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a To study disarmament MIT sees $1 milnion deficit International Study Center The Institute's operating expens- the corporation, commented that pointed out the expense of paying es will exceed revenues by about the deficit is practically insignifi- indirect costs and providing fac- cant when compared to the ulty supervision without charge $1 million in the forthcoming year, mag- I gets $2 10,000 contract nitude of the Institute's budget. for sponsored research projects. according to President Julius A. He added that MIT is in generally He called these costs "a heavy Two contracts totaling $210,000 calls for a study of the problems Stratton. healthy financial position. burden on university resources have been awarded to MIT for bearing on regional arms-control Calling the deficit "not alarm- Last year's budget amounted to that is becoming increasingly dif- and disarmament studies of means toward disarma- arrangements ing,' Stratton said that "we ought about $120 million, of which about ficult to bear." ment and arms control by the for Latin America, Africa, and to consider a period of consolida- $90 million was spent on sponsored Stratton also said that MIT is Arms Control and Disarmament the Middle East. tion" and of decision on how to research and about $30 million on trying to "resist another tuition Agency. The second study will be con- "focus our efforts." educational and general operating rise." He added that there is no The contracts are the first of cluded by September, 1964, and Last year the annual operating expenses. About $64 million of the basis to any rumors that tuition this kind by the agency to a uni- the first by December, 1964. deficit was $300,000. Stratton noted research revenues came through will be increased for graduate versity. The research will be con- The Center. for International that the estimate for next year is the Lincoln Laboratory and Ins- students on full tuition scholar- ducted in the Center for Internat- Studies was established in 1951. smaller than the $1.5-million defi- trumentation Laboratory. ships and fellowships. ional Studies. It wi be supervised It is a part of the School of Hu- cit which inspired the last tuition President Stratton said the defi- In the future, said Stratton, the by Dr. Lincoln P. Bloomfield, pro- manities and Social Science. Dr. increase. cit is the result of rising factk1ty faculty must justify any new pro- fessor of political science. .Max F. Millikan is director. Benson R. Snyder, treasurer of salaries and recent changes in jects or expansiorrary plans on a One contract, for $65,000, calls MIT's physical plant. He said that stricter basis than in the past, for an examination of Soviet mo- these "current changes have put as limitations on money mean tivations and an analysis of Soviet an unusually heavy demand on that "you have to make some interest to determine what objec- our operating funds." choices." He indicated that he The Tech In the President's Report for felt this strictness would probably tives the Soviets believe would be served by various arms-ontrol 1962, Vice-President for Research reduce the number of requests for and disarmament measures. and Administration Carl F. Floe funds. This investigation will aLso in- clude a study of arms-control and disarmament measures on Soviet Athletic, activity awards society. In particular, it will deal with the possible changes in So- viet internal practices and ideo- to be given at convocation logy which would be required by The annual Awards Convocation letics will be presented to seniors Soviet acceptance of such meas- will be held in front of Kresge Jim Evans, Tomn Gerrity, Mike ures. Auditorium today, beginning at Harris, John Lamberti, and Rob- The second contract, for $145,000, 11:00 am. Classes from 11:00 to 12:00 have been cancelled to per- ert Felix, and juniors Neil Harvey nmit students to attend. and Henry Modetz. Manager of Featured will be the presenta- the Year award will go to Henry MIT will award tion of the Karl Taylor Compton Modetz. The Beaver Key Trophy, awards, given for "outstanding for outstanding participation in in- contributions in promoting high 1200 degrees Vol. 83, No. 14 Cambridge, tercollegiate afthfleics, will be Mass., Wednesday, May 15, 1963 5c standards of achievement and awarded to Delta Tau Delta. Approximately 1200 candidates good citizenship within the MIT For outstanding contributions to will be awarded degrees at the Medal, cash given conimunity." They will be pre- music, the Baton Society will rec- ninety-seventh Graduation Exer- sented ,by Mrs. Compton, whose ognize Joseph Goldfard and Ed- cises. scheduled for Friday, June late husband was the ninth presi- ward Kanegsberg, both seniors. 7, at 10:30 a.m. in Rockwell Cage. dent of MIT. Lazarus receives teaching award The Scot Foundation Leader- More than 3600 friends and par- Each award consists of a silver ship Award will be given for the ents of graduates are expected to Alan Lazarus, assistant profes- of prints for rental, contributions coffee service. Names of reciDi- secod year. The award is pre- witness the awarding of degrees. sor of physics, will receive the to World University Service, and ents, have not been released. sented to a junior "in recognition Eugene R. Black, former presi- Everett Moore Baker Award for financing a participant in the Other major honors will include of his demonstrated high charac- dent of the International Bank for Outstanding Undergraduate Teach- Crossroads Africa Program. the Tau Beta Pi Outstanding ter, his actions on behalf of the Reconstruction and Development, ing in recognition of exceptional Freshman Award, to be presented welfare of his colleagues, and his will deliver the commencement and demonstrated interest in un- Extra study rooms to Dermnnis Wayne Sivers, and the potential for making outstanding address, and President Julius A. dergraduate teaching. The award Clifford Award for the Outstand- contributions to the professional Stratton will award the diplomas. will be presented at the Awards open to end of term ing Athlete of the Year. aspects of engineering dn business Following the graduates in the Convocation at 11:00 this morning Extra study rooms will again Additional athletic recognition or industry." in front of Kresge Auditorium. academic procession will come be available this term from May will include ethe Cochrane-Award The award, a members of the faculty; members bronze medal and 10 to May 31. for athletic excellence and sports- a cash prize of $250, will be pre- 79th edition of Technique of the Class of 1913; members of Rooms 3- 462 and 3- 464 will be manship, and the Beaver Key-Q sented by President Julius A. the Corporation; guests of honor; open from 5:00 pm to 1:00 am Club Award for the outstanding Stratton. on sale in building 10 Dr. James R. Killian, Chairman until May 31. Rooms 2-132, 2- freshman athlete of the year. Given for the first time this of the Corporation; President 136, and 2-139 will be open at This year's outstanding freshman Technique, the undergraduate year, the award was established Stratton; Dr. Vannevar Bush, hon- the same time from May 21 athlete award will go to Sumner yearbook, went on sale yesterday by the Baker Memorial Commit- to orary chairman of the corpora- May 30. Brown. in the lobby of Building 10. The tee of the Everett Moore Baker tion; and Mr. Black. Normal library rules will be en- The Gold Award for outstanding book, the seventy-ninth edition, Foundaton, named in honor of the William L. Taggart Jr., presi- forced. administration in the area of ath- sells for $10.00. dent of the Alumni Association, late Dean of Students. will be chief marshal. Other mar- Professor Lazarus teaches phy- shals will be: Prof. Campbell sics courses, and 8.01 and 8.02. Searle, faculty marshal of the Lazarus received his B.S. degree 14 professors receive in 1953 from MIT and a Ph.D. academic honors graduates; Prof. Herbert Wood- from Stanford in 1958. Fourteen professors have re- United States Senator Simon Gug- differentials equations and partial son, marshal of thd faculty; John The Baker fund was initiated by cently received academic honors. genheim and his wife in memory differential equations; J. Wilson, marshal of the corpora- students and friends of Dean Bak- Seven of these are among the Professor Salvador E. Lurla, of of a son, awarded $1,380,000 this tion, and the yet unannounced er after the dean's death. The twenty four Massachusetts win- the Department of Biology, for year to 269 men and women. marshal of the Class of 1913. committee is comprised of both ners of John Simon Guggenheim studies of biosynthetic processes students and faculty. Students on Fellowship winners were: initiated by infections; Music will be provided by a Memorial Foundation fellowships. this year's cnommnittee are: Frank Six were recently elected to the brass choir, Professor Carl W. Garland, of Professor Harold A. T. 0. conducted by John D. Levy '63, chairman; Dave Koenig American Academy of Arts and WIIF", the Department of Chemistry, for Relche, of the Department of Hu- Corley, Jr. '64; Bob Kimmel '64; and Allen Sciences. in addition, an MIT pro- a study of the theory of the elastic manities, for studies of the prob- The invocation will be delivered Womack '63. fessor was elected to the National properties of crystals; lem of anthropomorphism in I by the Rev. Robert Holtzapple, In the past, principal from the Academy of Sciences. Professor James G. Gllmm, of Greek philosophy and early fund's endowment has been used Jr., religious counselor.