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- 43-0 THE TEgCH now coming out "8_I , Tuesday and FMdap ,)- s rr~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Read your newspawr for Iee up to date Technologynow - Vol. ,I^VIIlNo. 7 CO"MBRIDGE:, MASS., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1948 A, VvAra -- - .- -1 -- -- KPRICE AUXILAMrrer rFly a VT J %ALa-E -- I II Radium Found Tech's Orchestra ia IPresents Concert Faculty Votes Overwhelmingly I In Building 22 on February28j I Doses Students' Technology's Symphony Orches- To Keep onpu sory Athletics tra under the direction of K1aus Radio Hams Exposed Liepmann will present its annualI To Dangerous Element winter concert on February 28. The concert is scheduled to begin at For I Reniainder 1.f ThisT Year For Nearly Two 8:30 p.m. at the auditorium Weeks of - s -- -- Y Three residents of the Building Rindge Tech High School. I| Freshman 22 dormitories were dangerously ex- This year the program will in- CLUB '50 MAESTRO Proposal clude Beethoven's 'alker InvadediI posed to a powerful dose of capsuled First Symlphony,I 11 . To Warrant Study the First Movement I radium for a period of over ten of Shabert's Fr 4taEe AiLYear days it was leaxned last Monday. Seventh Symphony, Bach's Double .By w omen Fitz Grice, '54, Robert Cesari, '50, Violin Concerto, and the Outdoor By FRANK MART, 151 and Daniel Farnsworth, '50, were Overture by Aavron Copland. "6Spring Fancy" Dance given blood counts at Homburg in- The admission price for this con- In a meeting held Wednesday, February firmary to make sure they had suf- |cert by, the Symphony Orchestra is Features Techtonians 11 18, the faeu'ty committee fered no ill effects from the dose, $1.20 and the tickets are now on turned down by a -vote of 101 to 400 women from nine women' incurred while working in one of sale in Building 10 and at the T.C;.A. 9 the freshman petition to discon- colleges in the Boston area will beI (Continued on Page 2) Ioffice in Walkrer Memorial. tinue the athletic program. or the present at the Dormitory Dance e present and until more forceful Committee's "Spring Fancy" on arguments can be presented the Saturday, MERMAIDS OF SMITH COLLEGE WATER BALLET February 28. The list of current Al and A2 courses will be schools includes Wlellesley, Brad- continuedc ford., Lasell, Pine Manor, Bostone Professor Rule, faculty advisor to University, I I Radcliffe, Emerson I the Student Faculty Committee, Sargent, and Simmons. n very ably presented the freshman Only 400 tickets are to be sold to arguments to the committee. It was I Techmen on a first-come-first- stated by members of the commit- served-basis, to insure a balanes tee that the freshman case was well between men and women. These prepared and presented but that tickets are available in the lobby I the arguments were outweighed by lof Building 10 and the TC.A. offie, other considerations. I and from Dance Committee mrm- No Time To Scrap Program I I bers. The price is $1.20 per person. Gene Dennis, whose orchestra wilU I In essence the faculty felt that providei music for dancing at theII Only Acquaintance Dance this was no time to scrap the new sophomore party March 12. program, especially since The Techtonians will play at the new equip. I Iment and instructors dance, which will be the only ac- will be avail- Soph Ticket Sales able soon to greatly facilitate the quaintance dance of the term. Come mittee Chairman present course. Ralph E. Segel, For Club '150 Start According '48$-stated that this would be an to Dean Everett U Baker the , excellent time for men to meet pose freshman petition will 11 Thursday, Feb. 26 now be presented to the C:ommittee 1- sIible dates for the coming full ,j on -Undergraduate . social calendar. WEEI's Sherm Feller Curriculum for n more lengthy study, with view to The To M*#C. Floor Show; entire Walker Memorial possible changes in the program b;uildiB has been reserved for the Gene Dennis To Play next year. 3 dance. An arrangement has been Ticket sales for "Club '50," the 4 worked out so that it is possible to Sophomore night Why Athlet;ics? club, to open at In addition to the question get from the floor to Pritchett. the Hotel Bradford. of the on March 12, freshman propoml.. qixuP--5 af JuavUur6c WY.Lunib monirsVUM-V1-Uw rb. Wwll commence next 'rnurscay, Febz |the faculty asked the The balconies will be open, but due ruary 26. The cover charge faculty meert Five mermaids from Smith Colege at "Club ing why suph a technical at Northampton, Mass., will partici- .to structural weakening dancing '50" will be $3.75 per school as pate in a water ballet at Alumni couple. Tickets Technology should require Pool on February 28. Two performances wil not be permitted on any bal- for Sophomores will be athletics. will be presented, one in the afternoon on sale on He was answered by the statement and one m the evening. conies in Walker, either for this or Thursday, Friday, and Saturday I I- I I c in that Technology requires Englis} any succeeding dances. the lobby of Building 10, while general and English is not actually "'tech- sales will begin on Monday, nical," Smith College Life March 1. the implication being that Guard Team both were required be'cause both Finals For Title Floor Show Planned were considered The very important. To grand ballroom of the Hotel In a statement SPut On Wcater- Ballet Here Bradford will made after the ,OCf Messiest Prof be converted for the faculty meeting Arthur Wasserman, On February 28, the Technology varsity swimming team will play night into the "Club '50," whch host to will Secretary of the Freshman Class, the Smith College Life Guard team. The girls will put on two, End Nest--It WVeelk provide dancing and feature a floor ballet performances lor Technology men, one at 4 p.m., and the other show, led by Sherman Feller of the (Continulec on -Page4) at 8 p.m., in the Alumni Pool. Tickets are $.90 and $1.50 respectively. Latest results in Vao Dools Messi- radio program Club Midnight. The "Tango," a luminous "lights out" performance, and other .est Office Contest show Professors Appearing nightly on station swimming stunts and exhibitions will be featured by the girls, under .Irving H. Cowdrey, Avery A. Ash- WEEI from midnight the to 1 ams' 5:15 Dance Toniht direction of Miss Gertrude Goss. At intermission, the Technology down, and George de Santillana in Feller's program features record. swimming U U -- team, clad in gay ninety I .the lead as building winners were spinning, humor, and interviews HigEjghts W~e1eked swim suits, will do a burlesque take- announced this week. Finals will with personalities such as Guy off of the girls' acts, Unlimited Course be held next week when the grand Lombardo, Jean Sablon, and Hazel Mansfield Orchestra For the past two years, the Smitb winner will be chosen by two un- Scott. Noted for his imitations of Plays At Birthlday Ball College team has borrowed the pool IChoice Is Probable easelozed outside Judges. local personalities, Feller will pre- for somewhat similar performances. Program Opens To Aid Bttildinlgs vary inl degree of gen- sent a floor show combining com- The 5:16 Club will hold its first This year, however, the Technology Frosh Course Selection era. eleaMiiess s-o that the winner edy and talent. big dance of the year tonight at varsity team invited the "life in one bleeding may not even qual- Music will be provided by Gene 9:00 p.m. in Morss Hall of Walker savers" to the pool for their act. In an effort to aid freshmen in I ify in another. In several cases it Dennis and his Orchestra, who have Memorial. rickets are on sale in the the selection of their course, a pro- I was repor ;ed that a professor must been held over for four consecutive lobby of Building 10, or if tickets gram designed to present the factsIwin because the other offices were (Continued on Page 2) cannot be purchased there, they about the various courses has been Iso far below par -that is, cleanli- will be available at the door of T.C.A. Moa Sell undertaken. Dean Thomas P. PitreIness ran rampant. PMorss Hall during the dance. and Professor John Rule, who is I Despite the lack of material in Committe Favors The dance, to be called Washing- Tech Cabin To Y in charge of the program, believe Isome sections a few professors man- ton's Birthday Ball, will follow the Recently, the TCA was informed that no course will be limited in en- aged to pile up an amazing assort- Students Seeing University of Massachusetts at Ft. by the Cambridge Y that rollment next semester. The only ment. In Building 1 Professor Cow- I Devens basketball game, also to be it would Marked Finals like to buy the Tech Cabin. If the problem facing the student is the drey won hands down while Pro- held in Walker Memorial. 5:15'ers YMCA presses this, there is little selection of his course. fessor Ashdown had the fortune to The Student-Faculty Committee advise men coming to the dance to the TCA. can do bout give in, as The program will consist of a be reported twice, once bay the inl- has endorsed a policy permitting also attend the basketball game and the Cabin is on Y property. series of -five lectures and various quirer assigned to Building 4 and students to see their marked final giveI their dates a double treat. exhibits in Building 7. Nine once by a stray from Building 8. examinations. The. endorsement Music will be furnished for the Due to the ill will the TCA has of the .I i lesser known courses will present Favorite of Building 2 for the prize was made at the monthly meeting occasion by Sid Mansfeld, his received, bloth through groups that I cannot be accommodated in the the opportunities in their particu- is Professor Dmitri Zeldin. of the committee held last Monday. trumpetI and his orchestra, who is cabin because it is booked solid, lar field in the lectures. The lec- Building 24, which holds, in a Discussion of the matter revealed well1 known in New England for and through violationl of certain tures will be held 4:00 p.m. on Mon- manner of speaking, the messiest that no faculty rule against permit- 1sweet, danceable music, and has rules and even destruction of prop- days, starting onl March 15. In ad. department in the Institute, the ting students to see their exams established a name for himself erty, it has some justification for dition all of the departments have English, also put forth a leading exists. It was felt that students Iplaying in local Bi3ost;on clubs and selling the crabin. Nevertheless, the made facilities available for the contender for the grand prize, Pro- should be permitted. to check the ifor private dances. TCA inltenlds to reinvest the pro- freshmen to come in and talk over marking of their papers. The com- According to Manuel'B. Gass- ceeds from the sale if they sell the their choice of course. Leading contributors to good will mittee also endorsed a policy for Iman, '49, the Birthday Ball and the cabin in another (preferably two Some time during April the fresh- were Professors Ashdown and Hugo all departments to publish solutions Ibasketball game will highlight the more) on their own land. men will be asked to fX11 out cards Stockmayer. Professor Ashdown, of the problems giver on final ex- Ibiggest weekend at the Institut$e However, they believe such a indicating their choice of courtse, with more to show, managed to aminations. I1;since Techsapoppin', and every cabin should be sponsored by a This is not a final decision. The extricate himself from the clutter The committee,.which discusses 1loyal man should come to the game more related student -activity, as the purpose of this poll is to give the and give a personally conducted student-fasculty relations, consists tto support his team and to the outing club. The difficulty here, is Institute an idea of the number en- tour of his wonderland, while Pro- ofI nine professors headed by Pro- dance for a good time that it is .presenltly costing the ITCA rolling in a particular course In fessor Siockmayer volunteered hld- fessor John T. Rule, and eighteen Chaperons are Col. and Mrs. about $1.35 for each couple that orderI thlat spaice and personnel may denI Material s-uce as oid, never Bstudents headed by Benjamin J iRi. R. jackson, and Pfrof. Leicester I uses the cabin. -Ibe allotted. washed overall& 1.IBrettler, '48.| I'IF. Hamilton. IPage Tw THE TECH Friday, February 20, 1948

------~-I----~ Latest Voo DOD Shows No Sex, Reviews & Previews *~- The Techi &. - - - - IJan. Issue. Comtes Out In Feb. By David W. Marcus Vol. LXVmn FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1948 No. 7 By JACK SRVIM MANAGING BOARD Voo Doo salesmen finally summoned enough nerve last week, SHRM:th FELLEIR General Manager ...... L. Hillton,,@Thomas 'A9 Editors ...... '49; George A. Freund,al .Isra;el, '4U one month late, to darken the lobby of Building 10 Iwith their January Having listened to WEEI's- Club Managing Editors ... Malcolm E. Reed, '49; Harrison E. Rowe, '49 Business Manager ...... James I. Maslon, '49IIissue of that poor excuse for a humor magazine, We heard from one Midnight and its eff ervescent spin- ASSOCIATE BOARD freshman who "had just bougt a magazine named Voo Do<> or some- Guy C. Bell, '50, D~avid Benenson, '50, Stanley L. Chalkind, '50; NPorman B. Champ, Jr. '50; ner of discs, Maestro Sherman Fel. Jon L. Ganger, '50; Karl Goldberg, '49; David A. Grossman, '50- Jerome K. Lewis, '50 'bavid thing" that some of the salesmen were restoring to drawing high card W. Marcus, 'SO- Donald W. Ramsey, ',t9; David Reiner, '50, Sander Rubin, '50; Irving Weinz- for a copy of Voo Doora slight variaton of the old towoheaded nickel ler, we decided to find out what weig, '50;Harrison C. W~hite, '60; Edward J. Wolz, Jr. trick. manner of man could be responsi-e STAFF ]PHOTOGRIAPH[ERS3 !I' John R. Hp-no, '50; Larry M. LIntz, '49; Charles H. Mleers, G. Personally, we'd rather have the,e ble for keeping so many people up Iminors can get served; in fact, we STAFF ASSISTANTS quarter. According to a recent poll way beyond their regular turn-in Warren E. Ball, '51- Orllen B~ecker, '49, Fostin P. Doane, '51; Melvin S. Gardner, '50;I ,found the whole thing pretty dull Robert M. Gladstone, '51; Sheldon B. Herskovitz, '51; Warren Marcus, '50; Thomas S. taken among the literary critics of .reading. time. Roenberg, '51; Willlam Toboernan, '50. The Tech, it would have been better STAFF 3lE3lBERSi lThe next stop was an answer to Now that we have seen him, it's Morton A. Bosniak, '51, Dale C. Cooper, '51; Robert A. Cushmnan, '51; Fred I. Diamond, ' 50; for all concerned if our local humor a letter to the Editor. Here we Donald Eberly, '50; Stanley E. Fleisig, 15i-< Marvin C. Grossman, '51; Henry Hahn, '151- our contention that he's worth Frank E. Heart, 151- Matanzice S. Hedaya, '51; Eugene Lubarsky, 1o1; William R. Miller, 151, magazine had not come out at all. found the following: 'Too Doo has George EL Myer3, '5i; John R. Sevier, ;51; George F. Vanderacbmidt, '51; William W. Vicinus, According to Phos, the VToo Doo spending the time to see. The class '49. lbeen getting cleaner, and maybe ,EDITORIXL BOARD covers, which are printed in: Louis- now we're too clean. . .. No Doubt, of '50 seems to have a good master Richard Bakal, '48, Carleton HI. Boll' '45 Benjamin J. Brettler, '48; J. David Cist, '48; Earl W. Eamnes, '49- Robert D. Fier, '49- Daniel J. Fink, '48; Mary R. Gregory, '48; Willliam Hlad- ville, Kentucky, were tied up in the Voo Doo's former accent on sex and of ceremonies for their Sophomore don, '49; Frank W. Hellenday, Jr., '48- Louis F. Kreek, Jr., '48; Jerome D. Krinsky, '48; party in Mr. Feller. It won't be John D. Little, '48- Willia-m B. 'Maley, '48; G. Kendall Parmelee, '48; Duane D. Rodger, '48, recent truck strike, which paralyzed liquor did help the market for love Arnold M. Singer, '48; EphraimnM1. Sparrow, '49; Peter H. Spitz, '48; Theodore E. Thal, 'i9; the nation anld, incidentally, pre- and confession magazines.'; simply as a mnaster of cere-nioni-es John W. Weil, '48; William R. Zimmerman, '48. that. Feller will make his appear- OFFICESE OF THE TECHI 'vented' the peddling of Voo Doo (an Greatly surprised at this little News and Editorial-Room 307, Walkier Memorial, Cambridge, Mass. act of Providence, we call it). piece of conceit, we looked through ance; this reporter's opinion is that Telephones KI rkland 7-1881, 7-1882. Alhe trucks carrying the Voo DQo the rest of the magazine to see if he will be a hit as a comedian while Business-Room 302, Walker Memorial. Telephone KI rkland 7-1881. he carries out his more routine job Student Subscription, $1.50 per year. Mail Subscription, $2.00 per year. corers left Kentuceky in January in- our suspicions a-bout this "liquor Published every Tuesday and Friday during college year, except during college vacation. tending to bring their crude cargo of running the Entertainment lined Entered as second class matter December 9, 1944, at the Post Office, at Boston, Mass., and sex" business were well under the Act of March 3, 1879. to Cambridge, but when the drivers up for the surv-eillance of the revel. Represented for national advertising by National Adivertising Service, Inc., College Publish- founded. Now, this will not be a ers Representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. (former rumrnners) found out surprise to anyone, but careful ex- ing sophomores. Member, Associated Collegia te Press, distributor of Collegiate Di gest. what the trucks contained, they amination has shown that Voo Doo Feller's approach to his regular Night Editor: Donald J. Eberly, 'SO turned around and were seen speed- is disgustingly clean. Is this situa- j ob is slightly different, from the Assistant Night Editor: John R. Sevier, '15 ing through Tennessee en route to tion to continue? orthodox disc jockey. On Club Mid- *I the deep waters of the Gulf of Mex- night one is more apt to hear ico. Feller burlesquing selections from RULES AND REGULATIONS I The trucks were inlterceptedinXI Radium I (Continuled from Page 1) Shakespeare or interviewing movie Rules and regulations are obviously needed in the proper Mississippi, and there the drivers Iand radio celebrities than a frantic I the penthouses on top of B[uilding administration of certain phases of student activity. However, were brought to justice, but after recording of some jazz classic.. Less looking through a copy of their 22. while the Lack of necessary regulations may lead to an unde- On January 19, the men had dis- music and more fun seems to be magazinle (found in an ashcan), we I his motto. This could be the season si~rable situation, the same result may also be arrived at from an think more justice would have been covered the small shack atop the main building and directly over for his popularity, and is probably done, at least to society, if the i also the reason for the criticism excess of restrictions. drivers had been able to finish their I their room while trying to repair a leak in the roof. They thought the one is apt to hear of his program. A large number of regulations can only be tolerated when mission. The people who want 1 music at apparently unused house would it has been shown that each is a definite and vital importance Thumbing through the recent is- that hour have a legitimate com- make an excellent place to put their sue of our local humor magazine, plaint,-but they are definitely in the in the oaver-all administration 10 student activities. Too many I radio equipment, and received per- however, first thing we notice isI minority. restrictions can e-asily stifle all initiative and group spirit. Red Phos' corner where sex usually mission from Mr. Watson, manager Wohen we talked to Feller, it rears its ugly head. Much to our of the building, to do so. On en- tape is quite comparable to a pit ~of quicksand-initiative and quickly dawned on us why he has surprise, there was no sex, no beer tering the penthouse, they -dis- progress are quickly entombed by it. such a large number of f ans. The sloshing, no directory of bars where covered several pieces of oddly made The Walker Memorial C~ommittee has, over the years, ac- equipment, including two lead and Iman is a natural comedian. In cumulated regulatory powers over a considerable segment of brass cylinders, one heavily pro- telling us the story of hi~, somewhat tected with lead bricks. They as- hectLic life, he couldn't resist jokinlg student life. This accumulation of power has also seen the Foozd Is Where sumed that the equipment had been about everything, even the more I gro~wth lof rules and regulations. At the present time the I deserted by the former occupants serious parts of his career. In the Walker Memorial Colmmittee's "Blue Book," a half-inch thick, I Ycou Find It of the shack, and proceeded to dis- latter category is the time he went I to work for $14.85 a week. Since it 81/9,'' x 11" notebook, contains the suim total of these laws. mantle it and store it on a shelf. Radium Handled by Students was a six- and not a seven-day i By WVILIAM VICINS The question which arises is not of the relative "goodness" week, Feller claims it wasn't too I Vnar tmelnq flipvtwhn rlaAkr on theP or "badness" lof these rules, but rather of their number and Drawing our inspiration from a installation of their radio equip- bad! His first job with WEEI was sadly neglected appetite, your re- ment, and had contacted :England from 12: 00 to 9: 00 . . . in the morn-- complexity. Someone has gone so far as to say that an enter- porter set out to discover previously I ing. He had from 5:00 to 6:00 "sto and Frxance before they received a untried culinary resorts. On a hbt prising graduate of Harvard Law School might set himself up rude shock in the form of a tech- do with what I wanted, and what tip from the comner bookie at theI as a specialist in W alker Memo~rial Committee regulations, and nician from Building 20. He in- did I do?-nuttin.' thereby make himself a tidy sum catering to' the undergraduate State House -and with mouth wat- formed them that the building, Dnuring the war Sherman wrote ering I wandered into Joe Venuti's activities. being away from everything, was two war Bond shows that toured Restaurant at 12 Carver Street,0 being used as a storehouse for ra- the country. He did the mousic and It would then seem that every eff ort should be made at the near the Boylston Street subway. dium, and that $2,000 worth of the lyrics while his friend G::ene :Dennis present time to simplify regulations, rather than add to the Chefs Charles Di Piero and Joseph valuable element had been stored wrote the book. However, he did "Blue Book." Those rules and restrictions which are deemed Du Bois do well by the inner man in pellets within the cylinders. The not let it go to his head and re- in preparing numerous tasty dishes. as necessary should be models of brevity and clarity. men were particularly worried when mained a Pfc. He claims the army The accent is on Italian food and declared a mo'ratorium on promo- The logical place for a start is with the Points System they discovered that they had been Venuti's proves to be, some of the handing the pellets themselves,t tions while he was in the service, best. Try the Marsalla with white which is due for further consideration by the Institute C~om- and that several friends had done A great part -o his success is due of egg beaten up in it to whet your mittee. Unlder the Points System a set number of points is 1the same. to his ability to get top-notch pert appetite. The combination turns awarded to individuals for all undergraduate -activity positions Bloodcounts performed by Hom- cs-nlaities on his program. Jean outI to be remarkably smooth. From] and for participation in sports, with no student allowed to 1berg on the menfwho hlad been inl Sablon, Guy Lombardo, The Three personali taste I stamp with ap- 1the shack most, howevier, provedl Suns, Art Mooney, Hazel Scott, and carry more than a predetermined number of points. proval. the Clams Napolitan for the 1normal, and Building 20 techniciansI Billy Gilbert are some of the head. appetizer. As we stated in the Walker Memorial Committee Consti- 1calculated that the maximum doseI liners that have appeared on Club As for the pocketbook, you can tution, "the purpose of the Points System shall be, 1. to en- (Continued on Page 4) Midnight.: t doI quite well at Venutils. Don't-ex- - cottrage for participation. in, activities by affording recog-nitio-n pectI to walk out without digging endeavor in this line. To this end lists of high point men shall into the wallet, but a good meal be published in The Tech from time to, time. 2. to protect ac- canI be obtained for -prime ranging tivities from having an executive whose other interests and du- fromI about $2.50. You can't go ties demand too much time to allow him to competently hold wrongI though, so next time you his office, and 3. to cur-tail and limit in some measure an in- feel like treating yourself to some reallyI good food or impressing the dividual in the number of responsibilities he may accept in the littleI woman tryL Venulti's. effort to spread this responsibility, and prevent any one man from being imposed u'pon in demands on his time which he may I not feel free to refuse:." Club '50 (Con~tinued from Page 1) Protection of activities and the limiting anld curtailment summers at the Berkshire Country of responsibilities is of major importance, an enforcement of Club in New York. Accenting the regulations in past years has seen several overpointed men smooth music varied with a com- relinquish positions. An important argument in favor of a bination of South American tempos, "9points system" is that it prevents the "pyramiding" of activity Dennis and his orchestra have pro- 'A -NA: s7M" f% or fofw rQ a t 'norf offices by a~n ambitious student, with each activity in turn re- mouth,-Harvard, Boston University, ceiving less and less attention. and Boston College. I The idea -of a "points system" is good, but previous opera- Reservations tion has shown the mechanics to be po~or. The great obstacle Reservations for tables at "Club is in the determination of the number of points to be awarded '50" may be made witch the pur- for various positions. One must make a compromise between' chase of tickets, and will be given the importance of an activity and the -amount lof work required on a "first come, first served" basis. by an executive obviously the two factors do not always glo Reservations for a table for six hand in hand. couples may be made by any individual purchasing a ticket by pre- The Institute Committee has diff erentiated between ac- senting a special form listing the tivities by an "A" and "B" classification.. A regulation pre- Imembers of his party. venting an individual from being the head of two Class A ac- The atmosphere of "Club '50" tivities would be the mo-st simple solution. will be semi-formal. Either tuxedos or dark business suits are suitable Here is as excellent situation f~or instituting a change tol for the men, while the girls will simple, yet efficient laws. be formal. iday, February 20, 1948 TIHE TECHI Page Thxm __

'rj 1~df~ -- I------4 Courtmen :Roll I BEAVE B)&t/ To 5043 Win - -' - - - I -- I FRIDA\Y, FEBRUARY 20 By KARL GOLDBERG Basketball-Varsity vs. Devens at Walker Memorial 8:00 Against Brown Between Tom Hudson, Publicity Manager of the Athletic Swimming-Varsity vs. Tufts at Medford-3:00 ssociation, and Ken Brock, Chairman of the M.I.T. Publicity Squash Varsity vs. Trinity at the Alumni Pool 4:80 Smooth Ball-Handling oommittee, there has been a lot of energy wasted oni sports SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Of Engineer Quintet Track-Varsity vs. Northeastern at Briggs Field 3:00 ublicity this past year. And when we speak of "publicity" Wrestling-Varsity vs. Williams at Williamstown-3:00 Decides Bruin Fate Oq,0 of the time we mean the newspaper reporting that Tech Fencing-Varsity vs. Boston University at BO.U.-2:00 Technology's hoopsters, showing las singularly lacked. Brock has had the power to contact WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 class and power, downed a highly utside sources of coverage, but he ha;sn't used it fully; Hudson Basketball-Varsity vs. Northeastern at Walker Memorial -:00 touted Brown quintet in Walker had the power and hasn't wanted it. He still doesn't, Hockey-Varsity vs. Brown at Providence-8:30 Mem orial gym last Wednesday asn't night by a 50-43 score. This win ven though it's become more and nmore obvious to everyone the jab of publicizing athletics. brings the Engineers' record to an oncerned that only the Athletic Publicity Manager can handle impressive seven victories against I I remain until - IY I And this status quo of inactivity is going to four defeats. someday, somebody with the power to do something about it is The Beavers had the game on ice IMSSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY going to wake up with a brilliant idea. after grabbing an early lead and CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS We have nothing against Hudson's bulletin boards or the holding it with points to spare. Exhibiting superb ball-handling iTHf MASSACHUSETTS INSTIMU3TE OFF TECHNOLOGY P.R.C.'s brochures. But we do think they are slightly worthless continual news- and a brilliant defense, the Tech offers the following Professional Courses: when compared with the accomplishments of quintet managed to gain a 23-12 paper coverage and features. count at halftime. School of Architecteare and Planning Perhaps the day of efficient Tech sports publicity is waiting Brown Scores First II Architecture City Planning just as the day of athletic After a slow start, Brown scored *; for a paid Athletic Publicity Director, School of Science expansion waited for the advent of an Athletic Director. first on a free toss, but thereafter 4the Engineers were never headed, Until then, we hardly think that it is too much to ask that Chemistry Options Pure and Applied Mathe. Tech's Jack Corrie caged two quick Food Technology matics those who no-w hold the power to publicize would exercise it. field goals with Bob Deutsch con- Foo Technology-Five-Year Course Applied Statistics I General Science Physical Biology verting from the foul line to give Geology Physics the Beavers an early 5-1 lead. Mathematics Quantitctive Biology ISquash Team Meets Trinity Brown knotted the count a few moments later. School of Engineering II A field goal by Bob Deutsch then Aeronutisal Enginering Electrical Engineering I-At Alumni' Pool Courts Today put M.I T. momentarily out in front, but once more the Providence men Building Erngireeieng and Options: Electric Power Technology's varsity squash team clashes with the Trinity College Construction Electrical racquetmen this afternoon at the Barbour Field house courts. Seven came back to even things up. After Options: Heavy Construction Communications mnen from each team -wili compete il the matches, which begin at 4 p.m. a Jim Madden two-pointer was nul- Light Contruction Electronic Applications Captain Stew Brauns, playing in the number one position, tops the lified by Smith, of Brown, Tech fi- Business and Engineering Electrical Engineering-Cooperative list of Beaver competitors. Other men who will wield varsity racquets nally pulled out in front for good. Administretioa Course are Crawford MacDonald, Tom Tight Defense competed in New York, and recently Courses: Based an Physical General Engineering Kelly, Gerry Marlio, Henry Warner, The Engineer defense was im- Sciences Mcarine Transportation played in a tournament of the top penetrable in the first half. Taking and Bob Auty. Jim Armington will Based an Chemslca Mechanical Engineering 16 players in the New England control of both backboards and us- Sciences probably fill the seventh spot. Options: General Mechanical area, although not winning. With ing a man-to-man defense to good Chemical E6gineering Engineering The outstanding racquetman of a record for the season of 11 wins advantage, Tech held the Bruins Chemical Engineering Practice Engineering Science the varsity team is Stew Brauns, and 4 losses, Brauns will be one of to- only four field goals during that who is seeded number one in the the four men who will play in the Civil Engineering Automotive Engineering period. In the second half the Massachusetts Squash Racquets M.S.R.A. tournament at Yale in Options: Theory and Design Mechanical Engineering. Beavers relented slightly but con- Planning and Cooperative Course Association "B" class. Brauns has March. tinued to maintain a seven to ten Administration Metallurgy point lead until the final buzzer. Constr-cfle In and Options: Metaillurgy M.I.T. BROWrN Management Engineering G F P G F P Mineral H1$rBRZ;fP]8~ S11J~Pg M@ Ig S C HE c T ICorri, rf 5 0 IOICooney, rf 1 2 4 Meteorology HARVARD SUMMER SGEOU R~orschach, rf 1 2 4IPaterno, Ig 1 1 3 Economics and Engineering Madden, If 2 2 61Smith, c 5 1 11 Naval Architecture and Marine AND EDUCATION KIorton, c 3 3 9ICorner, rg 5-- 212 Options: Human Relations OF ARTS, SCIENCES, Brown, c 1 0 21Provost, Lg 5 3 13 Industrial Economics Engineering Deutsch, rg 4 2 101 June 28 to August 21, 1948 Watson, Ig 3 3 9 The duration of eash of the above undergraduate Courses is four academic yews and Totals 19 12 50 Totals 17 9 43 leads to the Bachelor's degree with the following exceptions: Architecture, Marine Coedueatiannl O ALAS U.J^8sT-d-Assv w"WGoU1D~r Transportation, Food Technology (Flve-Year Coarse). Phyrdlci Riolazv. arnd {h. am, operative courses tn Ellectrical ECngineerlng and In MIechanical Engineering, which extend over a period of five years. In addition to the Bachelor's degree, the above Veterans may enroll unlder G. I. Bill five-year courses lead also to the 3Iaster's degree, with the exception of A-a'-zhltecture Wanted-__ borrow or rent, two bb and Mlarine Transportation whlch lead to the Bachelor's degree only. Dormitory Accommodations and Cafeteria Service rifles; toy, cork shooting pop guns, Graduate study, leading to the biaster's and Doctor's degrees, Is offered In Ceramls, In Sanitary ElngLneering, and In most Of the above professional Courses. (Engineering courses available in Graduate School or air rifles. Would like to know of A five-year Course Is offered whleh combines study in Engineertng or Sclence, and of Engineering Summer Term) Economics. This leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science In the professional field, I their cvailability before next Mondaey, and to the degree of blaster of Science In Economics and Engineering or Economics and XNatural Science. Address: Departmnent M, 9 Wadsworth House, Harvard February 23. C1all TR 6.8721 or For Iniormation about admlssion, communicate with the Erector of Admlsslons. Cambridge 38, Massachusetts Kl 7.1881 aftey 6 P.M. The Catalogue for the academic year will be sent fre on request. I University, I ______

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I I - ,- .- o 5,000 Letters Track At Briggs Bowdoin Defeats Military Backdrop Senior Biographies Ready Sextet 8-5, With Ebhlights Formal For Checking Next Week Flood N.Ssau Field Saturday Senior biographies pay be Period Spurt Decorations At Ball checked any time between 5:00 Northeastern and Tech will clash Last Foreign Students Seek and 6:00 p.m. in the Technique on the Briggs Field boards this Include MS Armaments Pen Pals in America A third period, five goal spurt by office next week from Tuesday Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. for Bowdoin, last AMonday night at the Its activities interrupted by the to Friday. Letters,--5,40 of them are the the first dual meet of the indoor Arena, forced the Tech howkey war, the Technology unit of Scab- cause of the present dilemma of track season. team to its seventh league defeat bard and Blade is about to return the Technology chapter of National A close contest is expected by by a score of 8-5. With only five to the social whirl by grace of a Student Association. Another 50,- Coach Oscar Hedlund, while Bob victories and but two games left formal dance to be held on Friday Featuring New Raleigh and Jr winn f 000 letters are in the nation's capi- Bowie, field event mentor, seems to with Boston College and Northeast- evening, February 27. The plans tal awaiting a request for them by think that Tech is a slight favorite. ern, the sextet has been virtually visualize almost 400 couples danc- Bicycles1I1 the local NS.S Little is known about the relative eliminated from the championship ing from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. to Also uosd hikes a low pmo jft The letters are from Germans and strength of the two teams, however, playoffs in March. the strains of the Techtonians. The Austrians, ages six to 80, who are BOSTON CYCLE CO. |6 since - aside from relays - the Tech got off to an early 3-0 lead dance is to be held in appropriately anxious to correspond with students sqllads have seen nob competition decorated Morss Hall 57 Dovwrq, Bostont : I when Bill Morris, Dan Lea and Pi colleges and univexsi- o -- -- -- ' ll- in American in the winter schedule as yet. Gerry W1alworth slapped in goals Prior to the war the annual Scab- ties. The American, British, French, bard and Blade Military Ball was I -~ ~ it.4 Carter in Hurdles to start what looked like- a Tech Ct and Russian zones of occupation axe considered one of the highlights of In the 45-yard high hurdles a runaway. $2.50 represented in the mail recently the social season at Technology. As Tuxedo's ... duel is expected between McFar. During the second {period, the SIngle & Double Breasted received by the NSA, there was no advanced MS organi- land, of Northeastern, and Carter, Polar Bears skated all around the Letters of General Interest zation in colleges during the war, Dress Suits ... $3.50 of Tech, with DYEntrement, of the Beaver sextet but through luck and By means of American-controled the company was deactivated tem- With White Vests Huskies, and Beaver Roy Roth the goal tending Of Jack Adams newspapers in Germany as well as porarily. However, with the recent To Rent & For Sale l rounding off the field. Potential failed to score. The only score of by the short-wave program, 'V\7oice reactivation of the advanced course starters in the 50-yard dash are the period came when Bowdoin was, of America," the American Military at the Institute, Scabbard and Blade Nominal Charge for All Accessories E McFarland and McDonald, of N.U., a man short, Captain Ed Thompson Government and the State Depart- is again making its bid for its and D~ell Isola, Ingraham, McIul- netting after stickhandling solo CROSTON & CARR CO. $ ment issued publicity in Germany previous position. lin, anid Drysdale for the home through the defense. RETAIL CLOTHIERS concerning the exchange of letters. The decorations for Morss HalU team. be- 72 Summer St., Boston E A perusal of the letters reveals In the final period Bowdoin will include various armament and Casey and Mar-tin will probably gabn to score with three quick goals IA neock 6-3789 E that interests of the senders include fight it out with Techmen Dell equipment from the Mb Depart- such subjects as technical matter, early in the session. Lea's nine- ment. Isola, Ingraham, Vitaglia~no, and teenth league goal, brought Tech sports, religion, nursing, and ste- Drysdale in the 300. A duel in the At intermission time the recently nography, to mention only a few. back into the game, midway initiated members will receive re-c- 600 is expected between the Huskies' the period but Bowadoin I It was also noticed that a slight through ognition of their membership In The First Church of Psyras and MWc~annl and the Bea- two majority of the letters were written soon1 put the game on ice with Scabbard and Blade. Christ. Scientist vers' Vitagliano and Inlgrahmu minute goals as the game in English and the remainder in last The dress for the dance is speci- Falmouth, Norway and St. Paul Sts. ended 8-5, Boston, Massachusetts German. Many of the senders in- Distance Runnlers I fled as either formal or military, Sunday Services 10,45 aum. and 7:30 Dominating the longer runs for p.m.; Sunday School 10:45 a.m.; Wedness- dicated a desire to correspond in day evening meetings at 7:30, which In- such languages as Spanish and Northeastern are standouts Kenyon clude testimonies of Christlan Science E Baseball healing. E French. and Billings. Holland, Henze, Simp- Varsity Reading Rooms--Free E. D. ABBOTT 90. to the Public, 3 MM l Contact NSA son,i H~unt, and Lobo is expected to All students interested in St.; 237 HuntSnLgtof. i aPR IN I Ss Ave. Little Building, All students or Institute employ- givre them a battle in the 1000 or participating on the projected Street Floor; i16 s one-mileI run, while Knapp, Noss, varsity baseball team this For AU1 Aeotritw And PraeraW 31vento Beaon Street, Coo00 ees who are interested in correst tdge Corner. Author- I 181 l ltt Aven uAeoae.Boston ponding should come to the NSA Tweit, and Cleworth are the Cardi- spring can sign up on the list P7. ized and approved One Block North of r.4ew's Rate literature on Chris- basement oL Walker nal and Grey entries in the two outside the Athletic Assocal- tlan Science may be office in the XENONw 4051 or ax77 read or dbUtaied. mile. tion office, room 3-107. .. _~~~~~ Memorial in order to make a per- I I ILE mw ~ ------__ ,,,, I -- a rt sonal choice of correspondent. Of- - - -- k c fice hours are 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Mondays and 4:00 to 6:0o pm. on other weekdays. Radium (Contintued from Page E) that could have been received by the group was no more than a nor- I: mal clinical dose. The radium was being used to nelp calibrate luml- nous instrument dials in experi- 4--_ i..+-nt;^9 I.. - Trs.^ ma- zAP II ffofml IL .=, ML C41 %,U"`-"% VUA - J - ofA d' U..___ F__qi _p the Division of Industrial Coopera- I ME Be= tion wyorking in connection with Professor J. R. Zacharias. The tech- nicians using the element were in the habit of coming over the roofs up There soones from Building 20 often to use it. The heavy snow had kept them from doing this until Monday when they discovered the radio equipment. No Warnings According to Farnsworth, there were no signs of any sort warning of dangerous radio activity, and the door to the shack was unlocked. The room had an unused aspect, and from the nature of its construction and the disconnected UP WHERE the ceiling's unlimited and the electrical equipment had probably been used for radar research. The horizon's as wide as the world! Up where there's radium itself was in small platinum freedom and adventure -and a man can dare to do pellets about an inch long and 1/16 what no mlsan's done before! inch thick. When^ the tecllnicians| started looking for the radium, they You're on your way up there when you join the discovered one of the pellets miss- Aviation Cadets. After.a year's pilot training, it's ing, but found it under a table after a hurried search with a Gieger silver wings for you-and a commission as Second counter. Lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force Reserve. Freshman Athleltics You are eligible if you're single, between 20 and (Continued from Page 1) 26V2, and have completed at least half the require felt that "The Freshman protest did for a degree from an accredited college or accomplish something for the ments school by causing the faculty to university (or can pass an equivalent qualifying reconsider the advisability of con- examination). tinuing the compulsory athletic program, which the majority of the You'll fly the very best planes dunrng your 12 freshman class felt was not a good months of pilot training. Then, after graduation, thing. It is unfortunate," he said, yo'll 1 - -k-, A-A ^ ,011 y pilot jet nfgll: erS andi VVL11Uer. AL.5 you' g. "that the class of ;95i Will h-ave AW iiu remain guinea pigs in this experi- a starting salary of $336 a month. During your three ment.' years on active duty you'll be given a chance to win Geiger Comments Ivan J. Geiger, Director of Ath- a commission in the Regular Air Force. letics, in commenting on the de- alert young cision declared that the situation This is a priceless opportunity for is not changed but merely clarified. men .vith the urge to C2arve their future in American There is a certain amount of gen- aviation. Ask for details at your U. S. Army and U. S. eral educational opportunity offered to Head- in the athletic program that is not Air Force Recruiting Station. Or, write offered elsewhere at the Institute. quarters, U. S. Air Force, Attention: Aviation Cadet Certainly there will be a few that Section, Washington7z5, D. C. will not be reached by the program but the majority despite the seem- U.L ARMY AND U.L AOR FORCE RECRUITING SERVIk ing compulsion of the athletics will derive real benael; from it in the way of increased athletic interest and ability.