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I r ~tI , -I 1 'l1 - - - --. .------VULUME 95, NUMBER 27 MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1975 .. . ._ . Ua to.! et, e res in -ceirernoni s to a r More than 1300 seniors and the Dean. of the recipient's graduate students will receive School reads his name. Doctoral degrees from MIT President recipients will receive hoods at Jerome B. Wiesner at the Insti- the same time from Dean of the, tute's 109th annual commence- Graduate School Irwin Sizer and ment ceremony today. Chairman of the Faculty Profes- Wiesner, who will also give sor Elias Gyftopoulos. the commencement address to A record number -of women the students and their parents - more than 150 - will receive and guests, will present about degrees today, almost half again 1450 degrees in the 2-hour cere- as many as were awarded degrees mony, which begins at 10:30am last year. Two of the female in Rockwell Cage. degree recipients will be seated Howard W. Johnson, Chair- on the stage at the front of the man of the Corporation and Cage as permanent officers of former president of MIT, will the Class of 1975..- Ilene S. preside over the commencement. Gordon, class vice-president, and More than 4000 students, Jennifer Gordon, class secretary- parents, faculty, alumni and treasurer. guests are expected- to attend. Other officers on the stage Marching to the sound of the will include Class of 1975 Mar- MIT Concert Band, directed by shal Jim Moody, and Graduate Humanities Instructor John D. Student Council President Corley, the graduates will lead Spyridon Armenis, representing an academic procession into the graduate students. Class of 1975 Rockwell Cage at 10:30, fol- President Anita Horton will not lowed by former Governor of be at the ceremonies, as she is in Puerto Rico Luis Ferre '24, out- Europe. going president of the Alumni Graduates and their guests Association and Grand Marshal will be honored at an informal of the commencement exercises. reception on -Kresge Oval after Representative of the Corpor- the commencement ceremonies. ation, faculty members, and Administration officials and fac- "Imik jr m m Guests of Honor, including Cam- ulty members will be present to z 2 Awmqm bridge Mayor Walter J. Sullivan, meet with graduates, and re- .r Ualt ina es IT %,%resentable will follow Ferre into the Cage. freshments will be served. A Li Johnson will open the ceremony strolling band will provide enter- By Mike McNamee been busier than the graduating Larry Pickard, Grounds Man- prior to an invocation by Rabbi tainment, courtesy of the Class Painting. Cleaning. Mowing. seniors and graduate students in ager in Physical Plant. Pickard Mel Gottlieb, Wiesner's address, of 1975. Washing windows, setting up preparing for comrnrrencement, it who -- like most Plant personnel and the presentation of degrees. For -eighteen students, com- tents, chairs, stages, flower pots, has to have been MIT's Physical and managers - had to be Each degree recipient, follow- mencement activities have al- curtains. Praying for good Plant workers. reached "in the field" last week, ing MIT's tradition, will receive ready. begun, as Reserve Officer weather. Doing their usual work Preparing the grounds and said the holiday had meant put- his degree from Wiesner, while (Please turn to page 5) - and more ... If anyone has buildings of MIT for an on- ting several men on overtime to slaught of thousands of guests get the necessary work done in during one of the most hectic time for today's events. .. Cornraeernencerent Alu nla Eve'ts - I weeks of the year is an annual Pickard's crews are responsible Commencement Exercises - Today Tech Night at the Pops - Thursday task for Physical Plant, yet it for two things with regards to 9:30am - Rockwell Cage opened for admission 7:30pm - Buses start to leave from Massachu- never seems to be quite the same commencement and Alumni Day of audience. setts Avenue entrance for Symphony Hall. from year to year. This year was - "sprucing up" the grounds so 10:00 - Robing begins: graduates in duPont 8:30-10:30 - Tech Night at the Pops at no exception. that they will look nice for the Center Gymnasium, Stage guests in duPont Symphony Hall. "The real problem this year visitors, and fixing up the grounds so that they will survive i Athletic Building. Alumni Day - Friday was the vacation we had (Memo- 10:30 - Academic Procession enters Rockwell 8:00am-12:30pm - Alumni Registration - rial Day) last Monday," said (Please turn to page 5) Cage, -led by graduates. Graduates will be Kresge Auditorium Lobby. i followed by Chief Marshal Governor Luis A. 9:15-11:30 - Morning program in Kresge: i I Ferre '24, representatives of the MIT Cor- "Discovery and Finding the Solutions of a71-time I Societal Problems," a panel discussion mod- Wi iesner o II poration, members of the faculty, and Guests of Honor. erated by Provost Walter A. Rosenblith. 10:51 - National Anthem, led by Chairman of Panelists are: Professor of Immunology i the Corporation Howard W. Johnson. Herman N. Eisen: Professor Frank Press, of pesss ures, growth head of the Department of Earth and Planet- 10:53 - Opening of commencement cere- Class.of 1975 ary Sciences; Professor or Urban Studies In October, 1971, one month after the graduating i monies by Johnson, and invocation by came to -MIT, Jerome B. Wiesner was inauguratedPresident of MIT. Rabbi Mel Gottlieb, MIT Jewish Chaplain. Donald A. Schon; Institute Professor Robert IA been marked by an N. Solow; and Professor Myron Tribus, The first four years of his presidency have 10:56 - Address by President Jerome B. increasingly tight budget, and pressures on MIT from a number of I director. of the Center for Advanced Engi- I Wiesner. fronts; yet, as Wiesner is quick to point out, there are a number of 3 neering Studies. 11: I0 - Presentation of degrees begins. Bache- exciting and innovative areas in which MIT has progressed despite I 11:30-12:15 - Class gifts presentation: Gifts lor degrees are presented first, followed by the pressures. ,I will be presented to the Institute by the Master degrees, Engineer degrees, Doctor of In this interview with The Tech Editor-in-ChiefMike McNamee. Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Classes of 1925, 1940, and 1950. Wiesner, I Wiesner looks back on the first four years of his presidency and will be Each degree recipient will be presented his Johnson, and other MIT officials discusses the Institute's potential fuiure role in the world. I diploma by Wiesner, and his name will be present to accept the gifts. d The Tech: Broadly, how would emphasis on understanding sys- i4 read by the Dean of his School. Doctoral 12:30-1:30 - Box lunch on Kresge Mall. recipients will be hooded by Dean of the - "Visual Happening," a multi-media dis- you say MIT has changed during tems, particularly systems that involve people; social-technical I Graduate School Irwin Sizer and Chairman play prepared by Otto Piene, Director of the the first four years of your of the Faculty Professor Elias Gyftopoulos. Center for Advanced Visual Studies; the administration? systems, like health delivery 12:10pm - Closing exercises by Johnson. New England Dinosaur Dance Company; JBW: I'm not sure that it systems; the continuing effort to e understand how to bring the i Academic Recession, led by Guests of Honor Paul Earl; and the Annex Players, will be really has changed as a con- human individual concerns into i in reverse order of procession. held on Kresge Oval. sequence of my presidency. I 12:30 - Exercises will be concluded. 1:45-2:15 - Memorial Services in the Chapel. believe that there have been a the considerations when one is Reception for Graduates and Tributes will be paid to alumni whose deaths number of shifts, changes occur- involved with large technology. Their Guests - Today were reported in the last year. ing at MIT during the last couple That's not easy; I mean, we talk 12:45pm - Faculty and administrators will be 2:30-4:45 - Afternoon program: 22 different of decades which have been con-' about it a lot, but I'd say we're present at an informal reception on Kresge session swill be offered by departments and tinued - and perhaps empha- far from understanding how to Plaza for graduates and their guests. Sand- centers at a number of locations throughout sized, the greater effort to un- do much about it. I think all of iches and refreshments will be served. A the Institute. Locations and times will be derstand the interaction of tech- these questions were already "strolling ragtime band" has been provided posted in Kresge Auditorium Lobby. nology and society; the contin- here as was the large MIT effort by the Senior Class to entertain at the 5:00-6:30 - Centennial Reception in Sala de uing, in fact, growing, emphasis to discover how to teach more reception. Puerto Rico in the Student Center. on natural resources, on protect- effectively. I mean both the ing the' environment; growing (Please turn to page 8) 51- ----·. =fi----- 4en I·clsa l*4C- -3·By- - -pl--____ -·-pl-- ---s --s---d--C-·-·U--*··--- ·31

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Dritends,tetente pe oE iI Russian-sailors find Despite the press of final exams and preparations for summer, the MIT'community found time during- the .last week of classes to-welcome the crews of two Soviet Russian destroyers with a. day of activity when the sailors visited Boston. The Russian sailors, crewmen on the destroyers Boykiy and Zhguchiy, were visiting Bostonri on an exchange program with the US Navy held in honor of the 30th anniversary of V-E Day, the day Germany surren- dered to end World II in Europe. Two American ships visited.. Leningrad on the same day. Seventy-eight Russian sailors, accompanied by 20 US sailors who served as their hosts in Boston, visited MIT, where they vere greeted by President :rome B. Wiesner, Chancellor !aul E. Gray '54, and Provost Walter A. Rosenblith. Wiesner and Gray exchanged plaques commemorating the visit with Captains Boldovshiy, commander of the Boykiy, and Bromikov, commander of the Zhguchiy. Less sedate activities were planned outside, where im- X promptu soccer and volleyball in z teams played the Russians as part of those sports. The MIT athletes 16 was a busy day for 78 Russian sailors visiting MIT the May US-Soviet had a successful day, beating their stay in Boston on an exchange commemorating soccer and win- of the two Russian Russians 3-1 in alliance in-World War II. The commanders straight volleyball exchange plaques with MIT ning three destroyers found time, however, to 15-6, 15-9; 15-10. President Jerome B. Wiesner games, Chancellor Paul E. Grey '54 and A bilingual barbecue con- a chance to match soccer skills with an (below), while the crews got cluded the day at MIT for the which included MIT star footballer Shin impromptu MIT team Russian sailors. Yoshida '76 (right).

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Room 20E-126. 2I.1973 TIROUGI4 SEPT.301975 34471 or visit i II I II t1)I 1(1MAPRIL 731-0074 7*tH I I IIAIIEttII I 1t11 Y 'Al1l II, I:8I INtL Wu-thte S ItttePR HII-IiIA 1;11N AVtIl IN , I Sld' _ I JJ ...... 1 / ARAD - EISREl L l ----- ·- -- - I _ N 1 I .!.i 16l_ L -- Ul - TIHFTFrr KA"kinAV It I!mrCl ,r t-lrrr- -- , .~ _ ...... _ rK,- Arj%-" IVIlUlNU/- rYVUlNt 19/b rAUEt, I _ - - ·~ - v 2000Iexpxectedor1 . umni Day i;;GREEK FOOD A T ITS BEST -By Mike McNamee ing almost as soon as the pre- "We start-work on the next The Parthenon Restaurant More than 2000 MIT alumni ceding reunion is over, Zweig Alumn-Day right after we get and their families will converge said. Class members at each re- through with the bookeeping I Authentic Greek Restaurant on campus this week to cele-. union elect a group of officers and paperwork for its prede- Modest prices, superb European wines brate Alumni Day, MIT's annual for the next five years, and the cessor," Zweig said. "There are Variety o f Liquors Open 11 am - 11 pm Daily alumni gathering, -and 13 class officers appoint a committee to always three or four people who reunions for classes ranging from work on reunion. work full-time on it, and we 924 Mass. Ave. in Cambridge Phone 354-5444 L 1910 to 1970. Alumni Day is planned by a tend to acquire more people ad im .a On Friday morning, a sym- volunteer committee of 12 hoc towards the end of the posium of six MIT innovators alumni, who meet throughout planning." here is arninvestment to consider: will discuss "'the process of dis- the year to work out plans for The entire set of events, Serious inquiries are being accepted for active or silent part- covery Tech and its relation to the Night and Alumni Day. Martori said, costs MIT about ownership of established Cambridge bicycle dealership/service solving of societal problems." The Alumni Association staff $50,000. The Institute provides center. This store has the finest reputation among Cambridge/ The panel will cover recent pro- provides -iaision between the facilities for all reunions held on Boston bike shops. Please inquire in writing for gress in a number of technical Alumni Day committee and campus, as well as for Alumni furtherdetails. and social science fields, and will reunion planners. Day events. Include tel. no. WRITE: BICYCLES, c/o Munroe,1144 Comm. discuss how this progress will _____ Ave, Apt. 2, Boston, 02134. relate to solution of problems II I 4 'DsE-·?·-l*?rr (see schedule, page 1). Li- -. '- I -' ------· immU A memorial service for alum- SU .SHI'ANG ni whose deaths have been re- cAbonion* - ; ported since last Alumni Day 1 IRESTAURANI eGynecological and presentation of gifts from tests RI90Z I Care* the Classes of 1925, 1940, and A 5aechuan 1950 are scheduled after- the and oVasectomy* free Peg morning session. Kresge Oval Mandarin Foods I *ahith will be the scene for a lunchtime. counselling "Visual Happening," prepared PRETERM1 by the Center for Advanced Best Chinese Foods recommended by The Tech, 1842 BEACON ST., BROOKLINE, MASS. Visual Studies and the MIT Harvard Crimson, Real Paper, Boston Phoenix (617) 738-6210 Multi-Media Workshop. and many others. An afternoon program offer- a licensed non-profit medical facility

ing a choice -Y ' - I-·------of 22 different II - · o seminar programs or series has Chinese Pastries Brunch on Saturday and Sunday. been planned for Friday after- Buddy's Sirloin Pit noon. Twelve course Graduation Banquet Special at I_~~~iln2/3 PRICE SALE Plort The Alumni Day activities $ 10.o00 per person for a memorable evening. All food arnd beverage items 2/3 off when you pay with pre-1964 US silver will be concluded with the. Cenr coins. No nickels'please. tennial Reception in the Sala de Buddy wants to prove a point. Restaurant prices have not gone up over the Puerto Rico in the Student Cen- Address: Business Hours: Pastries -past ten years-your money has gone down. So if you want the old prices ter. 158 Prospect St. Sun-Thur Noon-10pm Sat & Sun Noon-3:30Fam pay with the ol money. Thank You. Reunion Weekend will fol- Cambridge (at the Fri & Sat Noon-1 Ipm USDA Steak Dinner $ 3.40 or $ 1.15 low, lasting through Monday, orner of Broadway) _+_gbh. V Luncheonr USOAChopaed Sirloins 1.60 or $ 55 ! with 10 of the 1 3 class reunions Tel: 491-7717 ',~ i~~ ~ Mon-Fri Noon-4pm Pabst on tap. Refills cost less. scheduled to be held on campus Open 11:00 am to 9:00 pm. Closed Sunday. -a record number, according to . :£ ~- I .-. I , i_l 39 Brattie St., Harvard Square Director of Alumni Services (located in Cardell's Restaurant) Joseph J. Martori. MAIN MARKET " . . - - i _ i i "We think the Bicentennial activities have accounted for a 782 MAain Street lot of the interest in holding reunions on campus or in the Nearest Supermark et to M iT AMW Boston area," Martori said. V* "Many of the classes have been Food -Beer and WVine stressing the Bicentennial as an I inducement to draw alumni into . FREE DELIVERIES TO MIT the Boston area this year." · 547-8 MIT class reunions are tradi- I tionally held every five years, .. , , A, , ~~~ ~ ~.B ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~, with major reunions held 25 and S I ff!I So You're Graduating! 50 years after graduation. The | number of reunions scheduled for this year, going back 65 | Atomic Ltd. inc. Keep up with what's going on at MIT years, is one of the highest ever, l Have The Tech mailed to your home Martori said. Welding and Fabrication The events this week will cap a long process of planning and study, begun almost five years { Within walking distance of MIT | TheTech, P. o 29, MIT Branch P.O., Cambridge, MA 02139 ago for each of the reunions and | i U.S. Mail Rates : I Year: $6, 2 Years: $11 a year ago for Alumni Day. | All Metals including Exotic Metals "Reunions and alumni day | Vacumn Chambers and Systems NAME. | all don't just happen, you know," Prototypes and General Fabrication Rivalyn Zweig, a member of the ADDRESS .. . I Machine Shop Facilities Alumni Association I tI staff, said. 1 CITY ...... ,STATE . ZIP- fI Planning for each reunion I t § - m emorm m ~ mX mma m,. . amml amr= rmiaam, .lm_.mmmm..~. m . Fabricators of "Rector". takes place over five years, start- | l i 1-... 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V . i · Opirtionq- M er year gone, L00: ': another graduaton By Michael McNamee From where I sit I can see workmen putting up the tents on Kresge Oval for the receptions, parties, and other events of commencement and Alumni Day. In Rockwell Cage, stages, curtains, flagpoles, and other paraphernalia are being erected for the ceremonies to be held there. Faculty committees are meeting, professors are giving grades, diplomas are being certified, printed, and signed, degree lists are being prepared and commencement tickets handed out. It's almost time for graduation. Seniors are rushing about frantically trying to get all the bureau- cratic hassles out of the way so they can get their names on the magic list -- the degree list - despite this deficiency or that petition which was misfiled. Other seniors don't have the pro blems, and they're just relaxing, taking it easy, killing time until their parents get into town' and take them to dinner at Anthony's and watch them get their diplomas. It's hard to tell which group has more to be worried about -- the frantic ones know where they stand, while anyone who has dealt with MIT bureaucracy for three or four years is easily convinced that he'll get bad news and won't be able to graduate only an hour before commencement starts. Letters to Te - Tech There is very little of the air of finality that one notices around commencement time in high school or at other schools. People here often seem to never go away; if a senior isn't going to MIT grad Ideas Sought on Foreignt RPrograms school, he's getting a job at MIT, or a job in Boston, or going to (A copy of this letter was Owing to the· approaching undertake research and in- school somewhere else in Boston, or staying in Boston and not doing sent to The Tech): end of term, and the summer structional programs for some anything at all. This area is ideally suited to staying around and not To Members of the 'on vacation, we are forced to resort countries but not others,. in- doing anything - at least not anything that could be formally MITCom munity: to written communication. We troducing political considera- categorized as "job" or "school" - and one often sees people who The Ad Hoc Advisory Com- should very- much appreciate tions into the academic pro- were thought to have left years ago, still busy living in Cambridge. mittee on International. Institu- your observations on the sub- cess? Still, some people go away, some people never return, and some tional Commitments (appointed ject, in writing, addressed to the 2) Does it make a difference' people you know you will never see again. There are farewells being pursuant to a faculty resolution Committee and mailed to Mr. in your attitude whether the said, people catching themselves saying "Have a nice summer" and at 'the April 16 meeting) is inter- James Culliton, Director of Per- - Institute deals with a govern- amending it to "Have a nice forever." MIT students tend to think ested in soliciting information sonnel Services, E 19-29 5, who is .--> ment or a private institution that you can lessen the dimensions of forever by saying that; one and opinions on the Institute's serving in a staff capacity and abroad? quantifies, qualifies, and limits something like "forever," it allows international commitments, in- will distribute copies of your 3) Would you discriminate by one to get a logical grip on it, and somehow it lessens the whole cluding the program in Nuclear communication to us. subject matter, and regard concept. Engineering which gave -rise to In commenting upon the certain topics like nutrition Being a junior, I tend to think it's hardest on the juniors, the issue. We are also interested Iranian project, another propo- ' perfectly suitable for research -watching seniors go away to be engulfed in The Real World, never to in any precedents, and on future sal, or in general, we would and instruction with any and return to Mother 'Tute. MIT is a state of mind, and juniors have commitments with respect to welcome your views on these all countries, but others like been around long eneough to know that, and to know that once one the appropriate procedures for issues: submarine design not? leaves, one can rarely regain the combination of intellectual application of the Institute's 1) Would you discriminate by 4) Is the question of aca- abstraction, isolation from the rest of the world, and pure flakiness norms. countries and be prepared to demic procedure and rou- that marks that world. There's little or no class spirit or class tines, -'including tuition awareness around here, but commencement tends to suddenly make MI T PriONG ipdes OK charges, the nub of the mat- the sharp distinction: they're going away and they aren't. It's a ter as you see it. If so, have distinction that means, for the junior, the prospect of another year An Open Letter to the stand. We genuinely appreciate you considered the prece- without many of the friends of the last three. MIT Community: the clarity with Which the prin- dents which may exist in var- The same distinction does allow the junior to realize that if they can On April 28, 1975, we, the ciples were stated. ious domestic programs in go away, he can go away - something that doesn't always seem members of the Chaplaincy at We regret that Saudi Arabian Management, Advanced Engi- possible, stuck in the middle of a semester buried under a mountain MIT sent a letter to The Tech officials failed to appreciate neering Studies, Ocean Engi- of papers, tests, and problems sets. That's important, because even critical of MIT's contract with MIT's need to insist on this neering (naval architecture) though many people seem never to leave the place, everyone looks the Iranian government to train principle, but we rejoice that the and Aeronautics and Astro- forward to the day when he does leave. It's an illustration of the 50 Iranian graduate students in Institute did stand on it. nautics? '-- love/hate, attraction/repulsion relationship which MIT the institu- Nuclear Engineering. We ex- Rev. John Crocker, Jr. We shall be most grateful for tion seems to have with most of its-students' pressed our concern about the Fr. Robert Moran any views on these general mat- This year's graduates will probably be no exception - they'll be independence and integrity of an Rabbi. Mel Gottlieb ters. back, wondering why they ,,ame, but unable to resist. And, although institution we deeply care about. Steven Murphy Charles P.. Kindleberger it's never the same after you've been Out There for a while, they'll We were concerned about the Pastor Constance Parvey Professor of Economics still be welcome when they return, for a visit or for life, because drift of MIT involvement in mak- May 27, 1975 (Chairmran: rorthe Committee) Mother 'Tute never seems.to forget her own. I'm not sure if that's ing contracts with foreign gov- comforting - or frightening. ernments, and asked upon what principles MIT stands in making Re'view IRebbuttal Empire Star (one of his best). John J. Hanzel '76n- Cairperson such contracts. To the Editor: We write this letter in re- I think that in the interest of Ambiguity of purpose, of mood, lMichael D. McNamee '76 - Editor-in-Chief sponse to MIT's negotiations fairness and equal time you is important to him. Delany is % S ,-1t Julia A. Malakie '77 - ManagingEditor with Saudi Arabia. We heartily should publish the following re- not a didactic writer. If ypu Ann John M. Sallay '78 - Business Manager approve of the aims and pur- buttal of Margaret Minsky's re- want to be preached to, go back igrh Continuous News Service Since 1881 poses of the Salt Water Conver- view of Sam Delany's Dhalgren: to your high school English class 95,paoL No. 27 June t 1975 sion Corporation, and we regret If the characters, of Dhalgren and read The -ScarletLetter and ** X *,is ~~Special Commencement Issue that the negotiations for that (by Sam Delany; Bantamh Books) Moby Dick, complete with run- News Department I project were terminated by Saudi seem inconsistent and impene- 'ning interpretation by Teacher. News Editors: Michael Garry '76, Margaret Brandeau '77; Associate News Arabia. Worthwhile research trable, suspect lack of insight (I don't mean to disparage either Editors: Stephen Blatt '77, Gerald Radack '77; Staff: Craig Bura '75, Jules and development projects ril- and penetration in the reader. of those books, but I prefer Mollere '77, Farrell Peternal '77, Roger Cogswell '78, Lucy Everett '78, volving MIT and other govern- The apparent ambiguities arise Delany - even at his worst, Mitchell Trachtenberg'78; Staff Candidates: Leon Tatevossian '77, William I ments or government-sponsored from a basic premise: that life is which Dhalgren isn't.) Lasser '78, Danny Naddor '78, Ellen Rehg'78, Jeffery Stein '78. projects always carry with them ambiguous, that cognition is at The excitement of Dhalgren Production Department moral, political, and social conse- best unsure. Once one comes to Night Editors: Mark Munkacsy '78, William Pritchard '78, David lies in the reality that exists in it quences. Such consequences of terms with the main- character's within a superficially fantastical Thompson '78; Production Manager: Michael Graves '76; Staff: James their very nature raise the ques- Jonel'78, Lynn Yamada '78. inconstant insanity, which takes setting. The trappings are incre- tion of principles. PhotographyDepartmnent a while, the motivations of the dible, but the people are real; Photo Editors: Tom Klimowicz '77, David Schaller '78; Staff: David Green In this instance, MIT stated characters should become inti- the events are real. The pro- '75, Tom Vidic '76, Mike Garcia '78, Diana Healy '78, Mark James '78, its principles unequivocally and mately apparent (although never cession of events in a novel may Rob Mitchell'78. clearly, and then stood upon "lucid"). Dhalgren, I found, be pure, and its logic concise. Sports Department them. For this we are deeply could so enwrap me in its inter- ·When one looks for consistency Sports Editor: Glenn Brownstein '77; Staff: David 1. Katz '75, Dave grateful, and we wish to say so nal, strange rationality that (for in real life, one fimds gaps which Ziegelheim '75, Dave Dobos '77, Jim Thompson '77, Darwin Fleischaker publicly. instance) when Kid said: "I cannot be explained: the mind, '78. President Wienser said that think it means Denny's going to the imagination may fil them Arts Department we "cannot legally continue in leave me first," I could sit back Arts Editors: Neal Vitale '75, Stephen Owades; Associate Arts Editor: for the mind fears them. What any activity which has associated and say, with absolute convic- Delany:does is to refuse to per- Thomas J. Spisak. with it discrimination against tion: "Yes, that's right, I think Busin ess Departmen t form this trick of perception; he any individual on the basis of that's what it means." 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Diamond H~ead StraightShooter Phil Mamtzarmera I Bad Company (Atco SD 36-113) (Swan Song SS-8413) j Phil Manzanera, guitarist for Roxy Music, has assembled Bad Company is the last group I would have expected to some of the cream of English rock talent - the likces ofl stick with a "winning formula" - yet, considering the Eno, Robert Wyatt, ]Eddie Job~son, Andy Mcackay, and impressive debut of Bad Co. and "Can't Get Enough," John Wettonh - and created a brilliant record.Diamond they seem to have done just that. Admittedly, songs-like Heagd exemplifies much of what is exciting about "Deal With The Preacher" and "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" progressive/~experiznental British rock. in the band's tough, pared-down rock style are good- but from musicians as talented as Paul Rodgers and Mick Ralphs, I think we're justified to expect more. .... I Best Of Free Free (A&M SP-3663) Capitalizing on the sucess' of Bad Company,- which 1. 14 features Free's Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke, A&M Young- Americans Records has released this greatest hits package. There's David Bowie' no disputing the fact that Free was a superlative, (RCA APL1-0998) if erratic and volatile, band; Best Of Free is an intelligent and representative collection from Free's six A&M David Bowie has, on one level, opted for a disco/soul I albums. But the double import set on British Island soundII that is far from becoming for a man who Records, The Free Story, is a better, if more expensive, mastermindedI the brilliant rock/pop of Hunky Dory and I limited edition review of Free's past, with an excel- Ziggy Stardust; on another stratum, the lyrics of Young iI lent booklet of liner notes and photos. AmericansI form a poignant portrait of an artist trying to copeI with both success and failure. I initially hated this Circus albumII and the single "Young Americans" and the last Bowie1 tour; but there is a lot here that cannot be so Argent ' (Epic PE-33422) easily4 'discounted. A disturbing record -with' brief 1glimpses of genius. The prospects regarding the longevity of Argent are most unclear - the departure of Russ Ballard has left a large 1 creative gap and, after seven albums, the band has not Blow By Blow really "made it" to any great extent in the US. John Jeff Beck Grimaldi and John Verity have been added to take over (Epic PE-33409) I .- 0s~ Ballard's vocal and guitar chores, and they do a With Beck, Bogart, and Appice now history, Jeff Beck creditable job - but the biggest problem is in the has tried his hand at a totally instrumental album, using 31 I-song-writing. Rod Argent can't do it alone, and Jim sidemen which include 'keyboardsman Max Middleton Rodford's help is insufficient. It's sad to say, but Argent Stroll On and employing George Martin as producer. Much of i Steve Ashley is a group that has peaked; how long they can keep Blow by Blow is simple black funk with Beck's sterling putting out undistinguished records is anyone's guess. (G~ull GUT6-401 SI) guitar the chief redeeming facet. The one major excep- 4 tion, though, makes it all worthwhile. Stevie Wonder's Steve Ashley, not exactly a household word in America- Russ Ballard "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" is breathtaking - Beck, though a certified first-class British folkcie, makes his UST Russ-Ballard paying homage to both Wonder and Roy Buchanan, debout with Stroll On. With support from scads -of UK (Epic KE-33252) turns in scintillating guitarwork and makes the number a folk artists, including Fairport Convention's Dave Pegg, devastating Les Paul tour de force. Dave Mattacks, Simonf Nicol, and Ashley Hutchings (the When Russ .Ballard left Argent, he took with him much of the band's pop song-writing talent; some of that latter also having been with Steeleye Span), this is a I marvelous record. Ashley is a fine writer and distinctive pop-orientation gleams through on Russ Ballard, but Judith singer; hopefully, we'll be hearing much more of him on only "I Don't Believe In Miracles" (first released on Judy Collins this side of the Atlantic. Argent's live Encore set) stands out. Despite a greater (Elektra 7E-1032) commercial orientation than Argent's most recent work, Ballard's solo album has little more commercial appeal. Over the past few years, Judy Collins has been sounding more and more bored with much Phkysical Gra~ffiti of her material; until 1 TA-d Zt-nnplin~ now, that ennui has been detrimental. But on Judith, as LCU z·t:PPCHHP i (SwanlSong SS 2- 200) she covers old-time numbers like "Brother, Can You r Spare a Dime" and "I'll Be Seeing You,"-her delvinginto a Somehow, this album has brought me to a revelation jazzier arrangements complements the aloof vocal I about Led Zeppelin - they are, indeed, one of the stance. And her version of Stephen Sondheim's "Send In .world's great rock bands. Physical Graffiti's four sides The Clowns" is the single most beautiful number Judy reveal some of the filler inherent in any double record Collins has recorded since "Suzanne," and more than i ,,--t, but moments like "In The.Light,"" "The Wanton i offsets the questionable taste of her production/ i Song," "In MyggTime Of Dying," "Sick Again," "Ka- performances of "Salt of the Earth" and "City of New shmir," and "Ten Years Gone" have forced me to go Orleans." r back and listen to old Leed Zep again. There are weak I points, but this band has a history of. great rock; PhrysicalI 3 G~ra~ffitli is a landmark in that career. Propaganda i Sparks

Armageddon (Island ILPS-9312) i Armageddon Brothers Ron and Russell Mael will never be accused of (A&M SP45 13) making, pleasant, easy-to-listen-to music; Propaganda h Ostensibly an all-star band like Bad Company (though consists of insane bits of camp, focused around Russell f more obscure, as its members come from the Yardbirds, /ael's screeching falsetto, mile-a-minute lyrics, and i the original Renaissance, session work with Rod Stewart generally hyperactive production. It's well worth the and Johnny Winter, and the likes of Captain Beyond and' irritation, though for Propagandais terrific pop/rock - 1 Steamhammer), Armageddon manages to skirt direct especially "At Home, At Work, At Play" and "Rein- 1 Spirit of America forcements." And watch for the Maels to be starring in references to previous styles. The band cal do Yes one The Beach Boys - 1 better on "Silver Tightrope " just one cut after charging (Capitol SVBB-1 1384) Jacques' Tati's continuation of the Mr. Hulot series, through a bombastic "Buzzard" - the group's jazz tentatively titled Confusion. Very appropriate, n'est-ce leanings are solidly grounded in rock with the result A collection of previously-released Beach Boys material pas? sounding far more intriguing than anything the Yes/. from 1963-1965, Spirit of America offers nothing new 1 Genesis genre has come up with of late. in terms of the Beach Boys. What it and its commercial success do provide is insight into the marketing of a rock Toys In The A ttic record by Capitol - they've managed to achieve better sales with Spirit of America and its predecessor Endless jd Aerosmith F Summer, than the Beach Boys' current label (Warner :Columbia PC-33479) ri g Brothers) has with the group's most recent releases and r Boston's most successful rock band returns with their repackagings of 1967-1969 albums. - e

third, and best, album - a carefully crafted and polished 1 work which avoides the indulgent production of Get z Your Wings while retaining the energy and impact of Ian Hunter Aerosmith. A killer record, with guitarist Joe Perry Ian Hunter a bassist Tom Hamilton instrumental standouts. (Columbia PC-33480) / B Following quickly on ex-Bowie guitarist Mick Ronson's I Four 4Wheel Drive joining Mott the Hoople, lan Hunter suffered a nervous r Z Bachman-Turner Overdrive breakdown and the band dissolved. Now, Mott has Ir

(Mercury SRM-1-1027) ,reformed.0 without Hunter and Ronson, and that pair has a B produced Ian Hunter and is touring. A bit of the punch p As this band has settled into a comfortable niche as one bf the biggest (both physically and in terms of success) and energy of Mott the Hoople's rock has been lost in a in the US (though they hail from Canada), the qualitv of the process, orobably interftionally, but this album has : , . . .. r their music has become steadily weaker and their style some strong moments -- "Once Bitten, Twice Shy;" :%: s . . #% a has grown more predictable. Bachman-Turner Overdrive "Who Do You Love;" "The Truth, The Whole Truth, . e' ·o· ' . Nuthin' But The Truth;" and "It's Not Easy When You F has always shown immense potential, particularly while :"." ' ·. i n known as Brave Belt back in 1972; now, it looks as if Fall/Shades Off." Ronson and Hunter work well to- · : .... 2i: fold records, however unimaginative, mean more to gether, and tend to temper the excesses of the other. But BTO. Nonetheless, "Hey You" is a very good single like all such talented pairings, rumors already indicate an [arguably the best track on Four Wheel Drive. imminent split. I

. . . 0 Rneakin' Sally Through The Alley Ghosts Robert Palmer StrawbsII (A&M SP4506) (sland ~LPS-9294) Finally, after months of availability as an import, After Hero and Heroine, it was almost inevitable that Sneaking' Sally Through The Alley has been released in anyting new by Dave Cousins and the Strawbs would seem anticlimatic. And, at first, Ghosts appeared to the US. Thq combination of Palmer (ex-vocalist/guitarist I for England's Vinegar Joe); a couple of strong tunes by A fullfill that prophecy. But it is a more understated Allen Toussaint ("From A Whisper To A Scream" and record - despite "Where Do You Go (When You Need A the title track); and a mighty contribution from Little Hole To Crawl In)" ( a number recorded in mid-1973, Feat's Lowell George ("Sailin' Stoes" and powerful back- when the current Strawbs were first formed, and which ing on the bulk of the album) is strong and appealing to should have been forgotten) - with side two, in fans of the Feat and their tight, slick rock. Only amidst ,particular, forming a beautifully varied and romantic the twelve minutes of "Through It All There's You" suite, broken only by Dave Lambert's tough "Don't Try does the strength and energy tend to dissipate. 1. To Change Me." The Strawbs are one of 1975's best f. groups, and Ghosts, though a dramatic turn from Hero Desolation Boulevard andI Heroine, is brilliant. The Sweet I (Capitol ST-ol 1395) Journey After the-misleading bubblegurm nature of the hit "Little Journey' Willy," the Sweetvirtually disappeared from the American Frampton-- (Columbia PC-33388) music scene. But in England, they continued to ravage PeterI Frampton Despite the credentials of Journey-ers Aynsley Dunbar the charts with the Chinn-Chapman numbers like I(A&M SP-4512) (ubiquitous session-drummer), Neal Schon, and Gregg "Blockbuster," "Ballroom Blitz," and "The 6-Teens," After Peter Frampton's solo career began auspiciously. Rolie (both with varying incarnations of Santana), this with Wind of Change - his first recording after leaving record is interminably dull and uninspiring. Finally, a compilation taken from the British version of i 'I Desolation Boulevard and its predecessor, Sweet Fanny Humble Pie at the peak of its success - two relatively - Adams, is available in this country, with "Ballroom mediocre arnd same-sounding albums followed. But now, David Essex Blitz" and "I Wanna Be Committed" added as extra Frampton returns to and surpasses the quality of Wind David Essex frosting. It's a tremendous poEprock record with "Blitz," Of Change. Peter Franpton is an exceptional guitarist (Columbia PC-33289) and talented vocalist and writer; with long-time Anglo '"The 6-Teens" and "Fox On The Run" outstanding; if Following the rather motley collection which contained cohorts Andy Bown and John Siomos, he ranges easily i Desolation Boulevard doesn't do anything in the US, it's his first hit "Rock On," David Essex has created an not the Sweet's fault. from the bashing, dense rock of "(I'll Give You) Money" to the straight acoustic/electric fusion of "Day's Dawn- excellentI pop album which displays far more con- I ing" and "One More Time." A fine, fine record. sistency.i The same dry, echoey production is intact, but Rock 'n 'Roll I thei1 songs are stronger. From the great lead-off, "Gonna John Lennon Street Rats Make You A Star," through two sides to the closer, iI (Apple SK-3419) Humble Pie "Stardust," the pace of David Essex doesn't lag for a Rock 'n' Roll, a collection of John Lennon's interpreta- (A&M SP-4514) moment.4 Mr. Essex, a superstar of the teens in England, tions of fifties rock, competes with Plastic Ono Band as Street Rats ends the career of Humble Pie; the group has canI do himself nothing but good hereabouts with his best solo work. More importantly, it provides the decided to retire and split up following the record's recordsi of this caliber. perspective and set of influences which shaped one release. Good riddance; this album is a suitably sour note member of the most important quartet in rock 'n' roll I on which this excessive and ever more tasteless band history. As Dr. Winston O'Boogie says on the back| 4 exits the rock scene. cover, "You should have been there." A strong album, with instrumental help from Leon Russell, Dr. John, I On The Level Charlie Watts,. Steve Cropper, and Jose Feliciano and Status Quo production by the infamous Phil Spector. (Capitol ST- 11381) -*Z`·i`·"·; ·-_ -Amazingly, for a band that knows only four, maybe five, iI i chords, On The Level is a good hard rock/boogie record. i "Down Down" is a savage tune, and several other songs I somehow escape being tedious metallic claptrap; I'm not sure why, but I like this album a lot.

k Playing Possum Carly Simon I (Elektra 7E-1033) ,.ioII Instead of continuing in the vein of her best work on her .,!y; "The Love's Still Growing" Modern Times i first two albums - songs like iI and "Anticipation" - Carly Simon has developed her Al Stewart i I less appealing style of writing wordy, awkward, self- (Janus JXS-7012) i I ii analytical tunes and putting them to overblown pro- Al Stewart is moving further and further from his folk ductions. The result is sometimes sensual; but more often roots with every successive album; apparently, though, it seems like a waste for Ms. Simon's voice and her other that movement is doing him and his music good, as each k evident talents. PlayingPossum breaks no new ground. record outshines its forerunner. While the longer cuts onI Modern Times don't work quite as well as "Roads To Dressed to Kill Moscow" and "Nostradamus" on Past, Present And Kiss Future, the shorter tunes - especially "Carol," "Sirent (Casablanca NBLP-7016) Of Titan," andd "What's Going On?" - are superior. The Live, Kiss is barely fun in a mocking, cynical fashion; on backing instrumentation is flawless, with such notables record, Kiss makes the silent bands between cuts sound as Isaac Guillory, T'rim Renwick, Peter Woods, Simon great. Nicol, and Gerry Conway. Fine English folk-influenced Irock. I t Crime Of The Century Soap Opera Supertramp (A&M SP-3647) .\ The Kinks I (RCA LPL1-5081) Reinforced by a strong US tour, this unlikely-looking international band (including three Britons, a Scot, and Ray Davies has finally exceeded my limits of patience with Soap Opera - I am'sick of his concept albums and an American) are ready to fill the void left as Yes amuses the aggrandizement of his progressively more mundane itself with shastrts, Genesis induces sleep coast to coast, I and facile comments on society and life. The Kinks and BlueJays present a carboncopy of Moody Blues I haven't done much that's either new or different pomposity. Supertramp, helped on this record by Bowie producer Ken Scott, meld jazz and rock with touches of since Lola, except for the single "Preservation" released A . T· popand some eclectic arranging and instrumentation to 4 last fall. Soap Opera is more recycled rock and produce an impressive record. "Bloody Well. Right" has I gratuitous philosophizing; I'm not impressed anymore. garnered some AM and FM attention, all of which isI Katy Lied justified and suitably rewarded by Crime Of The Steely Dan Century. (ABC ABCDI846) i Co-holders, along with Little Feat, of the coveted critics' title of "Best American Rock Band," Steely Dan's fourth record chronicles both the increasing amor- phousness of the group as an operating entity and the progressive maturation of' the nexus of talent that is I Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. An exceptional record, from the rocking "Black Friday," through "Bad The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur And The Sneakers" and "Everyone's Gone To The Movies," to Knights Of The Round Table the deceptive and subtle "Any World (That I'm Welcome Rick Wakeman To)." I (A&M SP-4515) Big Red Rock Ayers Rock I hereby dub Rick Wakeman the (A&M SP-4523) crowned prince of kitsch; a rock f a Ayers Rock is a jazz/rock ensemble from Australia, Barry Manilow. This record is so 4 pretentious and tacky. If only he specializing in a sound which combines instrumental II i Frank Zappa with a bit of Blood, Sweat, and Tears. All wasn'tsuch agood keyboardsman... i very competent, but not very exciting or interesting. ii I

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'.E WiPG8MONDAY, esn JUNE 2, 1975 THIETECH er reflects on our yecars ca presidsent (Continued humanities effort from page 1) and social science electives or. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' to understand ces -options -Ill': the teaching procpessc interests that fit better the MIT student's and .the changes that a freer, ave and needs, but -that's set of options [or more el say, very much an experimental Still, I'd students. These h Many of process. the experimental graduate continued. nen grams,,particularly pro- The efforts to attract more the interdisciplinary and minority won ued ones like those in the students have contin are Alternatives, Center for Policy and have been quite successful. seem to behealthy. There not entirely We and a lot of talk is satisfied with the results, now in the School plan to examine "ter. Engineering about of how we might do bet pley interdepartmental I believe the same undergraduate programs which statement could ap One esting but look inter- to theentire equal opportunity which still must, /'d say, can area. (tto worked out. be. see programs but there is much The many interesting ideas left being explored in the bedone. Educational Divi- The period I've also sion also have been president has; in new studies long-term promise. The been a period of retrenchment that are growing up between many ime linguistics and ways. During the whole tlie neurosciences are I there's been ti-it believe, particularly promising. a tightening ofbudgets - it's fantastic There's a began before my appointment flux of things which is hard been oneof but t'se jud geand put to theprincipal problems We alltogether in a simple had imposed on us that didn't exist aasa answer. major issue before. Federal exi The Tech: Inthe lastfour penditures research et instudent mood years, the have leveled off,and in fac ;ba- seems to have changed real dollars MIT faculty quite a bit,especially members prolay, thefour in comparison to blyhave less money forresearch or five years just before even tod that - ly true though thedollars look larger, hO n JBW: Yes... the forimproving a society. they did a few tl 3.agchanged. student mood has thecWhatWar. plenty of'opportunities We ,have years ago. Thesame th Iwouldn't say thestudent Iwas tryingto say, was to improve istrue in general and one is that that society, this of administrative of apathy. It may beone of thestudent mood at thetime and keep trying to convince academic budgets. There's FCOrt realism, more reflection of wasa myself that what been an eff in a sense - thinkI students a deep unhappiness. in we see,the tensions and -a major need - to ,e're still very are country, and the the arguments,represent assess what w concerned about theworld, students focused it. If it really recognition of doing andto weedout those they're concerned about hadn't been for the opportunities, thefeedback aremarginal. things wIh DIn the a lot of things students, we might necessary to I'vebeen concerned that USgovernment does, and nothave hadso much protest stimulate corrective the process some educational ionshave reason to certainlyI many for I think Many measures. innovati know theirconcerns adults were ashamed not of these opportunities thatwere more than een -thethings about whenthey to join in your comment -juston marginal have b the M ITadministration does. sawtheir children andother about the jobmarket - lostas well, forone reason r - But theyalso, areopportunities thatperhaps or anothe: I think, have a realistic youngsters protesting. to usetechnology todo in many says we've go one view of theirown needs There is a thing about somethinguseful, to back totraditional lngs - educational this that rve doa jobbetter than ways of doing thi needs, and forpersonal development never quite understood. The it wasdone before; for example, inthe press and protest '68,'69, '70, more tomake of inflation and mol Wneythey try to balance these, was more or less of a efficientautomobiles or Yousee, suppose.I phenomenon. world-wide ingautomobiles, less pollut- shortage. youcan't characterize You know, it -really didn't or more efficient But,some of the lo p-M ITmood the start in sources or more energy exciting deve l of thepast in any simple way. the United States - it started efficient gadgets that use ments have continued.T ,ces. The MITmood ... well, it's a little in energy, otto conserve the helife scin cos.was really in 196 a9 nd '70,a nd hard tosay, it energy, to protect MIT-Harvard Joint Program a reflection '71, depends on what you the-environment -the list Health ofa national callthe start. In forever. could goon Sciences and Technology), the mood, notonly of students Berkeley, the Free Speech movement There are fantastic opportunities Cancer Center, , whohad the was ahead if theDivision for Study and courage to articulate how they early, but .',the Czechoslovakian we choose to dothe rightthings, Research in for of felt, b ut reallystarted Spring andat the same Education, theCenter people, generally. Inthis country, as studenta protest which 'timedo them ain Policy Alternatives, >5 - was i t was joined thatgives way theEarth Science basically. a consequence of by theworkers. The student some satisfaction to thepeoplep areall veryexciting. Otisna , the Viet- protests who are They're all, it sse War.m Ad ults likemyself Mexicoin and France were involved. That, I tlnnk,is tome, institutional the mu we reas ertoo. There earli- thefirst basicproblems · one of responses to chdisturbed about the Vietnam were also problems in that we have to general questions I'veoutlined ore. as t hestudents War Japan,and Germany - Thee T bef( - sometimes we didn't some of them still cometo gripswith. ch'What progress o charr agesprotest as-h persist. Each onewas based, - The--Tech: Onelast question. do yousee ard,and sometimes we were I believe, on I'vebeen on the educational front, teascriticized a different set of issues, talking to some older science of concern to students m for notdoing it. issues at least vocalized contrasting reporters, more narrowly? I believethat when adults - France,in it was thequality public attitudes about JB W:Well, I don't Dok drew back it of back in the science think you 1{can frequently wa dones o ut theuniversities, in Czechoslavakia space race days, how the at four-yeara sweep and anyyresponsibilit aof sense of the it was public see verym, y for -n otpersonal political situation, in Germany, feltthen Versus the feeling now majorchanges. Parti cularlysince lasf thinkit wasalso politically I it'samazing, thedifference. - fouryears th e responsibility , notresponsibility motivated, in There seem were e o to tagged onto a decade selves but, to thethings, them-to Japan,again, it had more to be twomajor limitations on large-scale experimentation. said theorganiza- universities, withdo the near future MIT ,in the As I : tions, around them. CertainlyI and Mexicoin the political - one is the budgetary thing, earlier,think I the last four taveroundly gotmyself situation. a ndtheo thor years h criticized fo th r protestinge I But there wasa kind of world- is t he pubh'cattitude represented a kind of consolidation iere ande ven did, widediscontent restraint. Whateffects some wh goMt i IT ntoa certain amount which communicated it- doyo s u thisee thingslike UROP (Undergraduiateof trouble too. As self,a sort of contagion havingon MIT's future in leading Research I'msure youk now,at that spread. science O ppo rtunities Program ex* eo stagene President N Theother thing about the ample,and some fo), r ixontried to cut situation is andtechnology?JBW: of interdisciplinthe lary MITresearch funds. I'vclearlye thatdifferent individuals had Well,suppose I a in'sense those programs likeHealth become ent- quite differ- are Sciences and Teecu-more conservative than used degrees discontent.of There boththe sameconstraint, nology,have become TheIr been've I to be'since thosepeople were degreethat to the fully accepted. I president of MIT partially be- whowere justunhappy arewe dependent on public seminars programs and P ass causeI see things i about the sspport for research funds. examples /Faila o re t a differenn t perspec- Vietnam War. There were of I believe the of this. Some other ings tive,partially because coursemany young people moodwill bhange- will turn whichlooked thii by I feelhave I a whose reac- although around- veryhopeful have fallen responsibility ato largeco 'mmu tions werebased on much more thinkI one hasto realize thewayside - stayspeople, nityof. matters, personal the. publicsupport that forexample, I alw a ndcan't I afford pleasure,the that is, they were faced with of science and techno- expected that the self-paced ecc- Mthe draft,and the the logy in Unitedthe study te joy,of protest that's unproductive, i possibility beingof forced States been,has with niquewould endup having Por- thinkI goingit's f intoa warthat one,maybe two a veryira to be verycostly to they abhored because it exceptions, motivated rantrole in our educational A', I NUT.O almost n a didn'trepresent anything moreby fear than enlightenment. thought systennitgroup of people, ny issue,there a a re that seemed to Primar-: it offered a oflot opportu facultyor students, matter. On otherte extreme, ily fearthe of Soviet Union. for is who ple were pe o- race, The space flexibility. aFor variety of reason itsay shouldn'tI take such considerations who wanted to change defense, and all supportthe. has intoaccount. thewhole came that moreor less disappeared. Butthere are also very social withthem were the result fear TheExperimental andmany who On system. the Soviet of of Study Group obviously wo uldb badlye whole,the peoplethe who wanted Union, andto some extent Concourse are still with byreupset to changesocial the system misreadings of their technical stil l viewedas expe us, but the sSful if didn't.I really weren't Exceptions capabilities. rimentss - ucces I thinkthis is true of many maybe communicating very were the very large experiments, but pes- .toomany - ple muchwith the peo- mentsmade invest- there are serious qxnas- adults.- I thinka point co werewho just unhappyabout a forshort period of time- tiensabout thor where yo u can'ttake mes e the war hotlong enough generalizability,prim that position, a venthough ' the thoughty the by Officethe ily becauseof economic Onss nd were.y Education of considerati, for me, Vietnamth e War was Manyadult observerslistening educationalin research. T eiing,point. Obviously, such a dialoguealso to the have beenothers here We believethat there is progress I felt that individualno thought there awas deeper probably the most made be ofng shouldquiet be abou coherence to dramaticexample, o thein effort to f'nda howt f heabo elt ut some of this than what the wne alwayse s et inducedby the war. was forgetabout, the islongtime federal fact,In werewe port of agricultural sup- sometimes told that all campusthe research land-grantin _S ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~X2 of~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~R lemswere stimulated prob- t . ,, , , ..t . .,, - . m ~~~~~~ by foreignagents. I colleges.As lookedpretty hard for those sortwe out our priorities '! ;X 7 ->... foreign' energyfield in the agents,I butcould not find andenvironmental the field, Certainly them. wes 'll thatee t most lm. ma students,ny a ma he important prob- olderpeople, nd ny lem thatface we is questionthe stillare very concerned to of how abouta lot of t problemshe managea complexsociety without i o n ur resortingto public society. Butpretty I'm also much ownership or totalitar- vinced con- ian government. Those that there hasn'tbeen a are alternatives the history time in more and morepeople of Unitedthe States when are talking about there haven'tbeen many and theyare unattractive,very at worrisomeprob- £mdthem least I unattractive.very The real lI'verealized that challengeis to maintain a aboutI m to b the ofkind free yearsand old, the e 60 societyfor people that createdwas coutfry'sabout to be originalcolonies in the 200 yearsold, beenI've more a ndth atsame e time conscious or less take advantageof of what'spingbeen. on materialthe benefits, years,a quarter for 50 health freedomand of theof lifethis nation, that technology, and hasn'tthere properlyused, should been a period during my possible.makde On lifetimewhen therehaven't the hand,one what wouldwe deep-been peopleis maximum like as anxieties,wars, depressions,and the degree of inde- everybody when pendenceand freedom, what thought placethe goingwa but science the. s to and technology s eem Unfortunately,dogs some problems pushing todoing be is have become worse; some things in us directionthe' greater-of O better. a re interdependence. The problem ..~suppose is,-how do I national anxieties are you findsensible - personalanxieties- like a balance Add - mix yo ifhave u so the t wothin? Ia kof lowhat t yo thing toyou do me- aroundM see u worr abouty it . and ITmany' in groupsin many certainam ount a departmentsis Work o tensiof n anxiety,, is on just that prob- essential fo creativity,r a this nd probais b-l lem.