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For 48 Years of M. I. T. g Vol. XLIX-No. 21 CAMBRIDGE, NIASS., MONDAY, MARC:H 25, 1929 Price Five Cents g

St l,,S ldm ml. CARNI4-"WVA Ki kg CIRCUS SET SECURIED 7 0 Z I . Purified Voo Doo Has :} GYM~I TEALS~ TIES COMM~6NJCITTEE GETS s I New General Manager t he5 I He NAVY~ IN6 ANNUA~L BRObFESSION ALS D § TV tz DJ[EET OF Ei Io GI Lo U I CARNIVAIL TENTS` s I RS A rthur Whiting Clean Humor Is I v FIRSTS ARE ONLY SID)E SHOWS, CANE S Hi f SCORING PLACES] To Present Final Voo Doo Feature RACKS, AND AMONEY in Concert Tomnorrow In Purity Issue a IN TOURNAMENT WHEELS PROVIDED R tE Reynolds Takes Championship on] Emirnent Modern Interpreter of Institute Commnittee, THE TECH, Ferris Wheel, Merry-Go-Round iz Rings While Wells Wins I MIusic Will be Assisted l Harvard, and Spring All Provided for Amusement X,is on Horizontal String Quartet Furnish Laulghs Of the Freshmen

WIN SECOND IN TUMBLING| Mr. Arthur Whiting, eminent' "My strength is as the strength of 30,000 TICKETS PRINTED modern interpreter of music, will giveI ten, because my heart is pure" seems TV, to be the maxim of the "Purgity Nuthe From advanced information which i Technology divided first placel to Technology students and Faculty, I L the fifth and final concert of his .er"of Voo Doo, which goes on the leaked out from the plans of the All- if honors with the champion Navy team{ I stands today. A colorful picture of Technology Carnival Committee it l at Philadelphia in the Eastern Inter- series in Room 10-250 tomorrow even- one of Sir Galahad's contemporaries was learned last night that final ar- collegiate Gymnastic League's annual ing at 8:15 o'clock. He will be as- on the front cover carries ou1 therangements have been made by M a! meet on Saturday. Both teams took I Or sisted by the New York String motif. Although its new raiment is Richard Boyer, '29, chairman of the I y two first places. Dartmouth, Uni- i Charles T. Dwight '30 . v ersity of Chicago, and New York Quartet. II far from s~ensational, its quality is committee, forthe use of all the equip- I ,.' University were next in line with one The personnel of the Quartet in- II excemurent. an uhcohdyugment of an old carnival company A demure and much-clothed young which was stranded in Boston last I R firs' each. The teams competing in cludes Mr. Ottokar Cadek, first violin; lady standing on a cake of Ivory soap I .D the meet Nvere: M.I.T., Army, Navy, DORMITORIES PLAN is Mr. Jaroslar Sisovsky, second violin; invitingly summons the readers on to :: weresummer. in the re-ular carnival will be .v Princeton, Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, the mysteries beyond, which includes, > Rutgers, Temple, N. Y. U., Chicago, Mr. Lud 7ik Schwab, viola; and Mr. stories of heaven, of Harvard, and of : set tip and running on the night of ,. A SPRING SMOKER April 12 twhen the ~All-Technologyy McGill, and the University of Toronto. Bedrich Vaska, violincello. In the' the Institute Committee, not to mell- Carnival gets under way. Sledge ., Technology's first places -were won course oi< its many concerts in New Keith-Albee Artists Will Do tion THEtion TCH.TECH. HE Thehe atart *\or;wok ishammeris {Cria ringersesudrxa.Seg which will test the on the horizontal bar by Wells and on II very good, and the number of jokes York and other cities the New York withgo oint is as couldboys' strength will be running along z! the rings by Reynolds. Adamson on Erntertaining at Campus without a point is as low as could wt oe hes aercs n the side horse and Galbraith in the String Quartet has established a be expected. ~~with money wheels, cane racks, and II Get-Together be expected. side shows. Even the tents of the '.' rope clim~b woon the two Navy first reputation which gives it a large fol- The influence of onghopef stranded company will be set up in r places. Moore of Technology, took lowing in musical circles. They were its dastardly influence on one hopefulteAroy third on the side horse. Dolloff took Another dormitory smoker will . secured to play here through the co- gather the campus dwellei s together contributor-, who bulrsts forth in un- IMeasurements are bein-s made of second in tumbling losing out to Gould operation of the Institute Corporation. restrained verse on this subject, not Me sulement are being mad of of Dartmouth. In the all-around com- for a good time in Prospect Hall this .'.' In their program tomorrow evening, Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. forgetting forettngsulfurulfr adand molassesmlases andArmoryndopening through which theto findferris an L; petition, Wells took fourth place. the Quartet and Mr. Whiting will pre- spring cleaning orgies. One decidedly , The committee in charge of the affair , Wells Wins on Bar sent the following selections: promises a snappy entertainment helpful feature is a directory of sull wheel and merry-go-round will pass. her camlps par excellence, and also The committee is now considering the . On the horizontal bar Wells made STRING QUARTET which will be followed by a delectable merpa anis exelleceand lsodifficulties of transportation and con-- i a comeback against Hughes of Navy repast. an employment bureau for those re- struction a nd tosu ',Fz and beat him out for first place. Last Ravel, 1875-Quartet, F. Major As is the custom, prizes will be ceivihg" Vote, 12. Alto-ether, this struction, realising that to set up all Lveek Hughes won from Wells in the I Modere offered to those whose numbers win number is xvell worth leading, and their equipment in one day will be i,; Navy meet. In the all-around com- in the raffle and these prizes are holds its head high among college quite a task. Special care will be .. II Assez vif humorous publications. taken to put up substantial stands for petition, Wells did good work and III Tres lent always worth winning. The enter- the various exhibits. With the regu- .,, took fourth place. Mexies of Chicago tainers are coming fron the Keith- lar carnival equipment it is hoped to won first place while Hughes of Navy IV Vif et agite Albee Theatre and the pictures of '; and Poole of Army took second and CHEMISTS WILL HEAR make the affair more of a success than K STRING QUARTET AND the stars will be posted in the office in previous years with the improvised It third places respectively. of the dormitories sometime in ad- "STORYq BF ASB~FESTPIOS" imitations. All construction is to be , Oj . In tumbling Dolloff took second PIANOFORTE . vance. done by carnival workers who are fa- place in spite of the fact that he Brahms, 1833-1879-Quintet, F. minor The dormitory tax, which is col- l stepped off the mat once. He lost op. 34 lected by the Institute, is used to IGerald W. Blakely '14, to Give miliar with that type of work. l -out to Gould by eighteen points. When I Allegro non troppo pay for the smoker. At the same time _ 2__ c -)_f Tickets Are Printed ; Lecture 15etore bociety + Galbraith of Navy won the rope climb II Andante, un poco adagio it is rumored that Messrs. Bridge and The tickets have been printed and he did not make as good time as he Pung will give another party some received from the press. The com- zs III Allegro (Scherzo) l did against Technology the previous time next month. No definite plans At a special meeting of the M. 1. T. mittee expects a record breaking week. Last week be made it in the IV Poco sostenuto-Allegro non have been made yet but it will be Chemical Society which will be held crowd in attendance and has taken the XP world's record time of 4 2-5 seconds troppo similar to the one given last fall. in the North Hall of Walker Memorial, precaution of printing 30,000 tickets. : while this week he made it in 4 4-5 Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, a The tickets are a standard theatrical seconds. two reel film on "The Stor y of As- type, yellow in color with five cents :ew- On the sicse horse Moore's first bestos" will be shown by L. E. Cush- printed in red across the face. These series was one of the best there. in Problems of Industrial Chemistry man of the Johns-Manville, Inc. This will be sold on the carnival lot only his second series he broke several will be accompanied by a talk on at booths to be operated by the com- times but in spite of this took third Being Investigated at Institute asbestos by Gerald W. Blakely '14, mittee. They will be sold in strips to place. Fairchild, slipped on the horse technical expert of the con-lpany. the students who will present them to during his first series for rather a Laboratory of Applied Chemistry| For the past 17 years the laboratory Asbestos products from the crude to (Continued on Page 4) ,7 bad fall and was thus put out of the has devoted a part of its time to the the finished materials will be on dis- running. Making Contribubtions to play. Everyone is invited to attend study of the rate of corrosion. The jPLANS FSOR RUSHING Witzig of N. Y. U., who won first Many Industries initial problems of this work were the the meeting. place on the parallel bars, was a mem- formulating of the theory and mech- This film is of nmore than ordinary TO BE CONSIDERED bver of the 1928 United States Olympic anism of corrosion, for at that time local interest because a great deal of Team. It is interesting to note that (This is the third of a series of fea- the development of asbestos products very little fundamental work had been At a meeting of the Interfraternity .· (Continued on Page 3) tures articles describing the work pro- has been done in connection with the gressing in the many interesting labora- done on the subject. These investi- Institute for a long time. For nearly Conference held last week it was de- tories and experiment stations in the gations led to the publication of sev- twenty years Professor Charles L. ,ided to appoint a committee to in- LIBERAL CLUB WILL Institute. Wlatcfh for more of these eral articles and indirectly to several Norton of the Physics Department vestigate the advisability of a rush- learn to know Technology.) textbooks on the theory of corrosion ing plan to be used next year. John HEiAR GIVLER SPEAK which now serve as a basis for this has been interested in the manufac- ture of materials of this sort, and has D. _11cCaskey '29, chairman of the com- Research problems of considerable phase of chemical engineering. been associated with the actual manu- mittee selected Phietus H. Holt '30, At a meeting of the Liberal Club Effect of the constituents of steel Edwirn V. Ware '29, and Ralph B. At- industrial importance are being on its colarosion was next studied. facture of these products. The first to be held Thursday afternoon Pro- asbestos shingles and boards, such as kinson '29, to assist him. The com- fessor Givler of Tufts University will$Iworked on in the Research Labora- Other early investigations included mittee will look into the advisability methods for improving galvanizin- manufactured by the Johns- Manville speak on the "Psychological Problemsl tory of Applied Chemistry. Many Company, were made in the labora- of havin- definite rules for rushing ,of Youth." Professor Richard G. and plating processes. :: ffchemical industries, manufacturing tories of Technology by Professor next year and will investigate the i Tyler will preside. It has been an-}lconcerns, and trade associations make Now Testing Cast Iron Corrosion Norton and his assistants, and many methods used at other colleges to con- 'nounced that Mr. Gardner Jackson}luse of the facilities of this laboratory Present investigation in the field of of the other uses to which asbestos trol the fraternities during this sea- Will speak at a meeting of the club} by a co-operative arrangement for the corrosion is that of the effect of has been put were developed in the son. A repolt 'ill be made at the in the near future. As usual the meet- Isolution of the more fundamental Cambridge w ater on cast iron pipe. same way. next meeting of the Conference, April ing will be open to everyone interest-| |types of problems of industrial chem- This problem directly affects many 9. ed.} istry. Such close contact with indus- manufacturing and public utility com- COPITHORNE TO READ try has greatly aided the laboratory panies in this vicinity. Samples of T.C.A. BOYS' WORK F:LAGS FLY AT HALF- [in accomplishing its primary 'aim cast iron pipe are taken from found- MASEFIElLD'S WORKS; [which is the training of men in meth- ries in all parts of the country, chem- LEADE:R HERE TODAY MAST TO HONOlR FOCH] ods of industrial research. ically analyzed, and placed on cor- As the last of his readings from the |Organized in 1908 under Dr. Wil- r osion test. 'the effect of foundry works of famous authors for this Mr. Duncan Russel who is leading Flags at the Institute were flown] Iliam H. Walker to carry on research practice and of silicon and sulfur con- semester, Professor Matthew R. Copi- the boys' work of Boston, is coming at half-mast yesterday in honor ofXin technical chemistry, this laboratory stituents in the material on the rate thorne of the English Department will to the office of the T. C. A. to discuss Marsbal Fochj commander-in-chief of |has gre wn, become a part of the later of corrosion are particularly under ob- offer a group of selections from the the problems of the 26 Technology the Allied Armies during the Worldl Iorganized Department of Chemical servation. works of John Masefield. This read- students who have spent some of 'War, who died last Wednesday after-l |Engineering, and at present has a staff Of great value to an entire industry ing will be held in the library of their time in boy scout working and noon. A decree was issued by Iof six research associates and twenty- were the recently completed corrosion WValler Memorial at 5 o'clock this leading young boys in their activities. 'Governor Allen requesting thatI nine research assistants. The direc- tests on refrigeration systems. These afternoon. These readings have been The meeting will be at 5 o'clock today 'municipalities, schools, and otherl ltor is now Professor Henry O. For- investigations have resulted in a large given on Monday afternoons throulh- and the, members of the freshman organizations pay tribute in this man-l Irest and the assistant director is Pro- reduction of the corrosion in the mech- out the term as a memorial to 'Wil- cabinet and those who have been doing ner. |fessor Per K. Frolich. (Continued on Page 4) liam Eastman Jr. '17. the boys' work should be present. Friday, March 22, 1929 Paxe Four THE TECH - -- I- I - _I- - ---

Ii , GREAT REVIVALIST NOTICES and ANNOUNCEMENTS IH.M. LANE DOES i New Voo Doo Clothed THRILLS AUDIENCE min Virgin Innocence TELEVISION WORK!l - I (Continued from Page 1) Of General Interest With the idea of giving the stu- assumes devotion toward God. The Extreme Frequenc ies Presente dents of the Institute something novel, speaker admitted that if he couldn't Many Difficulties in Phosphorous has announced that the pray he would go wrong in tel nlin- The Helium Spectrum 1Prof. W. lHeisenberg "Purity Number" of Voo Doo will be Operation utes. Friday, March 22, 4 P.M., Room 10-250 on sale Monday. The Voo Doo Sum- 'One of his many illustrations of the mer Camp Guide, the suggestion of a influence of his talks on people was Professor W. Heisenberg, Director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics (Continued from Page 1) sorority for the co-eds of Technology. the example of a student at Cam- of the University of Leipzig, will give the fourth lecture in the series on a take-off on Philo Vance and the bridge, England who had his wall cov- "Recent Developments in Quantum Mechanics". The subject of the lecture mission the unsolved problems relate great mysteries which he is called ered with pictures and drawings that will be "The Helium Spectrum". to specific parts of the apparatus upon to solve, a full page cartoon of "his mother shouldn't see."' A friend The lecture is open to students and members of the instructing staff. which give unsatisfactory perform- life in the big shops where graduates of this fellow put a crucifix on the of the Institute often find themselves, ance. Synchronizing and monitoring wall and by the influence of the some jokes of a tone somewhat dif- friend's contribution the wall was soon Experimentation Dr. Ing. Theodor Rehbock of the scanning disk is still imperfect. ferent than have been appearing in cleared of its abhorence. Hydraulic amplification with no distor-1 this magazine, and the usual number at 22, 2 P.M., Room 5-330 High " He is not a man who sneers Friday, March tion has not been satisfactorily ac- of age old puns constitute this issue. another" was the opinion of the speak- when he tried to convince the audi- Dr. Ing. Theodor Rehbock, Professor of Hydraulics at the Technische complished. Much refinement and } er lectures on "Hy- ence that under no condition should Eochschule of Karlsruhe, Germany, will deliver a series of "fool-proofing" is necessary.| one ever try to rob another of his draulic Experimentation". The second lecture will be on "Water movement: Some of these problems are being i{GL EE ClLUB PRESENTS and Hydraulic purity. In regard to this policy the Lamina Turbulent and Shooting Flow" and "Water Currents investigated at the Institute by Mr., CONiCElRT NEXTlWEEK speaker gave examples of men with Rollers". The lectures will be illustrated by moving and still pictures. Henry M. Lane, instructor in elec- whom he had come in contact who had The lecture is open to students and members of the instructing staff. trical engineering. .The greater part misled others and repented it on their of the experiments have been in ref- With the rehearsal held yesterday Hall, the Tech- death bed. erence to the development of high- afternoon at Jordan Maternal love and its influence on Evolution Prof. Kirtley F. Mhather gain amplifiers of uniform amplifica- nology Glee Club practically com-' the concert boys who are or have gone wrong was Saturday, March 23, 9 and 12 o'clock, Room 5-330 tion characteristics. This is difficult pleted its preparations for revived many times by the influence Professor Kirtley F. Mather of Harvard will speak Pon "Evolution" at because of the wide range of fre-I -- -- giv-en in combination with the of the speaker. He encouraged those the lecture hour in English and History E22. quencies that must be used in tele-i jMcDowell Club at Jordan Hall next who are away from home to write and members of the instructing staff. vision transmission and the disastrous! IWednesday afternoon. The concert The lecture is open to students Mr. more often and cheer their mothers effect of the slightest distortion of}}will be under the direction of by fond devotion. the incoming signal.| IWilliam :Ellis Weston, coach of the The T. C. A. secured the speaker Meetings of Eastern College Personnel Officers , Glee Club and of the McDowell Club. Researchi of the Technolo- after being once refused, due to his Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23 M.I.T. Television iAn extra rehearsal avalanche of invitations to speak at A complete transmitting and re- Igy Club will be held Monday after- various places. The T. C. A. commit- Group Discussion Meetings on Personnel Problems. Full information |noon in Roots 2-190 at five o'clock. toward ceiving apparatus has been built by l been tee then exerted their efforts regarding topics, time and place oI meetings may be had at the Personnel Mr. Lane. The output of the t11rans-I ITickets for the concerft have showing him that his visit here would Office or the Undergraduate Employment Bureau. Igiven to each member of the Clubs, mitter is coupled directly to the re- none for sale, be well received. The crowd in Room The meetings are open to students and members of the instructing staff ceiver to eliminate as far as possi- ![and although there are 10-250 proved the fact and showed who are interested. seats may be secured at three o'clock ble all variations from other sources' to how the speaker could draw immense The set-| on Wednesday when the concert is crowds wherever he went. while studying the amplifier. be given. R. Copithorne up is so arranged that the experi-} the numbers which the Glee Poetry Reading Professor M. menter serves as the subject being Among March 24, 5 P.M., Walker Library Club will render with the McDowell Monday, televised while viewing the received' Club are, Erane's 150th Psalm, Von of the English Department will present the image. 11 and Jerusalem. T EPERTO RY Professor M. R. Copithorne was necessary IHolst's Psalm XCIII last of his series of poetry readings; Selections from the works of John Much experimenting They will also sing Ave Verum by Mo- Back Bay 7'000 in constructing the outfit in order to I H Eves. 8:15. Masefield will be the subject. zart, the number the Club sang in the IE f latsv. Thurs.. Sat. 216 members of the instructing staff are invited to attend. secure a stable transmitter and pow- Intercollegiate contest. Students and er supply. Since this has been corm Last 5 Times of THE pleted research is now almost entirely confined to the development of am-[ Calendar plifiers. Several have been designed,; FRESHMEN TO HOLD NEW HENRIETTA the one under investigation at pres-' DANCE AT SOMERSET Seats: Filene, Jordan, Sheprard. Gilchrist 22 ent consisting of four stages of re- Friday, March tubes and 3:00-A. I. E. E. Open Discussion Meeting, Room 10-275. sistance coupled high mu Arrangements for the Freshman Heisenberg, two stages low mu, giving an ampli-| social event of 4:00-Fourth Lecture on Quantum Theory by Professor Werner times. Plans Promenade, the chief For College Parties Room 10-250. fication of one million the year for the class of 1932, have are being completed for a circuit dance 5:00-Freshman Rules Committee Meeting, West Lounge, Walker, Saturday, tubes been made by the freshman I -small or large, The Modernistic utilizing the Western Electric committee. The dance will take place guests. The March 23. used in Vitaphone installations. Ballroom. for 300 Saturday, March 23 at Hotel Somerset on the evening of I Sun Room-accommodates 100. Measurement and comparison of theI Reis- 2:00-Lacrosse Team practice, Tech Field. byl Friday, April 5, featuring Leo The Jewel Room-for 50 to 75, various amplifiers is accomplished man's Orchestra. EGYP- Rifle meet, Varsity vs. Navy at Annapolis. observation of the received image and may be opened into the Eastern Intercollegiate Gym League Championship Meet, at Uni- by electrical computations.| In order to prevent "crashing" at TIAN ROOM for dancing to Leo versity of Pennsylvania. the dance, the Newbury St. entrance Reisman's music. of the hotel has been reserved by the Monday, March 25 dance committee for exclusive use Call or wrizte 5:00-M. I. T. A. A. Meeting, Committee Room, Walker. CARNIVAL COMMITTEE during the evening by patrons of the 6:00-Alumni Council Dinner Meeting, Faculty Dining Room, Walker. affair. The tickets will be sold at Hotel BRUNS ICK Tuesday, March 26 CONSIDERS PROTEST $2.50 per couple or stag, and will be for particulars 5:00-Banjo Club Meeting, East Lounge, Walker. available beginning next Monday 5:00-Glee Club Meeting, Room 10-250. At a meeting of the Carnival Com-| either in the main lobby and at the Wednesday, March 27 Imittee last evening in Walker Rogers Building, or from any fresh- 7:00-Chemical Society Smoker, North Hall, Walker. IMemorial a formal protest was entered man officer or member of the dance Thursday, March 28 Iin the form of a letter written to the| committee. who are unable to obtain 5:00-Banjo Club Meeting, East Lounge, Walker. Committee by T. E. N. claiming that| Freshmen w Room, Walker. ,Ithis former organization and not THE| partners for the dance will be ac- 6:00-Italian Club Smoker, Faculty Dining by the Smoker, North Hall, Walker. ITECH, should be allowed to operate| commodated, upon request, SIMPLEX 7:30-VI-A committee in charge. In the words March 30 la bar individually at the coming I Saturday, reasons: Iof one of the -committeemen, "It is Meeting, East Lounge, Walker. Carnival, for the following WIRES AND CABLES 5:00-Banjo Club Ifirst, that in past years T. E. N. hasI |expected that the freshman class, the Monday, April 1 Irun the bar in connection wvith THE !only one in twelve years to capture 5:00-M. I'.:T. A. A. Meeting, Committee Room, Walker. ITECH, secondly that the bar was| |Field Day, will continue to show its Tuesday, April 2 Ipreeminence by making its largest |originally the idea of the T. E. N. success 5:00-Banjo Club Meeting, East Lounge, Walker. Imanagement, and thirdly that in pre-! Isocial affair an unusual 5:00-Glee Club Meeting, Room 10-250. Ivious yars, when the bar had been , through hearty patronage". INGUI-ftTED WITH RLuINU managed mainly by THE TECH the| Wednesday, April 3 PAPMR OR VARNISHIE 7:30-Chemical Society Smoker, North Hall, Walker. lbar had -not been satisfactorily co'n-! ISA.E. WILL HEPR |ducted. The Carnival Committee has i Friday, April 5 MR. JOHN F. DUBY CAMBRIC 9:00--Freshman Promenade, Hotel Somerset. Itaken this matter under advisement,| 8:30-Dorm Dance, Walker. |and will decide the point at a meeting l next Friday evening.l Mr. John F. Duby, of the J. F. iuby Co., manufacturers of wheel- l ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~iIialigning instruments, has consented Undergraduate ito speak before the Society of Auto- CHI BOWLERSX ever-present SENIORS ITHETA motive Engineers on the X11 I~l'JlrRE&CABE( } II SENIOR ENDOWMENT and perplexing question of wheel MANUFACTURERS1E Information on the Senior Endow- A representative of the general |WIN CHAMPIONSHIPI The ad- alignment on automobiles. 2O0 DEVONSHIRE STREET ment plan can be ,secured in Room Railway Signal Company of Roches- I ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~dress will be given in Room 3-270 at IIn a match for the interfraternity' BOBTON 3-213 at any time. ter, N. Y. will be at the Institute to- three o'clock this afternoon. He will Ibowling championship held last Wed-llexplain the geometry of sterring CHICAGO BAN FRANCISCO day to interview Seniors who are in- |nesday night at the Fenway Alleys, ! 11 SENIOR WEEK COMMITTEE problems and what the effect of the NEW YoRK CL:VCULAD terested in electrical signal work. betweenI two four men teams repre- necessary compromises are caster, There will be a meeting of the Exe- JACABONVILLN cutive Committee of the Senior Week Candidates should schedule an ap- senting Theta Chi Fraternity and Phi camber, and toe-in will be discussed Committee in the Executive Commit- pointment in the Personnel Office, Mu Delta, Theta Chi came out on top, with relation to their shimmying. tee Office 5 o'clock today. 1 Room 3-M2. outseorinx their opponents hy three I After the address Mr. Duby will an- to one. After taking the first string, } swer any questions the students may Phi Mu Delta was decisively beaten in I have in regard to the subject. third, I the second and barely lost the I - - -- - II , I ------r the total being 1084 to 987 in favor of I I I I -· Theta Chi. M~T-- iii - UNDERGRADUATE| NEW SHOES for SPRING ob- | All lacrosse candidates should our most popular tain lockers in the Track House or: We have taken HIHangar Gym and report for practice I and outstanding young man's Tech Field tomorrow at 2 o'clock. I $11.00 oxford of the past season |at as a model and have turned out a beautiful light weight shoe for I ~~SENIORS Motor spring which is pre-eminently IA representative of the Nash smart and high grade. ICompany of Milwaukee will be at the! |Institute this afternoon to interview They are executed in a new rich Seniors. Students who are interested ' Ah;;; \ shade of tan, and in fine velvety |should schedule an appointment in \lack calfskin. Ithe Personnel Office, Room 3-212. &Speciali~ values Specially priced. ·- -- I L -L· XStyle 966 Black al0 ENJOY THIE SPRING Style 967 Tan SOCLAL SEASON In the Best Cars at the Ite allow. a sj ecial 121/2 % discount to Tecli Lowest Rates Students on all cash sales at our list prices U-DRYVIT AUTO RENTAL asIlb lCI O-A-M 6 Belvidere Street Boston Ii tlBreIR .0 "sA d·~se~~iaO _ : ON ' I - -- - _ _ I! C r r r ,r r ,r ,r A Record of ,r-r offEicial~

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WIN SECOND IN TUAMBLINVG Mr. Arthur Whiting, eminent "My strength is as the strength of 30,000 TICKETS PRINTED modern interpreter of music, will give i ten, because my heart is pure" seems to Technology students and Faculty I to be the maxim of the "Purity Num- From advanced information which . Technology divided first placea i ber" of Voo Doo, which goes on the leaked out from honors with the champion Navy team(I the fifth and final concert of his the plans of the All- s stands today. A colorful picture of Technology Carnival Committee . at Philadelphia in the Eastern Inter- series in Room 10-250 tomorrow even- it J one of Sir Galahad's contemporaries collegiate Gymnastic I was learned last night that final ar- League's annual ing at 8:15 o'elocl;-. He will be as-| on the front cover carries out the langenents have been made by M. . meet on Saturday. Both teams took.1 two first places. Dartmouth, Uni- sisted by the New York StringI motif. Although its new raiment is Richard Boyer, '29, chairman of the Charles T. Dwight '30 far from sensational, its versity of Chicag~o, and New Yorkc Quartet.I I quality is committee, for the use of all the equip- University were next in line with onea I . The personnel of the Quartet in- A demure and much-clothed young ~~~~~mentnhich ovasof an stranded old carnivalin Boston company l first each. The teams competing inI last : cludes Mr. Ottokar Cadek, first violin; a lady standing on the meet wvere: M.I.T., iDORlMITORIES a cake of Ivory soap w asummerssra the attractions which Army, Navy, PLTAN invitingly summons the readers on toAll the aracarns Princeton, Pennsylvania, Dartmouth,II Mr. Jaroslav Sisovsky, second violin;I which Mr. Lud zik Schwab, viola; and Mr' the mysteries beyond, which includes, set up and running on the night of Rutgers, Temple, N. Y. U., Chicag o. iASPRING SMOKER 'I stories of heaven, of Harvard, McGill, and and of |'urh Apr 12 n the nigY . the University of Toronto. Bedrich Vaska, violincello. In the)i I theInsitteommtte, ot o en-1 pril 12 when the ~All-Technology Technology's first I .' places were won course of its many concerts in Newv the ItiTHtTECHC. mithee anrt Ntork 1 Carnival gets under way. Sledge . on the horizontal bar by Wells and on I Keith-Albee Artists Will Do York and other cities the New York vert good, and the number of jokes boys' seth will be running along . I . the rings by Reynolds. Adamson on Entertaining at Ca rpus the side horse and G~albraith in the String Quartet has established a| wilthout ta dpoint is as loss as could with nioney wheels, cane racks, and rope climb woon the two Navy firstt reputation which gives it a large fol- IGet-Together beexeced side shows. Even the tents of the m places. Moore of Technology, tookII The influence of spring has worked srne opn ilb e pi . lowing in musical circles. They were| Another dormitory smoker will its dastardly influence on one hopeful stranedAr ompnry.lbestp third on the side horse. Dolloff tookc secured to play here through the co- contributor, second in tumbling losing out to GouldI gather the campus dwellers together who bur sts for th in un-'Mauentarbin mdeo operation of the Institute Corporation.| for a good time in Prospect Hall this restrained verse on this subject, not Maueet r en aeo of Dartmouth. In the all-around com- In their program tomorrow evening; no e~~~~~~~th doorsu> admlses at the Armory to find an petition, Wednesday evening at 7 :t) o'clock. Wells took f ourth place. the Quartet and Mr. Whiting will pre- spring cleaning orgies. One decidedly opnn truhwhc hefri The committee in charge of the affair helpf fetr is a diecor of su wheel and Wells Wins on Bar sent the following selections:| promises a snappy entertainment merry-go-round will pass. s On the horizontal bar Wells made iner camps par excellence, and also The committee is now considering the STRING QUARTET| which will be followed by a delectable aeployetbra o ths e dficutie of transportation and con- : a comeback against Hughes of Navy r repast. : and beat him out for first place. Last II Ravel, 1875-Quartet, F. Major | ceivibg Vote, 12. Alto-ether, this struction, realising that to set up all As is the custom, prizes will be . .1. l > l- ' ltheir equipment in . week Hughes won from Wells in the I Modere number is woell worth reading, and qieats.Seilcr one day will be . offered to those whose numbers win ilb Navy meet. In the all-aroulnd com- II Assez vif| in the raffle and these prizes holds its head high amiong, college qleats pca aewnb : ale humoroupublictions. taken to put up substantial stands for petition, Wells did good work and I always worth winning. The enter- +' III Tres lentI t hne various exnhDibs. kvltn the regu- took fourth place. Mexies of Chicago tainers are coming from -the Keith- II won first place while Hughes of Navyr IV Vif et agite| I lar carnival equipment it is hoped to Albee Theatre and the pictures of Imake the affair more of a success than and Poole of Army took second and I the stars will be posted in the office CHEMISTS WILL HEAR w third places -respectively. S;TRING QUARTET AND | I in previous years with the improvised of the dormitories sometime in ad- "STORY imitations. All construction is to J OF ASBNESTOS" be . In tumbling Dolloff took second I PIANOFORTE vance. ., place in spite of the fact that he I Brahms, 1833-1879-Quintet, F. minor| done by carnival workers who are fa- The dormitory tax{, which is col- miliar with that type of work. . stepped off the mat once. He lost op. 34 lected by the Institute, is used to Gerald W. Blakely 'I 4, to Give e out to Gould by eighteen points. When L I Allegro non troppo pay for the smoker. At the same time Tickets Are Printed .' 0 Lecture Before Society Galbraith of Navy won the rope climb II Andante, un poco adagio it is rumored that Messrs. Bridge and The tickets have been printed and 'he did not make as good time as be III Allegro (Scherzo) Pung will give another party some received from the press. The com- did against Technology the previous time next month. No definite plans At a special meeting of the M. I. T. mittee expects a record breaking week. Last week he made it in the IV Poco sostenuto-Allegro non have been made yet but it will be Chemical Society which will be held crowd in attendance and has taken the world's record time of 4 2-5 seconds I troppo similar to the one given last fall. in the North Hall of Walker Memorial, 9precaution of printing 30,000 tickets. while this week he made it in 4 4-5 p: IWednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, a The tickets are a standard theatrical seconds. two reel film on "The Story of As- type, yellow in color with five cents On the side horse Moore's first bestos" will be shown by L. E. Cush- printed in red across the lace. These serie's was one of the best Problems of Industrial Chemistry there. In I man of the Johns-Manville, Inc. This I will be sold on the carnival lot only 'his second series he broke several will be accompanied by a talk on at booths to be operated by the com- times but in spite of this took third Being Investigated at Institute asbestos by Gerald NV. Blakely '14, mittee. They wvill be sold in strips to place. Fairchild, slipped on the horse Itechnical expert of the comnpany. the students, who wvill present them to during his first series for rather a LaboratoryI of Applied Chemnistry ( For the past 17 years the laboratory Asbestos products from the crude toI |( Continued on Page 4) bad fall and was thus put out of the the finished materials will be on dis- running. Making Contributions to has devoted a part of its time to the study of the rate of corrosion. play. Everyone is invited to attend I1 Witzig of N. Y. U., who won first Many Industries The the meeting. !PLANS lFOR RUSHING place on the parallel bars, was a mem- initial problems of this work wele the I formulating of the theory and mech- This film is of more than ordinary TO BE ber of the 1928 United States Olympic local interest because a great deal of CO)NSIDERED Team. It is interesting to note that; (This is the third of a series of fea- anism of corrosion, for at that time very little fundamental work had been the development of asbestos products tures articles describing the work pro- I At a meeting of the Interfraternity (Continued on Page 3) done has been done in connection with the gressing in the many interesting labora- on the subject. These investi- IConference Institute for a long time. For nearly II held last week it was de- tories and experiment stations in the gations led to the publication of sev- c ided to appoint a committee to in- eral articles and indirectly twenty years Professor Charles L. LIBERAL CLUB W LL Institute. Watch for more of these to several Norton of the Physics Department Iidvestigate the advisability of a rush- HEAR GIVLERt SPEAK learn to know Technology.) textbooks on the theory of corrosion has been interested in the manufac- ing plan to be used next year. John which now serve as a basis for this D. TAIcCaskey '29, chairman of the com- phase of chemical engineering. ture of materials of this sort, and has Research problems of considerable been associated with the actual manu- Imifttee selected Phietus H. Holt '30, At a meeting of the Liberal Club Effect of the constituents of steel |Edwir. V. Ware '29, and Ralph B. At- to be held industrial inmp-ortance are being on its colarosion was next studied. facture of these products. The first Thursday afternoon Pro- IIkinson '29, to assist him. The com- Iworked on in the Research Labora- Other asbestos shingles and boards, such as fessor Givler of Tufts University will early investigations included mi'ttee will look into the advisability speak on the "Psychological Problems tory of Applied Chemistry. methods for improving galvanizing manufactured by the Johns- Manville Many Company, were made in the labora- of havino, de-finite rules for rushing of Youth." Professor Richard G. chemical industries, manufacturing and plating processes. next year and w ill investigate 'Tyler will preside. It tories of Technology by Professor the has been an- concerns, and trade associations make 'Now Testing Cast Iron Corrosion Norton and his assistants, and many Methods used at other colleges to con- nounced that Mr. Gardner Jackson use of the facilities of this laboratory Present investigation in the field of of the other uses to which asbestos trol the fraternities during this sea- will speak at a meeting of the club by a co-operative arrangement for the corrosion son. A report will in the near future. is that of the effect of has been put were developed in the be made at the As usual the meet- solution of the more fundamental Cambridge water on cast iron pipe. same vay. next -meeting of the Conference, April ing will be open to everyone interest- types ,ed. of problems of industrial chem- This pr obleml directly affects many istry. Such close contact with indus- manufacturing and public utility com- COPITHORNE TO DREAD try has greatly aided the laboratory panies in this vicinity. Samples of T.C.A. BOYS' WO)RK RLAGS FLY AT HALF- in accomplishing its primary aim cast iron pipe are taken from found- MASEFIELlD'S WORKS MAST TO HIONOR FOCH which is the training of men in meth- ries in all parts of the country, chem- LEADER HERE TODAY ods of industrial research. ically analyzed, and placed on cor- As the last of his readings from the Organized in 1908 under Dr. Wil- r osion test. The effect of foundry works of famous authors for this Mr. Duncan Russel who is leading Flags at the Institute were flown liam H. Walker to carry on research practice and of silicon and sulfur con- "at half-mast semester, Professor Matthew R. Copi- the boys' work of Boston, is coming yesterday in honor of in technical chemistry, this laboratory stitulents in the material on the rate thorne of the English Department will to the offce of the T. C. A. to discuss Alarshal Foch,. commander-in-chief of has grown, become a part of the later of corrosion are particularly under ob- the problems the offer a group of selections from the of the 26 Technology Allied Armies during the World organized Department of Chemical servation. works of John Masefield. This read- students who have spent some Of War, who died last Wednesday after- Engineering, and at present has a staff Of -reat value to an entire industry ing will be held in the library of their time in boy scout working and 'noon. A decree was issued by of six research associates and twenty- were the recently completed Walker leading 'Governor Allen requesting corrosion Memorial at 5 o'clock this young boys in their activities. that nine research assistants. The direc- tests on refrigeration systems. These afternoon. These readings have been The meeting will be at 5 o'clock today 'Municipalities, schools, and other tor is now Professor Henry C. For- investigations have resulted in a large given on Monday afternoons through- and the members of the freshman 'organizations pay tribute in this man- rest and the assistant director is Pro- reduction of the corrosion in the mech- out the term as a memorial cabinet and those F, ner. to Wil- who have been doing fessor Per K. Frolich. (Continued on Page 4) liam Eastman Jr. '17. the boys' work should be present. I I THE TECH Monday, March 25, 1929 2 Page.,.V- -Two-- - m I Official News Organ of the Scheme of Hexagonal Street Planning m Ness Service Undergraduates g'AsWie See thielXovies< Being Tried Out in New Subdivisions I of M. . IsT. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TI ECHNOLOGYI System Will Eliminate Traffic one arm will be able to see several METROPOLITAN I Congestion and Crowding hundred feet up each of the others while yet some distance from the MANAGING BO0ARD OFFICES OF THETrECH Every moving-picture produced i. nowadays is a "First" of some sortj of Residences corner, thus tending to greater safety D. T. Houston '30 ...... General Manager Walker Memorial, Cambridge,Mrass. and also to greater speed. W. P i. Howard '30 ...... Editor NSewsv and Editorial-Room 3, Walker, or other-' the first all-talkin- detec- Telephone 'Univ. 7029 The one big objection of course, is C.Connable '30 ...... Managing Editor tive story," 'the first outdoor talk- An interesting scheme of planning Busix-emss-Roor 302, Wsalker, that one can go in -no direction in G.Smith '30 ...... Business Manager ing picture" and so-on ad nauseam.sres for newly laid out towns was Telephone Univ. 7415 This week's attraction at the Met is outlined recently at a meeting of the a straight line. It is true, however, fvinter's Tc-lephone1lAN~cok.5O<;O-1-: that even under the present system ASSOCIATES BOARD advertised as the "first musical film-|Architectural Society of McGill Uni- SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2.50 PIER YR. romance" ever produced. Though we versity. Briefly, the idea is to lay out one can only go in a few directions R.tDavis *31 ...... News Editor Publisherl every MTonday, Wednesday fail to see whence this distinctioni the streets on a hexagonal system. in a straight line, while all others are W. N. Currier '31 ...... Sports Editor and Fridayr during the College year comparatively circuitous. Even this E. B. Hubbard '31 ...... Features Ed(itor excerpt dur.ng college va cations came, we hope there are more like it,i At intervals, say of a mile, there E. S. Worden, '31 Asst. Managing Editor TEntered as Second Class Mlatter at the for "The Wolf Song" is a good ef- would be a network of main boule- objection is taken care of by provid- G. M. Roddy ' 31. .Advertising Manager Boston Post Of-rice I ing for the main boulevards mentioned ]E J. Truaxt'31 ...... Treasurer Member Fastern Intercollegiate I folt. , vards, which would be the sides of I iLupe Velez, the fiery passionate I another, much larger hexagon. before, and it seems that, once the J. IC. Minami '31.-.Circulation Manager Newvspaper AssociationI II public were educated to the -new sys- i jSpani-sh lady wNho has recently taken X The scheme has several advantages. tem, one could get to any given direc- U I DITrORIA, DE }'A Im'ME NT I IIISINE-ISS D)E PATI'RlFN'T the -movies by storm, stars in this It can be shown by figures that each EditorialBoa>rd r omance of the old Southwest. The house receives more light and air tion by covering less distance and Tr easry Department probably in a shorter time. The L. Verveer, Jr. '30 W. D. Schneider '31 Assitstant Treauxlrer.1 I man who first -wrote, "'Her bosom under it than under the present I heavedI with emotion"' must have system, and as cities are becoming practical difficulties seem to be mainly NEWS AND SPORTS E. L. K- raI '3(X D..M. Goodman '31 that of public' ignorance, but more DEPARtTMfENT'S J. B. Tucker '31 known Mliss Velez' ,,randmzother, and more and more crowded this is an howv the young woman has improved item of no little importance. It lends particularly that of cost, which would Night Editorx be prohibitive in most built-up cities. J. W. 1Bahr '31 M. F. Burr '31 Stf .S wahmn 32 since that timne! Why Gary Cooper itself admirably to the economics of J. R. Swanton '31 S. C. Westerfeld '31 W. Holst '32 It would be an interesting experiment F. C. Fahnestock '30 E. W. Harnon '30 .vho plays opposite her, ever thought central heating, central ash and Circuglation Department Staff of goingr back to the mountains it is garbage removal, etc. Its main claim to try in new subdivisions, and in fact News Writers L. Cianciolo '32 J. J. Winkler '32I impossible to see. to, advance, however, lies in the bene- such a township is now being planned. A. H. F-aibel '32 S. R. Fleming '32 1,.C. Littlefieldl 32 E. D. M~cLeod '329 M. S.Hlathaway '32 E. P. Newman '32 W. M. Moore '32 W. B. Pierce'32 I I brs Cooper is a big, handsome Ken- fits it offers to traffic. It eliminates O.W. Burtner '31 E. F. McLaughlin '32 I stuckian who goes West to seek hiis both the awkward left hand turnl, or PLAY DIRECTORY Photographic Staff Advertising Department fortune, which was quite the thing to perhaps one might say that it flattens P. H. Bonnet '31 J. P. Elting '31 Ammis~tant Advertising, Managers do. in the old days. He meets the them out until they lose most of their Ticketfs for all tlhentres may be P.. H. Haberstroh '31 soug~ht at Boxc-Office Pricem from the Sports Writers prize senorita of one of the Spanish difficulty.. Each intersection, as can T.C.A.. Wtalker Memoriatl. Sta ff settlements, and amid much excite- be seen, will be a Y-shaped affair. The P. A. Robert '32 ment, takes her away with him, near- driver of a car coming down any Repowrlers G. E. Nealand '32 T. E. Sears, Jr. '32 S~ge KFL amy '31 S. G. Nordlinger '32 L. C. Bond, '32 W. H. Barker, '32 ly causing another Spanish Inquisi- COLONIAL:s "Billie". R. McKenzie '32 R. Thomas '32 C. E. McCormack, '32 A. Jewell, '32 tion headed by the father. The sub- Miss Polly W~alker cavorts and 0. C. Chapman '31 E. W. Schafer '32 W B. Simonds, '32 E. P. Moran, '32 sequent marriage does not end the ------sings in gay style, to the accom- E. L. Clark '32 M. E. McConnell '33 MA.D. Triouleyre '32 A. S. Ellis '32 picture, for Gary must have his moun-I Paniment of many catchy tunes. J. B. Smith '32 R. A. Fuller '32 L. Fox:. G. COPLEY: "The Ringer". tain freedomn. He gets that, and the THE EDITORIAL Deep mystery from the most pro- much more f ast action before thel lific Edgar Wallace. Concerning "~gate," as it reere, as well. There is a 1 E U various venge~ances, threats and In charge of this issue:- J. W. Bahr '31 S P C U L M evil -doings. final fade-out, wshich is quite satis -h ------_____^ MWAJESTIC: *'The Skull". factory to all concerned, including the Being many thrills, chills and aldience. - nedict recently issued by the alarunis mixed with very little D~ave Rubinoff, well-knowvn orches- president of the University of Detroit logic. Owing to ill-placed screams OUT OF THE BlAG AGAIN t in this reviesver's ears during the tra conductor and an artist who makes forbids the co-eds of the mid-western final unraveling, he still would like a violin speak for itself, is guest con- institution from conversing with the to know w ho the Skull purported I to be. "PHOSPHORUS", the "Voo Doo's" famed mascot, never stays ductor of the orchestra this week. male students. If anyone of the 50I PLYMOUTH: "Paolo and Francesca". Under his direction, the orchestra girls in the University of Detroit isI Jane Cowl acting with c ha'rm and away for Iong. Today he got out'again, bringing with him forms a pleasing background for the caught talking to one of the 2000 understanding in a rar-e revival of the Stephen Phillip piece. the "Purity Number". It is the new managing board's first effort, stage show, "Laces and Graces." The men, her expulsion follows im- SHUBElRT: "'MInnatltan Mary". scenes in this show, particularly the mediately. Final w'eek of Ed Wynn and the and has been produced with a full sense of the editor's accoulnt- finale, almost rival musical comedy No longer may the male students usual elaborate production of Mr. I George WAhite. Competent cast in- ability to the new policy. in their extravagance and beauty. -receive a cheery feminine "Hello" toI eluding a, most gentle looking Fortunello, and Cirilino give a tumb- start the day. No longer may gay Nvorkc-horse. It is a decided change from the "Back Bay Number", which lin- act which is much appreciated. chats between classes lighten the ST. JAMEFS: "'The White Sister". I Revival of the familiar moving recently caused such a commotion at the Institute. As an example Thte harmonious Tommy Atkins Sex- drudgery of math and physics. No piece which was adapted from the of what may be done without "hitting below the belt", it is a, good tet, with Nell O'Day, a piquant longer may suggestions and help de- novel by F. Marion Crawford. Con- blonde, sing several numbers in good crease the feminine distaste of a cerning an Italian woman who, effort. The material has been confined to the Institute, givinig the thinking her lover dead, enters a style. A local physician, Dr. Richard messy chem. lab experiment. I convent. The gentleman wasn't magazine that local color which was asked for after the last issue. A. Lynch, wrote the words and music This announcement brings back dead after all. for Arthur Martel's feature offering visions of curfews, ankle-length skirts, WILBUR: wrhe Trial of niary Duauo"~ II It takes much racking of brain to Jokes, puns and clever sallies are made at the expense of the In- on the organ, "All I Need Is You." and "full-dress" bathing suits. The think of nice things to say about stitute Committee, Liberal Club, and Technology student and fac- Personally, we think- it needs more Spectator thought these things were,II a piece that has run for ten -weeks. than that. gone forever. Stupid restrictions areI ulty celebrities. If you are one of those addicted to no. -longer tolerated by collegiate'I Again, however, we find the inevitable-along with that sure taking the girl friend to the Met now America. If the students of the Uni- and then, this is a good week to do versity of Detroit bend to this sup-.1 source of -space filler, the Harvard man, comes "Voo Doo's"' com- it. Jordanl Marsh is staging a Style pression there is no danger of "our 1 ment oh THE TECH. Well, why not? They seem to enjoy this Show, and the young lady may enjoy young America" doing anything Tadi-'I I it. To the men, it seemns that the cal in that vicinity. sort of innocent fun, so what harm is there in the editors' indul-i. models are hardly professional. The Spectator can assure our co-eds ing in it? Much better those Jokes than some of the questionable that no such blight will ever fall on1 >_~~~~~~~them at Technology. Their presence3 t @~~~~~~MR humor one often reads, for this section is at times even funny. < + + ~~~~~~~~andconversations are all too pleasant "Voo Doo" explained that their last number came in response < Awa frmte .rn to do without. i to student demand- for such an issue. This number has all the < Institute men are sometimes right in1 Young AMenis Hats humor, without the dirt. The board has brought forth something 1 t__. ~~~~~~the answers they give on examination Distinctive and'Exclusive styles which does credit to the school, and we hope that it presages the papers; they are often on the rightb Two dances and the Beaver Club side of the instructors; but they areI of Foreign and Domestic continuance of the new policy. initiation were the entertainment never on the right side in the halls ofI Manufacture During the recent investigation of the comic monthly, the high-li!,hts of last week, Delta Tau the buildings. If these men drive I students at Technology were sent a questionnaire, asking- if they Delta opening its doors on Friday cars as they walk, London is undoubt- i i Coats approved of "Voo Doo's" continuing as an undergraduate publi- ni-ht, and Theta Chi on Saturday. edly their home. i cation. The vote in every case was overwhelmingly affirmative- Both affairs were featured by good In many respects there is nothingI11 Agents for Burberry English orchestras and both were very suc-mr pathetic or amusing than a flur- i Cloth Coats in fact eight-five percent of the whole student body would not cessful from the entertainment point ried student with a load of books thatb think of Technology without the comic's humor. Sulch talk is free, of view. would give a horse the heaves, tryingIr I but even "Voo Doo" only costs a quarter. to make a class in Building one, from for Dress and Sports wear BE1AVER CLU[B a class in Building Two. Then -roundI I The annual initiation of the Beaver a corner at top speed only to, meet a Caps Gloves Neckties Club was held last Friday evening at flying comet in the shape of a dupli- SPEAK UP the Hotel Westminster. All active cate flurried student on the left side, members wvere there as well as a nulm- that is, the same side, as Student No. ber of the present Seniors. Includino, I. Of course both tangle and bookss WHENEVER a professor completes a long discussion on a certain the initiates the total number at the scoot helter-skelter, to be kicked byv type of problem or some particular theory he almost always affair was about forty. ~ the thundering herd rushing on-etc. 323 WASHINGTON ST A banquet was held before the ini- etc. ad infinitum. Why -not a homee BOSTON pauses for questions. Often he is asked, a few, often he is not tiation for all the old members. The project for the traffic engineer? t it asked any. In an ordinary classroom when he is -not asked ques- initiates, being left out, satisfied their ;; - hunger at Walton's. Retaliations for tions at the conclusion of the explanation the professor is likely this neglect was forthcoming, how-l| --- to feel that something is wrong. He perhaps wonders if he did ever, for when the new members put ll not make the matter sufficiently clear to prompt questions. For Ion a playlet for the amusement of ll TT rA their peers they chose to present such 11UCJKER T IP. SMITH the professor realizes that American students are, as a body, not ;a crude and revolting burlesque that it 1 given to accepting statements or theories without first dragging I wlas the older members who sought | of New York, Executive Secreetary of the National Committee -them over the -fires and testing them in every way, questioning mercy. nMltrimi V|dlAti formerly of the Y. M. C. A., the ability of the very foundation itself to support the theory. DELTA TAU DELTA WILL ADDRESSS A MEETING ON .1Perhaps once in a svhile the professor does fail to get enough Bob Whittemore and his orchestra furnished the music for the Delta Tau L I d d of the subject across to arouse interest and raise questions, but inI Delta open dance given Friday night. RaO Ts.C. -Is It a Menace ? general it is not the lack of this "getting it across", nor is it the -Thlje . (Continued on Page 48 / AFTE' ready acceptance of the students that causes the hollow silence - - c- .I TOMUORROWS-L %-I.LV A. %-.' -L %.-L%. I-J T V .4 -IL.JL -L JLIIRNOON2 MARCH 26 that-prevails when questions are requested. The explanation lies CROSTON I& CARR CO. I _/ s \_ _ ~~at fou o'cloc Il elsewhere. Clothiers, THIE RIVERBANK COURT HOTEL It isn't shyness, for Technology students in the aggregate. (Opposite M/ass. Ave. entrance to M. I. T.) are not shy. It could not be termed complete indifference. Often TO RENT Be Tnhere, to Support Whichever Side of the student will think-to himself concerning the question which is Mk I the Question you Prefer, in the back of -his- mind unanswered, "Oh, well-why bother, I'll I and to Express Your Opinion on Cosmpulsory see it when I read the book."' Sometimes this will be true, and New Military Training in Colleges often it is not. The student who leaves a classroom knowing that Collegiate I Due to the impracticability of securing a room in the Institute buildings, this he does not understand a point just explained is not being, fair I meeting will be held in the Gray Room, 2nd floor of the Riverbank Court either to himself or to his professor. Perhaps the student thinks ITUXEDOS i Hotel, on Mass. Ave., jsopsite Mass. Ave., entrance to M. 1. T. that his question is too trivial to bother with, perhaps he considers This Meeting aninounced uinder thec auspices of the it a bad policy to ask questions which will tend to display his lim- WITH Fellowship of Youth for Peace. SILK VEST $j.50 ited knowledge of the subject at hand. In either case he is wrong. i I ComploL A solution is only as mood as the question which it satisfies. fete Outfitters I i Monday, March 25, 1929 THE TECH Page Three | < -1 I - 5PR~INGwf 4mSASNTR ARA

I Track Teamn Begins TRACK AND FIELD Spring Work Today COACHES SPEAK AT l ~Clear the Barriers On Mlonday afternoon, the spring season in track will start BIG TRACK RALLY - - in earnest at Technology. The board track has been abandoned "Three Days a Week"y Attitude for the turf now and it is hoped at Institute Berated by that the cinder track wsill Ssoon soften up enough to bee usable. Coach Hedlund Preparations are being made for the Spring Intterclass meet to be held on Ap~ril 13, the first of the EIGHTY ATTEND MEETING spring meets. The schedule for the Varsity and freshman teams "lBill'" Meanix Mentions Several are as followvs: Examples of Improvement VARSITY April 13-Interclass Meet. in Past -Season 20-Northeastern at M. I. T. (Practice Meet.) 27-Penn Relays at Phila- Approximately eighty men attended delphia. the track rally held last Friday after- noon in the May 4-Cornell at Ithaca. Hangar Gym. The meet- 11-Maine at M. I. T. ing was called to promote further in- 18_New Hampshire at terest in the spring season of one Durham. of the major sports at Technology just before 2;;-New Englands, at M. training starts in earnest. I. T. Talks were given to the candidates by June RIFLE rEAM lLOSE S Varsity Captain Hallahan, fr eshman 1-I. C. A. A. A. at Phil- Captain Gilman, Manager Alexander, adelphia. TO G. W. U. ANiD NAVY Field Coach Meanix, and Track Coach FRESHMAN Hedlund. April 13-Interclass Meet. T~echnology Leads New E~ngland Manager Alexander opened the ses- 27-A-ndov-er at Andover. sion with a short talk in -which he Front Row: Dolloff, Moore, Knapp, Fairchild, Reynolds, F~ahenstock, Coach Mayl 3-Tufts '32 at Al. I. T. Teamns in N. R. A. Mfiches pointed out the fact that more men Hincks. Back Rlow: Couper, Manager MacLaren, Sidur, Platt. I 18-Holv Cross '32 at M. developed after coming to the In- I. Tf. On their -weekend trip the Varsity stitute than did before entering. He 25-New Hampshire '32 rifle team was defeated twice' by their time, would never get anywhere, but at Durham. Southern hosts. On Friday evening also said that the men experienced those who said, "Try again" were more personal co-ntacts-through sports that they met thie team from'' G~ow Wa.sb- likely to succeed. There is al~xva, ington University, osing the t'nafeh mWere others ise laclKing and told of someone who can give you a good the benefits the men would gain from 1338 to 1327. Clark wvas the high race and there is always someone to GYMNASTS TIE FORI man in this Mantch with a score- of 211. the physical exercise they receive. He whom you can dlo the same. then introduced the other speakers of Saturday afternoon- tlie team am1p T WITU M AUVr journeyed to Annyapolis where thely the day as they came forward.Hedlund Addresses Freshmen It is certainly a heart-warming R 1TVII1 1f CatansSpakThe last speaker of the afternoon I lost again 1375 to 1344 to the Navy, ap peaalns was Track Coach Oscar Hedlund. He sight to see the track men back on which is reputdd to~lave onie of the Captains Hallahan and Gilman were told the men that he was going to the outdoor track and the eight-oared Reynolds and Wells Win Titles best squads in file country. Manager the next speakers. They both gave speak especially to the freshmen, say- shells gliding up and dlown the Basin. in Rings and Horizontal Orleman was the high scorer in this a brief summary of the indoor season ing that they should not come out Not only does it herald the coming match firing a card'of 272. ; that has just closed, and then said with the "three days a week, P. T. of spring with all its pleasant associa- Bars for M.I.T. The party, consisting of the coach, a few words in regard to the coming idea". That, he said, would complete tions, but it also gives material Lieutenant Moore, arnd the team Theim- spring schedule. They closed by re- their P. T. requirements but it would demonstration of the real strength of (CniudfoPae1 bers, Clark, Hamilton, Loomis, Orle- viewing the prospects of both the not make them lovers of track and M.I.T. in the athletic world. The fog~nlnud-oae1 man, Plugge, R~ddig,' and, Tiarog6w- teams for the current season and told good runners. He show~ed the men lowsers of sports, encouraged by the on the high bar Wells won from this ski, left ThursdAy -evehing, 'for the of the trips that would be taken. how the best runners that Technology .wonderful records made by the Inl- mian and on the rings Reynolds 'did, matches. Though they did not fire Following the two captains, Field has produced were men who had come stitute swsimming, basketball, and the samae thing. N. Y. U. has no in their -usual form, thie Navy ji'ved Coach "Bill" Meanix gave a short out, not three times, but every day gym teams, look forward with greatest gym teamn and hence Witzig has not completely up'to its reputation. T-hese talk on the division of track that he in the week. They built themselves optimism to the spring season. |complied with the ruling of the gymn are the Lfirst shouiler-to-shouldgr coaches. Citing the example of up physically in this way and learned lleague which requires a man to have' matches that M.I.T. 1as lUst this 'year. three -men who reported for practice tereal joy that comes with athletic I The Varsity crew looks very good entered at least one meet during the Lead in N. E. in the shot put last fall, he said accomplishments. Then he asked this year to those who know and fol- ysear for his points to count. Stewart, that low the sport, and from the Ill the telegraphic matches during they started by putting, the those men who could to bring out record Iof Dartmouth, the second place winner the ~past w'e'ek twelve pound shot and are -now p-utting some of the mnen in their classes who ofI the track team during the past Ion the parallel bars Eras awarded the the Varsity team de- the sixteen pound shot farther than would be winter, nothing is too much to be winner's prize in accortdance with this feated Princeton, B. U., and the U. interested in track, for he of Mdaine,'iticreasing - they did the twelve pound when they could not see them all himself and the expectedI of them. At this seasons ruling. their leAd in the first came out. Then he went on to cooperation of the year the interest in athletics} A summary National Rifle As sociati on leagu e. In would do much toward of the meet follows: spite of the marked's'upiemacq 6f the say that those men who -were in theY getting the men out who might be reaches the greatest number of Horizontal bar-NX~on lay D. Wvells, students at the Institute, Navy in Collegiate ciftclks -in' thei habit of saying, "To H- with it" unwilling otherwise, because of the| and it isl 557..,:)points; secondl, T. Bs. Hughles, East, M.I.T. is if they couldn't do a thing the first competition.l Icertain that the eyes of more andlsv ace: tblird, S. B. Pverre.Lult, ,Navy: v~ery' surie -of- the Lmore each day are turning rsestlessly 539;lfeoturlth A.XE. Culrcio Army,52 5. championship iln Netw England this I'from drudgeries of books and boredom _.'avy,-, a,94: Second, P. Heller, Princeton, year. FRESHMAN FENCERS of movie houses to the field oaf sport. The individual, scores in the week- |f,rotltlird,- A-it\,.F. ',\'oo , ;AI.IT, 528;h end 'matches were a'asfollows~ WIN FROM. DENISON Welcome, Spring, and may you see} D. F. Edwvardls Pl-inceton, 504. Georgie TH"AE CAFETERIA theI best season evter at M.I.T. IParellel bars-Wion byd J. H. Witzig,, Waighiig.6n' 't.match; Offers the Most Reasonable lB'.Y.U., 611,; second, J. 1. Stewart, Dart- Clark 271, Twar6'gowtki 270, OAle In a very close m eet the M.I.T. I oth, 584; thiird, C. G. Zey, Dartmouth, ma ' 268,'Ham~ilton' 259,"Re~dcig 259. BREAKFAST freshman fencing team defeated the Interest in Lacrosse at the InstituteI 15'6-,;1 fo0urtll, P. 'H. Peirce, Princeton, Navy match, rea271vro team from Denison House, Saturday 1is very high at present. It is one 541: fifth, J. 'Mexie~s, Chcalbgor Hn., 529d gowski 271, Plugge '26G8, 'Clarlk '2639, COMBINATIONS evening by the score of 5 to 4. After ofI the best-games known for general nolds, INI.I.Tr., 569; second, R. E:. Lock- Reddig 264. recreation and development of w\ood, N~av, 5666,thlird, C. G. Zey, D~art- of Excellent losing the first meets to Harvard _ BP I pi, I Quality physique and stamnina. Though it is nmouthl, I I , ,I I to'be' Iand Providence High School respec- I 553; fourth, Wo.B. Steinel-, Navy, 11 Foud - Anywhere tively the freshmen were greatly en- one of the most difficult games to 54.umbling-Wpon bay Avery Gould, by the Undergraduates couraged by this victory. They have master, it is welcomed by many am- Dartmouthl, 60o1; second, Nathan Dol- HAVE YOU CHOSEN a very good team this year and lost 11Ibitious men at M.I.T. With Lacrosse Ilofft 2I.I.T., 583s; thirdl, Drum, Temple, YOURE LIFE WNORK Walker Memorial the first two meets only after hard andI Soccer practice undler wxay, there 559!; fourthil Poolle'A, lnl Any,,546.ab at struggles. With a little more ex- In the field of helhsrice The Dinin Halls ~perience they should develop into one thoseI wvho like games of the sort. third, hMcllroyt, 'Navy; fourth, Charles The Harvard University Dental of Zey, Dartmouthl. Time-4 4-5s. School-the oldest 'dental school' the best freshman teams ever to - . _ N~~~ll-around eliampionsh~ip-W on by connected with any university in' i represent the Institute. From "The Campus", the newxs- joill, m~eies, University of Chlicago, the United States-offers thorough Captain Krutter was the star of paper at C. C. N. Y. comes the in- 2567; second, H~ughles, N'>vy', 2,188; thiird, well-balanced c ou r ses in all Saturday's meet, -winning all three terestingI information that ping-pong Poole, Army, 2'378; fourtll, Hi ells, )%.I.T., branches of 'dentistry'. All modern, ~uAHAJ_Av 1 _ _ 1_ _ I v 2328I equipment for practical work~ under 1928 Isaac of his matches. has gained a strong foot-hold there supervision of men high in the pro- The summary: among the students. The tap of fession. paddles on celluloid may be heard at OARSMEN WORKOUT INI Write for details and admnission requzire- Krutter ( T) defeated Dayre (D ) any hour of the day, ments to Leroy M., S., Miner, Dean Walton Sues 5-0 Teebagy (D) 5-3, and Salemi (D) resoundin-- NEW SHELL ON RIVER ^ through the halls of the college. The 5-3. Ieto. V,,, ?- TT,;... -;+-_ T:_ NT--,,?2 Fragiacomo (T) defeated Stevens iNewV iori- univ-ersity -rally Noews,, Last Saturday afternoon, the Var- Havvard Nvolesity etoloischool: Poetic Now (D) 5-2; lost to Teebagy (D) 5-1, and has recently organized a ping-pong sity oarsmen tried out the new shell Ia Salemi (D) 5-3. team and challenged the "Campus" after carrying it to the Weld boat- Bingham, Maine to a match. The sporting wvorld looks 4 Pepi (T) defeated Dayre (D) ,5-4, house from Davyr's, well-known Cam- Jan. 31, 1928 and lost to Salemi (D) 5-4. 'with interest on the outcome of this bridge boatbouilder. The shell wvas 'When you've planned a trip for Peterson (T) lost to Teeb~agy (D) innovation and expects to see it spread deindafter one of the old Ward fishing, 5-1 . throghouthecolegiae wold. boats, nows belonging to Technology,. And you've spent a lot of kale, .which weas consider ed to have w Bet the whole of your vacation, Theen tack atOhioUnlvesxtvthe best lines of any of the shells in On some advertiser's tale are practicing for a -new^event known. h boathouse. The original shell vncls 4 And you fish a lake of beauty as the shuttle hurdle, which wtill takel first owned by Syracuse, whlo sold Hidden in a land of dreams, place on May 4 at the Ohio State |it to Cornell, who later sold it to an; 5 Where the air is clean as sunshine relays. The field set-up consists of {industrial concern in Worcester. The Haunted by songs of crystal-streams. the usual 120-yard hurdle w~ith two shell was then purchased by Tech- * Comes the moment when you're men at each end of the course. The lnology, and used by the Varsity for casting lead-off men run their distance and several years. In spite of its age,} And'a smasher hits your line, ttMPINCUC tap their respective team-mates who'jit is still used by the freshmen, and X Then you play him like a gamester reverse the field over the samle course- is still considered one of the best I j With the battle-,going fine- - This seems to be somethin- news las designed boats in the boathouse. l Till a snag, a yank, and silenee track, and it may become a p~opular S fe terwrku n h e And the line is hanging slaek, race theamog coleges. 'While you grit your teeth andl whistle |shell, the Varsity enthusiastically ex- s 144 Hiligh St. And reel the fishline back;. WemPrinta e Asevdec of th itrsinL pressed their approval of the wlay in Arssedneat otherolgsnthereist an. -awhich the Take the pipe and fill -with Edgeworth, TImETEFcI CBOS ;TON boat behaved on its firstt article inat reethe issueeso"ther astuan trial. Coach Bill Haines was also Light her up and learn to grin Tel. Ha"< cock5060 artclecet ina sse o 'TheSttewell pleased by the way the boat Then by gum you are elected at Stevens Tech. Twventy-six men rides, and sets in the wvater. On the To the Club of Try Agin! Equipped to. have reported at practice, manyr of first trip, the oarsmen rowed up the, J: A. R. M., Jr. them wearing towels about their river in fast time, and seemed to feel do YOUR COURTENAY GUILD heads in order to keep warm irl the as if they had been rowing in it all President biting wind.' The Varsity men are seasn. ] Edgw.,g"- training faithfully and strenuouslyles f -1th GEORGEW. McCCOY Mantager for the sport that requires the skill Extra,High Grade I of a tennis player combined with the mage as training measures. La-; PINTN stamina of a cross -country runner. crosse is very popular in that -section t- They run many laps on the track and Iof the country and the schools there Smoking, Tobacco wind on with :afnqft hbaqkot~h«3l Purim_- dpvplavn -,-rnmp lietsP.,inmq Acr sfzrlX1 Uevelop sulat: lillu tvalmi. Ies upvvliia LtorbL jAsyLj~jaml Page Four THE TECH Monday, March 25, 192- =__> _ J I g 1. . lo I . 2 .1 S I . N no 1 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTICES and ANNOUNCEMENTS I~~~i STUDY PROBLEMS IN Roer Noes APPLIED CHEMISTRY HALF COMPLETE[ q> Investigate Basic Prinlci les of I~~~~~~~~~erlu -etiicip To be Used for Determining Of Genaeral InterestI Petroletan Rectification It has happened again. Yesterday ______Pressure ofEarth on Prof. W. Hieisenberg afternoon the Judging Committee forl The Spectra of Higher Atoms the Open House Poster Competition! (Continued from Page 1) Retaining Wall c Monday, March 25,4 P.M., Roomn 4-270 met in the exhibition room to select} ncleupet fatfca thrughouelt theatfcaltree of the Institute of Theoretical Physics the prize winning designs out of an pleant Over in the section of the Institut Professor W. Heisenberg, Director of over sixty renderingspatthoguthel cuty -ofLeipzig will give the fifth lecture in the series on "Re-' assemblage Program Under Way grounlds next to the railroad trac2 of the University and interpretations which made the Heat Transfer t- cent Developments in Quantum Mechanics". The subject of the lectu-re I Fsorthe purpose of obtaining a gen- another laboratory is being added wall they adorned dizzy with a mlaze already extensiv; will be "The Spectra of Higher Atoms". of witePurpeback nd an gren ieral relationship for the rate of heat the Institute's of the instructing staff n equipment. This building is to cone Tshe lecture is open to students and members orange and blue. The required word-itase ewe oi ufc a fluid flowing past it, the Chemical tain apparatus for the experiments ing of the posters, "O)pen House, pressure o- Institute of Technolo- Engineering Departmelt is instituting determination of the Dr. Ing. Theodor Rtehbock Massachusetts earth against a retaining wall. Hydraulic Experimentation gy, Cambridge, Mass., Saturday, an extensive heattransfer program. March 26, Room 5-330 work is being done by members The first tests ins the laboratory ar: Tuesday, 2 P.M., April 27" peeked out from obscure The the de wildy abouti of staff and graduate students, under to be made in connection with Dr. Ing. Theodor Rcehbock, Professor of Hydraulics at the Technische corners in some, glared wall for the Fiff of lectures on "11y- center of the poster in,the direction of Professor William H. sign of a retaining Hochsehule of Karlsruhe, Germany, will'deliver a series from the teen Miles Falls development of tb- lecture waillbe on "Water Movement: others, and in still others, spoke 1 VIcAdams. draulic Experimentation". The third The fundamental problem. is to ar- New England Power Company in Nev and Shooting Flow" and "Water Currents and Hydraulic forth with dignity from a well choseni Lamina Turbulent drawings which;1 rive at formulas for the expression of IHampshire. There are four carload- lectures will be illustrated by moving and still pictures. location. And those atX! Rollers". The each poster in[ the rate of heat transfer in terms of of backfill from this project now The lecture is open to students and members of the instructing staff riveted one's eye to The apparatu- a different manner! Renderings of theI physical properties of the fluid, I. T. awaiting test. Building, suchI as viscosity, density, thermal for this type ofwork consists esserl= Technology's Administrative The bin int.- Professor M. R. Copitiorne dynamos, open doors, and lighter conductivity and specific heat. tially of a rigid concrete 'Poetry Reading prominently, effects of fluid velocity and of the wvhich earth is filled. One side of thF. torches shone out retaining Monday, March 25, 5 P.M., Walker Library From this puzzle of posters Prof., dimensions of the pipe are also being bin, corresponding to the thoroughly investigated. Study is wvall,is movable. The horizontal anc M. R. Copithorne of the English Department will present the J. B. Babcock, '10, Prof. Williaml Professor John Prof. Harry W. Gard- also being made of the quantitativel vertical pressures on this wall are de- last of his series of poetry readings. Selections from the works of Emerson, and fric- ner '94, the jury, picked eight or -nineeffect of heat transfer onfluid termined by means of scales for vary Masefield will be the subject. tion, a relation hitherto ignored in ious values of the yield of the wall. members of the instructing staff are invited to attend. of the best ones for final consideration -Students and issue you shall knowI engineering calculations. Results al- In the laboratory is also apparatus_ and in the next effect the winner's name. What happenedIready obtained show that this |for measuring th~e load for a surcharge- again was this: the architects mon-1is large for oils of moderate viscosi- and for investigating the effect ot- Calendar opolized honors in this poster contestIty. saturated earth on the wall. These accustomed to Pulcto nHa rnfrSo experiments are carried out on a wall- as they have become onHaTrsfrSn March 25 doing. Now, if any engineer has a Pulcto 7 feet high and 14 feet long. The Mlonday, Professor McAdams is writing a I. T. A. A. Meeting, Committee Room, Walker. special grudge against architects in| iwholeI bin is founded on concrete 5:00-M. a special craving to bhook on the subject of Heat Transfer,I itself is set on a 6:00-Alumni Council Dinner Meeting, Faculty Dining Room, Walker. general, and has Rce-XwhileI the building work off his grievance in the mostl in co-operation with the National wood pile foundation. Tuesday, March 26 possible, he should; search Coluncil, This body was or- concrete wifir East Lounge, Walker. effective manner of The wvalls are to be of 5:00-Banjo Club Meeting, enter the very next poster comnpeti-|ganized by the National Academy steel frame and will be covered by- 5:00Glee Club Meeting, Room 10-250. in itself lowers the archi- Arts and Sciences to promote research the outside. A tion. This of general terra eotta stucco on Wednesday, March 27 tects' pride. But, if, in addition, an| on fundamental problems new feature in building construction Society Smoker, North Hall, Walker. should capture one of theIinterest to industry. roo-- 7:00-Chemical engineer of is employed in the design of the 7:30-Dormitory Smnoker, Prospect Hall, Cambridge. smaller prizes, extreme rage would af-I The laws of heat transfer are of pre-cast gypsuir importance in the design ,which is made Thursday, March 28 flict the Rogers colony. Finall~y, ifcontrolling blocks reinforced with steel wires. Lounge, Walker. by any hook or crook,1 and operation of the diverse forms of e- 5:00-Banjo, Club Meeting, East an engineer, evapora- These blocks are 3 inches thick, Club Smoker*, Faculty Dining Room, Walk~er. should run away wivth the coveted first, heaters, coolers, condensers, 2 inches wide. The to 00-Ttaian and the like, found in many dif- inches long, and 7:30-VI-A Sxnoker, North Hall, Walker. prize, there would occur such an epi-toys, i substance is know-n as gypsum groate onBysonSre;ferent industries. Friday, March 29 dei of sucd. of; and similar material was used in the that the architectural fraternity roof of the Boas- 4:00-Tennis Team Meeting, Room 10-275. from the face Begin Basic Study of Rectification construction of the Tech would disappear ton Gardens. Saturday, March 3D of the earth. We trust therefore that Investigation of the basic prinei- Club Meeting, East Lounge, Walker. will submit pies of the fractional distillation of 5:00-Banjo many, many engineers of Utah Monday, April I a dozen or more poster designes mixtures of liquids, called rectification, Co-eds at the University half in this labora- lessors in ordering an- 5:00-M. I. T.- A. A. Mheeting, Committee Room, Walker. at the earliest Dpportunity,4nd why|has just been started learn liany story, by Professor Warren K. Lewis regulating their lives as a result of Tuesday, April 2 not ? There Walker. We)], well, the engineers-five ofg and graduate students of the Chemi- the very lax uesrl in force. 5:00-Banjo Club Meeting, East Lounge, Departmenit. stated nor nights sp~eci - Room 10-250. them-actually got up their dander cal Engineering a-re -nohours 5:00-Glee Club Meeting, Pos- The process of rectification hasI II f or dates. The girls are alloweds 3 enough to enter the Open House fiedI Wednesday, April ended recently. Out long been used, but the technique of to come and go at will. As a resul Society Smoker, North Hall, Walker. ter Contest which than co-eds 7:30-Chemical of the fifty-four designs submitted{ calculations for mixtures of more -thereis more self-reliance, and Friday, April 5 five from this side of the two components has not been devel- seem to do as woell in scholarship as there were multi- 9:00 F~reshwman Promenade, Hotel Somerset. river. In the nine which were selec-i oped. Study is to be made of at any University. 8:30:Dorm ,Vance, Walker. consideration from those pie components, and since all petrole- ted for final deal are required to fifty-four posters every one wassum, refining operations have to Juniors and seniors of an architect. with mixtures of extreme complexity, wear caps and gowns to all classest drawn by the hand great Brooklyn. Undergraduate However, that is not a poor start at the data gathered will be of at St. John's College, all for engineer competition in these value to the petroleum industry. the rectification col- ENDOWMENT soon as possible as the -number of poster contests. At this time SENIOR of the archi-unbegbilfothrlae accurate knowledge of -what is the Senior Endow- sticks is limited and they will be dis- When we asked some mit an Information on Ad- completion. One can be seen happening, up and down a rectifying ment -planlcan be secured in Rloomtributed in order of application. test ifanyrawngs ereenteed:nearing been orderd but the engineering students they'Xi h i fteCeia Engi~neer- column handling a multi-component 3-213 at any time. ditional sticks have from of there will be a short wait before they were mortified that we should put ing Laboratory, on the first floor material. rectifying column will be -ready. such lowly thoughts in their heads. Building Two. A Economic Value of This Research when we inquired whether 35 feet high, jacketed with recircula- LACROSSE CAND)IDATES Therefore, and The petroleum industry is an excel- any of those in the final examination ted flue gases, has been built Sticks will -be distributed to candi-LCOS samples and record- lent example of a business which, be- will be a lacrosse practice had been composed by engineers weI means of taking and the importance dates in the Hangar Gym today at 5 There Ii-ng temperatures at each stage of cause of its size 5 o'clock. were already running out of the door can profit o'clock. See -Olmstead or Kocher as Itoday at the rectification are provided- of its chemical processes, of the exhibition -room, where greatly from. research. It is estima- were on display, because we A technique has been developed for posters mixtures ted that a saving of one one-hun- IS and bull sessions comprise an im- could see the light of insane anger the analysis of the complex in the rec- CAMP TECHNOLOGY camp life. Besides present in each stage of rectification dredth of a cent per gallon portant part of glittering in the architects' eyes. tification operation would make pos- TOPIC AT MEETING all this an important, activity at the engineers need to do now -which is far more accurate than any All that per-, sible a total annual saving of over a camp is the publication of the Annual is to gain an honorable mention in the Jpreaziously available. This will is called the Bench- continue ; I million dollars. Life at Camp to be Presented to Yearbook, which next competition in order to m m ark. the torture of the architectural frater- New Civil Engineers Student regulations are enforced by nity. The possibilities of taking e the student council which is an elec- prize are too far off in the future to tive group. James G. M uir '30 who(;be -iven consideration at present, butt- A A meeting of all men waho are going of the '28 council will in xal9 Al Bie 1 Engineering camp was the head we can at least creep up gradually Idwmi to attend the (Civil speak of this phase of the camp life. |the race until first prize of fifteen or

oeut-eonf-ttforgethes m CANDR2}C bemaking oni °tshepatboftcher ofrcangea affair and several aiong runng the batofoths orandilla n alumni were present. The dancing} 2% a Year tiowlthe boar dtbohave a complete lasted until 2 o'clock.l All for Less than cheek on the receipts to each booth. THETA CHI| THEToTECH Run BarYellow and green lights cast a soft} - ~Written by At a meeting of the committee Fri- glow over the floor as Theta Chi and l day afternoon, it was decided that their guests danced Saturday night. WA~WC"P*" TECH whould be given the right, Leo Reisman furnished his usual pep- THE good dancing and since X0{ DEVONSHIRE AREAK to operate a bar. In compensation py impetus to T. E. N. who disputed THE!, the crowd was not too large to be un- lass, M tal if nse Co. BOISTON for this TECH's right to the bar 'has been |comfortable, the 125 couples enjoyed afflaO Sam flmcaNCto exhibit which the t hex-rsel-Ves irnmlensely. Several alum- awtarlded a special the affair Go to Room 3-213 for information on the K YlORKCCLXW8WUIND commi~ttee had planned to run. This ni and their wives attended Professor and Mrs. James R. It JA§9cw4s veA is to be in the nature of a surprise I and endowment plan ever used! but it has been learned that in all }Jack,- acted as chapero-nes. The guests most liberal of some were forced to stop dancing at 12 probability it will consist of kind of a girl show with imported o'clock, amid the usual maligning Io Boston's "Blue Laws." ;II --- ,- --- W- WFI - - - women. i I