IG 7 isl 0e %=0e00 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE UNDERGRADUATES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OL. LXXVI NO. 16 CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1956 5 CENTS --- ----- -- leaver Key Elections r Tickets On Sale For Lramashop Six Topl'ls Duee B unior Honorary Chooses 18 Production Of Two Theatre Classics For Conference The Beaver Key, Junior honorary president; Ritchie Coryell, class sec- The newly established government gciety, elected eighteen members retary-treasurer, Q Club; Paul Ek- IDramashop has en- for' commuters will soon be seen in tered the final week iomthe present Sophomore class to berg, Field Day football, varsity full action. Four of the officers were for its; - : Srve as the nucleus for the eventual hockey; Bob Hecht, varsity base- of rehearsals elected in the last general elections, ttal of thirty which will make up ball, East Campus social chairman, spring production, , . and ill a meeting Sunday night the Chekov's "The Jubi- . .' .ixt year's Key. Inscomm representative; Dan Hol- Executive Committee of Inscomm set lee" and Strindberg':; - ;An amendment limiting each living land, Field Day football, varsity div- the day for the appointment of the "The Father." Tic- '- ~oup to three members among the ing, Q Club; Dick Hugehs, Sec- seven remainirg posts on the Com- fteen to twenty voted in by the pres- retariat chairman, Q Club; Harris kets for the show, .. which will run muter Council. This council will per- it Key, was passed at the start of Hyman, varsity wrestling, The Tech; form a function for the commuting Wednesday, Thurs- 4e meeting. No further membership John Irwin, class president, former students analogous to that done by day, Friday, and Sat- }nitation was passed concerning the class secretary-treasurer, Field Day the Dormcon and IFC for members urday nights, April FN imaining members to be voted in by football, Q Club; Bob Jordan, class of their respective groups. 18 through 21, are . e,newly elected group. This group, vice-president, IFC executive commit- Six important fields relating to stu- on sale now in the ; ith the advisory and, if necessary, (Continued on page 5) dent life at MIT will be found under lobby of Building 10 ting aid of the present Key's ex- rigorous discussion at the leadership at $1.00. : ,,--"'"':? '' utive committee, will choose twelve conference to be held this week-end glore members from the present AA Discusses Policy "The Jubilee," by [., ., Russian author An- at Exeter, N. H. and to be attended I:ophomore class within the next three by Insconlm members, several activi- Weeks. New Tennis Courts ton Chekov, is pure farce. Starred are ties representatives and faculty and The methods used this year to administration members. All these Bob D'Attiiio, Dra- : .n Preennominees for the society in- topics will be recognized as perti- And Gate Rece ps mashop president; iluded nomination forms stating ac- nent problems on campus today. Dick Thoft, of last . ' tvity records along with statements The Athletic Administrative Board Two of the planned six groups will spring's "The Kin.,, o:ncerning the potential of the in- of the AA met for the 47th time last be devoted to different phases of stu- and The Duke"; and Joan Tollentino, who has often appeared for the ividual for the Key as well as that Wednesday evening and discussed dent government; they will study the oi the Key for the Institute. The tra- general policy and several specific is- group. Just one act long, the play is a whimsical tale of the hectic anni- versary celebration of a supposedly astute bank, whose executives sud- philosophy of such activity, discuss- ditional smoker, under the direction sues concerning MIT athletics. This ing theories of what it is, why it jus- 2 Key member Gary Dischel, was denly find themselves deluged by beggars, doctored books, and their wives. board is the principal liaison link be- tifies existence, and what it should "The Father", a full-length drama by August Strindberg, has long been so used. tween the Athletic Association and accomplish. The two fields of empha- blThe newly elected members, along the administration. a theatrical "classic", and is well-known as one of the finest works of the past one hundred years. Dealing with the relationship between a strong- sis will be: The relation of the AA -With their major activities are the The first item of business was a with student government; and posi- )fOllox ing: Walt Ackerlund, frosh decision to invite Boston University 'willed man and his possessive wife, the play pictures what Strindber.% believed to be the real and horrible "War Between the Sexes". The Drama- tion of the individual student to the baseball captain, Q Club; Arnold to the 1957 Compton Cup Race. This governing bodies. On the same lines .Jmstutz, B urton Inscomm represen- shop production will star Al Weiss, who appeared in last spring's "Skin traditional crew contest pits Harvard, the third group will be concerned t/tive, Inscomm execomm; Larry An- Of Our Teeth" for Staff Players, and Ruth Nason, who performed so Princeton, and MIT against each with the current Activities Council d;ews, former class president, Q well in December's "Six Characters In Search of an Author." other and is one of the high points problem, and will attempt to reach a flub; Jim Austin, Secretariat Elec- -- of the r owing season here. The in- position on where this group its t-1ions Division chairman, Q Club; ex- vitation to BU will clearly define into the whole picture. ;Sutive committee; Jim Benenson, them. as an extra starter Not only inter-relations between class Inscomm representative, Q Club A second decision regarding crew Choral Society To Tour Germany; individuals and student groups, but was the appropriation of $350 for also the relative positions of students iftieth Anniversa.ry the purchase of an award to be Will SiinKigDavidHere Sunday with the faculty and administration known as the Ivan J. Geiger Memo- will be included in the agenda of the rial Cup and to be presented to the The MIT Choral Society will tour sheim, Frankfuirt, Creglingen, Bad group assigned to Institute commu- fiTCC Celebrated; winner of the annual lightweight Germany this summer, Klaus Liep- Mergentheim, Heidelberg, and Mar- nications problems. competition involving MIT, Colum- mann, director of music, announced burg. They will also appear with the An object of unending dispute is tqsgr. Lally Speaks bia, and Cornell. This cup will be today as the group prepared for its U. S. 7th Army Orchestra in Stutt- the matter of women students on presented in New York following the next concert. gart. this campus, and will also be heavily ["The Compatibility of Religion and race by Mrs. Geiger who will travel "King David" was chosen as one considered at Exeter. Hazing, an- ?Science in the Modern World" served "King David," the famous Honeg- there with her two daughters as ger oratorio which will be presented of the malor works for the tour be- other big issue contemporarily, will .i{ the theme for the celebration of guests of the Institute. by the Society in Kresge Auditorium cause of its immense success as per- be included in the group discussing Iije 50th Anniversary of the Tech- New tennis courts are now plan- formed by the Choral Society in the Freshman orientation; the field is not iology Catholic Club, held in Walker at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, will also be ned for the campus; quotations are sung by the MIT group at the In- past. The Sunday performance will limited to this topic, however, but 'emorial the evening of April 7. being taken for eight new all-weath- be given especially in memory of Mr. will also take in the counseling pro- mIonsignor Francis J. Lally, main ternational Festival of Contemporary er courts. It is reported that four Music in Darmstadt during the Ger- Honegger, who died in 1955. gram, and obvious problems of spirit. Deaker for the celebration, stated quotations are already in, with a Tickets for the Choral Society con- As can be readily seen from the :at "every scientific advance from man tour. I firm bid due from a Pennsylvania cert on Sunday are being sold at Two of the soloists for the coming agenda, it is certain that the week- :ige discovery of fire to the latest de- company. $2.00 (reserved) and $1.50 (unre- performance-Helen Boatwright, so- end at Exeter has potentiality of be- ::eopments in thermonuclear weapons Athletic philosophy was kept in served) by the Music Office, Room ing a vital one for the future of the prano, and Donald Sullivan, tenor,- tEkes its real consequences from its clear perspective as the policy was 14-N238. Reservations may also be will accompany the Choral Society on Institute. irlation with man." The Monsignor firmly defined regarding the possi- made by telephone from 9 to 12 and The Freshman Dance for this year, its summer tour. Paul Matthen, bass 'Ienton to point out that the study bility of gate receipts. Such money- 1 to 5, Monday through Friday, Ex- soloist who has sung with MIT on which promises to be a great success, oYfphilosophical and theological re- making steps will be avoided in the tension 892. (Continued on page 6) 'ities enabled the scientist to give future, as has been true in the past.. numerous occasions and is currently hfis work final meaning. The Director of Athletics will ad- with the Stuttgart State Opera, will i(~During the course of the evening, ministcr this policy, keeping a rea- join the singers when they get to Mozart-Franklin Works Featured Rev.