0 a 0 A41,45 60-A 1= L- I O 6 I 4 ) I 11 I rotest remains peaceful;l Bow director speaks YAProunter-emonpeace s at Kresge colloquium; OYAF counter-demonstrates$ Deansdiscugs attc Fears of violence proved unfounded as the SDS and Held yesterday in Kresge Audi- the Committee to End the War in Vietnam sponsored torium, an open forumn met to a peaceful protest against a recruiter from the Dow discuss social responsibilities, in Chemical Company yesterday morning. particular the use of napalm in The protesters assembled at 9 am in front of the Student Center the Vietnam war. The forum was where they held a rally to seek further publicity for their cause- sponsored by an ad hoc faculty Dow's production of napalm for the Vietnam war. After the rally, committee, chaired by Professor the protesters, numbering about 70, headed to the Ford Building for Murray Eden of the Electrical a 10 am confrontation with the recruiter in the Placement Bureau. Enginreering department. The top- Fill hallway ic under discussion was "Napalm, University." They continued to the fourth floor of the building, where they Vietnam and the was scattered throughout the hallway, since there was not enough room The purpose of the colloquim objective for all of them in the entry to the Placement Bureau. There they to hold an organized, issue. awaited the arrival' of the Dow recruiter. discussion of the napalm this open forum Once in the Ford Building, the protesters did not physically pre- Speakers at John- vent any students from entering the Placement Bureau. Lt. James included President Howard irtroduc- Olivieri of the Campus Patrol, who had stationed extra forces in the son, who delivered the building in case of trouble, explained that all students seemed able tory talk. Dow's Max Key, Di- Relations, dis- to get through to interviews and that there was "no trouble." rector of Industrial company's position on Take interviews cussed his supplying napalm to the Defense physically bar any job appli- Although the SDS members did not Department. Following Key, Dr. the same end cants, another form of strategy was employed with Frank Ervin of the Harvard had absolutely no interest in working result. Many students who Medical School and the Massachu- to waste -the- recruiter's time. for Dow requested interviews setts General Hospital, discussed One of these SDS members had been able to get the first inter- his medical mission, from which view with the recruiter. This student later recounted the details of he had just returned, to aid his interview to passers-by from the steps of the Student Center. napalm victims in Vietnam. He He explained that the recruiter claimed that production of napalm spoke against use of incendiaries. was only a small portion of Dow's enterprises. The student then Professor Ithiel Pool, Head of Vol. 87, No. 43 Cambridge, Mass., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1967 5c asked the recruiter why Dow would continue to produce an item of the Department of Political Sci- such little consequence to its financial well-being when so many ence, and an advisor to the gov- potential employees are driven away. The recruiter answered (per- ernment on Vietnamese policy, Meeting sei for rentghi haps, in jest) that the napalm issue keeps Dow in the public light spoke for the war, and was fol- and probably gains more applicants. lowed by Philip Morrison, Pro- YAF counters fessor of Physics, who spoke to explore sehoog plan In response to the SDS protest, the Young Americans for Free against the fighting. Chairman of in order to support Dow's the Faculty Walter A. Rosenblith By Jack Katz dom developed a cournter-demonstration right to recruit on carnpus. Appro:inately 15 people, including some served as chairman for the meet- Because people generally listen when Dr. Jerome Lettvmn twho vigorously opposed the War in Vietnam, but who st felt that ing. speaks, MIT could one day embark on a radically different concept Dow had a right to interview, aired the YAF's views by demonstra- Another meeting in high schools-an institution taught by college students receiving ting in the Ford Building against the SD-S. Another group also took action Before the anti- academic credit for their efforts. (Please turn to Page 6) last weekend. Dow demonstrators had even for At a meeting scheduled planned their tactics, the Dean's 8 pm tonight in the West Lounge CAP begins discussion office had held a discussion of of the Student Center, discussion what would be done to prevent for will be entertained' on ideas a violent demonstration, and an MIT financed high school what sort of action should be cater- taught by undergraduates taken against protestors who be- ing to the Cambridge community. came carried away with their by Mark days-in both the mornings and the afternoons. An ad hoc group headed By Mark Bolotin efforts to draw attention to the Spitzer '68, Richard Adelstein '68, * CAP might suggest that last year's Reading experiment may anti-war cause. Bill Carlson '68, Jerry Grochow Last year's Reading Period Period experiment be continued. This proposal Reading Per- Deans confer '68, and Dave Peterson '68 will pave the way to major alterations of calls for a five-day Reading Period plus the iod and Examination Period. Armed with a SCEP Dean of Student Affairs Ken- formulate the proposals for event- weekend free both before and after. Finals would neth R. Wadleigh conferred with report on Reading Period changes, the Faculty afternoons ual presentation to President be still spread over the mornings and Associate Dean Jay Hammerness. approv- Committee on Academic Performance has begun Johnson for Institutional of five days. with Thomas W. Harrington, Di- al. discussion of the problem. No ReaDing Period In a conference with The Tech Friday before rector of the Placement Bureau, $10 million estimated need a CAP could present a plan to incorporate are to CAP met to discuss Reading Period, Professor E. where the Dow interviews According to Peterson, esti- Reading Period and Finals Week into an extended i take place, and with President Neal Hartley, Chairman of CAP, explained the mates have it that MIT could Examination Period. This proposal, which is be- Dean Wadleigh, possible recommendations his committee might Howard Johnson. devote $10 million over 10 years ing supported by SCEP, has examinations given on present. however, refused to comment to an acceptable project. only once a day over the 10-day period. This plan No change what sort of action would be Not allowed to teach received the editorial support of The Tech in the taken against demonstrators if a CAP might recommend the continuation of Dr. Lettvin first made the pro- issues of May 9 and October 27. they stepped over the boundary posal at the MIT Myth Confer- the system of old Reading Period and Examination 8 CAP could suggest some combination of thesee between the acceptable and the ence tvo weeks ago, although he Period. There would be a three-day Reading Per- tern to Page 2) unacceptable. (Please turn to Page 3) iod and three-hour finals would be held over five (Please i 8 0 I Z ., Biei umark acti've wYeeken Pro -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ anior II I Junior Prom succeed s 1 Field Day tradition falls socially and financially A as sophs defeat frosh number of partal I An unprecedented 1 By Peter Meschter z, ticket sales offset a slight drop in the bitterly contested ... i: number of full weekend tickets to make I" In one of the most I 9:' i JP x and enthusiastically battled Field Days JP '67 the first financially successful t k., of recent times, an outnumbered "Red - in recent years. Full weekend sales to- y1I Baron" sophomore class triumphed over taled 825, down from 873 last year, but the "Snoopy" freshmen last Saturday. over 1100 couples were present at the The victory represented the first time Saturday concert, and a record 1200 cou- I since 10o that the class of an even-num- ples were present at the Saturday night R, won Field Day. blast. il bered year has t Sophomores had stolen most of the spe- The formal dance Friday night went k had had -, ....". smoothly and was highlighted by the i cial T-shirts which the freshmen A made up for Field Day. Many of these ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~....... 77~:? . :........?. crowning of the JP queen, Miss Linda 1,I shirts appeared on sophomores, with the Kilburn of Wellesley Colhege, the date of I original Snoopy 'cartoon covered by the Dave Kiser (SC). Sophomore class symbol in red. .v ~'~.;%,. ~ :-.. ~ .. .... I Saturday, success- !!.~..'.,~. '''.., ! , . X.,~:ii 10 for Beaver Key ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,..:::u,,..?.....~.~The large turnout for the concert Sat- event, a pumpkin pie-eating The first urday afternoon was rewarded with an contest between living-group representa- enthusiastic performance from the Lovin' of the two classes, came to a tives Spoonful. The weekenad's one major crisis end when the pie-eaters be- Premature photo by Larry Stuart-Deutsch was discovered by the, J'P committee be- carne pie-throwvers. Beaver Key awarded on their shoulders fore the concert. Tests- of the sound sys- the 10 points at stake in the con- Jubilant sophomores hoist President Joe Bisaccio itself proved test. when they learn of Field Day victory. Gaining the cup, the sophomores broke the tem in the Back Bay Theatre numbered classes winning the frosh-soph rivalry. The job of tcradition of odd (Please turn to Page 12) (Please tuian to Page 3) c1lleaning up the field fell to the freshmen. k- -1 I t '0ATO sign fops Sheraton SCEP iI Il X as stunt finally succeeds ei u en s sole Olne ina opr a~i -o.0 (Continued from Page 1) upperclassmen (their maturity should allow better i ideas, such as a shortened Reading Period and a use of the extra time), and freshmen (they have lengthened Exam Period.