egiqStrafftonightl Ma or academic changes asked 600 guidance counselors By Bill Judnick being retained in modified form, advaned stand- The proposal Ithtat a quarter system be adopted ing procedures being altered, and overloading for to attend conference here normal student loads of three equally weigft- credit being restrinted; About 600 high schdIt guidance ments, and Kenneth R. Wadleigh, ed subjects per fterm is among the many sugges- 5) The seniorlthess becoming a departmental, otnselors wiM register for MIT's Dean of Student Affairs~ , will de- tionss found in the "Interim Report" of the Com- rather than InSftite, requirement; and that eighth annual Guidance Confer- scribe gukidce iat -MIT, Ritchard minte ee on Curriculm Planning to the Committee eWee this eveiening. The counselors, W. Willard presides. on E iducational Policy. The epot was distributed 6) A degree of Bachelor of Science without representing sMools spannrng the Fllowing a lmheon in the to Fz'aculty members at the close of last term. specification being awarded under appropriate Campus Room of Graduate circmstIaces. entire United States, are here to The committee, whose chairman is Professor House, MIT's psychiatrist Dr. attend receptions, lectures, and old R. Zacharias, also went on record favor- Depth presentation semt-. Benson R. Snyder will speak at. Under the proposed quarter system, a normal According an informal 'session, Eugene ing: to Mr. Eugene R. 1) A reduction in the number of specified core load of three subjects per term would be estab- Chamberlin, AssoCate Director Chamberlain presiding. I Admissions Discussed scierrce subjects, in favor of the inclusi of elec- lished wiMh three terms oomprsing the academic of Admissions, We con fence is yeax. The maximum permissable overload with intended to farnilae the coun- Smaller, semiar-like groups tive subjects in both science and engineering, in credit per term would be one subject. The unit selors with the WIT curriodlum, will discuss admissions policies the 4General Institute Requirements; admissios polidies, and student 'throughout the afternoon. 2) More flexibility in the freshman program of "term subject" would be adopted for measur- affairs. It is financed by the In- The Acnference closes with din- to p,rovide for differences in academic background, ing degree credit, 36 of which would constitute the net at the Faculty stitute. Club and .with and the possibility of special engineering electives degree reqiirement. AU subjects would receive Paul M. Chalmers, Associate Di- . Registration at Sheraton he first year; equal weight. ,rector m Regtration for the Conf of Admissions, presiding 3 over an address by Humanities 33) Project-orientated laboratory experience in Ilhe Comunittee emphasized that the quarter takes place tonight at 10 pm at Department Head Richard M. the :first two years, and explicit provision for free system could be corsidered independently of the the Sheraton Hotel. The program tive time in the last two yeaxs; other proposals, and pointed out that most of the closes Friday eveing. MIT of- Douglas. Buses return guests to elect the Sheraton Hotel at 9:30. i) Advanced placement credit from high school recommetdations could be incorporated into the fidials will speak Thursday morn- 4 ing at the opening session in presenit two-semester year. The Kresge Auditorium's Little Thea- Committee believed, however, ter. The program will begin with that the student would benefit a welcome from Charles H. ! from "in depth" study of fewer Townes, provost. Roland B. Gree X2_L ~ subjects at a time: ley, Director of Admissions, will The Tech "At present it is necessary for preside over talks delivered by the student to do many things representatives of MIT's five simultaneously. Although the rig- schools, cumulatively entitled, "A i :Z or and pace of the currernt MIT University Polarized Around Sci- . -; -A-7 --"I.~-· program is of value, the student ence." .a is often prevented from immers- A luncheon, sponsored by the ing himself in specific areas and MIT Athletic Depart ent, will problem-s with the thoroughness ke place at the durPont Athletic that will be laterreqtired of him Center. Guests will dine with MIT as a professional scientisat or en- III students from their respective ,biXeo ," areas. Core subjects I After special meetings and a iThe a recommmendd general session, five MIT profes- that the specific core require- II sors will speak on "New Ap- merits consist of one term of proaches in Tea~ching." Profes- chemistry, three terms of mathe- I sors addresi the session are: matics, three terms of physics, Amar G. Bose, Associate Profes- eght terms of humanities and So- sor of Elec aricalEngier;ing; cial science, and Fhree terms of Nathaniel F. Frtank, Professor of i electives in science. Physics; Roy Lamnson, Professor AlIthough the number of human- of English; Hartley Rogers, Jr., ities or social science subjects Assoiate Proessor of Mathemat- would remain the same, the pro- posed equal subject ics; anid, presiding, Jerrold R. Vol. 83, No. 18 Cambridge, Massachusetts, rlating indi- Zacharias, Professor of Physics. Wednesday, October 9, 1963 Five Cents cates that an NIT student would The day dioses with' a reeption devote at least 25 percent more at President Stnatton's house and For East Campus, Bexley of his time to ron,-technical couns- dinner at the MIT Faclty Club. es. The present eigt hour subject I Advanced Education Program would become the "temn-subject" i Ln" s equivalent of a ften hour course. I Friday moreing, R. Phiip Hug- Frankel, Larkin new faculty reside Science electives would be chos- I ny, ,Director of Advanced Studies en from the following disciplines: Program, St. ,Paul's School, Con- Both East Campus and the fessor Emmet J. Larkin is the to MIT three yea III s go, hyne was aplied science, chemistry, earth cord, New Hampshire, will lecture newly - converted Bexley Hall first faculty resident of Bexley an instructor at sciences, life sciences, mathemait- on the state-wide advanced edu- men's dormitory have new facul- Hall. lege. cation program in his state. Ro- ty residents this term. Professor Frankel, German - born assist- Apartients, acc ics, and physics. Distributional re- ording to Larm- strictions have not been expliditly 'land B. Greeley wilt speak on Ernst Frankel is the new house ant professor in the department kin, have advanta; geas ovand°or formulated als yet in the sugges- admissions proesses and require- master of East Campus, and Pro- of naval architecture, has been itories, such as pri I sivacy and mgeniore ions. The committee has reoxn- i at MIT for three years. He re- freedom in choc mended, however, thalt depart- iI ceived his BS and MA at the roommates. I University of London, worked in The men at BeFedxey "have a ments should be limited in the liPof t extent that they could influence I Technical material stressed Israel for a shipping firm, and tendency," accord came to MIT in 1959, to earn his sor Larkin, "to see the least a student's choice under their I I engineering degree. government as the best possible."jursdcton. inrevised reading course One of his aims as house mas- They have organ bized a commit- Three advantages of the more i racterized i bar flexible core outline were cited A developmental reading pro- This year the course will ex- ter is to get more residents to tee system cha participate in activities. He point- "informality" ramterized by in the report: an intelligent gram placing emphasis on tech- amine more technical material. and This plan of approach was sug- ed out that at least half of the ernment." (Please turn to Page 2) nical material will begin October East Campus residents don't par- 14. Mr. George Gibson, Director gested by an evaluation of the ticipate, "they more or less crawl of the Division of Audio-Visual program by the Student Commit- into, their little mole holes." Killian speaks Frankel succeeds Lt. William Education at the Harvard Busi- tee on Educational Policy. According to Warren Anderson Curry as East Campus faculty ness School heads the course. resident. '65, member of the SCEP evalua- Mr. Gibson directed a develop- Larkin, an assistant professor Fund, professorship announced tion committee, over seventy per mental reading program at MIT in the Humanities Department, last spring which concentrated cent of the students who took the received his BA at the Univer- at McCormick Hall dedication equally on improving reading course last year expressed satis- sity College of New York Uni- faction. versity. He earned his MA and The endowment of a professor- R. Killian, Jr., Chairman of the speed and comprehension. ship for women and the establish- Corporation, at the dedication The course is strictly voluntary PhD at Columbia University, of and spent one year at the Lon- ment of a fund for inviting dis- McCormick Hall on Monday after- Tech Coop refunds and carries no credit. The all-in- don School of Economics on a tinguished women scholars to noon. clusive fee for the program is Fulbright award. Before coming MIT was announced by Dr. James Edwin F. Webster and Mrs. ready October 14 twenty-five dollars. Abby Rockefeller have established $115,000 in ptrage Refunds Payment of the twenty-five dol- Hans Ziegler visitig profess the fund. Mrs. Mauzer has en- Dr dowed the professorship. ill1 be didtributeld to the MIT lars should be made to the Cash- X for 1963-64, The dedication ceremony took OlMMunity by te Hvard iter Offie. f is a leading authority on theeretical mechanics place in the courtyard of MIT's Pieative Society, October 14. Two sections of the course will first on-campus residence for Iis is 20 per cent of the ,tl be offered: 3-3:55 and 4:05-5 pm, Dr. Hans Ziegler, a leading au- roscopiccs, stability theory and women. Guests of honor were: ii5k70,000 to be available t Te d- Monday, Wednesday and Friday. thority on theoretical mechanics, plasticit y, with particular concern Dr. Killian; President Julius A. $570,000 to be available Tetcch-Mouraedealtdnserle n dFiy.willspend the 1963-64 academic for the engineering application of nology and Harvard Stores. All students enrolled in the course yearatMITasthe JeromeClarke theoreticcal mechanics. Stratton; Mrs. Stanley McCor- Cheeks nOt picked up Wll be should report to the first section Hunsaker Visiting Professor in More recently, Dr. Ziegler has mick '04, donor of the Hall; and nailed out beginning November meetings, October 14, in 4-270. Aeronautical Engineering. become interested in irreversible Mrs. Karl T. Compton, widow of 1. The patrage refund is beg The enrollment for the program Dr. Ziegler is professor of tech- thermodlynamics. A paper he pre- the past president of MIT. Paid on toal sales of $9,210,000 is limited to 150 students, 75 in nical mechanics at the Eidgenos- sented 1before a congress in Ber- In presenting the dormitory for the past year. each section. sische Technische Hochschule at lin in 11962 is considered an im- Mrs. McCormick referred to the The ttWal membership of the Questions concerning the devel- Zurich, Switzerland. He will be portant milestone in development edifice as "a dream-cone-true." Society is 46,600. The Technology opmental reading program should on leave of absence from that in- of theory dealing with such irre- Accepting for both the Corpora- Stre has 12,200 members, with be directed to William Speer, As- stitution to teach and do research versible processes. tion and the students, Dr. Strat- 6,00 of these students. The pa- sociate Dean for Student Coun- at MIT during the coming year. He iss the author of several tU-nage refund is being paid on ton stated that the Hall is a con- total sales of $9,210,000 for the seling, or his secretary, Mrs. Le- Dr. Ziegler's broad interests in technica1 books dealing with me- firmation of MIT's commitment to Past ear. land in 7-133, ext. 4861. theoretical mechanics cover gy- chanics. the education of women. i m
C,4 Applications rea { g 0r to organize flights Qo Quarter system almong pre posals (Continued from Page 1 ) coven Otun a grou id at 1ees :" s y" and etered up- rld Zadlias (dhahman). Am sludest intereted in 0 izing chater ights or gam chBe of piasieo especi.a- ten offeed by the variws depat- an the sb'ent's record. Credit in The CamAltee was aounded in I mentts. the form.rof tuts accmnulatd to- March of 1962, by the (an3mniltee flights for the i comdi' w m tion would be failtated; kixght during this academic year sh~d intb application of cisedtifdc prixr~ The praetioe ofat avrding de- ward graduation w d not be on Educationa Poicy to study o- gree credit for advanced work in given. pick up an appicadfo at he (. - cples eould be inbduced at an the uergraduate progam and fice of the Dean of Student A o= earler stage ;and eleetives could high s=ol wold contime tnder They also t ha an upper future cudrisk needs of MiT. the prposed unewsysem, with fairs, Room 7-133, by Octbe c>< Tribute to lalter departmend lnmit be placed upon khe rnuber Place and subject presentatisa 9, L963. LU pianagraMs. one modion: "The Wtal am- of subjedts taken per temn m were considered imposlan fac- This application includes fliat O The proposed qua st mount of credit given or the de- which a student nmy register for omt in the stay. Erther work w uld faci'ltate the arran of gree sihod be coammurate credit. Under the quarter ,ystma,by uie Cammunlee wiU includle d- prior to June, but excluds O alternative praoms in the freh- wil that given by comparable, this number woulad be four, the ! ssbi~lX podicy and the rT charter or group flights for ti nman year. Each ionic fesh- universities, but the paatuar equivilmt of 60 hou at present. "wirse." summer of 1964. > rnan woud -be provided wit in- subject credits awarded skuld No resdrim sonsm auditing were < fonma;tio to help him detenne depend upon the aontet of sub- proposed. jects at MIT." a) whlther or not he was ready for Unspecidfed Degrees Socialist club organizes at meeting ' " rma first year program. If Thus, for example, a Student Z In suppit of a recoamenda- a not, he ould embi in a "Back- with a year of intensive high Sunday, 2:30 pm in Room 7-108 W groud Stop" for cme terrn by school calcuuls might be given timn d Professor Phiip din giving up a ~ird term eledtive two terns of degree credt in to the Cobmttee on Fducational The scia;t Club Organizig of dissi with oasional andp p hysics to the mathnics, or one term in Policy, the report favors the Comrnmilee will hod its first open vBed s er are envqd: natmtics and one term of grating of a Badelor of Science o.gwtzabmn meeting Sunday one entitled 'What Socialism A, second and third terms. Also, a degree without specficati to studenlt who found tMe mmn-al free elective time - depending at 2:30 p.m. in Rotan 7-108. All and one entitled 'Prspects F T program too demamdiagwould be upon Mhe onmtent of the high those who ihave completed the socialts and students interested Soc'alism'. ° able to take tds alterative school. General IIrdtite Ruirents, in smialin are ihited to come The advsor to the proped - schedule has first year. and have been so recommended and present teir views and socitlisi club is Pre:~r Paidri Advanced Standing by their faculty advisrs. LI Aoher pr~osal which may af- The committee is of the op't ideas. Wall of he Departnem of BW. fect future reshmen is Fe U- A proposals made in ,the "In- The program f the pawnred ,hat "the p e of advanced trin Report" were the unam- ogy. Far aiHer informa lowing: "The commitee recoa- ·~tmdirg eaml Ctknsdxld be somiaim club will ernpmzaedis- mous reemmrendations of the cusibn and study of iast (atbadt either Bill Stefly or Ue mends that the existing required the emibmrent of a student's edu- Comxnttee on -uTricul Content EvenJick at 864-7335. laboratories associated wh acore cation by increased vaziety and theory and pracice. Two series Planyng. The arnbers of the subjects m physics, and chem- depth of study, rae tn ac- Conttbee are: Professos Holt istry be dropped, and that, n quisition of credits." They there- fore recommend that "Independ- Alley, P. Ibibaut Brian, Carvel Physicists discover anti-Xi-Zero particle Ztead, each mdent be required Cbllins, Martn Deutsch, Carl Gar- to take two onesterm labora0y ent Sbiy Examinao" be A team of Yale University arnd Bev, separated by an arTang land, Wilam. Letwin, Cyrus Le- ment of magnets and electro. subjects ding his first two given frstead which woud be vtha3, Hadtley Rogers, and Jer- Brookhaven National Laboratory years." Such subjects could be graded only as "siatory" or physicists has observed the pro- static separators, was directed L- II - duction of a new anti-paticle, the into a 20-inch liquid hydrogen - I LEARN TO BOXII Be a master in the art of self-defense. .xp'ft trainers' anti- Xi- Zero. Altough its exist- bubble chwnber. Out of sane secrets can be yours! 'No equipment ence has been predicted on theo- three hundred thousand phot needed. 'Forrn a Campus Boxing Club graphs of proton-antiprdton inter- i among your friends for fun, self-con- Iretical grounds for several years, fidence and real physical fitness.Com- the Yale- Broolkaven experiment actions obtained in the bubbe plate brochure and lessons one dollar. provided confirmnation. chamber, three events were & Send to: Physical Arts Gym, 363 Clin- For this experiment, a beam of served in which an anti-Xi. ton St., Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y. ani - protons at an energy of 3.69 zero was produced. Ai
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