MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN PRESIDENT'S REPORT ISSUE I VOLUME 72 NUMBER 1 OCTOBER, 1936 Published by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts Published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Station, Boston, Massachusetts, in October, November, February and June. Entered July 13, 1933, at the Post Office, Boston, Massachusetts, as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of August 24, 1912. VOLwuE 72 NUMBER 1 VOLUME 72 NUMBER 1 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN President's Report Issue 1935-1936 Covering period from meeting of Corporation October, 1935 to meeting of Corporation October, 1936 THE TECHNOLOGY PRESS CAMBRIDGB, MASSACHUSETTS 1936 _ _I _· -- I TABLE OF CONTENTS THE CORPORATION PAGE Members of the Corporation. 5 Committees of the Corporation 6 REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT THE YEAR'S OPERATIONS Personnel . 9 Finances .. ........ 11 Enrollment 12 Student Aid 13 Matters of Policy ... ... 14 REVIEW OF THE DEPRESSION PERIOD 17 THE NEXT PERIOD - A PROGRAM OP OBJECTIVES 21 STUDENT WELFARE Dormitories 24 Recreational and Extra-Curricular Activities 25 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM Fellowships 27 Wind Tunnel ... ..... 31 Towing Tank . 32 High Voltage Laboratory 32 Biological Engineering ...... 34 Fluid Research Fund ... .. 3848 SUMMARY .41 ADDENDA .42 CONCLUSION 43 REPORTS OF OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS Dean of Students ........ .. 45 Dean of the Graduate School 50 Registrar .. ........ 55 Director of Admissions . ...... ..... 74 Chairman of Committee on Summer Session 76 Librarian .......... 79 Director of the Division of Industrial Co6peration 84 Secretary of Society of Arts . ..... ... 86 Medical Director ........ .. 87 Director of News Service .. .. 89 REPORTS OF THE HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND COURSES SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Aeronautical Engineering Building Engineering and Construction . MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Business and Engineering Administration . 94 Chemical Engineering ..... 98 Civil and Sanitary Engineering 101 Electrical Engineering .. ... 104 Mechanical Engineering . 109 Meteorology ....... 114 Mining and Metallurgy .... 115 Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering 119 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE Biology and Public Health . 119 Chemistry 124 General Science and General Engineering 128 Geology ........ 129 Mathematics ....... 131 Physics 131 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Architecture 134 City Planning . ...... 136 Architectural Engineering . 138 Division of Drawing 139 DIVISION OF HUMANITIES Economics and Social Science . 140 English and History .140 Military Science and Tactics. 141 Modern Languages ...... 142 REPORT OF THE TREASURER S144 PUBLICATIONS OF STAFF ........ 205 Index of Authors . ....... 223 THESES PRESENTED FOR DOCTORS' DEGREES . 220 Index of Authors .. 225 MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION 1936-1937 President Vice-President KARL TAYLOR COMPTON VANNEVAR BUSH Secretary Treasurer WALTER HUMPHREYS HORACE SAYFORD FORD Life Members ABBOTT LAWRENCE LOWELL JOHN EDWARD ALDRED ELIHU THOMSON FRANK WILLIAM LOVEJOY CHARLES AUGUSTUS STONE WALTER HUMPHREYS FRANCIS RUSSELL HART VICTOR MACOMBER CUTTER WILLIAM CAMERON FORBES ALBERT HENRY WIGGIN EDWIN SIBLEY WEBSTER JOHN RUSSELL MACOMBER PIERRE SAMUEL DUPONT ALFRED LEE LOOMIS FRANK ARTHUR VANDERLIP JOHN JEREMIAH PELLEY CHARLES HAYDEN HARLOW SHAPLEY CHARLES THOMAS MAIN ALFRED PRITCHARD SLOAN, JR. HARRY JOHAN CARLSON CHARLES NEAVE GERARD SWOPE FRANKLIN ATWOOD PARK FRANKLIN WARREN HOBBS LAMMOT DUPONT WILLIAM HOWARD BOVEY FRANK BALDWIN JEWETT WILLIAM ROBERT KALES REDFIELD PROCTOR JOSEPH WRIGHT POWELL GODFREY LOWELL CABOT FRANCIS WRIGHT FABYAN WILLIAM CHAPMAN POTTER PHILIP STOCKTON Term Members Term expires June, 1987 Term expires June, 1989 BRADLEY DEWEY JAMES MADISON BARKER MARTIN HERBERT EISENHART WILLIS FLEMING HARRINGTON DONALD GOODRICH ROBBINS WILLIAM RUSSELL HEDGE Term expires June, 1988 Term expires June, 1940 Louis SHATTUCK CATES ARTHUR CALBRAITH DORRANCE HOVEY THOMAS FREEMAN CHARLES EDWARD SMITH HAROLD BOURS RICHMOND RUFUS EICHER ZIMMERMAN Term expires June, 1941 FREDERICK WILLIAM GARBER B. EDWIN HUTCHINSON WILLIAM STARK NEWELL Representatives of the Commonwealth His EXCELLENCY, JAMES MICHAEL CURLEY, Governor HON. ARTHUR PRENTICE RUGG, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court JAMES GERARD REARDON, Commissioner of Education COMMITTEES OF THE CORPORATION FOR 1936-1937 Executive Committee KARL T. COMwPTON Ex offic HORACE S. FORD E ociis FRANCIS R. HART REDFIELD PROCTOR GERARD SWOPE ELIHU THOMSON EDWIN S. WEBSTER Committee on Finance PHILIP STOCKTON JOHN R. MACOMBER WILLIAM C. POTTER CHARLES HAYDEN EDWIN S. WEBSTER HORACE S. FORD, ex officio Auditing Committee WILLIAM R. HEDGE HOvEY T. FREEMAN DONALD G. ROBBINS Committee on Membership GERARD SWOPE JOHN E. ALDRED REDPIELD PROCTOR CHARLES A. STONE FRANCIS W. FABYAN Committee on Nautical Museum FRANCIS R. HART JOSEPH W. POWELL ALFRED L. LomIS VISITING COMMITTEES Aeronautical Engineering GODFREY L. CABOT B. EDWIN HUTCHINSON GEORGE W. LEWIS WILLIAx H. BOVEY DONALD W. DOUGLAS EDGAR S. GomaRRE ARTHUR C. DORRANCE THEODORE P. WRIGHT Department of Architecture HARRY J. CARLSON A. LAWRENCE LOWELL SIDNEY WAUGH W. CAMERON FORBES RALPH T. WALKER OTTO TEEGAN FREDERICK W. GARBER GEORGE S. HOLDERNESS Department of Biology and Public Health VICTOR M. CUTTER DONALD G. ROBBINS HENRY VAUGHAN JOHN E. ALDRED LEWIS W. WATERS HENRY F. JUDKINS CHARLES HAYDEN E. SHERMAN CHASE Department of Business and Engineering Administration JoHN R. MACOMBER HOVEY T. FREEMAN PHILIP R. ALLEN FRANCIS W. FABYAN HAROLD V. COES CARL P. DENNETT JAMES M. BARKER DUNCAN R. LINSLEY 6 I _ · VISITING COMMITTEES Department of Chemical Engineering BRADLEY DEWEY M. HERBERT EISFNHART CHARpE M. A. STINE FRANK W. LovEJOY SAMUEL CABOT MILTON C. WHITAKER ARTHUR C. DORRANCE ROBERT E. WILSON Department of Chemistry WILLIS F. HARRINGTON BRADLEY DEWEY C. C. VAN NuYS FRANK W. LOVEJOY SALMON W. WILDER LEO I. DANA GODFREY L. CABOT EARL P. STEVENSON Department of Civil and Sanitary Engineering CHARLES E. SMITH FRANKLIN A. PARK HARRISON P. EDDY JoHN J. PELLEY ARTHUR W. DEAN BRIG. GEN. GEORGE P. CHARLES T. MAIN MAURICE R. SCHARFr PILLSBURY Department of Economics and Social Science VIcTOR M. CUTTER ALBERT H. WIGGIN CARL SNYDER FRANKLIN W. HOBBS LEWIS W. DOUGLAS JAMES E. HAGERTY HAROLD B. RICHMOND RICHARD L. BOWDITCH Department of Electrical Engineering FRANK B. JEWExT HAROLD B. RICHMOND A. M. MACCUTCHEON AIFRED L. Looms THOMAS SPOONER MELvILLE EASTHAM CHARLES NEAVE VIGGO E. BIRD Department of English and History DONALD G. ROBBINS ALBERT H. WIGGIN ARTHUR N. HOLcOMBE W. CAMERON FORBES J. RHYNE KILLIAN, JR. GREVILLE HASLA, HOVEY T. FREEMAN GEORGE P. DIKE Department of Geology GODFREY L. CABOT HARRY J. CARLSON WALTER C. MENDENHALL Louis S. CATES FREDERICK G. CLAPP F. WARD PAINE CHARLES A. STONE NoRaAN L. BOWEN Department of Hygiene HARRY J. CARLSON CHARES E. SMITH HAVEN EMERSON LAMMOT DUPONT• MARSHALL B. DALTON HENRY E. WORCESTER WILLIAM R. KALES WILLIAM J. MIXTER Department of Mathematics M. HERBERT EISENHART JOSEPH W. POWELL OSWALD VEBLEN WzuIs F. HARRINGTON GEORGE A. CAMPBELL HARALD M. WESTERGAARD WILLIA S. NEWELL R. E. BAKENHUS Department of Mechanical Engineering FRANKLIN A. PARK ALFRED P. SLOAN, JR. HENRY M. CRANE WILLIAM R. KALES FREDERICK G. COBURN RALPH E. FLANDERS CHARLES T. MAIN GEORGE J. MEAD _ II I ____ MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Department of Military Science and Tactics WALTER HUMPHREYS HAROLD B. RICHmOND CAPT. WALTER L. MEDDING ARTHUR C. DORRAN CE COL. CLIFTON C. CARTER BRIG. GEN. ALSTON HAMILTON Department of Mining and Metallurgy BRADLEY DEWEY RuFus E. ZIMmERE&AN HOWARD A. POILLON Louis S. CATES EDWIN D. MARTIN JOHN JOHNSTON B. EDWIN HUTCHINS ON GEORGE A. PACKARD Department of Modern Languages W. CAMERON FORBES WILLIAM R. HEDGE DUGALD C. JACKSON JAMES M. BARK•ER DONALD W. KiTCHIN CHRISTIAN GAUSS JOHN E. ALDRED ARTHUR T. HOPKINS Departmentof Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering JOSEPH W. POWELL CHARLES A. SToNE H. HARRIS ROBSON WILLIAM R. HEDGE CAPT. CLAYTON M. SIMMERS REAR ADM. GEORGE H. WILLIAM S. NEWELL GORDON G. HOLBROOK ROCK Department of Physics ALFRED L. Looms FRANK A. VANDERLIP HENRY A. BARTON M. HERBERT EISENHART BAILEY TowNSHEND ARTHUR H. COMPToN HARLOW SHAPLEY WILLIAM D. COOLIDGE Division of Industrial Copieration CHARLES NEAVE RUFus E. ZIMMERMAN ISAAC HARTER ALFRED P. SLOAN, JR. GEORGE P. DIKE WILLIAM B. GIVEN, JR. FRANK B. JEWETT CHARLES R. BOGGS Textiles FRANKLIN W. HOBBS FRANCIS W. FABYAN ELLIS W. BREWSTER WALTER HUMPHREYS ALBERT R. PIERCE WARNER P. EusTIS Library HARLow SHAPLEY WALTER HUMPHREYS FREDERICK W. GARBER - REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT To THE MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION: It is my duty at this time to submit to you a report on the affairs of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The basic problems and welfare of the Institute cannot be con- sidered except in relation to the general economic and social background of the country as a whole. The country is now in a period of transition from depression to at least relative pros- perity - from the necessity of enforced contraction to the pos- sibility of expansion and progress. This would imply also a transition period for the Institute, with a shift in the major emphasis of administrative efforts corresponding with the change in the general situation. I shall therefore follow an unusual outline in my report to you today, dividing it into three parts: (i) the year's operations; (2) review of the depres- sion period; (3) the next period - a program of objectives. THE YEAR'S OPERATIONS Personnel. It is a source of much regret to me that each