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= I i Wintry Blasts Skier l Ahrendt Heads Tennis Court Lights i I. Halt Classes Walker Comm.9 Get $2500 Grant; As Skiers Ski Folberth Elected To Lead I Budget Committee Athletics 9 $2832 Weather Conditions Break This Year -I Long Time Record; William R. Ahrendt, 141, has beenL President's Reception elected as chairman of the Walker Publications Get 80 Mile Wind -Nlemorial Committee for the coming I For '43 HEld Thursday -i fiscal year, it was announced at theII $650 To Build I I Institute Committee meeting lastL RADIO TALK UNOFFICUL& I Despite extremely adverse night. William M. Folberth, Jr., '41,I Darkroom weather conditions, the Presi- . ;, I was also approved as the new chair- i- dent's reception at his home on The perversity of Old Man Winter man of the Budget Committee. $2,205 Tentative Budget At the meeting last night, WilsonL Thursday afternoon for the class caused President Karl T. Compton to 11e M. Compton, Jr., '41, was, approved to of '43 was attended by 250 fresh- Presented By Mott officially suspend all Institute classes head the elections committee -during A, II men and other guests. This year, For Prom yesterday. This was the first time in the coming. year's activities. In ad- wr4 K' I. -- *~.QI to encourage informality, the ush- the recent history of the Intitute that dition, a committee composed of JohnL - .. X,."d~W."l- "- -L . . - ,-- . -s - classes were called off as a result of B. Titherington, '40; William M. Fol- ers from the Freshmen Council Nearly $6,000 was appropriated by weather conditions, Dean Thomas P. berth, Jr., '41, and John H. Hollomon, formally introduced the Freshmen the Institute Committee in a business- '40, was appointed to investigate Pitre stated, after being stranded at Professor Norbert Wiener, one of the the to only Dr. and Mrs. Compton. packed session last nights This grant allotment of undergraduate dues. the Institute all night. number of Faculty members who The rest of the Faculty became is a record amount for one meeting, skied to the Institute yesterday morn- Committee Runs Point System acquainted, in the President Compton was about with the Freshmen by opinion of several members. to ing. Many students and some secre- Ahrendt succeeds Valentine V. de- joining the informal groups which Three separate appropriations made make his official announcement yester- taries also used this novel means of Olloqui, '40, as chairman of the WalkerI collected throughout the rooms. up the total. $2,832, from the athletic day morning, when he heard over the transportation. Memorial Committee, which has ex- reserve and radio that Institute classes were =I During the reception, coffee, tea, contingency fund, went to al- I ecutive charge of administering theIx ready suspended. He thought that point system for activities as one ofE frappe, and sandwiches were the M.I.T.AA for the purchase of new another school official had made the Open House Plans its many duties. The new head of the3 served as refreshments. sports equipment. Budget Committee, Folberth, announcement earlier, but an investi- is also $2,500 for Tennis Lights Being Undertaken ez-officio, the treasurer for the Insti- gation proved that as early as I tute Committee. MIagoun Lectures The sum of $2,500 was granted for 7:00 P.M., radio announcers had taken Says Commnittee The-new committee appointed by theI11 the erection of lights on the four ten- matters into their own hands and had Institute Committee will make exten- 450 Mten, Guests nis courts outside Walker Memorial. called off I sive investigation into r Technology classes. Slogan And Symbol Selected the advisability gridiron society received $850 ,to be of either realloting. the undergraduate II On Married Life Schuss Go the Professbrs For Opel. House used in the construction of dark-room dues in order to provide more moneyr With most of the students and pro- I- -I In April for the activities that really needi Professor Emphasizes Place facilities for the undergraduate pub- fessors left snow-bound at home by the financial aid or to increase the amount lications. This latter fund will be 80-mile blizzard, the bigget blow since taken .Oqf Patience In Early administered by a committee of three, With the slogan "Mankind, Indus- from each student's tuition for the support of to be appointed by the chairman of the the hurricane of 1938, a small number try, Technology," Open House prepa- undergraduate activ- Married Days ities. Institute Committee. (Continued on Page 4) rations are fully underway, according I Emphasizing Other business included to an announcement last night in the sq 21---, the need for patience the presen- M tation by Institute Committee meeting by David in the first days of marriage, Pro- Willard S. Mott, '41, of a tentative budget for T. Morgenthaler, '40, chairman of the lThPe Tech Inquires fessor F. Alexander Magoun, of the the Junior Prom M. L T. Ski Train totalling committee in charge. The date of the department of Humanities, lectured $2,205. The amended consti- to an estimated audience of 450 tution of the Boat Club was also Wrven occasion is to be Saturday, April 27. Question: Do you believe in the stu- Date Is Feb. 18 to committee. The Quadrangle The slogan, whose initials spell out honor system as practiced in colleges dents and guests who attended the Club T.C.A.'s (Continued on Page 2) M.I.T., was used as the central thought today? Do you believe that this systemt first marriage lecture of the Faculty And Students Will of a symbol contest, which was wonL could be introduced at Technology? spring series held in Room 10-250 last Ride On B by Arthur S. -Spear, '42. The winning Tuesday afternoon. & M Special Sol Coldfarb, '41, Dormitory design consisted of a portion of the Tech's human relations' expert, who Dahl Will Speak Coaches believes globe, standing for "Mankind;" a Yes. There is more satisfaction in that the ability to make a successful marriage is more quarter of a circular gear, denoting getting good grades on your own. import- At Dance Tonight ant than a The date for the M.I.T. Ski Train "Industry;" and the dome of Building Cheating in exams is only cheating college degree, declared Excursion, has been set for this Sunday, 10, representing "Technology." yourself since you still lack knowledge that the effect of one's past as a after it is all over. whole, active specific factors of the Cartoonist, Guest of HEonor, February 18 as the most convenient Theme Adopted moment, and one's proposed action date for the majority of Institute ski Open House this year M At Tenth Annual Dorm will build its Elmore P. Pillsbury, 141, Commuter concerning enthusiasts, the future, transfers as the result of a recently ideas mainly around thee Celebsratios theme of No. through habits of thinking, doing, and conducted poll, according to Professor what Technology does for It encourages the slacker, and a -the general few men desiring, and determines to a large Ernst A. Hauser. public. Suggestions and get the education for many. ideas point- extent the relations between husband Francis Dahl, popular cartoonist of Prof. Hauser said that definite plans ing towards this thouight will be wel- Sidney F. Greenwald, 43, Fraternity and wife. the Herald, will be guest of have not been announced yet but that comed by the committee. . One man No. Most of the colleges that use In furthering his theme Professor honor and the principal speaker at either one or two cars will be reserved has been appointed in practically this system are not technical colleges. (Continued on Page 2) the tenth annual Dormitory Dinner on the Boston and Maine Railroad to every course to be respons;sible for his If our exams consisted of essay ques- Dance to be held tonight in the accommodate Technology skiers. The course's exhibit. Main tions this system could be applied. Hall of Walker Memorial. Mr. Dahl train will leave about eight o'clock Sun- Two years ago, thef occa asion of the will speak on "A Day In The Life day morning and return at 9:30 Sun- last Open House, 25,000 I Leopold Delbaters Meet people were S. Wyler Jr., 141, Dormitory of A Cartoonist." day evening. The destination will be attracted to the various e exhibits, de- No. ... I do not believe in its efft- Decorations for the affair will be in (Continued on Page 4) spite threatening weather. Pembroke Here ciency, as the student who would cheat keeping with St. Valentine's. How- in the other system, except for the fear Taking the negative of the question, ever, full details of the decorations of a "policeman", will cheat in the "Should President Roosevelt run for are being kept secret. L. Hurley Iillion Volt X-Ray Generator (Continued on Page 2) Bloom, a Third Term", James O. MIcDonough, 40, chairman of the committee in charge, has promised '43 and Franklin P. Seeley, '42 will several sur- Radio Society Selects prises, the likes of which have never Leaves Technology This Week hold a debate with Misses Phyllis Riley and Jane Purcell of Pembroke been seen in the North, especially at Vinal As New President Tech. College in Room 2-390 at 8:30 P.M. This week trucks will back up to Hyams Trust Frank E. Vinal, 'G, was elected Supplied Funds pres- tonight. Ken Bartlett to Play Building 20 and start moving the In- The construction of these expensive ident of the M.I.T. Radio Society at a stitute's This debate is being held under the Ken -Bartlett and his orchestra, new 1,000,000 volt X-ray gen- pieces of equipment is made possible dinner meeting held in Walker Memor- auspices of the Eastern Intercollegiate well-known in the collegiate world, erator to the Massachusetts General by grants from the Godfrey M. Hyams ial Tuesday night. Jack L. Schultz, Hospital. The apparatus Debate League. The judges are to will furnish the music for dancing was com- Trust. The grant for the new one '42, was elected vice-president and sta- pleted be Mr. Clement Norton, member of until 2:00 A.M. Eighteen-year-old Rita last month, and has been in use amounted to $15,000. This, however, tion manager, and Philip Fox, '42, the Boston School Committee, and G. Scott is the vocalist. for research purposes here at Tech- does not give a true picture of the cost secretary-treasurer. nology up. to now. Wallace Tibbetts of the Massachu- The dinner will be served at 7:00 of such a generator, for it does not in- At the dinner the society announced setts Unemployment Compensation P.M. Following this, Dormitory Com- The new generator, which operates elude the months of thought and time that they would soon install a new ten Bureau. imittee Chairman Henry A. Rapaport, at over a million volts, is to be used devoted to the project by the Institute's meter transmitting set in the radio '40 will give a short welcoming for cancer tl eatment and research after reearch staff. shack. The set has been constructed Debate Saturday speech and introduce the speakers. it has been installed at the hospital. It The designer and director in the entirelyI by members of the- Radio An informal debate will be held is not, however, the first of its kind. In building of these huge machines is Society. Afterwards a lottery was with Western Reserve University in Open House In Effect March 1937 a similar but much larger Professor John G. Trump of the depart- held from which Sidney Cramer, '41, lthe West Lounge of Walker at 6 P.M. Open House will be observed machine was built for the Collis P. ment of Electrical Engineering, who drewI the prize of a transmitting tube. Saturday night. The Institute team,t throughoutI the undergraduate dormi- Huntington Memorial Hospital in Bos- has been working at the Institute in There was also a contest to test the consisting of Alfred Goldis, '42 andt toriesI and the Senior House tonight ton. Since that time about 10,000 in- this field of research for several years. members' knowledge of radio call sig- Stanley Bsacker, '41, will oppose the ini conjunction with the dance. dividual treatments have been given Assisting him have been Mr. Robert nals which was won by Malcolm A. fgranting of athletic scholarships by A few tickets priced at four dollars with It, (Continsued 0n Pay6 4) McGregor, '42. - universities. Ia couple are still available. Page Two THETEC Friday, February 16, 1940 I- I same procedure would not have to be re- The Tech Inquiries . ~ - - - p - - - V- _I"W peated at the beginning of the next season. (Continued from Page 1) Reviews nd Preview s

Vol. LX. Friday, February 16, 1940 No. 4 Then, after these vital needs had been cared for, a move to erect lights on the courts honor system. Furthermore, I dis- STAG E MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY approve of the "tattle-taling" you are The Fifth Col umn. Franchot Tone, would have been the finishing touch to a job honor-bound to do if anyone, were it Managing Board Katherine Locke, Lenore Ulric, Lee General Manager ...... arold E. Dato, '41 well done. your best friend, is seen by you cheat- J. Cobb. Theatre Guild presentation Editor ...... Clayton K. Baer, '41 ing. Managing Editor ...... Marartin Mann, '1 Certainly, the gesture in trying to improve of adaptation of published pla~y by Business Manager ...... oward A. Morrison, '41 existing facilities so that more students would Donald D. Scarff, '41, Fraternity Ernest Hemingwvay. Tonight and to- Editorial Board mlorrlow night at 8:30. Matinee to- Donald B. Camero-n, '41 Raymond F. EKoch, 41 have more time to use them is a commendable Yes. It creates a moioe scholastic morrlowv-COLONIAL. Leslie Corsa, Jr., '41 Howard J. Samuels, '41 attitude within the student body il Peter E. Gilmer, '41 Arthur S. Spear. '4 one. No one can be criticised for attempt- comparison with the attitude of "what Night Music. Eilia Kiazall, Jane Associate Board ing to get along better with what he has; can be gotten away avith". ... I see kk5ya tt, ,%Iorrlis Calrnovsky. A comedy Assistant Editors it is, in fact, part of the engineer's job "to Harvey I. IKram, '42' John J. Quinn, '42 no reason why it should not work here ivith nlusic by Clifford Odets, pro- Robert I. Kraus, '42 Maurice E. Taylor, '42 make it work." Lights on the tennis courts as well as il other schools. duced by the Group Theatre. Last Frederick Kunreuther, '41 Edward P. Thode, '42 John Veingarten, '42 at this time is a home run wallop, but the three times. A Passenger To Bali. Carthrae M. Laffoon, Jr., '42 Robert O. Soman, '40, Dormitory Eric M. AAorm ser. '42 Institute Committee forgot to touch second I Walter Huston. This play by Ellis St. Business Associates . . . When the work you are doing Joseph begins -Monday and remains Chaarles D. Magdsick, '42 on the non-stop flight around the bases. Malcolm M1. Anderson, 42 is almost exactly the same as that done for two weeks.-SHUBERT. Albert F. Clear, Jr., '4' J1ronathan HI Noyes, '42 Philip E. Phaneuf, '42 by the next fellow, there would -be a Margin For Error. Doris Dudley. very great temptation for an individual Offices Of The Tech SO WE'RE NOT HONEST Mliss Dudley comes directly from to take a peek or two at tle next fel- News and Editorial-Room 3, W~alker Memorial, Cambridge, Mass. "Prlofile" Barrymore's My Dear Chil- Telephone IviRkland 1SS_ In this issue of The Tech appears a rough ftlow's paper. dren to star in Clar e Boothe's play, Business-RGoom 301, Walker survey which indicates that the student body which opens on Monday for a twvo Telephone KIRkland 1&1 Steven Heller, '43, Commuter wveek r un.-PLYMOUJTH. stands two to one against the introduction SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per Year . . . I believe that the average col- Edna H is Wife. Cornlelia Otis Skin- Published every Tuesday and Friday during College year, of the honor system at the Institute. lege student under average academic except during College vacation. ner. Beginning Monday, this sketch pressure can restrain himself in an ex- Entered as Second Class Matter at the Boston Post Office will show every night for a week, Practically everyone interviewed agreed amination without the aid of a proc- RePRESENlEO FOR NATIONAL ADVSRTI9ING BY with the exception of Tuesday night. tor. Lamentably enough, Technology Service, Inc. that the honor system is a good thing, bust Onl that night, Miss Skinner will per- National Advertising is by no means an average institution. College Publisbers Representatie form ill Loves of Charles II. The Em- 420 MADISON AYE. NEW YORK, N.Y. . . .. And the "buts" ranged from a re- Because of the increased academic press Eugenie will be given at the * BOSTON *Los ARINLES - SAN FWAICISCO pressure, and the high standard that minder of the general tendency for students Saturday matinee.-WILBUR. the Institute attempts to, and does lxienil-w to let their eyes wander, to the statement that maintain, some students have raised SCREEN 1Nssociated Gb~ebicde Press Tech is "different". their cumulative by lowering their Digtributor of ethical standards. F'or this reason I The Light That Failed. Ronald Collebide Dib'est There is, however, a strong minority believe that some Tech students, and Colmanl, W~alter Huston, Ida Lupino, which firmly believes that a student's honesty therefore the whole student body, is Muriel Angelus. Romance a la Rud- Night Editor: Robert J. Schaefer, '43. not capable of functioning properly yard Kipling. Young As You Feel. does not depend on the presence of proctors. under the H-onor System. The Jones Family. Another recount- We like to believe the latter is true. ing of the antics of the Jones Family. Victor M. Woly, 141, Fraternity -M:ETRO POIJITAN. I I NOCTURNAL NIGHTMARE . . .By the putting of students Raffles. David Niven, Olivia, De Ha- THE KING'S HENCHMEN on their honor, the truth is brought villand. A remake of a famous old pic- The action of the Institute Committee in to the minds of the students. I be- ture. Slightly Honorable. Pat O'Brien, Here and there evidences that the Open lieve that most people are inherently Edward Arnold, Broderick Crawford, appropriating $2,500 for the erection of honest, but due to general prac- to our Ruthl Terry. A Walter Wanger pre- lights on the existing Walker Memorial tennis House Committee is at work drift tice, they sometimes let their desire sentation. - LOEW'S SIT' E and courts is conceivably a right move at the eyes and ears. get the best of them. The system could ORPHEUM . be introduced at Tech, but it would wrong time. The silent mode of action of the commit- take quite a bit of time. Balalaika. Nelson Eddly, Ilona Mas- sey. Same Russian love story with With lights on the courts the greatest tee should not, however, be misinterpreted. Norman M. Karasick, '41, Dormitory music, but at a new theatre. The Earl amount of time for students to enjoy the Its members are undoubtedly hard at work. of Ch icago. Robert Montgomery, Ed- No. It places too great a responsi- w~ard Arnold. Bob plays gangster now. Public proof of their diligence will come in bility upon the student who has a nat- present facilities is realized. This is the -PARAMOUNT and FENWAY. t right" part of the action. due time, loud and long, and- it is to be ural tendency to let his eyes wander. sincerely hoped-to the betterment of the These tendencies can be eliminated by Vigil In The Night. Carole Lambard, It is unfortunate, however, that in order proper seating in exams. Brian Aherne, Anne Shirley. Carole Institute's relations with the general public. Lombard portrays the role of a hospi- to get more time to play tennis, good, cold Charles E. Woods, '43, Commuter tal nurse minus the comedy and must cash must be spent to erect lights on those Meanwhile, co-operation be given Yes. I firmly believe that the honor glamour wsith which we are accustomed miserable excuses for tennis courts which the committee. Open House to the public system, existing in many colleges to- to see her. Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love. Tom Brown. Still a second fea- lie to the east of WTalker Memorial. is Tech, and Tech in the last analysis is no day, is far more advantageous than the old obsolete system as practiced in ture, no matter how you look at it. better than the men who teach and learn in -KEITH '1IEMORIhIL. For a long time it has been generally many schools, notably M.I.T. . .. A its rooms, Suggestions for exhibits, opinions single year under the honor system acknowledged that these courts are struc- about the program's operation, ideas' or does more toward developing a turally, completely, and exasperatingly bad. student's mind, character, and habits, criticisms can only work to the benefit of than four years of the present system. Magoun Lecture They are, first of all, laid out in the wrong this year's Open House. (Continued from Page 1) direction, exposing players' eyes to direct sun glare. They are, furthermore, unprotected Appropriations Magoun stated that husband and wife from sweeping river winds, making good C. A. A. do not love when married, but build HIGH FLYING IN THE (Continued from Page 1) love afterward. The art of love, he tennis play impossible. For the same reason, According to a report emanating from csontinued, is to make one's wife finally, they are unable to retain any kind of happy, principally by an interweaving Washington, D. C., student pilots in the Civil reported its actvities ill serving as a a good surface for any reasonable length of freshman rules committee. Aeronautics Authority have fown 3 5,000 As he closed this first lecture, the time; a hard clay surface put on one year hours without a serious accident. Debate on Lights professor promised that if one does will be literally gone with the wind by the The A. A. and dark-room appropria- not have too much to unlearn and is then end of the next. This record is certainly significant. What- tions were passed with little debate. willirg to work constructively, A long discussion, however, preceded a successful marriage of 45 years ever else may be said pro or con the govern- may be enjoyed. These handicaps, which are inevitably the the approval of the grant for the ten- ment's plan of taking college students and nis court lights. Objections to the inheritance of expert or dub the minute he actual proposal and to the use of training them at some expense to be airplane walks on the court, have for years made full activity funds for athletic purposes President, Mrs. Compton pilots, it is evident that the men in our uni- were voiced by several members. enjoyment of tennis-playing at Tech im- Asked To Dormitory Tea versities are capable of receiving such train- The grant to the A. A. covered ex- possible, whether it be done in the morning, penses for many items, the largest ing. Whatever recklessness Governor Dick- President and Mrs. Karl T. being. the lights erected on1 Briggs noon, or night. It does seem rather foolish, Compton, twenty-nine members of inson may see in today's collegian in other Field, which cost $1,600. The remain- therefore, to hang lights on these courts. If and their wives have aspects of daily life, it shows that when the der of the $2,832 is to be spent for- the faculty, a car has three flat tires, there is not much been invited to attend the first chips are down the latter is well able to miscellaneous equipment: soccer uni- horse-sense in putting new bulbs in the head- forms, a boxing bag and gloves, a dormitory Undergraduate tea of recognize and assume a sense of responsibility. wrestling mat cover, gyni equipment, this semester in the Burton Room lights that the car may be used at night. i ammunition, repairs target pistols and fromr 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. this Sun- The more sensible way to approach the Begun in August, 1939, the C. A. A. now I to rifles, lacrosse uniforms, hockey day, February 18. has 9,310 participants according to the latest equipment, foils, swimmiing bathrobes,I situation would appear to have first made the ,parkas, blankets, a timer, and a stop- All residents of the undergradu- courts playable. The money appropriated available figures. Exactly 1,200 of these wvatch. ate dormitories and the Senior might have been more wisely directed if first have reached the solo stage of their training The appropriation asked by Grid- House have been invited to this a canvas or wooden barrier would have been program. The Institute men who are en- iron is to be used to -build two dark affair, for which the Dormitory rooms 'for the joint use of the four Committee has approved an Open bought to protect the "courts" from the gaged in this movement can well feel proud Institute publications. House starting at 2:00 P.M. Sun- Because of weather conditions, the Charles River gusts.~Two of the major ob- that they are helping to prove that flying day afternoon and lasting until Committee ruled that absence fromk jections to the courts would thereby be re- can be learned right along with other things 9:00 P.M. Refreshments to be last night's meeting would not beI e'o moved. They could be resurfaced with a i without sacrificing modern aviation's ex- grounds for the expulsion of a repre- served include tea, cookies, and a conscience secure in the knowledge that the cellent standard of safety. sentative's activity. parfait for dessert.

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ARE 0 E. I Tech Fencers Beat SPORTS COMMENTS CHAMPION FENCING TEAM r. Harvard Win b: i: by HARVEY 1. KRAM, '42 _ _~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N. E. Title IY ' New England Foils Chanipionship Team-that's our fencing. team;-the i same team that last week opened its intec-eollegiate season by walking over Bech Anld Adelsonn Star one team 16-1, and in the space of twenty-four hours banished their second As Tech Captures i. fe. Yet all these victories were forecast by John Bech, '40, fencing captain, Final Meet earlier in the season when he stated: "We'll will all the leagues except perhaps the National Inter-Collegiates and we'll. do Ipretty well in that too!" Tech's fencers rose even higher in The team has certainly been living up to their captain's prediction, so the rank of New England teams, when well in fact, that two M.A.T. teams are tied for the New England Three they won the New England Amateur Fencing League Foils Team champion- Weapon Team Championship. The Freshmen are also displaying good ship, at Harvard on. Wednesday night. talent, and it is most probable that there will be men to replace those who The blizzard kept many of the down graduate this year from the Varsity. town and out of town teams away, and of those remaining Tech battled A great deal of credit for the Fencing team's accomplishments goes to through to meet Harvard in the final. Joe Levis, '26, present fencing mentor at the Institute. The ability of Tech's In this final game, Bech started the fencing coach was clearly brought oust last week-end, when Sophomore Tech team along the right path by Hiachman cleverly kept the upper hand in all his saber duels against ,beating Jaros, five points to three, in Syracuse and Hamilton, even though he had first taken up this weapon under a fast duel. Adelson kept things roll- Joe Levis only two weeks before these meets and his opponents were all ing in the next match with Jones, experienced saber men. Harvard's star swordsman. This was the closest fought and most exciting A keen demonstration in the art of "Lunge and Thrust" and a very Staff Photo contest of the meet, with Adelson spirited contest is predicted by your correspondentforthisSaturdayafternoon Tech's Championship team:-standing left to right: 'Kap" Adelson; John barely winning. 54. Sherburne put the Bech, captain; William Baldwin; Ray Krieger; Coach Joe Levis;-kneeling when the Beaver fencers meet Brown. The swordsmen from Providence are Engineers up 3-0 in his match with left to right: Ian Davies; John Crandall; Bill Kellogg. rated as one of the senior teams in the country. Parks which he won 5-3>

A8 Boxers To Compete 5-2 Victory Basketball Notes Huskies Defeat _ In All Tech Tournament Now came Tech's first defeat in In an effort to remedy the poor style of playing demonstrated by the Trech Pucksters Bech's duel with Jones, which Jones Tech quintet last week against Middlebury, the team has changed its tactics. Approximately forty-eight box- won fairly easily 5-1. Adelson evened Ho\wie Samuels, often-times in the past high scorer for Tech, has been doing By Score Of 64 ers will compete in the All Tech -things up in the next match however, mostly passing and blocking during the past few practice sessions while Golden Gloves Tournament to be by beating Jaros 5-3. This put Tech Tom Creamer, Dick Wilson, Earnie Artz and Sandy Glick are concentrating ahead 4-1 and only one more victory Beaten once again in the last period held on Wednesday and Friday, their eftorts on shooting. It is hoped that this new combination will smoothen March 13 and 15. Eight champ- was needed to give the Beavers the of the game, Tech's hockey team went their teamwork, a thing which the Middlebury game showed us up as lacking. ions will be crowned in the 115, required five points for victory. Jones, -Idown to Northeastern, 6 to 4 in a hard- 125, 135, 145, 155, 165, 175 pound, however, once again proved to be the There will be three empty places on the bench at the next basketball Ifought game at the Boston Arena on and heavyweight divisions. fly-in-the ointment when he beat Sher- gane owing to the fact that Steve Stephanou, Irving Stein, and Al Riehl have Tuesday night. Once again, the whole The Golden Gloves Contest was burnle 5-3 in the nest, duel. Tech did not have long to wait, because in the turned in their uniforms. The reason given for this move was thpt the. team seemed to go off color in the inaugurated by M.l.T. authorities three of them were getting tired sitting on the bench through each game. four years ago to take the place next match Bech beat Parks 5-0 to put third period. This is seen when theI of intercollegiate boxing at Tech. Tech ahead 5-2. This gave Tech the final score is compared with that at I The victor in each class will re- victory and due to the bad weather Recognize Skiing? the end of the second period when itti I ceive a miniature golden glove en- conditions it was decided not to fence was 3-3. graved with the date of his the remaining. two scheduled contests. The readiness in which skis appeared yesterday on our snow-bound I The game started off at a fast pace triumph. While waiting for Joe Levis, the campus brings out the fact that skiing is rapidly assumuing its place in coach, who had been held aup by the with Tech attacking. After about a iAmerica's sporting world. Its popularity has caused it to be recognized in blizzard, and the other teams, to turn many colleges as a minor sport, Harvard being among the most recent to I minute of play, Kaneb came skating up, a Tech team consisting of Adelson, ;. make this Lintel sport a definite part of their athletic program. down the side of the rink and drove Frosh Teams Split- Hinchman and Bech eliminated Har- in a beautiful one which the N. E. vard from the New England Three- The M.L.T. Outing Club has sent several ski teams during, the past three In Past Few Days I Weapon Championship. The winner goalie, Hansis, was barely able to de- years to compete in various winter carnivals in New England. Through of this championship is not yet de- flect. This seemed to wake N. E. up, In the past few days, the Frosh this more or less unofficial way Technology has been represented in inter- I cided but the play-off is to be between I ... . . I - . I athletes have attained one victory collegiate competition, and if the authority --of ----the Dartmouth Winter Carnival Iand within another minute Chipman two Tech teams as follows: -..- .- -..- had pushed the puck in during a melee and one close defeat in the field of ; be accepted. we have produced one of the best teams in the country. sports. Their triumph was the result IAdelson Foils Sherburne in front of the Beaver goal (0-1). of drowning out the Huntington swim- Hinchman Epee Kellogg In view of all this it does seem justifiable that the Ski team be recognized Browning Scores mers, 40-20, and their loss came on Bech Saber Davies by the M.I.T.A.A. as a minor sport. Such action would provide a certain the basketball court when they were amount of organization and stability to the Ski team's activities and make For almost ten minutes after this, overpowered in an overtime contest its operation more efficient. These men, whlo have had the spirit to ze off a battle took place, and both goalies with the Boys' Club by a final score Iplayed the -best they have all season, week-ends to compete in Technology's name, do deserve some official backing were given plenty of work. With the of 42-37. but they weren't quite strong enough. from the Institute, and proper credit given to them. period half gone, however, Browning Also recognition might ThroughI Capt. Marakas' efforts the be the means of supplying the team with some sort of a coach, possibly (Oontimsed on Page 4) Win Eight Events scorei at end was 35-35. Superior con- someone already connected with the Institute. Out of eight events, only the fifty ditionI among the Club boys, however, and two hundred yard free -style races was enough to win in an overtime Senior A Plays Goodale were lost in the swimming meet. period. Athletics At Tech There were several outstanding per- In Final Dorm Basketball formers among the Tech mermen. "How much did we lose by?" is the usual form in which Tech men ask Karstrom scored an upset in diving Learn To Danc-Enroll NOW! about our inter-collegiate competition. And more often than not, he is by taking an unexpected first over the Boston's Foremost Reliable Dancing School The Dormitory basketball tourna- perfectly justified for that frame of mind. Institute teams, as a rule, are not supposedly strong Huntington spring- 3 Private Lessons fOr $1 ment, with only one more game to be I generally conspicuous by their competitive excellence. The reason for this board contingent. Tiedemann made sW Uptown School Modern played, is practically finished. The a powerful spurt and took a twvo-foot 330 Mass. Ave. at Hunt. situation has been stated over and over, and is none the less truthful for Senior B teem became undisputed victory in the two-hundred yard free Personal Direction Miss Shirley Hayes all the repetition: The Tech man cannot give the time to practice and training leader in the "Ivy" league by defeat- Tel. COM. 0520 style relay. In the 150 medly event, which topnotch competition requires. ing Goodale 19-16 on Sunday, and by Newest Ballroom Steps, Fox-Trot, Coach Jarosh's strategy resulted in Lamzbeth Wallk, Tango, 'iWtz, trimming Bemis 20-16 on Tuesday. Rhumba, L2 Conga, Westchester, Shag. success. He switched Bob Lichten to Beginners guaranteed to learn here. There is nothing much which can be done about that fact in regards to The Senior A-Bemis game resulted the backstroke and Dick Foley to Complete Course $5 our inter-collegiate teals. But therle is very definitely something which can in a surprising turn of events. At the the free style duties. These two boys Hours 10 A.M. to 12 P.M. Classes 50c. be done about it in general and in r egards to the student Ibody of the half, Bemis was ahead 16-4. Then M iss Harriette Carroll's 35 Young Lady Instructors also came. through on top. Institute as a whole. Most of the men in the Institute enjoy the wholesome Garry Wright came in for Senior A. I The Scllool Everyone Recommends The Freshman basketball team, Specia.1 attention to Tech students recreation of athletics, the fun of playing with a team, and competing for a Co-ordinated by his presence, Senior II I will One indication of this may be the vast majority of Freshmen which A spurted and triumphed. In this in past years have chosen athletic substitution in place of physical training. game, Campbell did expert guarding for Bemis, and Crosby and (abel did There is one natural conclusion to these two facts that Tech men the shooting for Senior A. The re- il cannot find the time for inter-collegiate competition training, and that there maining game to be played is Senior wwwalWhfen in New York... is a large body of men interested and partially trained in sports. This con- A vs. Goodale. If Goodale wins, the two teams will Ibe tied for first place clusion is that it would be an obvious thing to turn to intramural competi- ILSTAY WHERE YOU PLAF!n in the "Big Five." If Senior A comes tion. It is the logical and most admirable outlet for sports interest and -..squarely in the center of everything that makes Tirnes out on top, it will become unques- Square hum with excitement... its new shows, big movies, all competition, particularly in the type of school represented by the Institute. tioned ruler of the "Big Five" roost. night clubs, thrilling sports events! Here, you save enough It is the type of sport which gives the maximum of pleasure with the In time and taxi fores to keep well within the college budget ... and still see all that's worthwhile... and living meanwhile minimum of inconvenience and time. It affords unlimited numbers of men Flowers Telegraphed to All Parts as a guest at one of New York's tnruy fine hotels. to engage in as much or as little competition( as time or inclination affordsi of the World 1r_ ROOM AND BATH them- It is one of the best and most pleasant ways of welding the student HOTE[1 L FROM $2.50 DAILY body into a united and harmonious whole.

I Such intramural competition is being provided for by Beaver Key. They alre doing their utmost to make this year's tourney one of the best ever held at the Institute. Competition should be quite keen as the Dormitories have Entrance to Mans. Station just finished their tournament. Because of this experience it is predicted At Times Square 127 WEST 43rd STREET 118 MASSACHUSETTS AVE. that the Dolmitories will be in the majority when the final round robin is Next Door to Towny Hallt NE'W YORK * BRyant 9°3000 Played. However, the tourney is still "any team's" and there's bound to be BOSTON, MASS. loads of full in it to all men who get into its competitions So let's go, one I and all, for a swell 'all Tech" contest, Tel. EmNmore 6829 L -- · 1 -- , I~~~~ Page Four THEl TEC H Friday, February 16, 1940 ______CALENDAR BLIZZARDITIS ,, --- L I,, I .'' . - . ... FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 4:00 P.ML. Sigma X1 Lecture-6-120. 5:00 P.M. Hobby Shop _ieeting-Mx ath Conference Room. 7:00 P.M. Fencing vs. Amherst-Home. 7:00 P. M. Dorm Dinner Dance-Main Hall, WGalker. 8:00 Swimming vs. Trinity-Away. 8:00 P.M. Squash vs. Trinity-Awvay. 8:15 BBaslketball vs. Colby%--Away. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17 2:00 P.M1. Gym vs. Nary-Home. 2:00 Fencing vs. Broil l-1lome. P.M. 2 :15 P.M. Squash vs. W-esleyaji-Away. 2:30 Rifle vs. Newl Hampshire-Home. P.MI. 3:00 Wrestlina *-s. Temple-Awsay. 5:30 P.M. Campus of the Air-AVTEEL. 6:00 P.MI. Debate vs. W'esternl Reserve-West Lounlge, Walker. 8:00 P.MV. Swimming vs. Brooklyn-Away. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18 8:0 A.M . Ski Trainl Leaves. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 6-6 P.M. 5:15 Club Aleeting-East Lounge, Walker.

Staff Photo Lambda Chis Add Fires Of Purgatory j ... if it only snows some more by Friday ... . I To Initiate Pledges During Hell Week I times throwing the dorms into dark- Blzard II Options To Be Redeemed I=-_ :I I ness and confusion, and a lot can and Hell Week for the Lambda CMi Eugene Crawford (Continued from Page 1) did happen in the dark. Yesterday the Starting Monday At One Alpha's w-as really a hot time. About snow fights continued without a stop 4:00 A.M1. last Saturday morning, Is Gridiron Head all day and as usual for dorm winters Redemption of options for the of students, professors and sercetaries Junior Prom will begin Monday while the actives were sitting up resulted in a dozen broken windows. waiting for the pledges to return from went forth yesterday morning to brave at one P.M. in the Main Lobby Theta's Jump their errands, a ire was discovered Charles Peck, Donald Scarfo the wiles of winter on skiis in order to and will continue through Friday in the basement, on a table covered Elected Assistant reach the Institute. Among those un- The fraternities took advantage of from one to three. The price of with kitchen utensils. the redemptions is $2.40. Treasurers daunted professors were Norbert storm and holiday in many diver- in their anxiety, one of them sied ways. The Theta Chi's spent Any persons wishing to change Wiener of the Mathematics department phoned the fire department and theil time jumping from third and table reservations are asked to and Isadore Amdur of the Chemistry another, evidently nursing a life-long Gridiron, honorary society for pub- fourth floor windows into large snow see Willard S. Mott, '41. ambition, dashed across the street and lications, elected Eugene :. Crawford, department. Also one professor came drifts piled high against their house. A large group of fraternity boys aided X-Ray pulled the alarm box. Two fire com- '41, a member of the T.E.N. staff, as to school on nowshoes. panies responded, and before the transportation by freeing a large (Continued from Page president at a meeting last Wednesday. Not only were most students snow- 1) Lambda Chi's could stop them, lad- Greyhound bus caught ill the snlow- He will replace R. Dixon Speas, bound at home because of transpvrta- ders were erected and firemen '40, drifts. There is also the Greek Letter W. Cloud, MIr. Augustus T. Norton, Jr., tion failures, -but at least fifteen com- swarmed over the building. MNJean- who resigned. man who bet he could cross Harvard who did the drafting work, and during muters were snow-bound at the Insti- Bridge four times at the height Ithe - summer of 1938, Mr. Francis J. while the fire nas almost extinguished In addition to the new president, the of tute night before last. The students by the students. the storm. He lost. Safford. society also created two new offices of spentI the night in the dormitories, Professor Van de Graaff, Advisor "ube Calm," he said assistant treasurers. The men elected Seniori House, and in Walker Memorial. Advising the group is Professor Frederick W. Hammesfahr, to these positions were Charles F. '40, a Students Ski on Rogers Steps Ski Team Robert J. Van de Graaff, whose work Lambda Chi and president of the Peck, Jr., '41, and Donald D. Scarff, '41. The storm was a blessing to the In- on high voltage generators has made C.P.S., awoke to the churning of sirens (Continued from Page 1) Plans for the annual spring Gridiron stitute skiers, for seemingly hundreds the building of the two X-ray machines and the smell of smoke, and having banquet will be started under the direc- of them were slipping around all day possible. The type used is the elec- calmly admonished the rest of the yesterday and night before last. Many trostatic belt generator. house to "Be Calm" he dashed out tion of the new president at the next either North Conway. New Hampshire, used the Rogers Building and Walker An important development has been onto the fire escape. From there he meeting of the organization to be held or Plymouth, New Hampshire, depend- Memorial steps as dow~n-hill ski runs. made il the new apparatus. Con- made his way to the house next door, ing on wveather conditions and skiing in a few weeks. Some even thought of using the dome pressed Freon gas is used in place of where he forced an entrance into a possibilities. More specific details of as a ski jump. compressed air. feminine boudoir. Here he broke sev- the trip will be posted on the Institute The monstrous task of clearing the bulletin boards, it was announced. eral chairs, and was accompanied by Institute -walks of their burdens snow Ir I numerous screams and insults. Hockey Trip for Faculty and Students was begun as soon as the snow storm The First Church of The fire was finally extinguished (Con~tinued from Page 8) started, it was announced, with shovel- This outing has been arranged for Christ, Scientist without damage, except when one fire- members of the faculty and students of Falmouth, Norway and St. Paul Sts. ers and snow plows working all that Boston, Massachusetts the Institute. Poor weather conditions man walked out of the dining room night and yesterday. The work seemed Sunday Services 10.45 v mn.and 7.30 p. n.; and Kaneb unleashed another com- window onto the roof of the garbage futile for no sooner would a path be in the last two winters prevrented such Sunday School 10.45 a. m.: Wednesday eye- ning mecting at 7.30. which include testi- shed. The roof, being built to keep binlation move, this time successfully. cleared than the wind would drift it all excursion but in 1937 a ski train monies of Christian Science helinSg. water off t"-e garbage and not to hold wvas organized by the Ftaculty Club, the R12diog Rooms - Free to the Public, -Browvning took the guck up the ice and full again. Some of the paths were 133 Washington St., opp. Milkl St., ca- Outing Club and the Beaver Key firemen, proceeded to give way leav- passed to Kaneb in front of the goal. cleared a many as half a dozen times. trince also at 24 Province St.. 420 Boylston Strret, Brrkeley Building, 2nd ing a profane fireman in a garbage Mir. Albert V. Smith, Superintendent Society. T~his year's outing is sponl- EKaneb's shot was slightly misplaced, Floor. 60 Norwvy St., cor. can. Needless to say, the pledges of Buildings and Power, stated that he sored by the Faculty Club. Any inl- Mass. Ave. Authorized and ap- however, and the puck bounced back quiries concerning the ski train should pro'Wt literature on Christia cleaned up. had forty-six extra men shoveling Science may be read, bor- off the upright, only to be shoved in snow. be addresed to Prof. Hauser, in Room " rowed or purchased. by Browning (1-1). 2-013. I ji-I Lambda Chi Alpha Wins Dorms Riot *I-- L i First Beaver Key Game Goalies Good No sooner had the storm started II I I U -g dr -- II - _ a I, In the last period, both teams fought when the rivalry between the old and hard and both missed many goals once new dormitories came to life again "THE SLIDE RULE OF FLIGHT EFFICIENCY" Lambda Chi Alpha hoopsters started again because of the goalies' fine Gangs from each dormitory attacked off the Beaver Key basketball tourna- w ork. With five minutes of the pe- the other alternately in snowball and ment with a bang when they trounced riod gone by, a face-off near the Tech water fights. One student improvised Learn To Fly With- Phi Delta Theta by a score of 22-7 in cage resulted in the puck going to and used a flame thrower consisting Walker Gym on Wednesday night. Ross, who put ill a medium long shot of a old fire extinguisher plump filled Melvin Biggs, '41, by his "dead-eye" to put N. E. ahead 4-3. Once again with gasoline. E.W. WIGGINS AIRWAYS, INC. shots, became the spearhead of the the game resolved into a ding-dong The main light switches in both Lambda attack. Playing guard most of battle, but just after half the period dormitories were cut off a number of1 SCHOOL the game, he rolled up a total of ten was over, N. E. scored two goals in OF AVIATION points, all of which were made from the rapid succession. The first of these Government Approved floor. The majority of Biggs' shots was scored when Griffin took the puck -were made in the third quarter when right through, circle-d the Beaver cage the Lambda's began their steam- and passed to Chipman, who made FINE GRAIN ° LARGE PRINTS Contractors to the United States Government in training rollering. sure to set Tech back 5-3. Two min- Large reprints 4% each. Regular snapshots 3 cach. 5 x 7 enlargements 10 each. C.A.A. students for the following colleges in the New Game Postponed utes later, Peppard dribbled right COMPLETE PRICE LIST FREE ON REQUEST. 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