta Forst Ly Mrs. Fitzfessenden's epicurean lover, Freddie Frred Draper At least, that's what it seemrns to was certainly the most overwhelming .Chet Se!eymour Cassel start, but eventually McCarthy Vaal Avery 1d; with just the Craft Experimental part of the evening. gets off to a slow the audience with his pained and eatre's production to go on, consid- Admittedly, part of the problem is wins Barbara Caruso gives a Venice Festival 1968: Prize for Best A, tot (iohn Marley) tions of this sort can only be spec- due to the set-up of the small, make- paunchy pride. performance as the millionairess, time: 130 minutes atedupon. Besides the small stage shift theatre; though there appears to strong rinning she isn't sure whether or in Siahdou's. deade ago. are- u a shunk of. su.talned more even though Jotla (CanaveenfullC s the dimtori.l promue shor surrounded by the aud- be no pressing reason some perfici l Southern California Concrlell a,below and t!aractlcrirttons and inspired improvr.tions carved out of aultndly England. of pick-up and pick.me tlp,ces i never sordid or been not they still use the pound it ahoIml exc.lsivel- with t1h lecherous delusiou appropriate play couldn't have until theth breakbrou tgh the other side of ence, this disastrous production ulialid. Caavetea sta.s with his tormented, alienated characlen The production, in spite of its licc-of-lhfe naltrahsm into emotional and artitic truth. maged to provide (in no paricalar chosen. (The Atma always seems to shortcomings, is Shaw at his best. If der): (1) exceptionally crude and fmd plays that fit it magnificently.) really exceptional you like sarcasm, and you haven't I erdone staing, which managed to Still, barring I i_ _- --- - laughed in a while,it's worth seeing. _~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,akemuch of the play seem, not just improvement, there seems little hope. _ - [ ------Y·leEIIlyp---

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2--2I I ! Tufts routs Tech runners; Cagers now I Wilson takes two firsts Brandeis trounes Tech By Joseph Edwards was third Ben Wilson '70 continued to be in the 1000 yard run. By Jay Zager scoring 21 points, the bulk of which on strong outside shooting to mainm-b Tech's brightest star in the young track Kozubek also tallied with a third place A six foot eleven inch basketball came on easy layups. and- increase their lead. Boy Nayer, 1 season. However, the varsity dropped in the one mile, and Petro followed player is the dream of every coach, but Had the game started five minutes big 6-5 forward, was the key outsid its second meet in three starts to a Wilson to the tape in the two mile. for Brandeis' K.C. Jones the dream is a later, it might have been a different shot for the hosts, and he led b0o surprisingly strong Tufts team. Despite Tufts had four men who were able reality. His name is Tom Haggerty, he's story, as the home team got off to a teams in scoring, finishing theig Wilson's firsts in the one and two mile to score twice. Dember added a second the tallest athlete in New England, and commanding 194 lead in the first finve with 22 points. runs, the engineers were easily downed in the high jump to his broad jump last Tuesday night he led the Brandeis' minutes of the game. Tech tried to stop When Haggerty came out for a lestfi 65-39. Stiffer competition helped laurels. Hyland was third in the high Judges to a convincing 93-72 win over Haggefry with a pressing nman to man Jones brought in 6-5 center Hovwar jump and Wilson improve both of his times. He also second in the 45 yard MIT in a game played at Waltham. defense, but Brandeis guards Fred Quinby. Quinby, a freshman, an toured the one mile course in 4:22.6, high hurdles. Robinson -was second in Whereas Tech normally fields a Poneman and Kevin Anderson were Haggerty's heir apparent, showed 1t knocking four seconds off his last the 600 yard run prior to winning the relatively small team, against the big still able to feed Haggerty consistently inexperience, and as a result Tech waf clocking. Later in the meet, he cut his 1000, and Parmelee had a pair of Brandeis center they were helpless, as for easy scores. When Tech was able to able to cut the lead down, with the h previous two mile time by a whopping seconds in distance runs. he led both teams in rebounding, while contain the big man, the Judges relied closing with the score 42-30. [ fifteen seconds to 9:25. Haggerty was back in for Brand MIT had only two other first place Firstaloss o_ ,#,b U" to start the second half, i finishers. One of these victories was consequently Tech was outscored 1 turned in by Kirk Winges '71, who in the first three minutes of the b managed to win the high jump at a, UC onn do thereby putting the game out of eac height of 6' 3/2'". The other engineer to wns swimmers Tech coach Jack Barry called on j garner top honors was Larry Kelley '70 By Jeff Goodman Techmen dominated the diving as Markel '71 and UConn's Hassell. bench to try to get the cold MI with a 5.6 second time in the fifty yard Despite some outstanding individual Bob Rorschach '70 and Dan Gentry '68 Market swam a tremendous race, shooters some scoring relief, b dash. performances, a powerful UConn team overwhelmed the Husky divers on the keeping a nose ahead of Hassell for the nobody was going to stop Btandeisi Tufts demonstrated considerable handed MITl's swimmers their first one meter board. Although scoring was first 175 yards of the race. Hassell night. The fi'm score was 93-72 but depth by copping all but two of the defeat of the season with a 5648 tally liberal, Roischack piled up an came out ahead after the last turn and was probably wasn't that close. WE seconds and four of the third places. last Tuesday at Storrs, Conn. unbelievable 318.75 points to win'. finished ahead.of Markel by a narrow Brandeis top playmaker, Ste Winners for the host team were UConn drew first blood by winning Rorschach picked up his second win on margin as Market turned in his best Katzman out with the flu, the gai DiVirgilio in the 35 lb weight with 51' the 400 yard medley relay against a the three meter board with a third performaxice cutting nine seconds off proved a good indication of t 4," Denber in the broad lump at 22', Don Riley '70, Tom Nlesbitt '69, Jim place from Jesse Heines'70. his previous best effort. weakness of the Tech varsity five. To0 Luca in the shot put with a 41'6" Bronfenbrenner '70, Tim Gilmore '70 After the-diving, UConn seemed to The engineers finished the meet on scorerfrfor the'engineers was Nic heave, Chendwelth in the pole vault at engineer squad. Co-captain Lee Dilley run away with te meet. The Huskies a strong point as Stage, Gilmore, Clare, Mumford with 14 and Bob Vege 15 feet, Seymour in the 45 yard high '69 struck back at the opposition by perpetrated three progressive slams in and Dilley won the 400 yard freestyle with 12. However, neither were ablet hurdles at 6 seconds, Robinson in the relay bringing the final score up to contain Haggerty, and neither was ab 1000 yard run at 2:20.6, and Stadeck 5648. to do much rebounding with the for a 1:16 time in the 600 yard rUn. The freshman swimmers were also center controlling both the offensive The powerful team piled up its solid ;a&The defeated by UConn 54-50. Co-aptains and defensive boards. point lead by taking all three places in ech Sports Pete Sanders and Pete Hadiey were MIT's record now stands at 2.2 the pole vault, the 45 yard high each triple wimnes as Sanders copped with the next game an away affair at hurdles, and the 600 yard run. The winning the 200 yard freestyle event, the- 200 yard butterfly; 200 yard first in the 50 yard freestyle and the Trinity on Saturday. No matter what mile relay also went to Tufts. dclocking a 1:53.2 to tie the varsity backstroke,. and 500 yard freestyle 20 yard breaststroke clocking a the outcome, its a cintch the Techme Other point scorers for the record which he holds. Dave james '71, swim, forcing third - plais on speedy 2:31.4 thereby establishig a will be up against a shorter team, and engineers were Bruce Lautenschlagger picked up a third. Bronfenbrenner, Gilmore, and Clare. new freshman record. Hadley won the its any consolation, they will n '70, Bill McLeod '69, John Wargo '70, Al Graham '71 and Luis Clare '69 As a result of this three event slaughter, 200 yard freestyle and butterfly events. again see the 6-11 sDnor, WHO Starn Kozubek '69, and Larry Petro '70. swam to a one-three finish in the 200 UJConn needed only a second in the Both swam in the victorious 400 yard terrorized them last Tuesday t Lautenschlagger was third in the 35. lb yard IM with Graham establishing a breaststroke to win the meet. freestyle relay. Brandeis. weight and then finished second in the new varsity record in that event at Best race for Market I shot put. McLeod also scored twice. He 2:10.4. After UConn's Shongeala and In the 200 yard breaststroke, broad jumped 20' 4", which was good O'Brien swept the 50 yard freestyle Nesbitt out-distanced the Harvard takes early lead - enough for second. and later came back sprint from Bill Stage '69 by a competition to win recording a 2:28.5. for a third in the 50 yard dash. Wargo touch-out. The real race occurred between Lay to top Tech fenceers, 17-1

By Pale Geiger The traditionally ,tough and we could beat them," ventures junio Burton wins twice well-versed Harvard fencing squad took sabreist Dave Rapoport. Unfortunately in A basketball advantage of a first round spurt to the next and last meeting will By George Novos'iesdk down the Tech teamrn 17-10 Wednesday shortly after the Christmas Vacaton Burton House emerged the leader in night. An individual breakdown findsob IM basketball league Al after the first As in the Brandeis meet last week it Markey '69 with a perfect three f week of play with a 2-0 record. League as the opponents early lead that proved three record in epee and Wally Mlle fatal. Of A2 hiad three teams tied for the top the first nine engagements '71 with two for three in sabre. Harvard spot with 1-0 slates. Burton downed took eight. Posting single victories we Theta Chi 55-36 with a good team Besides losing captain and first Rapoport in sabre, Vince Fazio '70 an effort in its opener as three Burton foilist Bob Gentala '69 to illness, the Dave Macklenburg '70 in epee, ad players hit double figures. Harold team also faced a disadvantage in Dawson Coblin '71 and Pat Tam '71i Brown '71 notched 19 points for the meeting Harvard so early in the season. foil. losers. Burton then crushed AEPi 52-29 '"here is no question in my mind The freshmen also lost to Harvard as Don Scholz '69 scored 17 points. that if we could meet them in February 16-11, but Nick Lazaris, Mik Theta Chi evened its record at 1-1 Asherman, and Carl Van Bb with a 51-37 victory over a ,aorm~ demonstrated prowess in the foil event LCA team. Brown again led TC with 24 Today winning six of the nine engagements. points and is now A league's leading Squash (V) - Army, home, 7pm The varsity meets Boolyn scorer. Kappa Sigma and BTP have yet Rifle C-H aarvard, home, 6:30pm Polytech Saturday at 2:00 in Du Pont Photo by Craig Davis to play. Gymnastics C - Lowell Tech, away, A Theta Delta Chi player takes a jump shot, as PBE defenders move There will be an iM Councl League AZ 7:30pr meeting Tuesday, December 17 in in for the rebound. TDC won the B league encounter. Burton House In league A2 PGD, SAE, and DU all Tomorrow the Varsity Club Lounge at 7:30 pm. leads league A1 and three teams are tied for the top in league won their openers. DU tripped up SPE A2. Pistol (V) - Navy, home, 10am Refreshments will be served. of the season, while KS trounced Sigma Elections for ping pong, squash, rife, 5342; SAE, led by Ken Weisshaar's '71 Wednesday in league Al. In league A2 Indoor Track (V&F) - Columbia, home, and bowling managers wJil be held. 17 points, beat PDT 43-33; and PGD Senior House whitewashed ZBT 54 in Chi 11-0, also for its second wil, as 12:30pm. Anyone interested should attend. Mike Perry sent PDT to its second straight loss the opener for both squads. '69 scowred five goals to run Swimming (F) - Wesleyan, home, 2pm Also discussion of IM points and his league leading season total to nine. their abolition will be on the agenda 4643. SPE came back to knot its LCA, TC, and Burton share the lead Swimming () - Wesleyan, home I -'R~~"""c. --- '--- Dave Storeygard '71 added three >~>1 .1 ^ X record at 1-1 by outscoring PLP 51-38. in league A1 with 1-0 rect,. 'while 3:30prn markers for the winners. George Katsiaficas '70 tallied 17 points Chi Phi and Senior House are tied for Wrestling (F) - Connecticut, away, 2 in other B1 league action as he was again high scorer for the Sig the top with similar ledgers in league ATO pm crushed Burton 'B' 13-0, Eps. A2. SPE has not played as yet in the as Chad Squash (V&F) - Wesleyan, away, 2 pm Hockey latter division. Carpenter '71 tallied a double hat trick Hockey (V) - Massachusetts, home, (six goals) for the-highest individual 4·- Only two additional A league B leagues 7pmr (1) hockey games were played in the last total to date. Stan Bone '70 added a Basketball (V) - Trinity, away, 6:30pm Heavy action in the B leagues had so'r. o*: ClSO week along with numerous B league unbeated AEPi and Kappa Sigma single hat trick for the ATOs. SAM Rifle (V) - Northeastern, home, 10anm ~O._ . r., encounters. Burton House sent DU t, leading their respective leagues. edged Baker 2-0 and PKT and PKS 0g AEPi ° its second loss in a row 3-1 shut out PKT 3-0 for its second victory battled to a 2-2 deadlock. ==~o,a) ~, o League B2 saw DTD split two classified ads games. They won their first 4-1 over Heller beats Greenfield East Campus with Stu Johnson scoring SELF-EXPLORATION GROUPS. three of their goals, then dropped a 7-2 Encounter the self; solve problems; in poolf tournament firnal match to NRSA. Delta Psi trampled explore your potentiality. Long term, PMD 8-0 as Tom McNulty '70 and holiday, and married couples groups Bv Don Arkn boo Jim Heller '72 beat Alan Greenfireld '69 in two straight games to capture the Dave Wells '69 each contributed a hat now being scheduled. Write: Richard first place trophy trick. Harvey c/o East-West, 543 Boylston 4 4t O, ' in the 1968 edition of the MIT pool tournament. The final 9aQ- =Wd^, X).° games, which were watched by 90 people, were won by scores of 100-73 and Street, Boston. . 125-20. These scores were an accurate representation of Heller's mastery which HHo w The yrDid -co carried him through the tournament undefeated. He will now represent MIT in the Basketball 1965 Triumph Spitfire. Tonneau New England regional pool tourmament. Brandeis 93-MIT (V) 72 cover, radio, new tires, other extras.

MIT(JV) 112 - Emerson 30 Must 4.) Alan Greenfield captured the second place trophy for the second year in a sell. $650. 598-5614. _ CD= c row.Last year he lost in the finals to George Pantoulias. He played well in the Brandeis 84 - MIT (F) 69 finals, but just couldn't match Heller's consistency. Track WANTED: responsible driver to drive $ , o F, F Heller is a master at planning ahead Tufts 65 - MIT (V) 39 on his shots. He usually leaves the cue in my VW over Christmas to Louisiana ;aOmsm Ni excellernt position after each shot, thus making for long runs. His longest run in swimming area (Memphis, Dallas, Little Rock, l . the finals was 19 balls. Greenfield, in comparison, is a more spectacular shooter. UConn 56 - MIT (V) 48 e~c.). Phone 262-0488. He pulled off some of the best shots in the tournament, but he couldn't keep up UConn 54 - MIT (F) 50 with Heller's scoring pace.