ft­• .."" i... •...~ • "z ~ ~ ..c ..> z 0( ~ >,.. n-.. '. .C~;:.~ ,.,., '''''THC'' 'HroAM"""H, C'''TACT yoUA TA~V£L Ac,.£H".H£.Ar.£S'" A" FaANCt 0""'(£' 0" W'UT£ THt yALI REIO,," gO'" A yA&.£ srAT'~H Hr.W HAveN, coHH. 1>EPARTING NI:W YORK, JUNE. :15, 1.960 Phos was making his, bed out of an old The , Tech, and we happened to push as ide the beer cans , long enough to read an editoria I. There was some- thing in there about a Junior Prom scandal, and we perked up. II About ti me," we sa id, II for that rag to '100 DOG print an editorial about the Junior Prom mess." But, we looked and looked, and found that, once VOL.43 NO.2 DEC. 1959 ESTABLISHED 1919 again The Tech had missed the point. Here they were babbling some nonsense about options, when we knew, and Phos knew, and everybody knew that In This Issue the trouble was in the rancid Prom Queen election Page procedure. Yoo Oooings....................... ...••.• ...•.••••.. ..•• 2 Not fair play, we call it, to change the rules after the game has begun. Aher all, the rules stated War Surplus.............................................. 4 that the date of any MIT junior was eligible for the contest. Why, then, was Charles R. Porter el iminated A Tragedy................................................ 9 from the competition? COEDS, ARISE!! Are you not also MIT juniors? Your rights are being violated!! Athletic Awards......................................... 10 Down with the oppre s sor s ll Ecstasy of Love........................................ 14 "Chari ie was ranting around the office a wh i Ie ago," sa id Phos, "and it's a good th ing he isn't ~Aanin Space............................................. 16 going to write the editorial this time, 'cause you wouldn't be able to' print the magazine." H.M.S. Technocracy................................... 18 We demand swift action by the Judicial Commit- tee, Dean Rule, the United States Marines, or, if The Public Prince..................................... 25 necessary, the Admiral himself. t.p.h. and c.r,s , Letters................................................... 30 Gary Stone Dick Swee d ler PROCUREMENT SENIOR BOARD Carl Dover Bob Ratner Tex Terrell Genera I Manager Managing Editor Joyce Zars Art Katz Howie Kessler Nancy Lundeen Tim Hart Charlie Porter Ellen Dragan Al Shiner Francis Dyro Esther Degenerate Howie Freeman Neil Grossman Sandy Sweater stretcher John Aston Editor David Manchester Karen Hiddenheart Chris Sprague Edmond Cianciarulo Roberta Cohen BUSINESS ASSOC. George Vesper Lane Brandenberg Jim McCall CIRCULATION JUNIOR BOARD Treasurer LITERARY Ken Kassin Pete Miller Phil Schwartz Art Editor Steve Waltman Jean F rankenhuis Paul Furnee Bill Klehm Dr. William Harvey Paul Rubenstein Jerry Smith Dr. C.A. 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Girl Friend received a co II F M.I.T. Administration is a ne- "Obbledygookgrapgrap." she from some girls requesting information bulous concept which exists only answered. After a moment and a on getting their dormitory phone num- in the minds of student M.I.T. nickel, she asked, "What number ber printed in Voo Doo, Girl Friend haters. Everything evil which be- was that?" passed their number on to us. To be the Institute or the student, any- "Extension 4888. It is the certain that the phone number was not th ing which meets with the hater's Voo Doo office." a phony, we ca lied it and asked for disapproval, is blamed on the Ad- "We don't have any number the dorm social chairman. She ve- ministration. The Administration Iike that." hemently denied any knowledge of can be defined as the higher eche- "Like what?" any such calls and begged us please lon of the administrators. Which "Double oh double oh." she not to print their number. She said is all rather tautological, but is a answered intell igently. that they get so many ca IIs from scientific definition. The Adminis- "No, no, no. V•••D. We want Harvard students that they certa in Iy tration also can be defined as that V.0." And she hung up on us. don't want grubby Techmen calling body wh ich is frightfully concerned them. So, a promise is a promise. We with good publ ic relations. Its cannot print the phone number of battlecry whenever the students Brookline House at Simmons. riot, or plan any other innocent fun, is, "What'll the Publ ic say?" ot too long ago there was a Beat- Now for a nebula which is so con- nik Acqua intance Party at Tech. cerned with the Joneses the Ad- N A wild affair, besides the opportunity ministration is certainly fai ling in it gave the students for meeting girls, ast month we had an item about a respect quite obvious to every- it also served as a useful means for L the math department. This month one except, of course, these aca- c leaning old magaz ines out of our we have two items about the math demic gentlemen (one might say office. We understand that the jani- department. Evidently, not only are that they have their heads in the the mathematicians first in the peck- tors are sti II cornplo ining about the clouds). Someday call University shreds of pa per they had to clean ing order, but they are al so the only 4-6900 (reverse the charges if you up. At this insane blast, Professor ones on campus with any sense of are out of the local area.) Now re- humor. Greene read an orig ina I poem entitled member that the voice you hear is "Ode." He made some literary and Freshmen are perfectionists. They a representative of M.I.T. to the vague allusion that Simmons girls are a Iso na ive, One a Iwa ys can be Public. We understand that New have narrow hips. A staff member certain that a freshman will try to England Tel. and Tel. operators tells us that this is not true. The top an instructor. It cannot be done. are taught proper and c lear pro- other day he saw a Simmons girl with The freshman we have in mind ob- nunc iation in addition to ways in no hips at all. jected that the figure on the black- wh ich to make their voices sound board was not drawn in correct pro- pleasing. Is it impossible, then, portion. Professor A. smiled for- for the Administration to train their givingly and said, "The figure is all operators likewise? Never do they right. It's the blackboard that's say, "Thank you." Or perhaps, distorted.t) they do: one can't understand them Th~ second item from the Carte- anyway. Marlon Brando speaks hile we are on the subject of s ians concerns Professor R.' s com- better than they do! W Simmons , we must recount a re- ments about the item written in last One evening we called up and cent adventure. Last mon th we printed month's issue. He told his class that after wa iting nearly a minute for a phone number only because it hap- he was proud that after years at the the operator to answer, we asked pened to be the girl friend of a Senior Institute he was finally recognized 2 M.I. T. Voo 000 in Voo Doo. He regretted only that ate one evening, whi Ie passing year B.