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a a Ila on IscuSseS a wen UreS 0 -0 ec or in r S e by Barry Mitnick ever seen in Yankee Stadium." Valley Forge, strking poses next Journalist George Plimp- Plimpton's preparation for his to campfires and, in his deep ton, in his own words, has brief but meterMic baseball career voice, proclaiming, "We will en- made a profession of "do- consisted of an afternoon's ram- dure." But the cherry tree epi- ing badly" at sports. In an bling in a meadow near a chateau sode was no display of youthful LSC-sponsored 1 e c t u r e in the south of France. The team honesty. The tree, Karras ex- Wednesday at Kresge, included a .countess named Gabri- plained, had Dutch elm disease. Plimpton recalled many of ele who, as left fielder, "threvr the Why do it? the experiences that have ball like a hammer thrower - Why do it? Aside from the joy served as the sbjects for away fr*wm us"; an overeager cen- such books as "Out of My ter fielder fond of yeUlng, "peg it League" and "Paper Lion," to second, Gabriele"; and the cha- ,--,~ - as well as for numerous teau's owner, who in spite of all magazine articles. remonstrances insisted on batting AllStar game in a crouch while standing on In "Out of My League," Plmp- home plate. ton detailed his success as pitcher 'mad duck' Irras in a post-season AlqStar. game. Plimpton noted that "profession- Ribhie Ashburn, then of the Phil- als are not a, what you expect lies, and the lead-off hitter, took a them to be." As last siring quar- vicious cut and lted the ball to terback for the Detroit Lions, he the shortstop - one out. The dicovered that football players Giants' Willie Mays dug in. As are mor-e interested in comparng Plimpton put it, Mays took a "con- stock market investments and out- vulsive swing," but ",hit a pop fly of-sport businesses than in off-the- Photo by Steve Gretter caught near the left field fence" field shoptalk. Alex Karras, the George Plimpfon s,p e a k s - two out Up stepped Frank 260-pound defensiVe tacIde who Wednesday night in Kresge "runs like a mad duck," sold $Vol. 87, No. 40 Cambridge, Mass., riday, October 27, 1967 Sc Thomas. The Pirate slugger belt- Auditorium at an LSC-spon- ed "one of the longest home runs bibles and wrestled professionally sored lecture. while under suspension for gam- h I brmg. Karras also exhibited a of bullfighting with an umbrella D"i lively imagination in assertin or having one's nose broken by xplores that he had "lived a sucesson Archie Moore, Plimpton believes of many different lives." Before that as a professional writer he games he delighted his teammates should involve himself as closely 10 0 . rob e®u o tec n with tales of his experiences as as possible with his subjects. He By Greg Be hart Dr. J. Herbert Hollomon '40) Department of Political Science; aide-de-camp to both George is no daydreamer like the legend- The benefits and aU effects of President of the University ot and Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner, Washington and Adolf Hitler. ary Mrs. Foster Jenkirs, who modern teahmology were the Oklahom, delivered the lecture Everybody around headquarters, wanted to be an opera star so Provost and Institute Professor. 'topics of a panel discussion on and participated in the panel dis maintained Karras, knew that Hit- desperately that she hired Carneg- "'Tedmology and the Public In- cussion. Other members included Dr. Hollomon staxted the dis- ler was a woman - in fact, his ie Hall. "Unbelievably bad," she I- terest." Held Wednesday, the dis- Dr. Harvey Brooks, Dean of En- cussion with a brief resume of a own aunt Hilda. Did Eva Braun was satisfied that she was giving was part of the annual gineering and Applied Physics aIt lecture he delivered that after- lkow it? No. What fooled her? her howling audiences pleasure. Robert S. Williams Lecture, spon- Harvard; Dr. Gordon S. Brown Why, the moustache, of course. And that, through his writings, L~ noon. His point was that modem fsored by the Department of Dean of the School of Engineer George Washington "was beauti- has 'been Plimpton's uncontested :Metallurgy and Materials Science. ing; Dr. Elgene B. Skolnikoff technology has both benefits and ful." He used to wander abot acbievement. costs. The benefits of technology are obvious but the costs are x-Solki. or GeneraI Weather balloon bursts often long range effects. Dr. Hol- lomon pointed to nuclear weapons, migration to cities, poluti, and Cox ciscusses- recent rol.e Balloond Probleyms mar lack of privacy as problems aris- ing from modern technology. He stressed that there is a "need to of Supreme Courf policy Ifaacke, exiipening educate early about open end ground information on various WI" problems." By D bbi ev MeteorologY, determnied the size Talbott Lounge at East Campus active courts in our history, such "One.. two. ... three. ... and placment of the fans for Benefis vs. WAd effects was the scene of a talk by former as the. Marshal Court and the Taft Court, and he, included to- push!" The huge weather balkx Haacke. However, the balloon is Dr. Brooks commented next. He Solicitor General Archbeald Cox dcimbed slowlv towards the celig no more! Within a few hmurs of enforced Dr. Hollomnm's position, Tuesday evening. This was the day's Warren Court in that cate- gory. He remarked that presert its lamneing, it developed a leak saying that the "benefits are first first in a series of such gather- [as over 100 people applauded. efforts to impeach Earl Warren and had to be taken down. order arme es and ,the bad ings in which subjects "outskle s launching of a 40' weathe the usual scope of engineering" are insignificant when compared balloon in the Lobby of Bldg. 7 effects are second order." Dr. ·YIrT Skygmne Brown c US society will be dealt with. to those of John Mfarsha's dy marked the qpenirg of an exhibit when his impeachment was a Earlier in the day, "MIT Sky- as "no deposit, no return" and Mr. Cox is presently on the of kinetic sculpture by Hans plank in the platform of a major line," a 1400' stg of balloons stressed -the need for reevaluation faculty of Harvard University and Ladie on display thro.hout the was Solicitor General during American poli:ical party. He also was flown in the Student Center of values and goals. Dr. Wiesner outlined the principle of judicial de/ended modern tedmology, President Kennedy's administra- Plaza. Troubleg beset this exhibit, restraint which arose after what The weather balloon, launched pointing out that it enhances our tion. The subject of his discussion Tuesday evenrig with the help 'of too. Cox called the "negatively active" ablity to adapt to our environ- was the recently active role of Passirg students, was buffeted The wind blew the balloons hor- ment. He viewed techology as an the Supreme Court in many areas tendencies of the Taft Court. about by four large fans. As the In dealing with the Warren izortally ixto trees and into the experimental sytem that learns of our naidonal life. balon rose, it circled about the from mistakes corrected early. Cox began by giving some back- (Please turn to Page 2) !gers Bldg. (Please turn to Page 11) As it was caried mside the perimeter of the fans, the crowd graned and:moved away, th te balloon threateved to sink to the floor; it had been secued by a nylon cord to the top ot the building. Teehnial aid 0111b, Mlthough the seulu had beem Fame, f{orffunit winner; %..Oontest's13-year history esignedby Haacke, he had never attempted to support a ball. ACS fo garner benefirs contains many close races 0f tis size before. Prof. Erik 0OU re Deprtnient ca By Lumhr Bber The first UMOC contest at M1T was held in The APO UMOC-Ugliest Man on Camnpus--co- 1954. The contest was described as "a hotly omn- test will be held November 13-17, and the proeeds tested race," and the winner from, East Campus from the ballotng will go to the American Caneer collected a grand total of $50.58. The $150 that was collected during the contest was given to the §MgC' Socdety. Anyting that is an undergraduate at the Institute can enter, but it must give its petition and Boy Scm. entry fee to APO by midnight tomorrow. In 1955, the Boy Scouts got the proceeds again, This year's UMOC, beside the glory and notor- and the prize, in addition to the UIMOC trophy and iety, will be given a free dirmer for two at one the UMOC key, was a date with the BU queen. ol of os-ton's better restaurants, plus two tickets to With all due apologies to her and to B'U, she must I a movie or play. Different from last year, the have been chosen with the date with UMOC in i Ugliest of Uglies must supply his own date. The mind. I wimner also gets his name inscribed on a trophy, most successful and a pin proclaiming him UMOC. The 1956 contest was 'the most successftl one at ,'I Any registered activity or livig group can MIT. Once the search for a suitable prize reached spoMso a candidate, but as mentioned before, he Rich Simons '59, (righf) win- the Boston newspapers, seven candidates ran and I Photo by George Flynn gathered $745.67 for the Scouts.

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