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III I I III III 1M I I I II I I I I1--11 ~'"----' I I ~ I I IIF I I III I I I I I I ~'1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I - -I - I~' SCABBARD AND BLADE MILITARY FORMAL Dr. B. E, Proctor Fire In Building 5 I iI SailingOnCop hrle Team Wins On Sunday Evening i -OnChoppy Charleske IlAffirmed Head 3 With Half Of Team in Low' Temp. Lab. News Staff Of Course XX A fire in the low-temperature Technology's Sailing Team Dr. Bernard E. Proctor has been laboratory in the basement of the stepped boldly into intercollegiate appointed Head of the Department Pratt Naval Architecture Building sailing competition with a sensa- of Food Technology at the Institute on last Sunday night resulted in a tional victory over Northeastern by Dr. George R. Harrison, Dean of couple of hundred dollars damage. University, Middlebury College, Science. Dr. Proctor, who is Pro- The blaze was brought under con- Boston University, and Boston Col- fessor of Food Technology and Di- trol before it could harm the more lege in a thrilling series of races rector of the Samuel Cate Prescott than $10,000 worth of equipment in on the windy Charles last Sunday Laboratories of Food Technolosy, the laboratory where liquid nitro- afternoon. has been acting head of the depart- gen ismade for use in the experi- High-point man for the after- ment since January 1951. mental laboratories in the Insti- noon--with a perfect score--was Dr. Proctor has done valuable tute. It is expected that work in the Lawrence F. Buckland, '52, one -of research in food preservation, fer- liquid nitrogen laboratory will be two varsity sailors who did not mentation, microbiology, electronic resumed today, but in any event jourrney with the team t~o Annapolis sterilization, and sanitation. He is there will be no delay in delivering where a simultaneous regatta was president-elect of the Institute of liquid nitrogen to the Institute lab- held. Buckland -turned in an amaz- Food Technologists of which he oratories. Arrangements have al- ing afternoon's performance with was a founding member, and special ready been made so that the liquid three victories, fighting some of the consultant to the U. S. Public nitrogen will be available. choppiest waters on which intercol- Health Sewrvice. The blaze was discovered at 8:30 Shown above is the guarded doorway to the entrance of Morss Hall. Pershing legiate regattas have ever been Public Service Record p.m. iby Fred Ezekiel, a graduate Rifles guardsmen are (left), Robert Murphy and Ahmed Salton. Captain and held. Holding a distinguished record student in Mechanical Enginieering, Mrs. David Rollins are pictured just inside the doorway. 'Adams Bincer, '53, the other re- who was working in an adjacent of public and professional service maining varsity sailor, was high- room at the time. He sounded the Many Couples who attended the flower garden was completed by a he served during World War II as alam and fought the blaze with an Scabbard and Blade Military Ball, fountain spouting colored water point man in -the "IB" division, with Expert Consultant on Foods to the extinguisher until firemen arrived. held last Friday evening in bIorss and a configuration of trellisses one lirst and another second. Secretary of War and as Director Eye-witness accounts stated that }Tall, have hailed the military which were rigged by the front The final score: Technology, 30 df Subsistence and Packaging Re- the Aremen arrived with six fire en- formal as one of the best dances doorway and at the far end of the points; Northeastern, 28; Middle- search and Development, Office of gines, "prepared for everything." It held on the campus this year. hall. bury and Boston College, 21; and the Quartermaster General. was further asserted that about Morse Hall, Tnuch unlike its usual Instructors and personnel of the Boston University, 14. Born in Malden, Massachusetts, twenty-five firemen managed to ex- staid self during dining hours, was I Military and Air Science Depart- Dr. Proctor graduated from Malden High School in 1919. He received tinguish the blaze within a half alive with tulips of red and yellow; ments were present en masse, plus the picture of the ballroom as a the members of the Scabbard and FINANCE BUDGET the degree of Bachelor of Science hour. During this time considerable Blade Society and a variety of in Biology and Public Health at MEETING worry was expressed over the even- I (Continue on Page 6) M.I.T. in 1923 and the degree of tual condition of the many ship WSSF CARNIVAL The Finance Board is holding its Doctor of Philosophy in 1927. From models in the Naval Architecture NOTICE TO FACULTY annual budget meeting this Thurs- 1923-26 he was an Instructor in day, April 10, at 4:00 p.m. in museum directly over the blaze in TICKET HOLDERS Biochemistry at the Boston Univer- Room 1-134. At that-time all ac- sity School of Medicine and from the low-temperature liquid nitrogen The complimentary carnival tick- Civil Engineerins tivities requesting funds from the 1926-27 an Assistant at the Insti- laboratory. However, no damage at eta that were sent to all faculty members were given to them be- Undergraduate Association for next tute. year's operations will meet to dis- all occurred to these ship models. cause they had already contributed ConFerence Room cuss their budgets with the Finance Director of Prescott Labs A few previous accounts of the to the World Student Service Fund Board. A schedule of appointments fire erroneously reported that the Drive. The WSSF Carnival Com- He became an Instructor in Biol- appears below and will be adhered mnittee requests faculty members NamedForSb offord ogy and Public Health in 1927 and damage amounted to a total of A co-nference rozmn to be used to as closely as possible. Any ac- who cannot attend to destroy their an Assistant Professor in 1930. He $4,00. However, Dr. Otto J. Stern priimarily by the CivA Engineering tivities that wish to request funds tickets. They are not transferable of the Department of Industrial Department has been dedicated to from the Undergraduate Associa- was named Associate Professor of and unless submitted by their Charles MM. Spofford, Professor tion budget and that are not listed Food Technology and Industrial Cooperation-asserted that the dam- original holders, they w,'ill not be Emeritus of Civil Engineering and below, may make an appointment Biology in 1936, Professor of Food age amounted to only a couple hun- honored at the door. I former head of the departmert. by calling the Institute Committee, dred dollars. Technology in 1944, and Director of Airhough the exact details of the extension 2696. the Samuel Cate Prescott Labora- - I -- s'' room, -including the layout and Schedule on Page 6 location, have not yet been worked (Continued on Page 6) out, its ,facilities will be somewhat Ilike the Jackson Room in Building - I- U------A nnualSt SSembgyBall 10. The room will serve as a place where ttudents and staff, sepa- a Tradi oa ,rately or collectively, can gather for ITour ©[ £ rope s c ustries SteqeedlnColor, Ivarious functions, such as confer- Walker Staff's annual Assembly exceptiion of the war years. The ences, discussions, small lectures Ball, now the coveted tradition of committtee attributes its tremend- and teas. Student professional I a~inne # or ourse7i tee 'cess mostly to the fact that societies would be able to make the dining hall's student staffmen, ous sue The Eighth Industrial Tour of gust either by plane or by boat. will be held in W'alker Memorial or the woirk done for itby the student special uses of the Spofford Rooma Europe sponsored by Course XV s voluntary and of a slaffl- for meetings and social gatherings. Tentative plans call for the use of Friday, April 18. Harry Marshard's staff is will have the following itinerary: two station wagons for European orchestra willq,,play. cient vvolume to make the equiva- Possibility of Soietgy Offices England--13 days, Norway--5 days, transportation. With seven hundred people ex- lent eost to other school organiza- There is a possibiity of there Sweden--8 days, Denmark-3 days, pected to arttrd, and many former tions 10)rohibitive. Thirfy Plant ViSits being a small office for Professional Germany--8 days, Holland--3 days, Technology graduates coming from Origiinally ,the financial expense societies associated with Course I, Switzerland--5 days, Italy-5 days, Over thirty industrial plants will afar, the affair will be a spirited involve ad ~as met -from gratuities and France--13 days, making a to- be visited including plants in the reunion of many of the now suc- receive d by the staff, and from and there may be limited kitchen facilities. However, these things tal of 63 days abroad. electrical, chemical, shipbulding, cessful men in industry who have, voluntaary contributions. From this The group of approximately six- housing, watchmaking, automobtlle, also came the small finan- have yet to be considered. at some time, lugged dishes in the source teen students will sail on June 6th. champagne, fish, steel, zinc and ;sistance necessary to hold The facilities of the Spofford dining hall. cial as The return trip will be made in Au- coal industries. Tours are now be- £ormal dance each month. Room will not be limited in use to an inl ing arranged with such plants as Herbert Teager Is Chairman The innformal dances became so the Civil Engineering Department Since September preparations Tpopul but will be available to the d.epart- Morris Motors, General Electric, r, however, that the sale of Metro-Vickers, and Imperial Chem- have been made for decorations and tickets tto the Student Staff and ments located in the vicinity of ical in England; John Brown & presentations by an all-student their fcriends was begun. Now popu- Building 1. It is expected that all staff committee, under the leader- ]ariy fr the details concerning the room Firth Shipbuilding in Scotland; known as ]GDC's, these in- ASEA and SKF in Sweden; Georg ship of Herbert Martin Teager, '52, formal dances are held once each will be worked out in the near Jensen in Copenhagen; Phillips in chairman. Floodlights and a month, used future and the Spofford Room with Iprofits to help Holland; and Fiat in Ztaly, to men- canopy will add glitter to thle ,build- finance; the Assembly. shouldI :be ready for use by next ings exterior, while artistic lighting fall. tion only a few. Assembly Committee and decorations will transform Discussing en Route Walker MV/emorial from a student Self-Perpetuating Course I Head Ideological, moral, and other Ln- union and dining hall into a ball- The staff each Fall elects some Professor Emeritus Oharies M. room worthy of the affair. of its nhembors .to a self-perpetuat- Spofford, eminent structural engi- tahgible factors affecting industry neer, was head of the Department as well as such tangible factors as Heading the shedule of events ing co)mmittee which ,plans the is a private reception .for the com- Asserb bly from September until of Civil Engineering for fifteen plant location, buildings and lay- out will be emphasized. PoLIts of mittee and honor guests, followed April. years and was in charge when the Institute moved across the river. cultural interest will be included in by receiving until eleven. The Each year ,the Assembly is high- He is a graduate of the Institute the itinerary whenever possible. receiving line will include promi- lighted by the music of a well- rent members of the MIT'faculty, k and has spent most of his life Meetings will be held en route to orchestra. Unique presenta- teaching. He isvery active in pro- study and discuss the social, politi- administration, and corporation. tipns sltaged at intervals9 throu~gh- fessional societies and is at present cal, economic and industrial con- Assembly Origin.ated In 1935 out thee evening, the Grand Assem- senior member of a firm of consult- ditions of the countries. For ex- aniple, lectures on the French econ- Originating in 1935, the Frcarlcis bly Pro)-menade, and a buffet supper ing engineers in Boston, which has Araasa Walker Assembly has been done important work both inside omy are being arranged for the held every year since then with the (Continued on Page 2) Iand outside of this country. C. J. Brown, Sponsor group at the Sorbonne.