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'I a se stU~ ,as. "c Hs By Paul Schindler tuition income. Due to vari- dorms) combined with the large The class of 1977 will be ations in student need, marginal size of recent classes produced a targeted for 900 members, ac- income per student is not a housing "crunch," according to cording to Chancellor Paul E. simple, linear student-tuition re- Assistant Dean for Student Af- Gray. Historically, the number is lation. fairs Ken Browning. This over- not small, but it is a drop of 140 There has been a pattern of crowding was cited by Gray as from the record class of 1040 increasing class sizes over the last the primary reason for the re- admitted last year. five years (see graph on page 3) duction in class size. with last year's class being an "There are many forces As. mentioned previously in accidental overshoot of a target which push the class size up," The Tech (Tuesday, January 9), of 1025. Suddenly this year, a Gray noted, "but the housing the drop in class size will, ac- sharp upturn of the retention crunch is the main thing which cording to officials, have no sig- rate in the dormitories (the num- holds it down." The decision, nificant effect on financial aid or ber of people who stay in the announced in a meeting Friday morning, January 26, was de- News analysis bated for almost two weeks after it was discussed in Academic Council, and was considered pri- vately for some time before that. The persons at the meeting were Hat~8$l~P $ClnC pOEiXC those most directly affected: I ienicec ',pe-[: -, Gray, Director of Admissions 'w:9 run tis- Peter Richardson, Dean for Stu- By Norman D. Sandler Science Advisor to John F. Ken- dent Affairs Carola Eisenberg, Provost Walter Rosenblith, Vice Copyright 1973 nedy, the role of the OST is "to :4.;"'srrI ~;- , . ~·-*;: . ,·; ;~:2·~'"-9 > . - by Norman Sandler show the President what the President for Administration and With recent reports of a dis- options are, with regard to Personnel John Wynne, and Vice mantling of President Nixon's science programs and policies." President for Operations Philip Rick Carley '7l returned from a week-long tour with the MIT science advisory staff (see The "Wired nation" Stoddard. Concert Band last week and found, to his surprise, that Triends on Tech, January 16, 1973), and However, lately it has been Alternatives were considered, his floor in East Campus had constructed this wishing-well in his the formal resignation of the difficult to determine what'func- according to Gray, but within room, complete with bricks, roof, and approximately a foot of water President's science adviser. Dr. tions the science advisory staff the framework of having all i nsi de. Edward E. David, Jr., several has been performing for the freshmen live in Institute or Carley walked down the hall with an apprehensive look on his weeks ago, there has been a great President, and in one case where Institute-approved housing (i.e. face, which turned to surprise when he found a note reading "Best deal of controversy in Wash- the information was learned, the fraternities or Student House), Wishes, The hall" tacked to his door. "My God that's impressive" ington, as well as at institutions OST and Mr. Nixon came under there was no escaping the was the only thing he could manage to say upon seeing the well. such as MIT, over the position fire from both Congress and the smaller class size. The alterna- When asked about his plans for the structure, Carley said, '"Why, the Nixon administration will be general public. tives were: intentional over- every room should have a wishing well." Photo by Fred Hutchison (,4P) taking with respect to science That instance involved a crowding of the dorms, or use of and technology as Mr. Nixon study entitled "Communications interim housing which would be enters his second term. for Social Needs," and was pre- both expensive and inadequate ooel -a,c.te Traditionally. the President pared by David's office for Presi- for use by undergraduates. oy e na has directed science policy and dential Assistant for Domestic Vice President Kenneth Wad- has set priorities with the assis- Affairs John Erlichman and the leigh described the decisions as seen ,boynedaim tance of the science advisor, a President's Domestic Council. "denying some the right to come e~c or position originally established by The 300-page "Adminis- to MIT, while doing the best we By Jonathan Weker degrees for four years of night- President Dwight Eisenhower. tratively Confidential" docu- can for those who do come." At a time when the Lowell school study." He believes the However, it now appears that ment was a feasibility study of Stating that the decision to ad- Institute School is undergoing other cause to be that the the advisor system is being using telecommunications and mit 900 next year will "hold the the most fundamental changes in School's curriculum was becom- superseded by one which will computer technology to produce line on decent housing," he its seventy year history, Dr. ing "outdated." again have the President alone a nation-wide communications noted that the decrease in size Bruce Daniels Wedlock has been Until 1969 the Lowell Insti- making policy decisions, phasing system. The master plan in- this year will allow classes of named as director-designate of tute School had maintained the out or eliminating the role of the cluded placing FM receivers in 950 in succeeding years. Wad- the School, according to Dr. same educational format as had professional advisory staff. every home, boat and auto- leigh also told The Tech that Walter -Rosenblith, MIT provost, been used since the School's The scientists were in the mobile, which could be turned there is no immediate prospect and Dr. Ralph Lowell, trustee of inception in 1903. The school Office of Science and Tech- on and off by only the govern- of funding for a new under- the Lowell Institute. had been started at that time as nology (OST) and the Presi- ment, eventually leading to the graduate dormitory, which Wedlock will assume the posi- the brainchild of Dr. A. Law- dent's Science Advisory Com- concept of the "wired city" and would be the long range solution tion to be vacated on June 30 by rence Lowell, at that time presi- mittee (PSAC). According to finally to a "wired nation." for the housing problem. Dr. F. Leroy Foster, who has dent of Harvard as well as MIT President Jerome Wiesner, (Please turn to Page 6) (Please turn to Page 3) senred as director of the Lowell trustee of the Lowell Institute. Institute School since 1959. The Lowell institute had been 1h ki~ His appointment, Wedlock founded in 1836 by John A@CE~~~~~i'A K 'rDV re$ a, feels, is part of an effort by MIT Lowell, who left half of his to revitalize the Lowell School fortune of $500,000 for the Special to The Tech knowledge that such a prank was Advisor to President Nixon, and following a period during the "maintenance and support of In a daring early morning in the making, and have been would be leaving the Institute, Sixties when the School's role as public lectures, to be delivered coup yesterday, persons osten- assured that hlo one from The succeeded by Chancellor Paul an evening institution with tech- in Boston, upon philosophy, sibly connected with The Tech Tech was even remotely respon- Gray. nical instruction for persons in natural history, the arts and perpetrated a major hoax upon sible for the plot." Radio station WBZ picked up industry seemed to be diminish- sciences, or any of them, as the members of the MIT community Re cen tly-elected Editor-in- the Wiesner story on its ten and ing. Enrollment has been de- trustees, from time to time, and the Boston press. Chief Paul Schindler '74, could eleven morning news, changing creasing over the past five years, deem expedient." The Lowell The hoax was accomplished not be reached for comment the report to a feature on the a phenomenon Wedlock attri- Institute has expanded to where by the clandestine distribution yesterday. Several persons re- hoax for its noon program. butes to two factors. it now is a benefactor of tele- of a spurious version of Tech ported seeing Schindler at vari- Members of the MIT admini- The major reason for this de- vision station WGBH channel 2, Talk, which so closely resembled ous locations throughout the stration and the staff of the MIT cline, according to Wedlock, is and also offers the Harvard Uni- the original that many persons MIT campus on Monday, though News Office and Tech Talk were because of "competition from versity Extension Courses and were fooled even after close in- none of these tentative identifi- not available for corrment at community colleges and other the periodic Lowell Lectures for spection. cations could be substantiated. press time. institutions that offer associate (Please turn to Page 2) Copies of the bogus issue In a written statement left in the were reportedly distributed to offices of The Tech, Schindler the home of Dr. Jerome Wiesner, explained that he regretted his ~o we t~ ~ a.s t c ha nesMo offices of MIT administrators, "lapse of good judgment," and and the Boston press, including set the blame for the deed on both wire services, the Boston Tenenbaum and The Tech News By Sandra Yulke pation as "Consultant Econo- member of the American Econo- Glo be, the Herald-Am ericanl, and Editor Norman Sandler. and Paul Schindler mist," and has been doing work mics Association, the National two of the area's three televisioni Sandler, also unreachable for The new woman working at Radcliffe most recently. Planning Association, and the stations. comment, though thought to be with Chancellor Paul E. Gray Much of her work has been in African Studies Association. Officials of The Tech ex- bound for an undisclosed South will, by her own choice, be the area of the economics of The announcement of Mary pressed stunned disbelief that American destination with an known as the Chancellor's Assis- child care, a topic she has re- Rowe's appointment has been a such an event could be traced to unidentified female staff mem- tant for Women and Work. She searched for the federal, state, long time in the offing, and she members of the staff, especially ber, cabled Chairman Tenen- is Mary Potter Rowe, [Note: She and Cambridge city govern- says that most of the delay in light of the strict managerial baum yesterday noon with the does not like the use of titles, as ments. She has worked for Har- involved has been her own fault. control which the Board of Di- message "Boffo stunt hear you she is a Quaker, and prefers to vard, OEO, the Carnegie Corpor- She was the number one candi- rectors assert that they have over pulled... Hear Admin multi- be called "Mary Rowe" by those ation, Abt Associates, the date and most likely prospect as members of the staff. upset... Have left for short who do not know her, and National Council of Churches early as mid-December, but she The Tech Chairman David vacation due to health . .. " "Mary" by those who do.] a and the UN. She spent 1963-66 told The Tech that meetings Tenenbaum '74, in a public The controversial counterfeit graduate of Swarthmore and in Nigeria, and 1962-3 in the US with Gray about the nature of statement made Monday morn- contained a lead story announc- Columbia (where she got her Virgin Islands. She has published her job and her hours delayed ing upon hearing of the incident, ing that MIT President Wiesner Ph.D. in economics in 197i). numerous specialized papers, any final announcement. Gray stated that "I had no prior had been appointed as Science Rowe lists her current occu- serves on several boards and is a (Please turn to Page 5) PAGE2 TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1973 THETECH r w . rI I - -

NoT E: .)/A LZ L LL ,1OTOR SA LES Ic ------i Changes iOOsr LOWeB X und-raising concert to benefit 29-1 i 0()( Medical Aid to Indochina featuring (Contilnuedfi'0o7 Page 1) will be paid by MLIT, the first Wedlock cited potential long- "Swallow,," on February 13 at 7:30 the public (in addition to the time a member of the School range expansion into non- Actl.' Ic Jt- S, I. I ¢,, IS at the Aquinas Junior College. For Lowell Institute School). faculty has not been paid by the technological fields; for exam- further information call 965-3643. As a trustee, Lowell felt it Lowell Institute. ple, a course on building super- would be worthwhile to create a Currently confronted by the vision and maintenance, which ';i'.' 11;1101 III- S L' L'Is~t< .,iL, college for tradespeople, and he problem of making innovations would be given by physical plant * The %-iIT Automobile Club will \A tl 10 i/Cd I )talIe F have a mneeting Tuesday, February 6 presented the idea to Harry S. at the School, Wedlock is pro- personnel. However, he does not Pritchett, then president of MIT. posing a structure that would envision any daytime program. at 8 pmn in thie West Lounge of the I- Student Center. We will have slides of Pritchett found this pro- allow the School to serve in two "We will be continuing the con- 05 Providence Hi,n W: -/' 73I- ,r~- the US and Canadian Grand Prix, posal acceptable, so in 1903 the capacities. The first function of cept of the original two-year KRIC. I. )edllI lail -11:X1 - --117- possibly a discussion by David Lowell Institute School, a school the School would be to offer program," said Wedlock. "We (()f f R IC. I 28) I _ Amrnen, a top driver in a C/Sedan for industrial foremen under the special one-semester subjects want to offer courses at the I _ Alfa, further information about the auspices of MIT, was begun. which would introduce students technician level that are not -- -- pro driving schools, and a report on Here, for "the price of two to simple skills related to their available at other places." our sponsorship activities. bushels of wheat" per year, fields of work, or expand on Wedlock has had previous which at the time was five dol- skills already possessed. These contact with the Lowell Insti- A professienag * Work has started on the lars, a man or woman actively courses would be designed to tute School, teaching classes for organizing of R/O Week for next employed in industry could take give technicians experience in the School while a graduate stu- ABORTION year. If you have any modifications, a two year course, either elec- techniques related to those used dent and then while a professor new ideas, or are interested in helping trical or mechanical in nature. on the job. "Basically, this of Electrical Engineering at MIT. that is safe, out - please leave your name at the Sixty five years later, this whole school is technician- He has also spent time doing FAC Office, room 7-103. format remained essentially the oriented," Wedlock remarked. research for private industry. same, though the price had risen Among the subjects to be Since tacing over the duties of legal & * The Student Center Commitlee to a $S registration fee plus $5 presented during the upcoming his office December 1, Wedlock presents the return of the Midnite for every semester hour taken. semester is a course on scientific has been very satisfied with the onexpenswve Movie Series. This week's movie will Over the years, the curriculum photography, designed to teach opportunity which the leader- can be set up on an be "The Little Shop of HorTors" was continually updated, but those photographic techniques ship of the Lowell Institute outpatient basis by calling starting at midnite, Friday, February could not keep pace with tech- pertinent to scientific work, and School presents. Initial discus- 9 in the Sala de Puerto Rico. nological advancements. By the a course on digital electronics, sions with industry personnel The Problem Pregnancy Admission Free!!! late Sixties, this form had be- which would give technicians the have led him to believe that the Educational Service come obsolete, and some indi- ability to find and fix errors in School will be well enrolled. (215) 722-5360 vidual elective subjects were * POT LUCK COFFEEHOUSE electronic circuits. Remarked Wedlock, 'I will be 24 hours - 7 days Live entertainment every Friday and added to the School's offerings. The second type of course to very disappointed if the phones for professional, confidential Saturday night, 8:30 pm to 12 m. The decreasing attendance led be offered consists of one or two are not ringing!" and caring help. Mezzanine Lounge of Student to a cancellation of the two year year programs in new areas of I --------. II --- Center. Free coffee, cider and courses, with the final ones technology. "We are planning rlsR··llrmararrrlr··rn*la,;, -· --- ·-- .111-1-1- doughnuts. Performing this week: being completed in 1969. Wed- new areas of study that will take Friday - Gaytha Hillman, Brian lock considers this period to be advantage of the position MIT Rohsenow. Free Admission! one of the low points in the occupies in the forefront of de- Lowell Institute School's his- veloping technology," Wedlock -o:The .stt es t ITHE AMERICAN DELEGATE tory. The Lowell Institute want- said. Under this program, the research group is now located in ed MIT to contribute to the Lowell Institute School would Room 24-607, x3-2460. Students renovation of the School, but serve as a "graduate school" for -,o &vn.-zr ., raIn9 wilo did interviewing over IAP are MIT was considering whether to people in industry with associate urged to return questionnaires to the discontinue its support of the degrees, or the equivalent. project office, or to contact coordinators at the extension given Lowell Institute School alto- to make other arrangements. gether. One of the courses to be Last year, however, MIT de- offered would deal with the cided that it would be to its repair of medical equipment, * Many newv opportunities are now benefit to see the Lowell Inst- open for students interested in doing which would concentrate on the itute School rcinvigorated. The various types of instruments fieldwork in law-related areas, with School was put uinder the pro- ConmMunity organizations, state used in medicine and how they agencies, and with the state vost's office, financially tying it work. "The object of this is to legislature. Arrangements can be to MIT. Previously, all of the train the technician in new tech- made to receive credit or in some funding had been by the Lowell nological information," Wedlock cases wages for work during the term. Institute, with MIT providing commented. Also mentioned i-or more information. contact Tim only the room and the facilities was a possible future course in Bird at x3-4822, or Leonard or for the School. Under the new the field of electro-optics. Suzann Buckle, x3-1788. arrangement, Wedlock's salary r- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - t i

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0 a 1Z9 i Z.AS227 r eze ffe t Zz(e I 1 (Continzued from page 1) disparity in the MIT-Wellesley know about our decision as soon the Engineering Council, a steer- promised to appoint a task force (If such aE- dormitory were Residence Exchange; the other as possible, it becomes a very ing group C)for the School of to look into the idea, which she built, according to Associate decisions would have to be difficult task," Richardson said. Engineering. According to one called "promising." "There may Dean for Student Affairs "played by ear because there is He expressed confidence that member of the Council, the be some problems," she added, Richard Sorenson, it would most too much uncertainty. A one per the Admissions Office was up to question of the class size came "as we have commuting students likely be in the area of Mac- cent change in the retention rate the task, and that they would up for the last half hour of a two now, and this mode of living Gregor and Westgate II. A study in any one class is five students." come very close to the target and a half day meeting. does not offer students as much to determine the most efficient There is also uncertainty, figure. Richardson also noted "People were not rising in on-campus life." When asked, uses to which the remaining land both in the precise meaning of that the number of blacks and massive indignation," said one she said that the Deans' office in that area could be -put is now the decision, and how close the women in the class was not participant, "but they thought it does have some say over gradu- underway.) admissions process can come in likely to decrease dispro- was not a good idea to cut the ate housing, and that she knew Browning stated that the flex- any case to delivering a class portionately. class size at this time." There "no reason that some under- ibility of the Dean's office to exactly as large as that desired. The precise meaning of the was apparently some feeling that graduates could not be housed in weal with certain special housing Director of Admissions Peter decision is not clear. At one time the class size cut might be re- graduate houses." ·eds will be less than hoped for Richardson said he guessed that during discussions, the class size flected adversely in Engineering When he described the de- 'ith a class of 900. "The stu- MIT could "easily admit a class was spoken of in terms of "not School enrollment, while others cision process used by Wiesner dent-faculty exchange, set up by of 1100 qualified students next to exceed x." By the time it was felt that the decision had not and himself, Gray said that there the physics department, is year." There is the possibility of finalized, the "not to exceed" been discussed enough. were two major considerations: authorized for ten people, getting a few too many students; no longer had so much emphasis. Associate Dean of the Engi- internal effects and external per- although it has never been at its a two per cent error in admis- One source said, "No one took it neering School James Bruce told ception of the decision. - full authorized level. We also sions (20 students) is easily pos- out, it just seemed to disappear The Tech that the decision "Internally, we asked our- wanted ten spaces to handle the sible because of the uncertainty by itself. Thus, you can either raised several questions in his selves what the decision would imbalance in the MIT-Wellesley of how many admitted students say 'at least' or 'not to exceed,' mind. "It is going to be inter- mean. It might mean staffing Residence Exchange, and 40 will come to the Institute. depending on what you believe, preted as MIT playing down changes in large freshman classes spaces to handle special cases, '"There are pressures on you and what your audience wants science and technology," he like 8.01 and 18.01. It might including re-admits and transfer to admit as many people as to hear." said. Bruce believes that "all the reduce, at the margin, the num- students." He went on to note possible, and there are pressures The only significant opposi- issues were not put on the ber of people selecting certain that the only aspect of this on you, especially now, to not tion to the smaller class size table," (he gave the effect on courses. Will this hurt some de- built-in flexibility which could admit too many. When you add known to The Tech at press time tuition income as an example) partments worse than others? be decided in advance was the the fact that we try to let people was that of several members of and that there had not been There is no way to do an experi- enough discussion of "alterna- ment, but we do not believe this tive housing possibilities. How decision will have a major effect committed are we to the current on any single departmen-t." ratio of graduates to under- Gray called the question of graduates on campus? Why can't MIT backing off due to pressure some graduate housing have on "science and technology" a MIT to be hit by slashes iE mestic zesea ch funds undergraduates in it?" "non-issue." The decision did One possible solution suggest- not have to do with young peo- By Norman D. Sandler Domestic R&D has been discontinued altogether ed by the Council was the hous- ple's interest in MIT, or with MIT is in line to feel a finan- Hit hard by the new Nixon by the FY '74 budget. In the ing of undergraduate students in MIT's interest in education. It :ial pinch in the area of budget are funds for domestic new budget, the CEA received faculty homes. Eisenberg has had to do with the quality of life. ederally-sponsored research, scientific research, in almost all no operating funds for new re- lue to cuts in the federal budget areas excepting defense, cancer search, and just enough money Study in France 'or the fiscal year (FY) 1974, as and heart disease research, and to close the facility down. mnnounced by President Nixon projects related to solving the Representatives from the International Studies Center, ast week. The Middleton linear ac- nation's energy crisis. Grenoble, France, will be in the Placement Office, E19-455, Citing rising taxes and sky- Areas of research which will celerator, an MIT facility opened only last year, has been in des- ocketing inflation throughout feel the most immediate squeeze Wed., Feb. 7, 10 AM - 5 PM. he sixties as examples of the are atomic energy, health sci- perate need of funds to stimu- late research there since com- -esults of vast government ences (except in those areas pending, the President has named above), aerospace re- pletion. However, in the '74 Phone 391-0274 for more information. budget, only $18 rnillion is allo- - - - I -I --- I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- - I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [sked for cuts in many domestic search (funded by NASA) and "al )rograms, which will eliminate federal assistance to graduate cated for research in that field, nore than seventy governmental students. Much of the pinch felt and the Middleton facility will have to share that sum with five '$ni·'-iy dD in_,8-, gencies and programs. at MIT will be due to a cut in In a radio address, Mr. Nixon the fiscal year budget of the other installations across the pre.entf aid: "If we're to keep taxes and National Science Foundation country. )rices down, the Congress must (NSF), which will decrease by .eep spending down.. . relying nine percent. }n bigger government is the vrong way to meet our nation's Cuts in the research budget Leeds."' for the Atomic Energy Com- The budget slashes reflect the mission (AEC) will result in the S Guys & Gals needed for summer heome of the President's closing of one, and possibly two, W employment at National Parks, Private Camps, Dude Ranches aaugural address last month, MIT-affiliated research facilities: the Cambridge Electron Acceler- Cogand Resorts throughout the na- which called for a shift in na- tion. 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Philosophy are solutions to the problem of universals and it has done so by giving the award to hundreds of thousands of birth defects as - via its theory of contextual essentialism people like Hannah Arendt and denying it well as a huge loss of arable land. At An open letter to Professor Cartwright, - and the problem of deriving the to Ezra Pound. Lettvin only obscured the home, massive budget cuts, especially in Head of the MIT Philosophy Department. "ought" from the "is" - through its issue by raising the specter of political the areas of social programs, housing and theory of objective (as opposed to intrin- censorship of art and denigrating the health care, are a tremendous attack upon Dear Professor Cartwright: sic or subjective) value. abilities of the AAAS to judge poetry. minority people and are excused by This letter is written to request 1) that It is relevant to note that a few years Feld pointed out that denying an award racism. The idea that the poor (read an advocate of the philosophy of Objec- ago there was a push throughout the to Pound does not repress his free speech blacks) are unwilling to work for a decent tivism be added to the faculty of MIT's country to get a token representative of and poetry since he is already recognized living has been long promulgated by philosophy department; 2) that Objec- existentialism or of an Eastern (Oriental) as a great poet, and that the members of politicians and businessmen. Today, tivist viewpoints be studied in the rele- philosophy in philosophy departments. the AAAS don't have to be poets to important government advisors such as by the vant subjects now being offered MIT was one of those who followed suit. select recipients of the award because it is Daniel Moynihan (until very recently a department; and 3) that a separate sub- Objectivism is in the Western tradition, it not a poetry award per se. The statement member of the Harvard-MIT Joint Center ject on Objectivism be included in the is new and different, yet it is still unrepre- that "The general impression of the for Urban Studies), who claims that curriculum of the department. sented. There can be no good reason for audience was that it agreed with Lettvin blacks are on the bottom of the are several reasons why we There It is also relevant to note that the when he stated "I would rather have social-economic ladder due to to be proper requests consider these department has stated its desire to offer Pound with extreme'anti-Semitism than a pathological weakness in their family should demand the department's which subjects which will attract greater atten- world without Pound" is not only structure, and Edward Banfield (former immediate and serious attention. dance in the department's courses. We unjustified judging from the response of model cities director under Nixon), who Last year there was considerable con- have noted that attendance in class has the audience, but pointless because it claims blacks enjoy living in dilapidated troversy over the bias of MIT's philoso- increased greatly on those rare occasions does not address the issue. Feld made the housing (see The Unheavenly City;), offer phy department. A number of students when the ideas of Ayn Rand - the important point by saying that it would their views as evidence supporting the (who were not supporters of Objectivism) philosophy of Objectivism - have been be appropriate to recognize the fact that need for Nixon's "end to' the era of "too complained that the department was presented. One example of this was the Edward Teller (a right-wing physicist, hand-outs." These cutbacks, along with analytic," and that faculty members were increased attendance last year in former "father of the H-bomb," who testified current legislation such as the Talmadge being penalized because they did not "toe Professor Rabinowitz's section of Con- against other scientists during the Amendment which requires welfare the line" espoused by those who run the temporary Moral Issues, 24.01-24.02; McCarthy Era) is a good physicist by recipients to work for less than the department (cf2 the Graves tenure contro- that attendance was the greatest (nearly awarding him the Nobel Prize for his minimum wage, will hurt not only versy). To the extent that those accusa- the entire class, in vast contrast to the contributions in quantum mechanical minority people but most workers and tions mnean that the department is ex- usually miniscule attendance) when a interpretations of certain chemical students. tremely biased towards the philosophical student who supported Objectivism was phenomena, but it would not make sense MITSDS plans to research, expose, and positions of linguistic analysis, logical allowed to present three lectures on it. to offer him the Atoms for Peace Award fight MIT's complicity in government positivism, and their variants (e.g. such Therefore, we request that students be because of his position in developing racism and genocide. contemporary doctrines as Quine's and presented Objectivism's basic positions in nuclear armaments and his intransigent Leon Dickson, MITSDS Tarski's) - and that this emphasis results subjects which deal with the pertinent views on disarmament and foreign policy. in discrimination, both in subjects taught philosophical questions. Bonnie Buratti, '74 and faculty hired, against those who This latter request entails not merely Elise Nuchtern, '74 disagree - we consider the complaint to adding books on the philosophy of Objec- Continuous News Service be correct. One need only attend the tivism to the reading list, but also having subjects being offered by the department lecturers who are competent to present it (as we have) and view the dispro- correctly. As has been witnessed by any- SDS Corrections I portionate amount of time devoted to the one who was enrolled in last year's To the Editor: above-mentioned philosophies, to con- Contemporary Moral Issues, to take an I wish to point out that the last two Since 1881 clude that the department is greatly example, the lecturers displayed either an issues of The Tech, in articles about the biased in their favor. Vol. XCIII, No. 1 February 6, 1973 incredible ignorance of Objectivism demonstrations in Washington on January Moreover, in the realm of ethics and and/or an immense hostility to it, both of David Tenenbaum'74;Chairman 20, have libeled SDS. I have called the political philosophy, there are several Ir which result in distortion and misrepre- printing of misinformation libel because Paul Schindler '74 ;Editor-in-Chief faculty members who explicitly support sentation of its positions. It is for this the errors in question Jack Van Woerkom '75; Busin2ess M1anager I altruism and Marxism in one form of in this instance reason that we request both a separate presented as if they were the Storm Kauffman '75 ;MlanagifngEditor another. There is no one who advocates were subject on Objectivism and an Objectivist inevitable consequence of SDS ideology rational individualism and libertarianism. professor in the philosophy department. Carol McGuire '75, John Hanzel '76, Future leaders of the nation - in both and the conscious intent of the SDS A policy of this kind would in general leadership. The two instances to which I Jim Miller'76 the sciences and the humanities - are serve to ensure the objectivity necessary Nigh t Editors now being indoctrinated with views refer are: 1) On January 16, 1973, The for the appraisal of any ideas, but it is Tech in an article by Norman Sandier Norman Sandler '75 ;News Editor regarded by many as absurd and repul- particularly necessary in the case of such Neal Vitale '75 ;Arts Ediftor sive, by a department intent on propa- stated that SDS did not have a march a new and radical philosophy as Objec- permit and would march against police Sandra G. Yulke '74, Fred Hutchison '75; gating its own doctrines to the exclusion ti-vism. Sports Editors of all others. In the judgment of many of opposition if necessary on January 20 in In regards to the position in the D.C. and, 2) on January 23, 1973, in an Roger Goldstein '74, David Green '75; us, the teaching of plhilosophical "analy- department for an Objectivist professor, article by Paul Schindler, The Tech stated PhotographyEditors sis" is significantly responsible for the there are presently several Ph.D.'s who II Tim K iorpes '72; ContributingEditor- destruction of logic and mathematics as that during the demonstrations on could be approached, and we will gladly January 20, "the SDS" burned the Yippie David Gromola'74;A dvertisingManager more and more students are led to believe submit their names for your considera- (Zippie) RAT float. The truth is that: 1) F that these sciences consist of arbitrary Jon Weker '76; Associate Nigh t Editor tion. SDS, whose "March Against Racism and rules adopted by convention; and this Implementing the three proposals we the War" was called in September, indeed Mike McNamee '76, Bob Nilsson '76; the so-called "empiricist" together with have made will be an important first step had successfully worked out a parade Associate Newvs Editors theories of meaning are just as devastating in achieving a much larger representation route with the D.C. police by late Mark Astolfi'73 ;Associate Arts Editor in their effect on the intelligibility of of realism and individualism in the MIT December and certainly had an approved Stephen Shagoury '76 ;AccountsReceivable even the most basic concepts and laws of philosophy department. For the MIT parade route by January 6, 1973, well in David Lee '74, Accounts Payable elementary physics - to say nothing of philosophy department to deny even the advance of the January 16, 1973 Tech recognized philosophical disaster in Robert Elkin '73, ManzagerialConsultant the first step of a single spokesman for an article (and Thursday article of January I modern physics. And given the current I alternative to the present doctrine would 18 which contained the same mistake). 2) I social state of the world, it hardly seems be inexcusable. SDS did not burn the Yippie-Zippie RAT ProductionStaff: necessary to point out the devastating Finally, we would like to hear your float. Our enemies like to portray SDS as Lee Giguere '73 effects of the constant indoctrination of response to our requests as soon as an organization which irresponsibly News S taff: and contemporary ethical subjectivism possible; we also believe that a meeting provokes violence for any reason or for Drew Jaglom '74, Bert Halstead '75, collectivism on the minds of college stu- with you is desirable, and thus we request no reason at all. Actually, SDS has always Margo Levine'75, Jim Moody '75, dents. an opportunity to speak with you at o pposed the sort of senseless Tom Birney'76, Ken Davis'76, all the In short, across the board in length about our proposals. We can be provocations of which burning the float is Mark Haley'76, Barb Moore'76, major divisions of philosophy there is a reached either through Warren Ross, dl an example; in Washington we wanted to Wendy Peikes'76;Linda Young'76; specific philosophical orthodoxy being 0-289, or Frank Peseckis, 261-2491. draw attention to the growing anti-racist Sharon Zito '76;Charlotte Cooper pushed by the department, while virtually to Nixon's government, and no opposition to it is allowed. Since the opposition [The note was signed by Ross, Peseckis, nothing could have been achieved by A rts Staff.: purpose of a philosophy department at and ten others. -Editor/ inviting a police attack. This contrasts John Kavazanjian '72, Steve McDonald '74, MIT is, supposedly, to educate interested sharply with the occupation of the ROTC I Brian Rehrig'75, Moray Dewhurst '76, students by a balanced presentation of Lettvin Sychophant? Wanda Adams, Jeff Palmer important past and present philosophical offices at MIT last spring when we felt Sports Staff: views, and not to indoctrinate them, it is To the Editor: (correctly) that we could rally a great Paul Bayer'73, Mike Charette '74, mandatory that opposition to the present Barbara Moore's onesided, misleading number of MIT students to support a real Randy Young '74, Dan Gantt '75, discriminatory policies be given a voice in article on the Feld-Lettvin debate marks attack against MIT's complicity in the David Katz'75 the department. her as a hopeless Lettvin sychophant. In a Vietnam war through its hardware PhotographyStaff: Objectivism is a significant and com- 500-word article she devoted a mere two weapons research and contracting, its officer production for that war, and its Sheldon Lowenthal'74, Chris Cullen '76, prehensive philosophical system which sentences to Feld's views, and presented counter-insurgency work at the Center Krishna Gupta G, Joe Kashi '72 provides just such an alternative. Since Lettvin's arguments in a slavishly uncritical light as though no one had been for International Studies. CirculationStaff: Objectivism is a systematic philosophy Scott Berg'73, Fred Zerhoot '73 embracing all the traditional branches of able to rebut them. phiiosophy - metaphysics, epistemology, As it happened, Feld saw the heart of Paul Schindler failed to mention that philosophical psychology, ethics, political the matter not consisting in whether it is SDS held an independent demonstration Staff Candidates: Sherry Grobstein'74, Seth Stein'75, science and aesthetics, an Objectivist logically possible to separate the work of 4000 black and white students and Lan-y Appleman'76, David Weiman'76 philosopher on the MIT faculty would from the man (as Moore erroneously workers in Washington on January 20. provide the beginning for the badly stated in her article), but whether the Our main demands were to call for a stop needed representation of views now being AAAS should take an "excellence in its to the racist attacks of the U.S. own right" stand by supporting fascistic, government on black and minority Second class postage paid at Boston, Massachu- excluded in all those areas, as well as setts. The Tech is published twice a week anti-Semitic writers whose political workers and to call for the UJ.S. to get out systematically relating them. during the college year, except during vaca- ideology is on the other end of the of S.E. Asia. We feel the U.S. has Moreover, Objectivism not only pro- tions, and once during the first week of August spectrum from its members, or reward committed genocide in Vietnam through by The Tech, Room W20-483, MiT Student vides an alternative point of view in these artists who use their talent to support the its saturation bombings of the North and Center, 84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, areas, it provides answers to several prob- moral positions of the AAAS members. the South as well as through its many Massachusetts 02139. Telephone: (617) lems heretofore thought unanswerable by The AAAS has the right to define the other military exploits. Defoliation is one 253-1541. most philosophers, not the least of which purpose of its Emerson Thoreau Award, example of a tactic which has caused THETECH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1973 PAGE5

~~~aztessi ::sd.a~ t (Continued from Page 1) tenured women faculty. There is no question in my mind my mother got her degree, she often said during this period that Q: tIow mrany are there? but that Gray felt that my ap- went to Peking where she be- a woman had been selected, but There are now eight. I talked pointment was contingent on came the first female professor was not yet ready to commit to maybe a dozen women stu- my meeting with a representa- of sociology. Also, economics is herself to taking the post. There dents, trying to seek out women tive committee of women from not as unscientific as some peo- was also some concern that she at such places as the Sloan every job and student category. ple seem to think. might eventually decide not to school, where there aren't many. Enmily and I actually hoped that Q: What are you going to do fobr take the post, so her name was I talked with quite a number of my coming to the Forum would students? Will you have clout? not revealed until last week. The people particularly in the eco- serve that purpose. I did not I think in unequivocal cases, official announcement of her ap- nomics department, because I want to limit it to any one that both Gray and Wiesner have pointment will appear in tomor- am an economist. I talked with specific committee. I very much systematically been very deter- row's Tech Talk. five or six junior faculty and wanted to hear from any woman mined in terms of policy. I was Since there was some interest several administrators and with who wanted to come, in effect. told of a specific example of a expressed in the selection pro- lots of secretaries, and I was just very decisive action taken by Q: Have you been warned of no cess, the interview began on that Wiesner and Gray earlier this very keen to have the chance to monzey? point. year in a case of discrimination think about it for a long time. I No money for what? Q: How do you feel about the against a woman. think Paul Gray wanted a chance Q2: Were you told about MIT's lack of student input in your to think about it for a long time. Q: Is that personal conviction or tight budget? HEW pressure? If there is to be any real selection ? It's a major step forward for the There's two sides to that. .I would have been delighted The story I have heard makes change in any job or student Institute. Number one is that I am an if there had been some student me think it is personal convic- He has been, by the way, economist, and I know what the category, there will be changess input, and I thought that the tion. I know of at least one unfailingly gracious to me. There scene is, and I have been work- changes in all of them... Forum would provide it. letter written by those gentle- ing in Washington steadily for men, which would never have (Note: the week that Mary the last three years in an area Rowe thinks Wlesner been seen by the general public; Rowe was the guest at the Wom- which is not receiving Nixon's which was unequivocal in its en's Forum was exam week, and full attention, namely Child Care and Gray fight for representations to a department therefore almost no students and Women. On the one hand, I head. It pleased me very much. were present.) am very familiar with the univer- Q: There was a period between equal rgh ts out of It was by no means in the public sity finance scene, on the other your saying yes and your taking eye; they would have no reason |persona convection. Paul Gray has been encouraging the job for certain? to think that any woman might I_ ~r,~aas~anrap·_ · .v~~ me to think that if there are I think that there was a __i=I~9~ have seen this letter, and it was has been in our interviews no good projects, he would help me month in there, where Gray very clear, and straightforward, point where I felt things were with them. might either have said 'We don't as well as very polite. askew. Q: You have a basically liberal want you if that's what you Q: Could you get MJITT to make a And I talked with Carola. arts background, how does that statement supporting the conthn- want to do' or in which I might make you feel about coping with have said, 'Are you sure you Q: But students were not in- uing presence of women here? volved in your selection ... a place like MIT, which is ex- I liked the statement in the don't want to look for some- tremely technically oriented ? body else?' I think the Institute Paul Gray asked me to meet Ad Hoc report . .. I can certain- was, during that month, reason- with a representative committee, ably committed to serious explo- including students. at the same ration with me and I with them time when I was formally re- "ft wasnf' untol I talked with Gray..° that I so that it would have been rea- questing a meeting with a corm- sonable for the Institute to say mittee including students. When bame Interesteden thos Dob ' we've got somebody else who we I say including students, I mean think will come without having women in every job and student My background is more sci- ly propose anything like that been able to say definitely that category at the Institute. The entifically oriented than it may that proves to make sense. I I It's a peculiar position; it she was coming. day that Gray called me, to see appear. I was a premed student think that my appointment is It's a peculiar position; it has if I was still interested, Emily in undergraduate school, and I considered by both D)rs. Gray has no appropriate role no appropriate role models. I [Wick] and Gray and I were all come from a family of doctors. and Wiesner as that kind of models. was very eager to have the in the process of saying that In some ways, my background statement, in itself, in a very chance to talk with most of the there should be this meeting. was also very 'liberated,' after concrete fashion. II- _. . .-. . . - -. .- ~----- . - _ _ _ .- - . . r . . ~ . . . I

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(Continlued from Page I) means for independent evalua- In addition to the members the OTA would be a "watchdog Another piece of "Kennedy- The report was disclosed by tions in the Executive Office of of the TAB, the OTA will in- over the government, and not inspired" legislation, Senate Bill Rep. William Moorehead (D-Pa.), the President (E1OP). Second, clude a Technology Assessment just over the OST," as well as 32, the "National Science Policy Chairman of the Foreign Opera- Wiesner said that without the Advisory Council (TAAC). Ser- serving as "an early warning and Priorities Act," would tions and Government Informa- advisory staff, "science" will not ving on that body will be ten system to look at things before strengthen the NSF by appropri- tion Subcomnmittee of have "the correct relationship" ,,civilians" representing they get too bad." ating another $1 billion for the House Committee with the President, since there academia and industry, as well as "The OTA will look at all "domestic research," in order on Government Operations. He will no longer be an official staff the Comptroller General and the kinds of consequences [of pro- eventually to put NSF-sponsored termed the plan "an intrusion of scientists to advise him. Director of the Congressional grams in science and tech- civilian research on par with into the daily lives of virtually Congress and OTA Research Service of the Library nology] and not just at the current military R&D every American" in a letter to of Congress. physical ones. The current prob- expenditures. Vj6 Immediately prior to last President Nixon. Moorehead is November's presidential elec- lem with the OST is that it When asked about the pos- scheduling hearings on the mat- tion, the science and technology Wiesner examines only the physical prob- sible implications of handing ter, and David will reportedly be issue was given some prominence The TAAC will be charged lems, and doesn't look at the that sum to NSF, Wiesner re- "invited" to testify before the by the creation of the new con- with the task of "providing a wider range of environmental, plied that the Foundation may subcommittee. According to a gressional Office for Technology liason between the Board and social, and economic aspects of not be able to handle that large subcommittee staff member, the Assessment (OTA). OTA was the public," and MIT President science and technology." sum, due to staff and other hearings will take place some- established by Public Law Wiesner is reputed to be a "more However, Wiesner warned a d m i n i s t rative short-comings. time in February or March. 92-484, which was passed by than likely" candidate for the that the OTA is not a congres- However, he noted that "we can both houses of Congress in the chairmanship of the council, sional answer to the OST, nor use more money for creative According to the report, por- final hours of the 92nd Con- being a long-time Kennedy ally. the President's Science Advisory purposes," adding that it would tions of the plan could be put gress, having been in committee However, when asked about Committee, noting "the only help institutions get away from into effect by 1975, with an since February. the report, both Kennedy and thing the OTA could do is to dependence upon the Defense initial cost of $230 million, and The planned functions of the Wiesner were reluctant to discuss show the poor consequences of Department for research funds. an additional annual expenditure ,I OTA, according to Senator B. the possible appointment. some plans, since it is not a SEC of S200 million. An investi- Everett Jordan Wiesner responded that since the science policy board. In the end If the responsibility for evalu- gation by the subcommittee has (D-N.C.) are to: (1)' identify all advisory council had not met, he there is no way to avoid the ation and advice for the Presi- revealed that other parts of the probable inipacts of new technology could not have already been judgment of the President or the dent does not fall to NSF, Mr. plan have already been tested by or tech- nological programs; (2) establish offered the post. He added that science advisor." Nixon still has the option of government agencies, including he had not been "formally Daddario creating another office to fill at two alternative systems allovwing "cause-effect" relationships; (3) identify alternative technological asked" about the position by Daddario is currently a senior least part of the void which will government access to homes. anyone, and thus far had held vice president for Gulf and exist if and when the OST is One operates through television methods for implementing cer- tain programs; (4) identify alter- only informal discussions with a Western Precision Engineering, officially eliminated. receivers, and the other is an AM few members of the TAB, whom and while in Congress was chair- In addition to the pre-existing version of the system described native programs for achieving he had "casually run" into while man of the Science, Research, OST and PSAC, Mr. Nixon has earlier. requisite goals; (5) estimate im- i pacts of alternative programs in Washington. and Development subcommittee in reserve a 27-member Science Wiesner also "Midas-like interests" and methods; (6) present com- said that in light of the House Committee on and Engineering Council (SEC), of the persistent rumors that he The President himself has plete analyses of options to Con- Science and Astronautics, which which he appointed on October come under attack from scien- gress; (7) identify the areas in had been offered the chair- is not headed by TAB appointee 17 of last year, in an announce- tists and science policy-watchers which more research is required manship, he "would have reser- Davis. Daddario is in line to ment made at the national for an indifference toward the for the completion of the neces- vations before saying yes or no." become the director of the OTA headquarters of the Committee stimulation of innovative pro- sary assessments and estimates "Some people," he explained, once the TAB meets, and a to Re-elect the President. How- grams. Daniel Greenberg, pub- which the OTA undertakes; and "are jumping the gun on this, source close to the Board dis- ever, there is still a question of lisher of Science and Governz- (8) undertake additional tasks as and that would make me think closes that Daddario is interested whether the SEC was purely a me2nt Report (SGR), an "inde- prescribed by the appropriate twice about taking the posi- in the position and, in turn, campaign tactic or a permanent pendent bulletin of science authorities. tion." He said that in addition to members of the TAB have more agency. policy," writes in that publi- The OTA is to be a congres- the "jumping the gun," he than a fleeting interest in him. The Council is headed by cation that even several months sional review body and will be would have to weigh the time (A Kennedy aide reports that W.O. Baker, vice president for ago members of the science controlled by a Technology As- requirements involved before some TAB members have spoken research at the Bell Labs. He has advisory staff were becoming sessment Board, composed of six m a k i n g a n y p o s i t i v e to Daddario, though he has not been the Presldent's unofficial weary of Mr. Nixon's "general members of each house (three commitment. indicated to them whether he science advisor" for some time, indifference to science and from each party). The members Wiesner will have to be would Lake the position as OTA and is a Tong-time friend of Mai d a s -lik. ei n t e r e st in of the TAB were eleventh-hour selected by the ten members of director.) ex-advisor David. technology." appointments, made by the the TAAC when the council Appointments to the posts of Baker has recently been House and Senate leaderships meets, which apparently will not OTA Director and Chairman of named to succeed retiring Bell It was reported in the Wash- only a few weeks before the be until March at the earliest, the TAAC are still forthcoming, Laboratories President James ington Post that the recent election. Headed by Senator according to Kennedy's office. It and Kennedy has explained to Fisk, and it is doubtful that he shake-up in the science advisory Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), a is probably that Kennedy will this reporter that the TAB "is would be in line to accept any staff was actually a move by the major driving force behind re- have some influence over the expected to hold its first organi- permanent appointment as President to eliminate any cent legislation in the area of council in the choice of the TAB zational meeting sometime in Nixon's Science Advisor. How- potential high-level criticism science and technology and ex- chairman. An aide said that February, at which time the ever, if the reason for dis- when he announced budgetary pected chairman of the TAB, the Wiesner has retained a close con- Board will begin to discuss the mantling the OST and PSAC was cut-backs in scientific and tech- Senate appointees include tact with the senator, and that policies and procedures which to prevent internal dissent. and nological research and develop- Democrats Hubert Humphrey Kennedy regards the MIT presi- will govern the operation of the if that is what the President is ment for the coming fiscal year. (D-Minn.) dent as "a great leader in science Office, and funds for the opera- concerned about, the SEC, com- (Some institutions, including and Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.). Republican policy" adding that he (Ken- tion of the Office, will not be posed of Nixon-supporting scien- MIT, are already preparing for appointees are nedy) quite often turns to forthcoming until sometime tists and policy men from the the pinch from the cut-backs in Senators Gordon Allott Wiesner for advice. later in the year." last election, may be one of the education and federally- (R-Colo.), Peter Dominick Wiesner is no stranger to the Though C o ngress has best alternatives open to Mr. sponsored research.) (R-Colo.), and Richard concept of a congressional ver- managed to pass the OTA legis- Nixon. However, one observer re- Schweiker (R-Penn.). House members sion of the President's Science lation, with the recent shake-ups marks: "The fact of the matter appointed to the Board are Democrats Earle Advisory Committee. The ori- in the Executive Office Building is that what Nixon has done is to gins of the OTA stem back to over the OST it is not at all clear recognize a Cabell (D-Texas), John Davis de facto situation - the mid-sixties, to an idea put how the President will now i.e. he has not been consulting (D-Ga.), and Mike McCormack 7Pa (D-Wash.). Republican Repre- forth by Wiesner and former decide science policy, though a with the advisory staff and the sentatives are Charles Rep. Emilio Q. Daddario, when move is now in the works to put special assistants have not had Gubser (R-Calif.), James Harvey (R- the two were members of the the National Science Foundation much access to him." Mich.), and Charles Mosher Research Management Advisory (NSF) in charge of the many Former Science Advisor (R-Ohio). Allott and Cabell were Committee. Wiesner said that non-military R&D programs. 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A- THETECH TUESDAYFEBRUARY 6, 1973 PAGE 7 THETTE HES AY, FE RU RY , 973 PA E ty rosun C IIm - er a t t n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~f~j This lecture was the first in By Robert Nilsson The achieving and exercising topic the series "Political Conflict and Dr. Alastair Maclntyre gave a of rights was also a 1) Views of Human Nature" given characterization of American brought up. It was stated that format. 8.01 was divided into is their on Thursdays in 9-150. The By Ken Davis Conservatism and contrasted it achieving rights ten units, each with a test at the remaining two are entitled The MIT Physics Department with European Conservatism at a continuous reassertion, and 2) end. The test was a one-step must be exercised to be "Politics As Drarna" and -eported that 50 out of lecture presented by the rights type problem. The problems on how this "Politics As Tragedy," both to ipproximately 500 students, Technology and Culture Seminar kept. IHe explained the final exam were more rights and be given by MacIntyre at 5:15. mostly freshmen, failed 8.01 this and the MIT Department of relates to fundamental difficult, and smiliar to the of Blacks vs. those of past term. The number was Political Science. the rights homework problems in whites. It was brought up that :onsiderably higher than last The lecture began with complexity. To take the final, the results of one study, which year. Maclntyre of the Departments the 8.01 student had to pass did not believe "It came as an unpleasant of Philosophy and Political MacIntyre more than seven out of ten unit to indicate that surprise to us as instructors," Science and Dean of the College accurate, seemed Many students were Blacks were intellectually said Professor A.P. French, tests. of Liberal Arts at Boston apparently misled by the unit inferior to whites. Even if there Associate Department Head and University, laying out the thinking that if they were in fact the case, and Blacks lecturer for 8.01, basic Physics I, tests, fund a mental basis of them they would do well were, to a certain extent, during the fall term. He passed Conservatism. He told how first then more time expressed the opinion that many on the final. tradition must be broken, for if ineducable, should be spent on Blacks and factors were responsible for the students waited until tradition is continuous, there is Other not less. high rate of failure. the tests, nothing that will need late in the term to take Maclntyre concluded his One major factor was that them without gaining conserving. Once a revolution, I and passed lecture with the thought that very few grades of incomplete of the for example, starts brewing, an understanding conservatism is actually a branch were given. Last year, over 160 material. Only one third of the conservatives will want to stop it of liberalism which strives to "l's" were given out, most of failed had passed all to preserve what already exists fifty who resolve incoherencies. At the which were changed to passing ten tests. In this sense there must be a grades by the middle of the rupture with the past to have other end of liberalism radicals INA spring term. This year, the "I" Two more 8.01 finals will be conservatism. try to resolve the incoherencies grade was more strictly given for those who failed. One It is not necessarily a going differently. It is the utilitarian interpreted, and only a few was on January 31, and back into the past which conservatives at one end and the WE HAVE IT! students who came close to another two weeks into the characterizes Conservatism, absolutistic radicals at the other. A unique development in contact term. Students may take Finally, MacIntyre closed with lenses - protects eyes from the passing were given "I's." It was spring rather it is a freezing of the glare of reflective surfaces...snow, decided that, as most of the one but not both of these. The present. Liberals may bring the remark that in America TV, fluorescent lights, auto head- students had in fact Committee on Academic today most Americans find no lights. They come in clear as well failing conditions up to a point where as four colors. Get more details completed the subject, "I" was Performance has given the conservatives will want to keep political identity. A question with a call or visit. No obligation. to not an appropriate grade. Physics Department authority it. After a revolution has been and answer period followed. French also felt that some of replace with "P's" the failing completed, it is the desire of who pass these the failures might have been grades of those con servatism to reassert PREGNANT? I SPECIALISTS partially due to the subject's finals. continuity and resist a future With problems? 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OFF-5-3.7 MM 3-71-EITE i o F M.-U-4 M -z A ssgAters c p4 3 $4r By Fred Hutchison first half 48-30, and it was this The final minute of the -ame The MIT basketball squad, in deficit that was to make the saw Coast Guard leadinog 5'8-55, 15 losing three games to Yale, Suf- d i fference. A spirited Tech It" until Cam Lange hit ajurnper to folk, and Coast Guard, dropped squad returned fronm the locker brina MIT within one. CG took their season record to three wins room and outplayed Suffolk in the ball slowly down thw floor and 16 tosses. the second half, scoring 40 and took a clutch shot. Jackson The MIT roundballers led for points while holding the opposi- rebounded the ball for MIT and: the first 18 minutes of the game tion to 31. High point man for called tim~eout with 28 seconds With Yale, but the overwhelming MIT was Hudson with 22 points remaining on the clock. The height advantage of the Yale and 13 rebounds, followed by Tech hoopsters inbounded the squad soon proved too much for Jackson with 19 points and ten ball, brought it down court and the engineers. Yale outre- bounds. proceeded to set tip their offen- ; bounded MIT 29-21 offensively, Saturday saw the basketball se. Jackson was tied up inside, and 34-21 on the defensive squad travel to Coast Guard for and although he won the tip, boards- an evening game. MIT got off to MIT couldn't hold onto the ball. John Mills '74 led the Tech a slow start as Coast Guard Roger Teal '73 came up vith the W squad with 16 counters, fol- utilized a high post screen to basketball, but was also tied up. lowed by Cam Lange '76 with pick up an early lead. Petko, MIT lost the tip and it was all twelve while John Cavolowsky CG's hard hitting forward, led over, Coast Guard winning '76 and captain Jerry Hudson the Coast Guard attack by 58-57- '73 each scored eight points. blasting the Tech defense for 14 Hudson also pulled down eleven Lange, MIIT's leading scorer, points in the first period. Turn- rebounds and Pe-er Jackson '76 got 22 counters and five re-~ overs again played a major part garnered seven off the boards. bounds, and Hudso~n garnered *r in MIT's defeat as the team lost Yale shot 33, for 76 from the five bounds and 19 points, floor and 12 for 17 from the the ball 16 times. Halftime saw Coast Guard leading 31-24. line, while MIT only managed 21 - r- . - _- for 68 and 13 for 19 free LACROSSE throws. There will be a short ( 15 Outscoring Suffolk 40-31 in min.) meeting of all those The MIT ski team kicked off was within three gates of the Bob Collier '74 was 84th in the second half wasn't quite interested in participating in finish on his second run when he 67:33 The only divisional enough as the tech squad went varsity, j.v., or freshman la- its divisional competition. this fell and had to climb up to a competition to place ahead of down to defeat 79-67 last Tues- crosse; it will be held in the season in soft snow and warm missed gate. Gary Ruf '75, who, any of the MIT team members day. It was turnovers and fouls lobby of duPont Athletic cen- temperatures with a second with Nabelek, was fighting a was Steve Johnson of Norwich. that told the story as M4IT lost ter, Wednesday, February 7, place slalom finish at Windham cold and the flu, also fell, and who placed 79th. the ball 19 times to Suffolk and at 5 pm. If you have any College in West Dummnerston, intention at all of playing the Vt. Friday, January 19. Led by finished 17th, while Evan MIT Nordic coach Heige the Tech hoopsters committed Schwartz '75 fell and did not Bjaaland also raced, and finished 25 flouls while Suffolk was called fastest sport afoot this spring, the first place finish of John complete the second run. 13th in a time of 54:33, two and for 17. you should try your best to Nabelek '74, and aided by poor The afternoon's giant slalom a half minutes behind the MIT was outscored in the be there. showings by most of the teams there, the team finished with a was a disaster for the team, as it winner, Bill Koch. score of 83.5%. (Team scores in finished sixth, with a score of skiing are expressed as a 87.8. Nabelek again turned in a Ty-n,$ts eat a 11 percentage of a base score; the solid performance, finishing Tuesday base is the combined times of third, with a time of 63.6, Wrestlings GBCAA @ B3U the top three finishers, while the behind Dartmouth's Ken O. ( Onna team score is that of tle top Stowe's 60.8 and Mark Weeks' Wednesday three of its five men.), behind 62.8. Dartmouth won the event Basketb all, Amherst, home, The M4T Gymnastics Team Bell's 7.9, Andy Rubel's '74 Windham's 96.8. Dartmouth's solidly with its 1-2 finish, for a 8:15 pm brought its season record to 3-2 7.25 and. John Austin's '74 4.5 'B' teams, comnpeting in the meet score of 99.4, followed by Hockeyv Tufts (host), home, during the last two weeks by got back the seven points lost on although not a member of the W4indham with' 95.5, St. 7 pm defeating Yale 113.1 to 101.75 horse. The other first place win- EISA Division II, was third with Michael's with 94.9, Norwich Swimming, Amnherst, home, and being beaten by Southern ners were Bob Barrett '74 on 77.9. with 94.4, and Yale with 93.2. 7 pm Connecticut State College floor exercise, Austin on Many skiers had trouble with The Nordic team was Friday 154.55 to 121.0. vaulting with his second score in the course; only twenty of the supposed to be in action all At Yale the teams were close Track, GBCAA @ Harvard the eights, and Scott Foster'75 thirty starters completed the weekend, however Friday's 30 for the first two-thirds of the Skiing, Plymouth State Carnival with his first career first place course without disqualifying. In kilometer cross-country race was meet, but the last two events put finish on high bar. fact, the three remaining teams, called off due to the warm Qaturday it away for MIT. The SCSC meet Basketball, Carnegie-Metlon, The meet against Southern St. Michael's, Yale, and weather, and Saturday's jump was never close as the first com- home, 8 pm Connecticut, last year's New Norwich, did not even tnanage was cancelled because of ice and Fencing, Holy Cross, home, petitor, Olympian John Crosby, England champion, was sche- three finishers for a teamnscore. high winds. This left only put the meet away with a 9.5 on 3:30 pm duled to gain experience against . abelek's two runy timse of Sunday's USEASA 15 Kilometer floor exercise. As a whole, how- Gymnastics, Coast Guard, a first place team. For the most 61.1 seconds was a second ahead Championships at Craftsbury ever, the MIT team did as well as home, 2 pm part, the Tech gymnasts sat and of his nearest competitor, David Common, Vt. could be hoped against such Skiing, Plymouth State CaT- watched good gymnastics inter- Virgien of Dartmouth. Tied with Competing against a field of formidable opposition. mixed with their owl attempts nical Virgienl after the first run, with a nearly 100 class A, B. and C Hockey, Trinity, home, 7 pm The Yale meet was clearly at emulation. The star of the day timae of 31.1, Nabelek turned in racers, the team finished far dominated by MIT as the Tech Pistol, Air F orce, Boston had to be Dennis Dubro '73 a blazing second run of 30.0 to back, but ahead of all the other State, John Jay, Coast Guard, gymnnasts took five of the six whose third place on pommel win the event. MIT's team score Division 11 teams competing. events, both as a team and in- home horse was MIT's only placing in was rounded out by Drew Scott Weigle "74 finished Rifle, Rhode Island, Yale, away dividually. The only bad Spot of the top three. Jaglom's '74 1(3th place finish 73rd with a time of 65 minutes Squash, Bowdoin, away, 2 pnm the day being a seven point It has to be considered a good with a time of 69.4, and Mike 4 seconds. Lew Jester '73 was slaughter by the Yale pommel Swi mming, Trinity, home, 2 pm day for the gymnasts as their Sayre's '75 time of 91.5. Sayre's 77th with a time of 66:09, and horse team over the Tech horse- score of 121 is their highest of Track, GBCAA @ Harvard men. The MIT ring team con- the season. Topping the list of Wrestling, Williams, home, 1 pm tinued-its streak of four wins individual scores were Millman's with a total score of 19.45 from 7.9 on rings, again Just missing Larry Bell '74, Jarvis Middleton the 8.0 barrier, and Bell's 7.8 on '74, and Dave Millman '73 with parallel bars. Also in the sevens his fourth consecutive first were Austin and Neil Davies '74 place. on high bar; Austin, Bell and The biggest single event rnar- Davies on vaulting, and Rubel or gin for MIST was on parallel bars. parallel bars.

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