. 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
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,~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
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and Crosby a drunk in The Coun/'y Girl, we have refused - UNIVERSITY . Th e Tech to be impressed by changes of pace. C9 aL ,'l q4 HARVARD SQUARE UN 44S8C Don't get us wrong, Curtis is still no prizewinner; but he is at least adequate as Joker, the white trash chain- Now-Ends Saturday VOL. LXXVIII October 3, 1958 No. 52 gang member who escapes shackled to a negro. But then,
Entered as second class matter at the Post office at Boston, Massachu- if Gie!gud had that face, his Cassius or Hamlet would setts. Published every Tuesday add Friday during the college vear, except college vacations, by THE TECH-Walker Memorial, Cam- still smack of roll collar and rock n' roll. bridge 39, Mass. Telephones TRowbridge 6-5855-6 or UNiversity 4-6900. Ext. 2731. Twenity-four hour answering service: TR 6-5855. The Defiant Ones is a fine picture, and we are glad to see a good black-and-white every now and then; and Steohen M . Sam uels '59 ...... Chairm an 1ohn J. M cElrov '59 ...... M anaging Editor this is the best since somebody in California accidently let Alberto Velaochaaa 'S0 ...... Business M anager Stew art W ade W ilson '59 ...... Editor Paths of Glory slip out. Glenn 1,. Ze-ders '59 ...... News Director Il David MV7.Packer '59 ...... Sports Director Readers of mass-circulation news magazines know the Louis A. Nelson '59 ...... Photography Editor plot already. A white and a negro escape a prison truck, Alfred Kniazzeh '59 ...... Associate Managing Editor John B. Stevenson '60 ...... Associate Managing Editor shackled together, at first they, fight and hate each other- Kenneth F. Reinschmidt '60 ...... Advertising Manager Ace I~~'ECHNKICOL i Don J. W l len '60 ...... Circulaticn M anager but then Brown v. Board of Education wNins again and Peter M Silverberg'60 ...... Treasurer its another blow for Governor Faubus. Jon P. \tlPert '60 ...... Associate Editor 3:20-6:35-":50 Walter F. J. Crewson '60 ...... Associate News Editor Anyway, its a good and almost gripping picture. Stan- Gus A. Petitt, III '60 ...... Associate News Editor also: "THE SAFECRACKER" Abraham Feinberg '60 ...... Associate Sports Editor le' Kramer is a little more heavy-handed than usual and Sun. "A CERTAIN SMILE" ....- Ht Milarim '60 ...... Associate Photography Editor Eve have a fear stereotypes--a too-intendedly funny blood- Continuous Daily from i:30 hound handler and a rock !1' roll listening posse mem- ber, inhumane police captain and a humrane sheriff and Miimeophobia unnecessarily o er-played lynch scene and an implausible lore bit. FOR $9.00 Looking for an issue these days is not very revvarding. But Sidney Poitier is good and bitter as the negro, Perhaps it's time to beat the "apathy" drum again. Actu- Theodore Bikel as the sheriff, the chase de\velops quite a SEVEN OPEN REHEARSALS ally, there are only two ways of really stirring up peo- bit of suspense and, despite the above, sae liked it. ple. One is to misrepresent facts; the second is to take by ihe At Keith's MIemocrial with a routine western. sides on a question wchich has already excited the inter- -JAF est of a ccrtain number of people--with the hope of Boston Symphony Orchestra drawing others into the argumlellt. The first plan is usually Everybody's Businless called bad journalism, unethical], and so on. The sec- CHARLES MUNCH, Music Director ond, at least in the present environment, is often dis- The self-made manl has not xivenway to the self-ed- at 7:30 P.M. appointingly ineffectual. ucated man. Education is inmpossible to come by inde- When issues do arise among the students of IN1IT, the pendently. It w'ill always imply a debt to the teacher; the October 30 (Thurs.) fundamental question, whatever it may be, is usually so good ones cannot be paid off. Clearly this is one reason November 20 (Thurs.) March 19 (Thurs.) bsctUred by the deluge of vc-rbose committee reports wvhy, education has ran'ifications beyond the student's shell. December 4 (Thurs.) w-.hich it calls into being, that a clear-cut settlement is When science and enineering turned from the crea- January 21 (Wed.) April 23 (Thurs.) -.irdly ever reached. Fcewv students or for that matter, tion of Frankciistein monsters to makilng a higher stan- February 12 (Thurs.) faculty and Administration memlibers, 'will vCenture to dard of lFing, education w\,as transformcd from an item speak out stronly on any subjct-t-whethcer it be of to be paid for to an item that'is a crime when it must AFTER OCTOBER 23 ANY TICKETS REMAINING WILL parochial, national, or internationa.l significanice. In con- be paid for. BE SOLD SINGLY AT $2.00 trast to this, our friends in what is affectionately called EdLu'cationll has become everybody's buLsiness, but it F the ' 'annex up the river:' felt called upon, for example, has almost disappeared from the open market in the last Ticket Information: to protest our -overnment's Far East policy at a giant gGeneration. There are still a few\ schools selling a technical SYMPHONY HALL BOX OFFICE rally the other night. led in part by Harvard professors. education, to be sure. but MIT has admnission requirements Boston 5! CO 6-1492 E The value of having a National Student Association, and now aLnd as a business is not a Xer)' successful one. In of Harvard's belongingy to it Xwere also recently re-ex- short, the Institute has realized its responsibility to in- amined, weith the result that Harvard has quit NSA. The dustry and country and supplies education at well less that -E important thing here is that, having withdrawni by vir- FORD HALL FORUM cost. Russia has also realized that education is the route in JORDAN HALL tue of a Student Council decision, large sections of the to national development and world pow er. There thle Gainsboro St. and Huntington Avenue, Boston Harvard student body have considered the NSA issue government consequently provides free tuition and sub- controversial enough to charge the Council wxith acting stantial stipends for the students. SUNDAY EVENINGS AT 8:90 P.M. independently of student sentiment. How many people The student at MIT pays S1300 per year. This is not Oct. 5 HANSON BALDWiN-"Danger from the Middle East and at MIT knowv or care what NSA tries to do, or cven bczause rich people mnake better scientists, but rather be- ,hat MIT delegates attend NSA congresses? Far East" cause S1300 is the amount the Institute requires to pro- 12 Gov. ORVAL FAUBUS-"States Rights and integration" One reason, suaggested above, wlhy individual voices 'ide good education. This wvas borne out by the S200 19 Dr. HENRY STEELE COMMAGER-"The Danger of are so rarely heard around here, is that student institutions rise in tuition last spring. Nationalism in Our Time" }have become incrcasilniy sluggish and impersonal-in A private institution can't even match the 5300 tuition 26 ROBERT FROST-'An Evening with Robert Frost complete accord with Parkinson's Law,. It often seems required at state universities in this country. It is evident Nov. 2 Prof. OSCAR HANDLIN and GERALD W. JOHNSON that the sworld is roing to the mineooraph machines. A that private groups \will not supply money in amounts "Can a Catholic Be Elected President of the U.S.?" case in point: IFC is currently sponsoring its second an- comparable to those prov ided to state universities by 9 WILLIAM WORTHY-"My Trip to Red China" (illus.) nual series of Endicott House conferences on fraternity taxes. There is something wrong' state schools can not 16 Dr. LINUS PAULING--"Nu¢!ear Weapons and Nuc!edr problems. A sampling of comment on the efficacy of the supply the best in education and private schools have fi- War" mCeting s in prom-loting, an exchange of fresh ideas re- nancial difficulty. A solution to part of the dilemma 23 DAVID K. NILES ANNUAL MEMORIAL LECTURE Judge JUSTiNE WISE POLIER and NORMAN THOMAS vealed that some fraternity men have come to regard would be to give the private schools tax support. It such projects as an excuse for gaseous oratory to little or -"Israel's Immigration Policy as it Affects the Arab States" would seem fairer to distribute the costs of the private I no purpose. 30 EDWARD BENNETT WILLIAMS-"The Supreme Court schools through taxes since everyone shares in the con- Under Fire and American Civil Liberties: An Inventory for It seems as though forming a committee and wvriting sequences of good education. The time may come soon 1958" a report has become an end in itself. If the thousands of when all higher education will be subsidized directly by Dec. 7 GEORGE W. COLEMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE wvords written oin Freshman Orientation over the past the federal government. NORMAN COUSINS-"The War Against Man" few years had instead been spoken directly to the fresh- First of all the mechanisms by which private institu- 14 MAX LERNER men by as many upperclassmen, on a person to person tiops obtain rexenues have failed to provide education at (Spring Series to be announced later) basis, the snimog which surrounds a typical freshman even the most desirable price. Secondly, the government is after Orientation might have been dissipated. There is no We invite you to become a member of the Ford Hall Forum for the entirb better suited for the role of public benefactor than inde- season. Please write or call the Forum Office, 80 Boylston St.. Boston, w*ay such a program can be dictated; it mnust be spon- pendent groups. Thirdly, the Soviet Union has dem- HAncock 6-0725 taneous and personal. onstrated that government subsidized education can re- - [ An excellent topic for a first-year humnanities paper tain the quality of the best private institutions, and still nmight be xwhether a committee has a soul. Not so silly as retain the massive volume we associate with American [ it sounds. When committees only purport to accomplish education. t what individuals once in fact accomplished, and lichen With centralization and control people tend to as- committees develop personalities and are relied upon, it sociate standardization. This seems to be the case with [ is hard to see the point where this time of apathy will education too. But let's critically evaluate the efforts of [ bottom out". It seems a shame that one small voice is [ the little governments and little people it- elemientary [ indeed small. and secondary education. This is the ultimate decentraliza- GEVEN AWAY FREE 4k tion. The reader should recall his own el'ementary and secondary school experience. It may not be as Ross of the [ reviews 2 eOt£/SCAR j k "New Yorker" said that the trouble Zwith everything can The Defiamt Ones be traced back to women school teachers, but Russian Plus a Year's Supply of ESSO Gas for [ students complete in ten years the basic education that Both Cars - Plus Other Valuable Prizes f E As a faithful Recowdi-Amieri'ca,-Ad. ertiser reader (for it takes their American counterparts to learn in twelve. b la.ughs and horoscopes) we are able to inform you, for The Russians in their ten years have also learned more and i 42 Different Makes of Foreign Cars [ what it's worth, that Tony Curtis is now the most sought learned it better. (No reason to think that the Russians are on display, priced $1000 to $15,000. after actor in Hollywvood. Frankly, it is our conviction smarter than we are.) [ that the pretty black-haired Bronxite has, by his record, As Prof. Morris Cohen '33 pointed out in his sym- GERRY MULLIGAN Q2UARTET E In Person 4 times daily, plus special full hour Jazz proved title as the worst A-actor in Hollywood; but you posium address last June, there is a lesson for America b Concerts 4:30 to 5:30 P.M. Oct. 16 and Oct. 19. i never can tell. In his latest picture, the highly touted The in Soviet education. He said "If only in the sense that r Defi,;at Oes., he has given the other hacks at least a we should learn as much as possible about our competi- *a Continuous Exciting Sports Car Films a| fightin chance for the title. Now, surprising performances g tors to understand more clearly what we are facing, it is N[ have of late become the rule rather than exception. Ever at the Soviet educational well to look open-mindedly Ii | r - r mt . r since Sinatra became an actor in From Here to Elern;ity progress. . | : [ .| The Techa Page 3 iIRIDAY, OCTOBER . t958 l --- I------~11"1"I · -- - - - . I . _-THE PICTURE THfAT SHOCKED O . THREE CONTINENTS! i Greek Letter Party Clubs To Add "Sexploitation into the ways o7 love is Yearling Harriers bandled wvith the matter-of-factr-7nes of a Kinsey Report." -Boston American. Race at Andover Extra Spice To MIT Social Life Followxing in the tr.adition of Sigmla. chan-'e of namne, Sill;lra E:psiloll Chi In Seascon Opener Epsilon Chi, the '59 1drinkingl honor- w\-hich was instituted ais a self-per- MIT'S freshlman cross country will avy, the classes of '(6) allnd 'G1 h ave tetuattinl lroluplp, dliffeors onely inl face their first test tomo'rrow after- recently established their own orga'n- nlmle, not inll t radition ls ,nyv of tlhe noon at Anldo-eo Academy at 2:()00 izatiollns inl the Greek-letter tlheme, "lmeetin-s" clearly- sho.\\. IP.MI. The yearling harriers w-ill 1ace cal!lin.g theml Alpha Si,'pma Sig'lma ,and This we\-ekend -will be hi-hlii-htlitd over the prepste,'s home course, a 2'..- Signa Iota Nu, respectively. . by t\\wo o' the mleeting'-s. SiL'm;L Epsi- mile circuit. The new organizations, inl tile salmlle lon Clhli hias lannouncedl an-other con- With the selection partly based on manner as SEX, will hav-e a co-or- clave, l'()' those Xvh(, have recl'ove'e'o'd the results of their practice meet wvith dinatinl' committee composed I)rimar-ll- f'r'()O l;ast week's, :tt the l'I Li;nl fathelrs". the Harvardli fi'osh yestelrday, 10 of ily of the "foundlin 5leon- o1se :,t 4:0)1) p).ll. At the same timl, the followviji- imen w-ill make the trip beinship, on the ]whole, is penlerally tie oSls \\will be holdling aill (oIrz113iz:a- . '.." I . . ' open, but a '-enuine acc(eptlance to to Andover: Steve