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VOL. XXXIV, NO. 70. , MASS., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1914. PRICE THREE CENTS

_ .. _- . .. MEMORIAL MEETING MUSICAL CLUBS GIVE IN HUNTINGTON HALL PROFESSOR ROBERT HALLOWELL CONCERTS THIS WEEK

Commemoration Of The Birth- RICHARDS TENDERED BANQUET Play At Brookline This Evening day Of William Barton -At Wellesley College Rogers. Given in Recognition of Long Connection with the Institute Saturday. A convocation was held last Mon- -To Be Held This Evening at the Copley-Plaza The members of the Combined Mu- day in Huntington Hall in commem- -Painting To Be Presented sical Clubs will give a concert to- oration of the birthday of William night in the Brookline Baptist Church Barton Rogers, first president of for the benefit of the Christian En- gradually accumulating a gallery of Technology. The hall was well filled About two hundred and fifty "Tech" deavor Society. They are to take a closely connected and the meeting was a success from men represented the Corporation, portraits of people Beacon St. car from Copley Square in with its history. Besides the one of every standpoint. President Maclau- Faculty and Alumni at the dinner time to reach the church at 7.5. It Professor Richards the collection in- rin opened the convocation with a given to Professor Robert Hallowell (Continued on Page Four) Richards last Monday evening at the cludes paintings of President Rogers, in honor of President few words Mrs. Rogers, President Walker, Dr. -Rogers and then introduced the Copley-Plaza in honor of his fifty RED CROSS RELIEF DAY Walker speaker, Mr. J. P. Munroe, Secre- years' connection with the Institute. Walker, after whom the building is named, President Pritchett tary of the Corporation, and a stu- The speakers were President Maclau- Boxes For Contributions In All rin, Eben S. Stevens, '68, of the same and Dr. William T. Sedgwick. The dent under William Barton Rogers. __ · Buildings Monday. He stated that John Harvard, founder of Harvard, left only 750 Monday, December 21st, has been pounds, while the founder of Yale declared Red Cross Day for the In- left but 600 pounds. Neither of the stitute. On this day there will be two men, however, took any active placed in each of the buildings prop- part in their institutions. William erly marked boxes in which students Barton Rogers, however, took an ac- may deposit whatever amount they tive part in the founding and estab- desire to contribute to the work of lishment of the Insti- relief in Europe. This work is un- (Continued on Page Five) der the control of a University Com- mittee of the Red Cross, with head- CIVIL ENGINEERS quarters in New York. The idea is that each month there swill be some means established in the big educa- Prof. Whipple Speaks On Sewage tional institutions of the country by Disposal Friday. means of which funds may be ob- The Civil Engineering Society will tained. hold a smoker in the Union on Fri- day evening at 8 o'clock. Professor BUSINESS CANDIDATES Whipple will speak on "Some Inter- esting Phases of Sewage Disposal." Candidates for Business Assistant A business meeting will take place for Tech Show will meet today and before the meeting, in order to elect Friday at five o'clock in a member of the Executive Commit- Show office. tee, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of M. B. Dalton. The SENIOR BOARD question of making members of the Civil Engineering option of Course XV The picture of the Senior governing eligible to the Society, will be de- board will be taken at 1 o'clock on cided. Friday, December 11, at Notman's.

CROSS-COUNTRY MEN CALENDAR A meeting of the cross-country Wednesday, December 9, 1914. team to elect the captain for next 1.30 P. M.-Meeting of candidates year will be held at the Gym Thurs- for The Tech. Lower Office. day at five. The following men are 4.00 P. M.-Varsity BasketballPrac- to be present: Benson, Bradley, tice. Gym. Brown, Cook, Graff, Harrington, 5.00 P. M.-Gym Practice. Gym. 5.00 P. M.-Glee Club Rehearsal. Litchfield, Nye, Wall. . ROBERT HALLOWELL RICHARDS Union. 5.00 P. MV--Candidates for Business SOPHOMORE3BANQUET .class as Professor Richards, Profes- matter of a painting of Professor Assistant of Tech Show. Tech Show A committee consisting of T. Havi- sor Charles R. Cross, '70, and Jasper Richards was first proposed by Arthur Office. land, chairman, L. Hibbard and D. Whiting, '89, president of the Alumni L. Hamilton, '00, of Chicago and Tim- 7.45 P. M.-Musical Clubs Concert. Tarpley has -been appointed to ar- Association. · othy W. Sprague, '87, of Boston. Brookline Baptist Church. range a suitable time and place for The feature of the evening was the Three hundred alumni from Korea, 8.00 P. M.-A. S. M. E. Meeting. the Sophomore Banquet, which will presentation to the Institute of the Japan, Mexico and every state in the Engineering Club Hall, Arlington probably be held a short time after painting of Professor Richards, re- Union, contributed the necessary Street. Christmas vacation. produced on this page. Technology is (Continued on Page Two) Thursday, December 10, 1914. 1.30 P. M.-T. C. A. Talk. Union. 4.15 P. M.-Mandolin Club Rehear- TECH CANDIDATES "Industry, honesty, loyalty, service-those were the sal. Union. Room B. conspicuous in the life of William Barton Rogers, A meeting of the candidates for the qualities 5.00 P. M.-Cross Country Meeting. Circulation, News and Advertising de- and they are the qualities fundamental to Technology." Gym. partments of The Tech will be held JAMES P. MUNROE, '82, AT MONDAY'S CONVOCATION I 7.30 P. M.-Finance Committee IMeeting. Union. Room A. today in the lower office at 1.30. I THE TECH, BOSTON, MASS., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1914. 2 I------I--- -- p ANNIVERSARY DINNER THE TECH (Continued from Page One) LUFF goes a long way in F. Richardson of 'I Entered as second-clasi. matter; Sept. anoney. Margaret some things. 16, 1911, at the postofflee at Boston, I is the artist who executed the Mass., under the act of Congress of B3ston March 3, 1879. work. But you never saw "We are here tonight to honor a Published tri-weekly durlng the college it keep a poor player year by students Of the Massachusetts man known and beloved by Techmen Institute of Technology._ everywhere," said President Maclau- on a big league team -in, in opening his review of the work MANAGING BOARD or make a poor to- the Insti- A. H. Waitt, '16...... General Manager of Professor Richards at E). A. Weaver, '15 ...... Editor-in-Chief tute. "No one living has ;been longer bacco stay put. E. F. Hewins, '16 ...... Managing .di;Qr. --S., -Keith,- '16...... Advertisinig Manager issociated with Technology, for he W. T. Knieszner, '16...Circulation, Mgr. and he H. P. Claussen, '16 ...... TreaSurer was in at the very beginping vft" has retained the most intimate re- NEWS BOARD The Smoothest Smoking Tobacco, H. E. Lobdell, '17..;.Asst. Man. Editor lationship up to the present. The way VELVET, J; M. DeBell, '17...... Institute UEdit r opened with tem- is forging ahead proves one thing-that the public believe B. N. Stimets, '16 ...... stsi "The- Institute J. G. Fairfield, '16 ...... Soc;Ietles Editr porary quarters in Summer Street in what VELVET JOE is telling them, try the tobacco, H. P. Gray, '16 ...... Athletic Editdr in that, and remainbelievers. Velvet quality holds H. Stebbins, '17 ...... Assistarit February, 1865, and the Catalogue of -believe G. the smoker. 10c tins and 5c metal-lined bags. - N EWS STAFF - '65-'66, the first that was published, Wr. F. Johnson, '17. A. D. Nute, '17 - contains- the name of Robert Hallo- c "flit4n CCO A. E. Keating, -'17. E. W. Rounds, '17. -H. N. Keene. '17. P. A. Stealrns, '17.: well Richards as a second year stu- R. E. McDonald, '17. A. P. Sullivan; '17. lent. He was thus one of that group --- OFFICE HOURS of whom President Eliot, who was al- - -- - (Daily except Saturday). so in at the beginning, but as a Pro- General Manager ...... 5.30 to 6.00 P. 31. Managing Editor ...... 6.30 to 7.30 P. M. fessor, not as a student, spoke at the Advertising Manager... 5.00 to 5.30 P. M. Treasurer ...... 0 to 6.00 P. M. banquet commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the granting of the In-' Subscriptions, $1.50 per year, in ad- vance. Single copies, 3 cents. stitute's ,charter and described as a Subscriptions within the Boston Pbstal 'picked up lot.' Mr. Eliot would agree sll I District, and outside of the United States, must be accompanied by postage that if their quality could be gauged at the rate of one cent a copy. by the specimens that have survived eminently worth picking Clothes they were WEDNESD)AY, DIECEMBER 9, 191{. up. Immediately on graduating With the first class -in '68, -he- joined the - This season we offer an unusually strong variety of Overcoats IN CHARGE OF THIS ISSUE. staff of the Institute as an Assistant and Suits as well as formal garments, modelled and tailored to I and only three years later was placed meet the requirements of the keenly critical. Editor, H. E. Lobdell, '17. in charge of the mining laboratories. Made on the premises from exclusive Imported and Domestic '16. Associate, J. G. Fairfield, Then began that long period of ser- Woolens, .4 I j Ijtjij Assistants, F. A. Stearns, '17; A-D i vice as a teacher and an investigator Nute, '17; K. M. Lane, '17; J. W. that won renown for Professor Rich- the Great Game Damon, '18; F. H. Wells, '18; E. P" Great Coats for ards and did so much to establish the STETSON HATS Travis, '18. reputation of the Institute in one of -- ,,, I I: the great fields of its activity. In the The full attendance at Monday's! specialty that he made peculiarly his Macullar Parker Company convocation ,testifies -to the esteeinh own,-that of ore dressing-almost all 400 WASHINGTON STREEr, BOSTON. in which the.stufddnt body holds the! that he did was pioneer work in ed- ... _ - · memory of William Barton Rbiegers.j ucation. There were no suitable text It indicates, moreover, Xhe-deSire tob books in those days, he had to turn absorb and perpetuate the true Tethi himself later to writing such books spirit, unique among college ideals,! and produced the standard texts. which originated 'in the master char-: There were no established methods of acter of our first President. instruction, there were no labora- SEC EDIT tories. Reporting to the President of the Institute in 1873 on the work of It seems unfortunate that any of his department, he said: 'Our work the regular exercises should have during the past year has been mainly been allowed- to -go -on- simultaneously teiintative. We have tried to discover with the convocation, while the ma- the ';best way of giving instruction.' jority of undergraduates were hear- "'Other speakers will deal, I hope, ing Mr. Munroe's splendid tribufte, with various phases of his activity, a few were kept busy in the Phiysics but -I cann'ot deny myself the pleas- Laboratory. We hope that on such uire of saying something with regard occasions in the -future, care will be to .certain tenets in his educational taken to avoid conflicts between the creed to which 'I have not yet re- student's apparent duty and his just feried. He always has had the clear- desires. dst understanding of the importance I1 of first-hand knowledge and has in- The following activities have fail- sisted that students should be taken ed to respond to the. Calendar Com- as much as possible to the field. Even mittee's request for lists of -'their 'of- ii the very -earliest-days of the In- ficers: sfitii:te; we -i¥ead of trips to lNevada, Architectural Society, Utah, California, Virginia, Noya .Sco- Co-op. Society, tia and other parts of Canada. In Latin-Americahn Club, each locality visited, the of Cercle Francais, miferals, the niode of their disposi- Students'C . Mfrs' was carefully ·AMERICAN-FOUNTAIN PEN'CO., Tech Show Orchestra, fion anid extractibn' Adams, Cohing &Foster, Selling Agets Hockey Teiam, studtied -and -much time spent in the b00'Dcvooire'Sl:et,' BDton.'Ma . _ ... , . . . . . -- Class of 1917, rhmines. It was in 1871, the yeai in Class of 1918. which he took charge of tlie labora- t Clot0es Richards School of Dancing : Memb'ers who are- ihteirostfd'in the torieb, 'th'at another 'article in his 30 HUNTINGTON AVE. standing of these organizations 'ian &cieed'was ffi;mily 'establishedd as the J. C. LITTLEFIELD Huntington Chambers help .to get then 'off iof this "black result of observations in the field. list" by'speaking to the 'delinquent Describing- the excursion of mining High Class Tailor Classes Mon., Wed.,"aiih Frl. O'clock secretaries or by placing the de- students in that year, President Run- Class and Orchestra, Sat., 18 sired information in- the box besidle kile says in his report: 'It was during 12 BEACON STREET Private lessons by appointment the Union Calendar. (Continued on Page. Three) Evening Clothes a Specialty Tel. B. B. 6060 THE TECH, BOSTON, MASS., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1914. 3'

I 1C ·C·--l -· I- · - -. -- .-.-- -- .11...... I I 1, --- .- -I - - - I - . - I ...... used O:XING TEAM STARPTED in the best mines; we must have' i NUMBER OF MEN OUT real machines, not toys; they must be' IiI big enough to work under practical I Meets Arranged With School conditions, not- too big to make their I Arid College Teanms--Fish- constant use 'by a small number of i L.P. Hollander 4 Co-. i -nen ACtive. students practical and without undue' expense they should be specially de- Boylston Street and' Park Square A move'ment to -form a boxing signed for the purpoSe of teaching i team at the Institute has been start. fundamental principles.' Another ar- Boston II ed again this year. A similar at- ticle of his creed that has had much II tempt was made last year but as iI weight in shaping the work done at none of the challenges were accepted the Institute is his belief in the pos. MEN 'S Clothing-and Furnish- i ,the sport received no recognition. sibility of a short course. A surpris- II -The University of , one ing amount of instruction can be giv- of -the colleges to which a challenge en in a limited period by an accom- ings that combine the I -was issued, had proposed boxing as plished teacher, who gives much an intercollegiate sport but was not thought to the problem of concentra- in condition to meet Technology at the tion, sticks to fundamental principles' conservative, refined stamp of a time. This year, however, it is ex- and plans his work with a single eye' pected that meets will be arranged to getting those principles thoroughly gentleman with absolute authorita- with both Penn and Cornell. At grounded in the mind of the student. I present there are about ten men re- "While taking his full share of the ceiving instruction from William work of teaching, Professor Richards tive style. I Rolfe, former New England and also always found time for research. His National Middleweight Champion and investigations have given him a now considered one of the leading world-wide reputation and attracted professionals -in New England. to the Institute students from the ut- G. M. Maverick, '15, captain of termost parts of the earth. In the last year's team, is heading the Department of Mining, we have had Students Cast-Off Clothlig movement, and is desirous of getting men from Canada and Mexico and apd other personal effects the Athletic Association to purchase from South America, China, Russia, bought by a dummy, in order to get the men England, France, South Africa and in shape for the first meets with out- Australia. side schools. Among these are the "Older men in most of our institu- KEEZER Allen School at West Newton, Mitch- tions of learning are to be found who ell Academy at Billerica, and Brown 360 Columbus Avenue think that their institutions are going Near Dartmouth St. and. Nichols at Cambridge. to the devil. Richards has kept too Up to this time there have been active and too young to fall in this Highest prices paid for same men out for only four classes: Fea- way. His belief in Technology is as Phone, Write or Call therweight, 120-lb.; lightweight, 135- fresh and strong as ever. His name Open Evenings to 9 o'clock lb.; welterweight, 145-lb, and middle-. and influence will not soon be forgot- B. B. 6843

- ---. weight, 158-lb. The men out for ten within the Institute, .but I- hope 1 these weights are Norton, '15, and that nothing will be left undone that DeMerritt, '16, of last year's team, would tend to give permanence to Stone 4 Webstei and- Merrick, Moffet, Montgomery, that influence. When we have funds All sorts of ways of keeping CHARLES A. STONE, '88 Kaler and Sawyer of the freshman to build new mining laboratories, his warm this Winter- RUSSELL ROBB, '88 ELIOT WADSWORTH, '91 class. name will, I hope, be permanently as- For ourselves we prefer our JOHN W. HALLOWELL sociated therewith. The spirit of de- overcoats of rough fancy fab- EDWIN S. WEBSTER 98 votion that characterizes Richards HENRY G. BRADLE '91 TECH SHOW POSTERS as rics, DWIGHT P. ROBIN2RS '92 it has characterized so many of his We've Coni-petition Closes January colleagues, is what has made Tech. all idea that as soon Eleventh. nology. Under all changes and for all as you see them you will too, SECURITIES OF time may that spirit remain!" Prices same as iln New PUBLIO SERVICE CORPORATIONS Fifteen men came out for the In behalf of the alumni Jasper Yor-k, Tech Show poster competition Mon- Whiting expressed the sentiments of a "Your money back" if any- day afternoon. - I. B. McDaniel, the group that "looked upon Professo' STONE & WEBSTER aiithor' of the Show, suggested that Richards as embodying within him- thinlg goes wrong, ENGINEERING CORPORATION th6 subj'ect this year be a comical self the best that is in Technology." At The Tech Office, Tech CONSTRUCTING ENKGIEERS$ one to agree with the character of His brief sketch of the Richards that the plot. lives in the memories of 'Institute Union, all day this Friday. STONE & WEBSTER The poster must be drawn on dou- al-omni, painted the -eminent profea ROGERS PEET COMPANY ble elephant board, in two fiat col- sor as "the nman-the firm, just, pains- Young Men's MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION ors and black, with no Outfitters shading. Red t:alking, gentle and above all, kindly NEW YORK CITY afid .yellow should be avoided, as this nin that stands out clearest after GENERAL MANAGERS OF combination has been used for a tile lapse of years." From his re- THE TALBOT COM'IPANY PUBLLIC SERVICE CORPORATWINS number of the recent posters. All membrances of Institute days the Boston Representatives posters must be finished and finally speaker noted an instance where a subriitted by January eleventh. student was in unhappy frame ,of 147 MILK STREET, BOSTON mind lest his mid-year senior exami- NEW YORK CHICAGO ANNIVERSARY DINNER nations might go wrong. Here Pro. -a-- ,, (Continued fronm Page Two) fessor Richards took the trouble, some days in advance of the official noti- HONESTLY---WHAT'S YOUR OPINION? this excursion whilst fhi(ation, to telegraph him that all was observing the You know we may be biased, and p erhaps stubborn-but can't help it- wrecks of fortune strewn all over the well. in our firm conviction-that Dress Garments-should above all others, any- territories that the thought occurred "Professor Richards," said Mr. way-be especially designed and mad e for the individual. Studies adjec- Whiting in closing his short address, that much .of this waste was due to a tives and glowing phrases never did--don't now-and never will supply 'ten thousand want 'of the combination of practical Technology men ex- the requisites to this end. skill .with scientific knowledge, and tend to you tonight, through me, their Our $50.00 Full Dress Suit has been accepted as the standard by the that the opportunity for experiment heartiest congratulations and best best dressed gentlemen of New England for many years. upon comparatively large quantities wishes. If they were here, ten thou- ?f ores must be offered to our stu- saul men would rise to their feet and dents during their course as a part of tfe thousand voices would raise a cheer for you such as Boston never BURKE their: laboratory work.' 'Ore,' said & CO., Inc. Professor Richards at that time, 'may heard before. We are proud of what TAILORS be :subjected- to the same kind of you have done for the Institute and treatment and by the same kind of for us. We recognize what you have 18 School Street, 843 Washington St., Boston machinery in our laboratories as is (Continued on Page Four) ·" ' - =...- Harvard Square -. :. i 44 THE TECH, BOSTON, MASS., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1914.

3·II·-···-C·I·llllCll·111111311 - --C·-C - _C - s-· -------C-_-xS- 4---·f---·1- MUSICAL CLUBS T. C. A. CAMPAIGN C. F. Hovey Company (Continued from Page One) IS PROGRESSING WELL is the second stop beyond Coolidge Mr. C. V. Hubbard To Speak Summer, Chauncy BOSTON Corner on Beacon St. The last prac- Thursday On Japanese Work tice will take place at 5 o'clock this In Manchuria. and Avon Streets M A S S. afternoon in the Union. On next Saturday evening, the N. E. Kimball, '15, treasurer of the Clubs will give their third concert T. C. A., in charge of the financial I -of the year at Billings Hall, Wellesley campaign, reports that his men are I College. The concert has attracted meeting with good success in their a considerable attention owing to the efforts to procure subscriptions. Two Men's Thread Silk fact that it will be one of the num- days of the campaign have gone by erous events given for the benefit of satisfactorily, and Kimball is placing the Wellesley College Restoration many hopes in what his men will be Fund. able to do today, the last day of the Half Hose -- -- : l-I I- campaign. Subscriptions have been sent in by Alumni as well as mem- bers of the student body. In Attractive Gift Boxes Mr. C. V. Hubbard of Japan has been obtained as tle speaker foll tomorrow. He was with the Japanese Men's Thread Silk Half Hose, in black and troops in the war with Russia and I won both their love and the high plain colors. Per pair 50c, $1.00 and $1.50 approbation of the Government and Military authorities. He is widely I French Accordion Silk Half-Hose, in stunning conversant with conditions in Japan color combinations. Per pair . .. $1.50 and has a first hand knowledge of conditions in the Far East. He is particularly fitted to advise men who Fine English and French Silk Half Hose, in are considering the foreign 'field. plain and fancy effects. Per pair $2.50 to $5.00 Mr. Hubbard has taken as his sub- ject, "What the Japanese Are Doing in Manchuria." In his talk he will take up their mining and railway enter- I Special Lot of Men's Silk Negligee prises and has expressed a willing- ness to answer any 'questions con- Shirts cerning prospects and problems of the in all white and white grounds with colored stripes. engineer and architect in Japan. Each . $3.50 FEATURE ARTICLE G. R. DURIYEA I "The Teaching of Thermodynamics" In addition to the regular program is the title of an article which will by the Glee, Mandolin and Banjo appear in the January issue of the Clubs, several features will be intro- Monthly. It is written by a former FRANK BROTHERS duced; among these are selections by Worcester Tech professor, who is at the Glee Club Quartet, the Hawaiian present a consulting engineer, and Quartet, readings, and an organ se. takes up the application of shorts lection prepared by S. E. Clark, '15, methods to "thermo" problems. Such for this occasion. Alexander Martin an article, the editors feel, is of es- Fifth Avenue Boot Shop of Oregon, a member of the Glee Club pecial interest to the Juniors. Quartet, will give several humorous r readings. Mr. Martin has had ex- FINANCE COMMITTEE perience in interpretation and will New York appear regularly with the Clubs in There will be a meeting of the this capacity. Finance Committee tomorrow at sev- Reserved seats for the Winter Con- en-thirty in Room A of the Union. aPI cert and Dance will be placed on sale V in the Union from one till two every MANDOLIN CLUB E day commencing tomorrow. I There will be-a rehearsal of the t ANNIVERSARY DINNER Mandolin Club tomorrow at 4.15 p. m. I in Room B of the Union. 1- (Continued from Page Three) L Our Agent Will Have Our New English IE accomplished for science and for hu- Meeting of Candidates for The FE E manity, but most of all we see in you Tech. One-thirty today. Lower Office. I 1 Line of Shoes on Display at personified the Technology spirit, 1 which in the final analysis implies The mining laboratories of the In. I service to our fellow men." stitute and many other new features vL Professor Richards retired from established by Professor Richards k "The Tech" Office active work last June after fifty were the first of their kind in the years of connection with the Insti- world. At this time Technology itself tute. He was a member of the first was a new venture and the establish- E WILL BE AT THE TECH OFFICE WEDNESDAY graduating class and, following this, ment of novelties, such as mining s - was an assistant from 1868 to 1871. laboratories were then thought to be, 5 In 1871 he was made Professor of was an exceedingly difficult task. As F "Come and Get Aquainted" and placed in charge of the fruits of Professor Richards' tin- the Department of Mining Engineer- tiring labors in blocking out such ------ing upon its formation. Besides this broad plans for the future,' he 'can' I work in the Mining Department he now look upon the world an(d note' was Secretary of the Institute for a between six and seven hundred grad- PATRONIZE number of years. Professor Richards uates, nearly all of' whom have fol- has contributed over one hundred lowed the mining profession with volumes to the literature of mining, success, with about fifty ranking most of them technical works on as- among the world's leaders in mining' ADVERTISERS saying. engineering. I THE TECH, BOSTON, MASS., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1914. 6

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MECHANICALS MEET MR. MORSE SPEAKER I AT ENGINEERS' CLUB TO THE ELECTRICALS Visited General Electric Plant Discusses Insulatiqn Of Wires You Smoke a "Better" Tobacco Yesterday-Trip To Wal- And Cables,-- Mid-Year tham Watch Company. Trip Planned. -Why Not Smoke The Best?

About sixty Seniors in Course II The Electrical Engineers met last THE tobacco you now smoke you took a trip to the plant of the Gen- night in the nUion to hear Mr. Morse consider "better tobacco than eral Electric Company at West Lynn of the Simplex Wire & Cable Com- you ever smoked before." Natur- yesterday morning, under the super- pany on the manufacture of insula- ally, you kept trying until you found vision of Professor Clifford. The tion for wire and cable. At this meet. a "better" one. members were met at the factory ing it was moved to consider the a-i- WALLACE IRWIN writer and lyricist them of mem;bers of the Electrical But it stands to reason that since office by guides who conducted mission "Tuxedo is always wel- through the River Works in groups Option of Course XV to the society. there is a difference in tobaccos, you come. A pleasantsmoke, a of ten. They first saw the process of Mention was also made of the Tech- may be missing stillgreaterpleasure menial lracer- the ideal building commutators, winding arma- nique picture. The subject of a mid- in a still better smoke-in the BEST tobacco. " tures and fields, and finishing frames year trip was discussed also before and bases. Some large double-ended Mr. Morse was introduced, this lecture smoke, in fact. direct current generators producing being preparatory to a visit to the Tuxedo is the best smoke because 1000 amperes for electric furnaces company's plant. no better tobacco leaf grows. were being assembled. The speaker first told of tinning At 8 o'clock tonight there will be a the wires, to prevent the sulphur of meeting of the A. H. M. E. in En- the rubber attacking the copper. The gineer's Club Hall, Arlington Street. wires are then stranded, either con- Mr. V. E. Nunez, Technical expert of centric or rope stranding being used. A. D. Little, Inc., will speak on "The Views were shown of the crude rub. Technology of Paper Making." Tech- ber, as it arrives, and as it comes in The Perfect Tobacco for Pipe and Cigarette nology men have been invited to at- spongy sheets from the washers. tend. Then the rolls go to the dryers, pref- Tuxedo is treated by the famous The Mechanical Engineering Socie- erably the vacuum-dryers. In the HENRY I-HUTT original "rTuxedo Process" for re- famous artist ty has secured permission for a trip compounding process, which is next, moving the sting and bite of the "A pipeful of Tuxedo through the factory of the Waltham the sulphur and other ingredients are puts new life into me. The Watch Company. Two trips will be added; upon these depends the prop- natural vegetable oils. mildest and purest tobacco made, one Thursday afternoon, De- erties of the insulation. The Simplex Tuxedo was born in 1904. Its grown. " cember 17, the other on Friday, De Company maintains a laboratory to first imitator appeared two years cember 18. Each party is limited to determine the effects of various sub- later. Since then a host of imita- thirty-five. Men can sign up with stances upon the properties. Rubber F. G. Purinton, for the Thursday trip, tape machines were then shown on tions have sprung up. or with W. R. Hantchett for the Fri- the screen. After forcing the ruobr No other tobacco can give, the day trip. into' the form of tubes by an Archi- unique pleasure of Tuxedo because medes screw, the vulcanizing takes no other maker has yet been able CONVOCATION place, in large steam drums at 200 to (Continued from Page One) 270 degrees Fahrenheit. to equal the Tuxedo quality. The company maintains a very ex- YOU CAN EUY' TUXEDO EVERYWHERE tute of Technology, and in addition tensive testing plant, which involves bequeathed a legacy of his spirit. much expense, but which Mr. Morse Convenient pouch 1i-noucs creen fin, inne.r-.'ned with 5C with gold lettering, His father came from Ireland and said was necessary to get and main- nmoisture-proof paper N curved to fit pocket settled in this country. There were tain the best results. The coverings In Glass Ifurnidors, SOc and 90c GEORGE E. PHILLIPS used for the wires were also dis- Mayor of Covington, Ky. four sons, each one of whom con- pipe, and Tux-. cussed; among these are the steel I EraSend us 2 cents in stamps for post- "A good tributed greatly to science. As far FR E- Eu age and we will mail you a souvenir edo to fill it, and'I'm sails- back as 1846, President Rogers drew tape cables, which can be buried un- tin -of TUXEDO tobacco to any fled. The tobacco in the! little green tin has no rival up, with the aid of his brother Hen- derground without loss. The meeting point in the United States. Address a regular M. I. T. cheer as far as I am concerned." iry, a plan for a new kind of college. closed with THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CO'MPANY At that time the idea seemed like for Mr. Morse. Room 1..93 1!1 Fifth Avenue New York a wild dream. They set about mak- . U~~~~~--~ ~ ~CI ~~ ~ - - ing their visions come true and, in day in order to do the work of three 1865, a school was established in men, so as to make the scanty means Boston. of the Institute last. President Rog- Established in Cambridge in g895 Two -things aided in the founding. ers, even in ill health, worked long President Rogers was married to and faithfully. He was a type of Miss Emma Savage, a Boston wo- gentleman unknown to the world to- man. Furthermore a group of prom- day, soldierly in bearing, with a voice L. PINKOS fnent nmen had 'been trying to estab- like a bell, with eyes deep set, brill- lish some kind of a technical school iant and shining forth the splendid in Boston. They needed a leading embodiment of human intellect. College Tailor man to carry out their ideas, and Laboratory instruction was then William Rogers was just the man completely unknown. In a few years, 338 WASHINGTON ST., HARVARD SQUARE who could make a success of such Walker, with his associates, had cre- BOSTON, MASS. CAMB., MASS. an undertaking. In 1861 a char- ated laboratories and a new method ter was secured with a grant of instruction. The only thing which I invite your inspection of my new line of FOREIGN SUIT- a from the state of two-thirds of kept the school during the hard COATINGS which is the largest assortment shown in block of land in Back Bay. This INGS and times was the board of trustees who, this city for young men at prices which will fascinate you. land was twenty feet under water. when there was no money to pay the A school'of industrial science was bills, took the money from their own The best dressed men in Tech for the past fifteen years have opened in 1865 on Summer street. pockets. President Rogers aided In 1866, in the fall, the school was also in a way far more than can be been my customers, why not you? opened for the first time in Rogers realized. TO ALL Building, with only thirteen stu- At the graduation exercises on A SPECIAL DISCOUNT OF TEN PERCENT dents. It was a great task to create May 30, 1882, while on the platform TECH MEN. the Institute out of nothing, with in Huntington Hall, he fell dead the Givil War going on and with the when about to address the students great depression of business. to whom he meant so much. President Walker was successor to L. PINKOS, Tailor William Rogers. Robert H. Rich- ards, who has just retired after fifty Business Assistant Candidates Tech years of service, labored night and Show. Show Office today at five, i IT PAYS TO TRADE WITH OUR ADVERTISERS S THE TECH, BOSTON, MASS., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1914. - --i ~~c -~ICL~- --mo The Original TECH BARBER SHOP At 22 Huntington Ave. OVER HAYES DAIRY LUNCH

COGLLINS di FAIRBANKS CONPA1NYY C38338 WAHMTOWASHIMGTON STREETTEE-B0T - BOSTON I I NoaRvi1L-the new -- - I- --- C- II CARROW- Tech Union Dining Room COLLARr2 WVVith three offices, conveniently located 42 TRINITY PLACE Cluett,Peabody Caliic.?dw m in different sections Boston, Run on a Co-operative Basis for of the Benefit of Students Old Colony Trust Company offers exceptional For Efficiency's Sake Buy a Book of Coupons and Save banking facilities for Technology men. KEEP THE TEMPERATURE 10% Modern safe deposit vaults at all offices. Of your room while studying ---- at 68° Fahrenheit SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY We have in stock a very large line ofI thermometers at reasonable prices. At the meeting of the Boston Sci- entific Society held last evening the I question of America as a melting-pot for the races was discussed by Joseph F. Gould of Norwood. Mr. Gould has E,F, MAHADY COMPANY MTEPLEPLACE aN AYSTATE BRANCH been a special student of the race. 52 TEMPLE PLACE 222 SOYLSTON STREET OPTICAL & PHOTOGRAPHIC ,He presented some arguments and SUPPLIE& opinions that run counter to the gen- erally expressed affirmative idea. - - L-- I -- s - I I-- _ -- 671 Boylston Street. La - o· --uyr----a--- --- aq·rr·-ssprLiZLi i VARSITY BASKETBALL Opp. Public Library. I L L-JC --C ---C ·-- - --g--·C- - I--- I · I -- - --- z --- -- _ ___ All candidates for the Varsity Basketball team are to report for FACULTY NOTICE practice Mondays and Fridays at five and Wednesdays at four. Men who The exercises of the Institute will do not have a perfect attendancerec- be suspended from December 24th ord will not be taken on the trips. (Thursday) to December 30th (Wed- The team is to be measured for suits nesday), iboth inclusive. today. By vote of the Faculty, Instructors L 1 are requested to send to the Dean .I the names of all students who are IN maintaining an exclusive foot- absent from exercises on Wednesday, MR, FRANK E.MORSE wear standard we appeal direct- December 23rd, and on Thursday, De- TEACHER OF SINGING AND COACH ly to the discriminating man who cember 31st. 162 BOYLSTON ST. demands that his shoes reflect TUTTLE BEQUEST STEINERT HALL BOSTON the newest style, combined with absolute comfort and serviceability Through the will of Lucius Tuttle, ALL GOODS REQUIRED BY probated last Saturday, Technology receives a bequest of fifty thousand STUDENTS AT dollars. Gym Practice. Five today. COES AND I Maclachlans II1 ---C41 ·--L_· L____ ._ 502 BOYLSTON STREET YOUNG CO The Latest Dances Drawing Instruments and Ma- 20 SCHOOL STREET H. E. MARSHALL HALL - I'- -- I- --- - Of the Chalif School, N. Y., terials, Fountain Pens, Text PRIVATE AND CLASS Books SATISFACTION AND REAL ECONOMY INSTRUCTION.- ARE THE RESULTS OBTAINED IN BUYING THE BREST OF MEATS ANTD PROVISIONS SOIREE DANSANTS SATURDAY, 8 P.M. YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THAT KIND OF Subscription $1.00 a Couple Students' Laundry Work Wl: .TO N--TH[i-U J Bi TON 0OINEPAaNY Stalls 20, 22, 24, New Faneuil Hall Market SALON DE DANSE I am prepared to do plain laundry BOSTON, MASS. 295 HUNTINGTON AVE., BOSTON. Rlchmond, 540 -TEL-- Richmond, 521 work at a reasonable price. I will call Tel. Back Bay 3728' Opp. N. E. Conservatory of Music. for and deliver the work at the cage. DON'T FORGET THE ADDRESS Apply to We make a special effort to win the esteem of Tech men. MISS ALICE DIAZ- COPLEY SQUARE PHARMACY Has reopened her studio at 24 New- R. A. GREENE bury street, Boston. Coaching. in all E. G. BOSS OM, PROP. the new dances a specialty. Class The Cage, Toeh Union HUNTINGTON AVE. BOSTON and private lessons. Tel. B. B. 7258.