. i t F l l , , I e ech b i s! NEWSPAPER OF THE UNDERGRADUATES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTI71TUTE OF TECHNOLOGY F S OL LXXVIIINO. 32 CABRIDGE, MSSACHUSETS,I' FRIDAYII ii i i i C i S iA 5 CENTS UlL.IXXVEII NO. 32 ICAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1958 ------ --- , -- 1eferendum is Final Step ,~I . - - Commuters And 5:15 Corbine To Form IwINI ouse Constitution AtpprovNed F,!>. HsCntnnAreNRS A- To Have On-Camnius House Soon -L- MLV l- -JL a V- MLB % - J.X 14/vLJ-LJLr--Q I--- ---- t nalnt gag rule", and called the Cabinet I Dollnitory Council has approved the ,,titution of the Senior House as a a "star chamber". The entire provi- p,,rate dormitory unit. At a meet- sion for a Cabinet was dropped by The recently organized MIT Non- matic for all male undergraduate stu- and student lounge facilities to West :last Mionday night, DormCon gave DormCon. Resident Students' Association has dents at MIT who reside at the home Campus, the NRSA. is scheduled to unanimous assent. Senior House Adul Pinsuvana '59, of East Cam- received approval of its formation and of their parents, guardians, or rela- mov-e into ne qluartelis on Memlorial fromin pus, surggested that Senior House Dri-'e. A house beqtucthed to MIIT will st nov gIet a second approval constitution by the Institute Commit- tives. All other registered male un- itute Comlmitt;ee, and then have could organize its cabinet informally, becomle a-vailable when the courts di- degraladuate students who arc neitlher econstitution ratified by three- even if it had been struck out of the tee, with the exception of Article IV spense with the necessalry leg-al pro- ,u1hof its residents, to become a Constitution. He commented, "Let the of the constitution which is being affiliated with a frate-rnity nor living- ceedings. 11vutonomous liv-ing group within Senior House handle its own internal given further consideration. in a dormitory nlay become members Article IV\7 of the NRSA's consti- Inscoamm is affairs, unless it comes into direct e (lormiitory system. The NRSA represents a dissolution of the NRSA upon payment of their tution, which is pendinlg approval of next conflict with overall dormitory or In- he(ullled to act on the issue membership dues. is under consideration by stitute policy." of the Commuters' Association and Insconnm, }ek,and the referendum will have 3{IT officials and is conceuned w-ith el completed by the berinning of Another innovation proposed by the 5:15 Club and a reorganization To Occupy Own Hotuse Soon :wweek. Senior House provided for election of of their miembers, complete with a The NRSA now occupies a lounge the mannee of payment of memlber- ship dlues. The dues hav-e been set at Senliolr House was represented at hall chairnmen by open meeting, rather new constitution antld new by-laws and social room in Walker IIemollal 3.5 1)(p1' yveal, an e leeting by seven residents plus than the petition system. DormCon ailmed at meeting tle needs of non- folr members indiv-idual use and group S2.50 per term or e faculty recsident, D1r. Goodenough. agpreed with this, but Christopher namountco<llarablec to that taid by resident students more efficiently. futnctions. However, unlder MIT's long- ln0tion waIs made to allow these Sprague '60 said that more details d(ollmitoi-y and fraltel'lity studenllts as Iec.ltlrepreselntatives to take part about election procedure were neces- Memnbershiip in the NRSA is auto- ranl-e plan to remove all idormitory ;t "loun-e fee" whiclh is ilncluded in ihe (liscussion, but it was with- sary. "For example," he said, "Will tl!eir regularl tel-m or, monthly fIees ,IIn when it was discovered that, you have the ballot box floating dow,%In ,respectiv-el .y. }dlolrmitorly residents, these rep- the Charles?" Al Krigman '60, of [}anatives had the right to speak Senior House, replied that such trivial iROTC - Enrollment Decreases But Unificaltion of Effort details weren't really needed. How- Accordiing to Joe HIeany '59, Presi- Innovation I)ropped ever, Padlipsky commented, "On such ldent of the NIZSA, the new organiza- are built." I0ne su-g-ested provision eliminated trivia, tyrannies Class A ttitude Shows Improvement tion vill facilitate mcembers' partici- ]}, passa-e which wouldl have pro- Jacket and Tie Clause Ipation in gov-ernmental, athletic and lil that, in Judicial Cominittee A very (lifterent point o)i view The "new" ROTC, functioning, for change in status, but, ne vertheless, social activities of MIT thlrough a uni- iai>, the replresentative of the h1all was expressed concerning the clause, *hich the person on trial lived "Members will attend meetings in a the first time here on a conmpletely unusually timely, the AFROTC has fied etffort of all non-r-esident students. [luhl sit ill on the JuCoi cdelibela- jacket and tie. No refreshments will voluntarv baLsis, has not proved te be instituted a radlical chmn-e in the Pirexiously, this effort wais dividled {IS. be served at a meetin, of the House as different as many students had scope of the subject matter. Postpon- between the 5:15 Club and the Com- muters' Association, both represent- D,,rlm(Coin also eliminated the pr- Comnmittee." Here, the nmembers felt predicted. ing- the subjects of International Ten- This cabinet ,(d1House Cabinet. that such details (lid not belong in a sions and Global Geography until the ing the non-resident student who felt 0uilIhave been composed of the sub- constitution. Padlipsky, however, had Speaking strictly numerically, there division of loyalty to each and dupli- scnior year, the air powere courses :nlmittee chairmen and the Esecu- a further comment. "MIT (Ioes not have been changes. For the Air Force, cation of his efforlts by participating themsel-es have been widbeT expand- . : Coimmittee. It was iustified by dictate dress or manners," he said, "I the freshman enrollment has dr-opped in both. ,! Senior House representatives as object to legislating morality." All ed, reaching for the first timne into from 410 last year to 108; the Army As set forth in Article IL of the lwinr people to work on a house the other members thou,,ht that the the fields of commercial and foreign I count has decreased about two-thirlds; SRSA's constitution, the purpose of tixity that particularly interested provision was basically a good idea, av-iation. Due to a poll talken last ienlvithout having to spend time at though, and would imiprove the effi- the Navy enrollment has remained the Association is to: e Clbinet was set up to eliminate ciency and decorum of meetings. basically unchanged due to its limit- ear by a senior ROTC cadceut, the in- a. Stimnultte the interest of non- 'iensive bickering' over details and At this point, Padlipsky comment- ed admtlnission policy. These figures do trooductory courses hav\e been mnodified "csiden!lts in under gr;a(luate activities. ',useCommn , meetings. Fulthelrmore ed, "I am beginning to feel like a to explain how- an airplane flies, not plication of efforts. not nearily approach the predictions b. 'Promote such activities as ,vill butcher." made last year, howevelr, which indi- -hyv. These chalnges -were lalrgely prov ide for the furtherance of social 1lost of the DormCon members felt After several other minorI com- made as an attempt to ladapt the cur- contact .amlongst the non-resident and .'t the cabinet was unnecessary cated that ROTC would decrease to ments and reviews the constitution -iculum to the calibre of the IIiT stu- the resident students at MIT. lnceit w-ould be tin exact duplicate was put to a roll call vote and passed a near-nothing quantity on the MIT dent, a consequence of the fact that c. Prlomote a spirit of cooperation f the Executive Commiiittee. Mike unanimously. There now remain the ca.llpus. ollipskY '60, of Baker House, found many had expressed disgust with the bet-ween the non-resident and the res- jobs of revising Dormitory Council Although classes have been in ses- :vltwith a provision that limnited and Judicial Committee constitutions utter simplicity of the approach to ident stu(tents at MIT. sion for little over a week, both Army icussion in the Cabinet to Cabinet to confornm with the new four-house the subject of aerodynamlics and avia- d. Acclimate new non-resident stu- ,}mbers onlv. He called it a "mialig- and Air F'orce freshmen instructors dorm system. tion in general. As yet, only minor dents to the MIT community. have indicated that ROTC is far fromn changes have appeared this year in e. Foster flriendly studenit-facvulty being on the way out. For instance, the Armlny's course of study. relations. )ormecn Faces Lack of Funds, because of the decrease in freshman enrollment of about three-fourths, - I--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ acant Posts in Opening Meeting the Air Force has subsequently de- creased the number of classes-but On Ih e Kresge Boards Last MIonday's Dolrm Council meeting, which passed the Senior House con- only from seven to four. As a result, ;titution, also discussed matters of finance and initial organization. the smaller classes have led to vig- house tax, which pays for dormitory activities, won't Since the dormitory orous class participation, and the gen- coming through for nearly one month, inany houses are in need of funds. Norman Thomas to Giradoux Ilonesco iul Pinsuvana '59 reported that East Campus had assets of one cent. Dorm- eral attitude of the students has cor- Inhas S(;87.15 to distribute, but it also has an unpaid bill of over $55).It w-as respondingly improved. Typifying this Speak October 8th Plays Are Staged eci(feldto leave this bill until the house tax came in, and use the money for new interest in ROTC, the new series rl over the House Commnittees.