OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE UNDERGRADUATES OF MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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Three members of the M.I.T. Debat-ing Society placed high in the indivic-ual ranking of speakers at a NoviceTournament held this weekend. Out of'a total of 52 speakers entered at Sz.Anselm's College in Manchester, N. H..Alexander Bernhard '57 placed firlst,Russell Doane '58 took third and Rob-ert Jordan '58 came in fifth.

The A Team, consisting of Doane,Gustav Swanson '58, Alan Tucker '5S,and Alan Malrcovitz '58, Lion five outof six contests and placed second in itsleague. The I Team, composed ofBernhard, Jordan, Alden Gibson '58and John Holmfeld '58, wson four ofits six tilts to tie for third in its group.

The topic of these debates was "Re-sol-ed: That the United States ShouldExtend Diploniatic Recognition to theCommunist Governminent of China."

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"Racial and Religious Discrimination in American Universities" will be

the topic of a conference at the Institute this spring, March 25-27. Eighty-

eight colleges and universities from all over the country will be represented

at the conference, which is being planned by the Undergraduate Association.Each participating school will send its Dean of Students, the president

of its student body and one other student chosen by the student body presi-

dent. This gives the conference a student-faculty representation from allsections of the country.

The conference will be highlighted by full-session meetings in the newly-

opened auditorium, featuring prominent speakers of national renown. The

PACHECO AND B. U. QUEEN

scheduled topics of these sessions are"The American Scene Today", "Atti-tudes and Viewpoints", and "Selectiv-ity in Universities." Each full sessionwill be followed by discussion meet-ings of cross-section groups of twenty.This alternation of mass meetingsand small discussion groups is aimedat provoking the maximum amount ofconstructive thought and understand-ing during the short time available. Afinal session in the auditorium on Sun-day, March 27, will serve to sum upthe conclusions of the conference.

Purpose of the Conference

The aims of the MIT UndergraduateStudent Body in planning the con'er-ence are to bring into contact collegestudents, professors and adminis-trators from all sections of the coun-try and thus promote and facilitateunderstanding of the conflicting view-points on the vital issues involved; tocall attention to and bring considera-tion to bear upon the important prob-lems in this area; to provide knowl-edge of the actions of other collegesin coping with these problems and thedegree of success or failure of theiractions; to call national attention tothe fact that this area is of majorconcern to college students; and pos-sibly to develop a continuing intel-collegiate effort toward solution of theproblem.

Grant Aids Distant Schools

An anonymous grant of $5,000 hasenabled MIT to offer the payment oftransportation expenses in excess of$50 per student delegate. This givesWest Coast schools equal opportuni-ties with nearby schools to attend theconference. In addition to the $50 fortransportation, each delegate will paya registration fee of $12 to cover ex-penses of food and lodging.

While at the Institute, delegates willbe housed at Baker House and will eatat Baker House and various downtownrestaurants. Student guides will pro-vide transportation and a knowledge

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The All-Tech Dance for 1955 willfeature the nationally famous musicorf Ralph Marterie and his DownbeatOrchestra. This formal dance will beheld in the Sheraton Plaza Hotel, onSaturday, February 19, 1955.

Ralph Marterie's entire orchestrahas been contracted to play betweenthe hours of 8:00 p.m. and midnight.Marterie has had great success in re-cent years and has made several hitrecords.

The dance will be held at the Shera-ton Plaza Hotel at Copley Square. Inaddition to the Ballroom and Foyer,the adjacent State Suite, Copley Room,and Back Bay Room have been acquir-ed to guarantee reserved tables forfive hundred couples.

This event is being planned for theenjoyment of the entire M.I.T. fam-ily: undergraduates, graduates, andfaculty. The dance committee is com-posed of representatives from allwalks of Institute life to help providean affair that will appeal to everyoneand make this truly an All-TechDance.

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December 12, 1954Emmanual CollegePROGRAM

Rosalie, by Max Maubrey

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L'Anglais {el qu'on le parle, by Tristan Bernard

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by Robert Kaiser '56 ply the male leads.M.I.T. students were featured in The plots of both plays were clas-

two one-act plays given in the Em- sically "simple". "Rosalie" is an ex-

manuel College Auditorium last Sun- pose of the maid troubles of a

day afternoon. For the second year French couple who expect an influ-

in a row, the Emmanuel French DLe- ential person for dinner. "L'Angiaispartm(net has called Techmen to sup- i (Cottirned/'e from page 2)

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lTew SkatingRink ExpetedTBo Be Ready For Use UponRletu rnFrom WinterVacation

The new M.I.T. Skating Rink is now rapidly nearing completion and, if

all.goes well, should be ready for use aftelr the Christmas recess.Containing more than 40 miles of piping, the new rink will have the

dimensions of a regulation hockey rink, 200 feet in length and 85 feet in

breadth. A salt-brine solution will be circulated through the pipes to cool the

water for the necessary two inch layer of ice. The air conditioning equipment

of the new auditorium will be used for the cooling system of the rink.To insure a smooth surface, the layer of ice will be built up in three steps.

First about an inch to an inch and a half of water will be poured over the A

pipes and frozen. The layer will thenAlum ni Group Islowly be built up to exceed the requi-

site two inches by spraying water on PFrima ry Sub ectwith a fog nozzle. Finally the ice will S jbe scraped down a bit, and a cloth A tdampened with hot water will be pass- A t XFC Meetinged over the ice to remove surface im-perfections.

The rink will be operated along lines Harold E. Lobdell, executive vice-very similar to the Alumni Swimming president of the Alunii Association,Pool. During the specified general spoke at the I.F.C. meeting held in theskating periods, use of the rink will Hotel Beaconsfield in Brookline, lastbe limited to students and staff of the Thursday night. A dean of studentsInstitute and their guests. The num- at the Institute for twenty years, Mr.ber of guests is limited to one per Lobdell has also been editor for eightfarnily. All people using the rink will years and publisher for 25 years ofbe required to show positive identifi- the Technology Review, besides oper-cation such as registration cards. An ating the Tech Loan Fund for a quar-effort will be made to limit strictly ter century.the use of the rink by outside organi- In his talk, Mr. Lobdell outlined thezations. purposes, functions and history of the

As the schedule now stands, the rink Alumni Association.will be open for general use most of Graduates of M.I.T. gathered on St.the day, unless there is a hockey game Patrick's Day in 1875 and voted toscheduled. The hockey games will usu- form the first alumni association. Thisally be at 8:00 p.m. The rink will be association held its annual dinnerrestricted to varsity practice between every January and honored the grad-the hours of 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. The uates at a reception in June.final schedule will be printed in a later Other organizations that have beenissue of 'The Tech. (Continued on page 4)

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Marterie To PlayAtAll-TechDanceEarly Next Term

Pacheco CapturesUgly Mann Crown;APO Nets $493

Mario Jesus Pacheco de Figueredo'55, East Campus' official entrant inthe Ugly Man on Campus Contestsponsored by APO, nosed out WalkerStaff Captain Harris A. Notarys '55for that dubious honor by the slimmargin of $17.81 as the competitioncame to an end last Thursday.

A total of $493.64 was collected forthe benefit of the Boy Scout Camp inNew Hampshire. The proceeds willcontribute to the building of a newunit at Camp Quinapoxit and will alsoprovide funds for scholarships to sendboys to the -Camp.

Pacheco's group collected $179.04,while HAN's followers netted $161.23.Third in line was Everett Trop '57with $42.06. The Ugly Man Trophywhich was accepted by Don "Boss"Wint, Pacheco's campaign manager,will be soon on display in East Cam-pus. Pacheco received an Ugly Manpin, a scroll and his free ticket to goto the Dorm Formal with Joan Slinger'55, B.TJ. Beauty Queen at a presenta-tion in the lobby of Building 7 at noonon Friday.

FeaturedM.I.T. Students AreCollege FrenchEmmanuel

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Hillel 1Holkds GalaChanukah FestivalThis Past Sunday

This past Sunday, about seventypeople attended Hillel Society's an-nual Chanukah Festival in the BakerHouse Dining Room. The festival thisyear was held a week earlier thanusual due to the coming vacation.Chanukah, or the Feast of Lights asit is sometimes called, does not beginuntil next Sunday.

A short introductolry talk on thehistory and significance of the holi-day given by Richard Glantz '58 beganthe afternoon's program. This wasfollowed by the lighting of the candlesby Siegman Silber '58 and a poetryreading by Martin Brilliant '54. Toround out the first part of the pro-gram, a dramatic reading of Cha-nuka (elt, a short storly by SholomAleichem, was given by Miss JuneAugust of Emerson College.

The musical portion of the programwas opened -by a seiies of Israeifolksongs played on the harmonica byUri Drimmer, a giraduate student atthe Institute from Islrael. A sessionof group folk singing and dancingwas then led by Miss Judith Goren-stein '56 and Drimmer. The festivalconcluded with a general mixer andsocial dancing.

FINAL EXAMSConflict examinations or examina-

tions not listed on the January 1955i Examination Schedule must be re-ported by 5 p.m., Wednesday, Janu-ary 5.

Prof. Todd TellsAbout EducationIn Great Britain

by J. Philip Bromberg '56The following is the results of an

interview with Sir Alexander RobertusTodd who until last week served asArthur D. Little Visiting Professor ofChemistry at the Institute. Sir Alex-ander was educated at the Universityof Glasgow and is now Professor ofChemistry at Cambridge University inEngland. He holds degrees from sev-eral institutions, and has been the re-cipient of many honors and avarlds.This past summer he was knighted byQueen Elizabeth.

At the present time, Britain, as alsothe United States, is suffering froman acute shortage of trained scientistsand technologists. Great differencesexist between the training of scien-tific manpower here and in England.Except for the Imperial College ofScience and Technology in London

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TTUESDAY, DECEMBER 14,1954L

n o ti ces Em___ . 1 ll,_~~~~through the mailTo the Editor 'of The Tech:

Dear Sir;Last week, the Institute was flooded

with printed copies of supposed"Christmas Carols", an effort on thepart of Voo Doo Publicity Staff,which fell short of neither filth norsacrilege. They have promised moreof the same on Wednesday.

It is disturbing that those who lackrespect for the meaning of Christmasshould choose to defile the traditionswhich are held so strongly by manythroughout the world.

It is hoped that the editors of VooDoo will not show such a lack oftaste and judgment as to allow a re-peat on Wednesday. If they do, thestudent body should definitely makeits feelings felt through the InstituteCommittee.

Philip A. UnterseePresident

To the editor of The Tech:Dear Sir;

Congratulations on your reprint ofInstitute Committee minutes in youreditorial column of last Friday's is-

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The @1 TechVOL. LXXIV Tuesday, December 14, 1954 No. 47

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Christmas V acation.

EXHIBITS

A representative selefctin ,,f nF: .... , . . , e .............,,· x,,, rt, with emphasis ont he nature ana development of the cathedral, w il be on exhibition in the N ew

Gallery of t he Charles H ayden Memorial Library through Decem ber 26 .H ours:Monday through Friday, 9 :00 a.m.-5:00 p .m.; Saturday and Sunday, 2 :00-

5 :00 P .m.

Photographic Salon prints by M r. Clarence C . Ruchhoft of Cincin-nati, Ohio, w ill be on display in t he Phot o Service Gallery, Basement of Build-

ing 11 , through December 15 .

CALEND AR OF EVENTS

Although THE TECH will not appear o n Tuesday, January 4, theC alendar of Events w ill b e published as usual, carrying announcements for

nine days ( Tuesday through the f oll owing Wednesday) . Notices, typewrittenan d sign ed, must b e in t he office of t he editor, Room 7-204 , n ot later t han n oonon Wednesd ay p rior t o t he date of publication. M aterial f or th e Calendar of

Ja nuary 4-12 is du e December 29 .

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is Spoken" is a complicated pot-pour-ri with a language barrier, for itconcerns an eloped couple, the anx-ious mother who speaks no French,a French police inspector and an in-terpreter who speaks no English.

The items of interest, of course,are not the plays, but the actors andthe presentation, and the main differ-ence between last Sunday's perfor-mance and the average college for-eign language play is that all par-ties concerned seemed to know whatthey were doing, and there was ac-tual acting instead of the tonelessdribbling of incomprehensible wordswhich I expected to find. This waspartly due to the fact that the leadsspoke French fluently, and partly theresult of lots of hard work and ef-fort from the supporting cast. Buton the whole, the success of the after-noon is mainly due to Gerard Dor-get, '56 and Natalie de Leuchtenberg,'56, who took the leads in both plays.

During the intermission, a sextetof M.I.T. students led by Guy Petron,G, sang two medleys of French FolkSongs, and Miss de Leuchtenberg didan excellent interpretation of Ukra-nian Folk Song.

There will be a general meetingHillel on Wednesday at 5:00 p.m.Crafts Lounge.

General M anager .................................................................................................. N orman G. Kulgeiu, '55E ditor ................................................................................................................................ P hilip B ryden, '56B usiness M anager ................................................................................................................ A llan Schell, '55

EDITORSMake-Up ............................ David Appling '57 Co-Features ...................... Bjorn Rossing '55News .................................. Stephen Cohen '56 David Kleinman '56Copy ............................ Robert Rosenbaum '57 Asst. Features .................. A. C. Turrisi '56Sports ................................ John Friedman '57 Exchange ........................ Everett H. Trop '57

MANAGERSA dvertising .............................................................................................................. Ernest W asserm an, '57Office M anager ....................................................... ................................................. Jacob Gubbay, '56Circulation M anager ............................ ......... ...................................................... Philip B. M itchell, '57

STAFF MEMBERSStephen Edelglass '56; Ben Chertok '57; John Kretzer '57; J. Philip Bromberg '56; Paul W.Abrahams '56; Gerald L. Marwell '57; Philip Gallagher '57; Martin A. Jacobs '56; Robert G.B~ridgham '57; Fredric Gordon '56; Berthold Lippel '56; Daniel B. Schneider '57.

STAFF CANDIDATESMyron Shulman '58; Stephen Auerbach '58; George Myers 'i8; Adhar Mirchandani '57;Peter Speth '58; Siegrnar Silber '58; Ira Gerstein '58; Martin Victor '58; David Bentley '58;Stanley Shapiro '58; William Cunningham '58; Robert J. Witonsky '56; Richard Hughes '58;Harris Hyman '58; 1Robert Soll '58; David Wagar '58; Roger Wollstadt '58; Helmut Wa'eymar'58; James R. French ';8; John S. Edquest '58; Fred Golenzer '58.

OFFICES OF THE TECHNews, Editorial and Business--Room 020, Walker Memorial, Cambridge 39, Mass.Entered as second class matter at the post office at Boston, Massachusetts.

All photos by The Tech-Technique Photo Staff, unless otherwise accredited.

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of Boston for the delegates during Iany spare time they might have, solthat their stay here will be a pleasant!one.

The final selection of all the speak. 'ers is not yet completed. However, .Dr. James R. Killian has accepted an Iinvitation to be one of the speakers |at the plenary sessions.

by C. Peter SpethDANCES

Wednesday, December 15WHIDDEN HOSPITAL-You don't need

pink shield or pink cross protection forthe record operation at the School ofNursing in Everett. Find your own 4wheels-no ambulances available. 60c atthe dooe, stag or drag. 8 p.m.

Thursday, December 16FRANKLIN SQUARE HOUSE-Last BLAST

before vacation with your special one.A semi-formal at the F.S.H. located twoblocks east of Mass. Ave. on Washing-ton St. The band begins to roll at 8.Get a FREE ticket now at the T.C.A.office.

Friday, December 17M.I.T.-Don't leave unhappy! In the con-

genial atmosphere of the 5:15 Clubroom(Walker}, the commuters are holdinganother of their notorious dances,(8:30-12) featuring over 100 bee-oo-ti-ful women and great hairy vats of Budand Pick. Tickets $1.00, girls free.

UNIYERSITY CLUB-Hai Donehey's Or-chestra inflates ,he air at 8 in the U. C.at Trinity Place. Come solo or duet-$1.25.

Saturday ,Decem6ber 18INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIA-

TION-The bill of fare begins at 8:30with a Christmas Dance at the Centeron Garden St. near Hotel Continental.Free.

Tuesday, Deeernebr 21R.L.E.L.N.S.--Music, dancing, eating (fur-

key, ham, potato salad, etc.), in theCambridge Boat Club at the EliotBridge from 5 to 9 p.m. Tickets for$1.75 from Ralph Triconi in room 20B-130. By the way, if you find out whatR.L.E.L.N.S. stands for, drop us a note.We're simply dying to find out.

LASELL-Here's one for the "records."$20 worth of records in prizes will begiven out at this dance and show inWinslow Hall. 50c admits you at 8.Stan Richards from WORL will be spin-ning the turntable.

LESLIE-"Coffe-capers" in Leslie Gym at8. A small donation is in order for thisrecord hop. It has come to our affen-

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In this day and age, as I like to call it, everybody should knowsomething about science. Unfortunately, however, the great majorityof us are majoring in elocution, and we do not get a chance to takeany science. But we can at least learn the fundamentals.

Though this column is intended to be a source of innocent merri-ment for all sexes and not to concern itself with weighty matters,I have asked the makers of Philip Morris whether I might not fromtime to time use this space for a short.lesson in science. "Makers,"I said to them, "might I not from time to time use this space for ashort lesson in science?"

"Bless you, lad!" cried the makers, chuckling. "You may cer-tainly use this space from time to time for a short lesson in science."

They are very benign men, the makers, fond of children, smallanimals, community singing, and simple country food. Their benevo-lence is due in no small measure to the cigarettes they smoke, forPhilip Morris is a cigarette to soothe the most savage of breasts. Irefer not only to the quality of the tobacco- which, as everyoneknows, is amiable, humane, and gracious- but also to the qualityof the package. Here is no fiendishly contrived container to fray thefingernails and rasp the nerves. Here, instead, is the most simpleof devices: you pull a tab, a snap is heard, and there, ready at hand,are your Philip Morris Cigarettes. Strike a match, take a puff, andheave a delicious little rippling sigh of pure content.

So, with the cordial concurrence of the makers, I will from time totime devote this column to a brief lesson in science.

Let us start today with chemistry. It is fitting that chemistryshould be the first of our series, for chemistry is the oldest of sciences,having been discovered by Ben Franklin in 123 B.C. when an applefell on his head while he was shooting the breeze with Pythagorasone day outside the Acropolis. (The reason they were outside theAcropolis and not inside was that Pythagoras had been thrown outfor drawing right triangles all over the walls. They had severalmeetings outside the Acropolis, but finally Franklin said, "Look,Pythagoras, this is nothing against you, see, but I'm no kid any moreand if I keep laying around on this wet grass with you, I'm liableto get the break-bone fever. I'm going inside." Pythagoras, friendlessnow, moped around Athens for a while, then drifted off to Brusselswhere he married a girl named Harriet Sigafoos and went into thelinseed oil game. He would also certainly be forgotten today hadnot Shakespeare written "Othello.")

But I digress. We were beginning a discussion of chemistry, andthe best way to begin is, of course, with fundamentals. Chemicalsare divided into elements. There are four: air, earth, fires and water.Any number of delightful combinations can be made from theseelements, such as firewater, dacron, and chef's salad.

Chemicals can be further divided into the classes of explosiveand non-explosive. A wise chemist always touches a match to hischemicals before he begins an experiment.

A great variety of containers of different sizes and shapes are usedin a chemistry lab. There are tubes, vials, beakers, flasks, pipettes,and retorts. (A retort is also a snappy comeback, such as "Oh, yeah?"or "So's your old man!"

(Perhaps the most famous retort ever made was delivered by noneother than Noah Webster himself. It seems that one day Mr. Web-ster's wife walked unexpectedly into Mr. Webster's office and foundMr. Webster's secretary sitting on Mr. Webster's knee. "Why Mr.Webster!" cried Mr. Webster's wife. "I am surprised!"

("No, my dear," he replied. "I am surprised. You are astonished."(Well, sir, it must be admitted that old Mr. Webster got off a

good one, but still one can not help wishing he had spent less timetrifling with his secretary, and more time working on his diction-ary. Tany of his definitions show an appalling want of scholarship.Take, for instance, what happened to me not long ago. I went to thedictionary to look up "houghband" which is a band that you passaround the leg and neck of an animal. At the time I was planningto pass bands around the legs and necks of some animals, and Iwanted to be sure I ordered the right thing.

(Well sir, thumbing through the H's in the dictionary, I hap-pened to coroe across "horse." And this is how. Mr. WebJster defines"horse"--"a large, solid hoofed herbivorous mammal, used as adraft animal."

(Now this, I submit, is just plain sloppiness. The most cursoryinvestigation would have shown Mr. Webster that horses are notmammals. Mammals give milk. Horses do not give milk. It has to betaken from them under the most severe duress.

(Nor is the horse a draft animal, as Mr. Webster says. Man is adraft animal. Mr. Webster obviously had the cavalry in mind, buteven in the cavalry it is men who are drafted. Horses volunteer.)

But I digress. We were discussing chemistry. I have told you themost important aspects, but there are many more-far too manyto cover in the space remaining here. However, I am sure that thereis a fine chemistry lab at your very own college. Why don't you go upsome afternoon and poke around? Make a kind of fun day out of it.Bring ukeleles. Wear funny hats. Toast frankfurters on the Bunsenburners. Be gay, be merry, be loose, for chemistry is your friend!

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This columtn is brought to you by the makers nf PHILIP MORRISwhi1o think you would enjoy their cigarette.

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HILLEL

Broadcasting over WMIT will term.inate with the end of Thursday's pro. gramming, and will resume at 6:00 p.m. Monday, following Christmas va.

cation. _FRESH PINS

"Beaver" pins for the Class of 1958are once more on sale. They may bepurchased between now and Christ.-mas in Building 10 or the institute -Committee for $2.00 each.

MERRY CHRISTMASThe managing board of Volume 74 of The Tech would like to

express its best wishes to the entire M.I.T. community for a MerryChristmas and a Happy New Year.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15

Mathematics Department. Colloquium: "A Direct Proof of Hurewicz's The-orem." Prof. Herbert Federer, Brown University. Room 2-246, 4:30p.m. Tea will be served in Room 2-290 from 4:00-4:30 p.m.

AIEE-IRE-Student Branch. Tour of Whirlwind Computer. Barta Building(211 Massachusetts Avenue), 5:00 p.m.

Hillel Foundation. General meeting. Crafts Lounge, 5:00 p.m.M.I.T. Graduate House. Annual Christmas Candlelight Dinner. Campus Room,

Graduate House, 6.:00 p.m. All-graduate, students and their. guestswelcome.

Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. Lecture: "The Meaning of Christmas."Room 10-280, 7:00 p.m.

Freshman Swimming Team. Meet with Tufts College. Alumni Swimming Pool,7:15 p.m.

Chemistry Department. Harvard-M.I.T. Physical Chemistry Colloquium:"Chemical Applications of Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy."Prof. George K. Fraenkel, Columbia University. Room 6-120, 8:00

p.m.School of Architecture and Planning. Lecture: "Landscape Architecture." Prof.

Hideo Sasaki, Harvard University. Room 7-437, 8:00 p.m.Varsity Basketball Team. Game with University of New Hampshire. Rockwell

Cage, 8:15 p.m.Varsity Swimming Team. Meet with Tufts College. Alumni Swimming Pool,

9:00 p.m.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16

Biology Department. Colloquium: "Neurohormones and Neurosecretion."Prof. J. H. Welsh, Biological Laboratories, Harvard University. Room16-310, 4:00 p.m. Tea will be served in Room 16-711 at 3:30 p.m.

Physics Department. Colloquium: "Heavy Mesons from the Brookhaven Cos-matron." Dr. E. 0. Salant, Brookhaven National Laboratory. Room

6-120, 4:15 p.m.Lecture Series Committee. Films: "Cheaper By the Dozen," and "Dances of

the Kwakiutl" (color film on American Indians). Room 1-190, 5:05,7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Admission: 30 cents.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17

Mechanical Engineering Department. Se.minar: "R, i,^n.. of . is.o-Elastic M.a-terials." M r. Paul R. Paslay. Room 3-370, 3:30 p.m. Coffee will beserved in Room 3-174 from 3:00-3:30 p.m.

Varsity Hockey Team. Game with Princeton University. Boston Arena, 4:30p.m.

5:15 Club. Dance. 5:15 Club Room, 8:30 p.m.-12:00 midnight. Admission:$I.00 per c,,-'e.

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When C h r i s t m a s vacation ap-proaches, the dormitories at Tech pre-pare for the holiday season. This yearmost Dormitory effort has been direct-ed towards making Christmas a hap-pier time for many youngsters in theBoston area, and giving the Dormi-tories a .Christmas atmosphere.

East Campus staged a Christmasparty Friday for about twenty under-privileged children from the Cam-bridge area. The kids were treated torefreshments, presents, games, andSanta Claus; in all, they had a "rol-licking good time." Talbot Lounge wasdecorated, complete with tree and allthe trimmings. Burton House had itschildren's party Sunday afternoon illthe Burton Lounge, with Santa Claus,as usual during Christmas parties,present, and full of good cheer. TheBurton Lounge, 420 lobby, and 410lobby were decorated. Burton Houseseems to have won the "Christmastree" championship with four trees,two in the lounge, and one in eachlobby.

Baker House, instead of a party,collected money for the SalvationArmy. A decoration party was heldSunday night, complete with refresh-ments and dates, and the dining roomand lobby were decorated. A contestwas also held in Baker House for thebest and most original door decora-tion.

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by Fredric Gordon '56Friday night, Baker House played

host to this year's Dormitory Christ-mas Formal. One hundred couples at-tended the dance, which proved to beone of the most successful social func-tions of the year. Lulled by the softblue lighting and the excellent dancemusic Herbie Wayne's twelve pieceorchestra.

Decorations i n c l u d e d evergreenboughs and several beautiful Christ-mas murals adorning the windows ofthe Baker House dining room andlobby. The entertainment included ajuggling act by Jim Stone '55 and arendition of several semi-classicalselections by Warren Moon '55. Stonejuggled everything from tennis ballsto cigar boxes while Moon, singing inan excellent tenor voice showed a fineunderstanding and appreciation of hisselections. The entertainment wasM.C.'d by Professor Samuel Mason,faculty resident at Baker House.

A staff of twelve students acted aswaiters and were kept busy all

I through the night delivering drinksof all known (and several unknown)varieties. The Formal ended at one in

i the morning but Christmas carolscould be heard echoing out in all di-rections until a much later hour. Thetuxes are all put away now but thememories remain.

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tion that stags are preferred thoughdrags are admitted. 'Nough said!!

THE COLLEGE STAGE"WINTER SET"-Bosfon University Drama

Club is presenting this play in the Uni-versity Theater. Curtain at 8:00 p.m. onDecember 14, 15, and 16. $1.00 at thedoor.

Friday, January 7"THE HUNTED"-Eugene O'Ne;: w:rote a

trilogy entitled "Morn:n Becomres Elec-tra." The Emerson College Drama Work-shop is presenting the third of these 3 inthe Emerson Theater, corner of Beaconand Berkeley Sts. Lights are dimmed at8:30 on December 15, i6, and 17. Reser-vations must be made beforehand bycalling the theater. Admission free.

ENTERTAINM ENTBOSTON GARDEN-BASKETBALL: Syracuse

Nationals vs. New York Knicks, 7:15 p.m.;Boston Celtics vs. Milwaukee, 9:15 p.m.;Wednesday, December 15-Boston Celticsvs. Philadelphia Warriors at 8:30 p.m. fol-lowing preliminary game at 6:30, Satur-day, December 18-HOCKEY: BostonBruins vs. Detroit Red Wings, 8:30 p.m.,Thursday, December 16-BOXING: Allstar boxing 8:30 p.m., December 23 and24.-ICE CAPADES OF 1955: December26 thru January 13. Midnight show NewYear's Eve. The program features "WishYou Were Here" and "American inParis." All seats ($1.25 to $3.75) reservedby mail order, or tickets from the boxoffice, Jordan's, or Filene's.

BOSTON OPERA HOUSE-Mail orders maybe obtained now in T.C.A. office for Lon-don's Festival Ballet. Eight great perform-

ances starting February 21 including"Esmeralda", "Aiice in Wonderland"i "TheGrieg Concerto", "Symphony for Fun","The Nutcracker", "Le Beau Danube","Schenerazade", "Giselle", Petrouchlka","Swan Lake", "Les Sylphides", end "PrinceIgor." The cast stars Anton Dolin, NatalieKrassovska, Violeote Verdy, John Gilpin,Tamdre Toumanova, Nora Kovach, andIstvan Rabovsky.

CONCERTSSYMPHONY HALL-Open rehearsal of

Verdi's.Requi,ern and. B edi.z's, The Damna-tion of Faust by the Boston SymphonyOrchestra under the direction of CharlesMunch. Thursday. December 16 at 7:30.Tickets from T.C.A. or box office. $2.00.-Gala Christmas Concert featuring thecombined Glee Clubs of Smith and Yale.December 20 at 7:30. Tickets from T.C.A.or box office. $1.00 to $3.50.

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This it proposed to do through a pro-gram of continued publicity and re-sealrch, coupled with preliminarysteps toward fund raising.

The first move in the Committee'spublicity drive was to 'acquaint theCorporation with the Student Unionundertaking. To this end a forty-pagereport outlining the history and aimsof the project was prepared andmailed to each Corporation member.To give the student body the samefull knowledge. a Drinted brochurewill be distributed early next year.The brochure is being financed fromthe KIrl T. ComptOn- prize -m oney,which was awarded to Institute Com-mittee in the name of one of thestaunchest supporters of a studentunion at M.I.T. For the Alumni, the

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by Garry L. Quinn '56The Student Union project has from

the beginning been instigated and car-ried out by the student body, whichwill one day benefit from it. The cry-ing need for a center of undergraduateactivities at M.I.T. was first empha-sized by the Baker Memorial Commit-tee. In its report of May 6, 1953, theCommittee pointed out the shortcom-ings of existing facilities and urgedthat Institute Committee take over thejob of organizing a Student Unionproject.

First CommitteeOnce aroused, Institute Committee

acted with rather surprising alacri-ty. The first Student Union Commit-tee was appointed with Eldon Reiley,'55, as chairman. At the end of itsyear of activity, the Committee pre-sented a very comprehensive reportto Institute Committee. Members ofthe administration had been contact-ed and had concurred with the Com-mittee's ends; a survey of necessaryactivity space had been completed, ashad a similar survey of commercialspace. A questionnaire distributed toall undergraduates not only estab-lished the students' desires in thematter of space allocation, but bestof all disclosed an almost unanimousbacking for the project. The buildingmoved swiftly closer to reality, witharchitectural studies being under-taken by two students-H-Isio WinShih and Martin Cohen. Mr. Co-hen's bachelor's thesis presented acomplete plan for the building (seeabove). By January, 1954, feeling forthe new building was so high that In-

-stitutel-"Committe 'soted' tod ttrarisfervirtually all of the UndergraduateSocial Fund to a new Student UnionBuilding Fund.

Second CommitteeWhen Eldon Reiley was elevated

to President of the UndergraduateAssociation and the new InstituteCommittee took over, the life of theStudent Union Committee was quick-ly renewed. Johni Saloma, '56, becamethe new chairman, and several newmembers were recruited from amongthe leaders of Student Governmentand student activities. The basic re-search for the Student Union hav-ing been completed, the new Commit-tee felt that its job was to concen-trate every effort towards bringingthe actual construction date closer.

Proposed elevation plans for the new M.I.T. Student-Alumni Center, as drawn by Martin Cohen '54. Cohen, a senior in Architecture lastyear, worked in cooperation with the Student Union Committee to produce a tentative set of plans for the building. The Center wouldbe located on West Campus, forming a north wall to the plaza containing the chapel and auditorium.

Technology Review is considering pub-lishing an article prepared by a mem-ber of the Student Union Committeecovering the activities of the Commit-tee. And for all to see, the thesis ofMartin Cohen will be exhibited inBuilding Seven early in the springterm.

Present ActivitiesThe largest-scale undertaking of

this year's Committee combines thefunctions of publicity and fund rais-ing, Each undergraduate activity isbeing requested to sponsor someevent in the name of the StudentUnion, and if possible-to-donate itsprofits to the Student Union Fund.On the basis of early response, thespring term promises to offer agrand r o u n d of Student Union

dances, concerts, publications, etc.The beauty of this program is thateveryone benefits, especially the ac-tivities, which will one day have newfacilities in the Student Alumni Cen-ter.

In addition to its publicity pro-gram, the Committee is quietly car-rying out several important investi-gations. As preliminaries to aneventual fund drive, it is surveyingboth methods of financing at otherschools and overall fund-raising phil-osophy at the Institute. And, ofcourse, the plans for the buildingitself are to undergo constant revi-sion, lest they be out of date whenground-breaking time arrives.

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formed are the Association of ClassSecretaries in 1896, the TechnologyReview in 1899 and the Alumni Coun-cil in 1909. This council meets seventimes a year with representativesfrom each class and from M.I.T. Clubsthroughout the world.

The Alumni Association is brokeninto two groups-the class organiza-tions and the M.I.T. Clubs which formgeographical groups. The first M.I.T.Club was founded in Chicago in 1887,the next followed in Denver in 1889,and by the turn of the century adozen such clubs had been founded.At present there are 69 clubs in thecontinental United States, twelve inSouth America, two in Canada, elevenin Europe, and others in Hong-Kong,Formosa, and the Philippines.

Fund ProjectsThe general purpose of the Associa-

tion is to further the well-being of theInstitute by fostering good feelingamong the alumni. Monetary help, theway most would think of furtheringthe well being of M.I.T., is large. In1939 an annual Alumni Fund was in-itiated with approximately 10.000alumni giving donations each year.In the first ten years of the Fund'soperation, one and three-quarter mil-lion dollars were donated. This yearthe entire Alumni Fund, an estimated$700,000, will go to the Karl T. Comp-ton Memorial Laboratory. Other ex-amples of Alumni Fund aid are theone-half million dollars given to finishBaker House, the $300,000 needed forthe completion of the Hayden Library,

What did "The Tech" do 'for theInstitute Committee?

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WHEN? M. I. T. WAS

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An example of the type of meeting room planned forthe Student-Alumni Center.

and the money given to build tenniscourts at the Institute.

Besides this financial aid, there aremany other ways the Alumni Associa-tion helps the Institute. Over three-fourths of the members comprisingthe Corporation are alumni. Throughthe Alumni Association contact withthe Institute does not cease upon grad-uation. At the M.I.T. Clubs a younggraduate can meet older alumni whocan help him job-wise or in otherways.

Large MembershipThe budget for the Association this

year is $60,000, but this has to besupplemented to keep up its manyservices. One of the most costly op-erations is keeping up the 50,000 per-

son mailing list. Two secretaries workfull time to keep the correct listingof each alumnus by class, coulrse, de-gree, and geographical location.

Towards the close of the meetingGlenn Jackson '55, president of theI.F.C., reported on the National Inter-fraternity Conference Meeting in Phil-adelphia. He stated that the I.F.C. atthe Institute was in a class by itselfbecause it needs so few rules to gov-ern the member fraternities.

The interfraternity groups fromother colleges at the meeting all seem-ed to have numerous strict rules re-garding the conduct of the fraterni-ties, but the only rules imposed bythe I.F.C. here are a few concerningrushing.

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M.I.T. was represented at the NewEngland Regional Conference of theAssociation of College Unions, heldat Orono, Maine this past week-end,by Eldon H. Reilley, '55, John S.Saloma, '56, and Malcolm M. Jones.'57. The conference, held in the new-million-dollar Memorial Union Build-ing of the University of Maine, wasattended by students and staff fromeleven New England colleges anduniversities.

In his keynote address, AssistantPresident Charles E. Crosslandstressed the important role of thenew Union at Maine in providing op-portunities for more students to learntheir potential abilities, and in mak-ing the University a better place tolive. One point that impressed theM. I. T. delegation was Mr. Cross-land's statemert that Maine nevermissed a Union before it was con-structed, but now realizes how in-dispensable the building and its pro-gram is to the whole campus.

Interest Shown In M.I.T. PlansGreat interest was shown in the

tentative plans of the new M.I.T.Student-Alumni Center, which weredisplayed by the M.I.T. delegation.Union directors urged that facultyand administration members be in-cluded in the planning committee forthe M.I.T. building. At Maine, sev-eral Deans, the President, and Vice-Prqsident have served on the plan-ning committee.

Much valuable information on thefinancial aspects of a new buildingwas obtained from the Universitiesof Maine, Connecticut, and Rhode Is-land, who have recently moved intotheir new buildings, and from BostonUniversity and the University ofMassachusetts, who plan to startconstruction in the immediate future.

All the schools present expressedtheir best wishes to the M.I.T. dele-gates for a new Student-Alumni Cen-ter at the Institute in the near fu-ture.

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In the past several months there has been much attention focused on notonly the desire for, but the actual need of a Student-Alumni Center at M.I.T.The relocation of all undergraduate living groups at the Institute on WestCampus will seriously dislocate many of the features of student life whichhave been established in and around Walker Memorial and East Campus. Itwill put beyond reach the facilities for banking, shopping, and dining inKendall Square. In addition, the imminent destrtmtinn of ,Builain- 18 And al,Barbour Field House to provide spacefor the Karl Taylor Compton Me-morial Laboratories will leave manyactivities, including the Athletic Asso-ciation, with no facilities whatsoever.

The answer to these problems liesin the construction of a Student-Alumni Center, forming the north wallof the new plaza containing the audi-torium and chapel. This building wouldhouse nearly all student and alumniactivities and provide space on rentalfor the services which must be readilyavailable to the campus community.

Located as it will be, near the mainarteries of campus activity, the newStudent-Alumni Center would not onlyserve the above ends, but would solvemany other problems.

Existing Facilities InadequateIn this fifteen year period from 1939

to the present, activities have ex-panded at a tremendous rate, to thepoint where there are now 123 recog-nized activities on campus, as com-pared with less than 75 fifteen yearsago. However, in this period the facil-ities for these activities have not ex-

panded sufficiently to keep up withthe increasing demand for space. Onlytwelve of them are able to squeezeinto Walker Memorial, built in 1916.The others are scattered all over theM.I.T. campus, in such out-of-the-wayplaces as the basement of East Cam-pus, Building 2, the basement of Build-ing 7, Westgate, Building 18, Building20, and numerous other places, withsome activities having no space what-soever. The centralization of activitiesin the proposed Student-Alumni Cen-ter will make it possible for all under-graduate organizations with space re-quirements to literally "rub shoulders"and is not in conflict with the Insti-tute's policy of decentralization ofliving groups.

Recreational FacilitiesRecreational and social facilities are

scattered in much the same way,where they exist at all. Such fae'li-ties as pool and ping-pong tables, cardrooms, and just plain lounging roomsare few in number and are often soplaced that only the residents of the

The above photograph of the bowling alleys in the Kent State Union shows an installationsimilar to that proposed for the M.I.T. Student-Alumni Center.particular living group where they arelocated are inclined to use them. Wal-ker Memorial itself has many deficien-cies. It is uncomfortably -far fromWest Campus. There are not amplequarters for those activities alreadyhoused there. There is in addition, alack of meeting rooms, forcing groupsto meet in classrooms, dormitoryrooms, and fraternity houses. We arenow reaching the point where lack ofspace is seriously inhibiting the nat-ural expansion of student activities.

Commercial ServicesAs mentioned above, Kendall Square

will be very inconvenient to reachfrom West Campus, and with the pos-sible demolition of the Coop and theHenessey Block along MassachusettsAvenue, almost all the existing com-mercial services now on campus willbe available to the students relocated

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EATEN T-BONE STEAKJud Magaram

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IT'S A FACTI College smokers prefer Luckies to all otherbrands-and by a wide margin-according to the latest,greatest coast-to-coast college survey. The No. 1 reason:Luckies taste better. They taste better, first of all, becauseLucky Strike means fine tobacco. Then, that tobacco istoasted Go taste better. "It's Toasted"-the famous LuckyStrike process-tones up Luckies' light, good-tasting tobaccoto make it taste even better. Now for the Droodle above,titled: Inept smoke ring blown by ept smoker. He's ept, ofcourse, because he smokes Luckies. Be ept yourself and enjoythe better-tasting cigarette ... Lucky Strike.

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STUDENT UNION

The Student Union Committee willdiscuss its plans for the future in aWMIT feature broadcast tonight at7:30. As every student has a vital in-terest in the Student Union project,the program should be of unusualinterest.

west of Massachusetts Avenue. It hasalready been suggested that the Stu-dent-Alumni Center could remedy thisproblem by providing space for thoseessential services.

It has been most gratifying to real-ize that the pressing need for theStudent-Alumni Center has been re-cognized by the students and admin-istration alike, for the recognition ofthe need is one of the greatest stepstoward the final attainment of the Stu-dent-Alumni Center.detAlmiCetr

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Proposed CenterIncludes Large"Vista Lounge"

A glimpse of the proposed StudentAlumni Center-From the StudentUnion Committee's Report . . .

A main entrance of the buildingwould open into a reception and ex-hibition lobby. This lobby should havea light, but reserved atmospheresuitable for meeting people, actingas a approach to other parts of thecenter and housing certain suitableservices.

. . . An area on the second flooroverlooking the plaza from behindplate glass windows should be setaside as an unreservable, whichmight w e ll be termed a "vistalounge". This is the part of thebuilding that the M. I. T. familyshould most use and appreciate, thatthe graduates should most rememberand alumni return to. It is here thatthe atmosphere which will make the.building meaningful must be cap-tured. It must be both spacious andintimate, modern and comfortable.

The committee envisions a largeroom opening onto a balcony over theplaza. It would have a light, airyfeeling (in contrast to many of thepresent dark "leathery" lounges insome of the dormritories and aca-demic buildings). - The furniturewould be set up in small, informalgroupings conducive to relaxed con-geniality.

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sue which followed under the headingof The Tech suggestions for actionon the commuter problem. However,why mot give credit for suggestionswhich are not your own? Every oneof your suggestions has already beenbrought up and has the informal ap-proval of Institute Committee. Thesesuggestions are the complete list ofimprovements decided upon by theCommuter Committee headed by Rob-ert McKelvey. These ideas were con-sidered in the first hour of Inscommmeeting in an informal discussion. Ifthe intellectual and public-spiritededitor of The Tech would deign tocome to an Inscomm meeting, misrep-resentation of this sort would notarise. In short, old boy, why the devildon't you find out what you are talk-ing about before you shoot off and doa lot of harm, lowering student gov-ernment in the opinion of the M.I.T.community?

Harry Schreiber, Jr.Ashton Stocker, '55David Brooks, '55Chan Stevens, '55

To the editor of The Tech:Dear Sir;

I have long known that the staffof a certain school publication haslittle respect for decency, but I amrevolted by the method used by thispublication to boost circulation atChristmas time. I am referring, ofcourse, to "Voo Doo Christmas Car-ols."

Is it possible that this staff has sodepleted its sources of muck that ithas to stoop to prostituting Christ-mas Carols? How degenerate can weget when we turn something whichis symbolic of Christ and the spiritof Christmas into unmitigated filth?The impression that this product ofa few vulgar minds is symptomaticof Institute morals is a false one andshould certainly be dispelled. If wetolerate this practice at Christmas, itwill cause the publication license to re-duce their monthly issue to this samedisgusting level.

Surely the level of the studentbody is not such that we have to becatered to in this manner.

Perhaps this is the only way thepublication can be sold. If this istrue, we can well do without it.

Let us use Christmas as a time toat least reflect upon the path of good-ness, not to illuminate the weedswhich choke it.

S. J. Pornponi, '57

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o paign Saturday with an impressive_ win over an annual foe, Dean Acade-d my. The meet was strictly no contestn as the Beavers splashed their way to

firsts and seconds in the first fiveevents.

In the opener Carter Smith andJohn McAvity negotiated the 50-yd.freestyle in 25.8, with Smith gettingthe nod. Fred Davis and Gus Fleis-cher swept the 100-yd. breaststroke,Davis pacing the win in 1:19.1. Show-ing even better than Coach Merlritthad predicted earlier, Dave Wilsonnot only threatened t h e 100-yd.M.I.T. record, but succeeded in cut-ting a good three seconds off it. Thenew malrk is 2:06.7. Tech's MurrayKohlman took second.

Institute men dominated both the100-yd. backstroke and the 100-yd.freestyle, as Alan Johnson and AlHortmann finished 1-2 in the former,and Captain Will Veeck and HIowieSalwen took the first two places inthe freestyle.

Jamie Llaguno of Mexico and JoeITimms took second and third in the'dives, ,x;' Llaguno actually domi-nater Verscile Joe Burval of M.I.T.beat tealtniate Lee Sodickson to thetape in the rugged 150-yd. individualmedley to make the totals 52-11.

The medley relay team and thefree-style group both finished aheadof Dean but were disqualified.

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the bush leaguer

SAE In SqueakerCopsChampionshbiSigma Chi Second

by Jerry Marwell '57What figured to be an anti-climac-

tical battle almost erupted into anightmare folr the champion SAEfootball team when, in the last min-ute of play last Saturday, Sigma Nujust missed tying the score. Thiscould have eventually led to a win forthem and a tie in the league standingsfor SAE.

The SAE score came in the firstquarter when Lou Bangert '58 hitBard Crawford '54 in the end zone,The Sig Alphs then pushed over thewinning extra marker. The rest ofthe game, which was played on aspongy, slow field, consisted of anaerial circus, with neither squad hit-ting for much yardage.

Finally, at the end of the fourlthperiod Sigma Nu connected on a long,long forward which the end lugged topay dirt. The pass pattern for the ex-tra point was broken up, and the gameended at 7-6. SAE played this gamewithout three of their performers.

In the other game Saturday, SigmaChi downed Phi Delta Theta 20-0. Thegame viwas closer than this total indi-cates. All the points were scored inthe third quarter and on the passingof grad student Norm Meyerson. BellLightfoot '56 stood out for the PhiDelt's.

The final standings:

Tech's wrestlers annexed their second straight victolry of the season lastSatulday when they beat Tufts College at Medford. The Engineelrs won moreeasily than the score would indicate as they took three falls and a thlree pointdecision, losing two of the matches they dropped by two point margins. Despitethe last minute loss of 177 pounder Hal Becker, M.I.T. had the meet sewn upat the end of the 157 Ib. bout when John Hirschi '56 pinned his opponent inthe second period.

Lightweight Bob Hagopian, '57put the Beavers off on the right footwhen he easily felled his man in theinitial round. Next, in a battle ofcaptains Jack Graef, '55 lost a closeone to Butler who was runner-up in

the New England tournament lastseason and the best man Tufts hadto offer. Graef was leading until theclosing seconds of the second periodwhen Butler reversed to take a oness_point lead which he held till the end.At 137 pounds Dick Dangel, '55 rode 7 r .

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Hirschi earned the last pointsneeded to insure a Beaver win whethe reversed and pinned in the seconestanza adding four more counters tothe Engineers' total. Soph Mike Brenner slipped and fell in the 167 poundbout giving the Jumbos their only pinof the afternoon. At 177 poundsMike Flint, '57, subbing. for Becker

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Stickmen RoutedBy Tufts Squad;Wells Excellent

The Beaver hockey team lost toTufts 12-3, Friday, at the Arena.The highly touted Jumbos scoredfour times in the first period andtwice in the second to take a com-manding lead. The Engineers scoredthree times in the last period butcouldn't match Tufts' six goal on-slaught.

The Cardinal and Grey stickmenplayed Tufts even for the first halfof the initial period, but the Jumbosscored four goals within five minutesto take a.4-0 lead. John Sullivan, '56and Harold Wells, '55 stood out forthe Beavers in this period with Sulli-van showing lots of hustle and Wellssetting up many offensive plays, be-sides sparkling on defense. Tufts dom-inlated the second period even thoughthey scored only twice to lead 6-0.

The third period saw a scrappyEngineer team, led by Wells and Sul-livan, make a game try at a come-back, only to run out of steam. At5:48 of the period Gus Schwartz, '56scored unassisted on a corner shot.'At 615 ;'Hank' DuiiVac; ':57 "talliedassisted by Bev Goodison, '57. Theline of Sullivan, Culick, and Schwartznetted one at 7:50, Sullivan takingthe shot. This made the score 6-3.This enrded the Beaver scoring forthe day and Tufts tallying six more,dominated from there on out. Thefinal total-12-3.

The Engineer pucksters meetPrinceton at the Arena Friday in their last game before vacation.

I hoithountKlnmltonThe Beaver swimmers were swamrp-

ed by a powerful Wesleyan squad,45 to 39, in the M.I.T. pool Fridayevening, as the tankmen sorely miss-ed the services of Captain and starfree-styler Tom Hamilton, who wasill.

In the opening 300-yard MedleyRelay, the crack Beaver team ofJantzen, Cotter, and Cohen won aclose race in 3:26.1. The Cardinalstook first and second in the 220-yardFree Style with Brosens third forTech to a 2:25.9 winning time. Sul-livan and Salz swam to second andthird respectively in the 50-yard FreeStyle as Wesleyan won in 24.9. Inthe 150-yard Individual Medley thevisitors copped first in 1:47.9 asRoberts and Mallett came in secondand third. In the diving event, Bry-son and Sullivan trailed a winningWesleyan score of 74.8 points. Gersontook third in the 100-yard Free Styleas Wesleyan won in 57.2. Jantzenchalked up the Beavers' lone individ-ual first winning the 200-yard Back-

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A loudly partisan Stevens crowdand the traditional home court jinxkept the' varsity hoopsters from asuccessful road trip after they hadcoasted over Pratt, 92-82.

M.I.T. led the Hoboken Engineersby nine points, 34-25, at half-time.Midway in second period, Dee Ver-gun, outstanding Beaver center,fouled out. Encouraged by this andby the loud Bacchanalian cries ofthe riotous wreek-enders, Stevensfought back and, with a few breaksand center Morgan's seventeen sec-ond half points, they went on to win66-60.

The game was a see-saw affair un-til the final two minutes when Techforward Giff Weber's six point surgewas nullified by a flurry of Stevens'scores.

Vergun Fouls OutThe story of the game lies with

Dee Vergun and the rebound statis-tics. Dee was held to six, far belowhis season's average by the hustlingHoboken men. Charged with threequick personals, the Engineer centerwas hampered by the fear of foulingout and was never able to play up toform.

Stevens was able to get off moreshots, 79 to the M.I.T. total of 63,and netted seven more field goals.Vergun's seven foul shots and Hess'drive-ins gave the Techmen theirhalftime lead.

Larry Hallee, high-scoring M.I.T.forward, was unable to hit with hisusually dependable one hander. andwas able to score only the meagretotal of five points.,

Hess High ScorerHess was high man with seventeen

markers, tied with Stevens' Morgan.Driving and scoring with his one-hander, Mess turned in a fine ballgame.

Giff Weber contributed his usualsteady game and, with a last minutescoring spurt, nearly pulled the gameout for Coach Scotty Whitelaw'smen. Vergun scored fourteen beforefouling out, mostly on free throws.Norm Howard, '57, his replacement,was unable to fill his shoes. JackBritt turned in his usual steadygame.

Lead Pratt, 30-6The Pratt game was a far differ-

ent story. With Tech in control ofboth backboards, the Engineers jump-ed out to an early 30-6 lead. CoachScotty Whitelaw began to substitutefreely and Pratt narrowed the leadto a halftime 54-42 bulge.,

Phil Platzman, '56 played what wasby far his finest game ever as a Techvarsity cager scoring nine points andgarnering a total of ten rebounds,tops for the Beavers.

Vergun fouled out midway in thesecond half but managed to netnineteen markers in the twenty min-utes or so he played. His reboundingtotal was a low eight largely a prod-uct of the four personal fouls he'wascharged with early in the game.

Hess Leads ScorersCarl Hess, Beaver captain, was

high scorer with twenty-one. Hess,who was unimpressive in the team'sfirst two outings was hitting with allhis shots and showed particularlywell with the driving lay-ups whichwere such an outstanding facet ofhis 1953-54 play.

Larry Hallee netted sixteen points,hitting repeatedly with one-handersfrom the outside. Larry did the bulkof his scoring in the first half whilethe cagers were rolling up their mar-gin.

The road trip left the Whitelaw-men with a 2-2 record, both losseswere registered away from home inthe face of highly partisan crowds,inspired teams and somewhat lessefficient officiating. They attempt toreturn to winning ways this Wednes-day night when they face tradition-ally strong U.N.H. at Rockwell Cage.

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The MIT varsity squash team defeated Wesleyan on Friday by a 6-3margin at the MIT courts. The first four members of the Tech team triumphedas well as the men playing in the number six and nine slots.

Morales WinsCapt. Ray Morales '55 won his number one match in a hard fought con-

test. After dropping the first game, Morales wron the next three in a row tocop the match. Howie.Cohen '57, Walt Stahl '56, and Don Steig '55, playingbehind Morales in that order, each defeated his opponent in straight gameswhile Al Hahn '56 won his match 3-1 and Bob Millard '55 recorded a 3-2victory. This marks the third consecutive year that Tech has beaten Wesleyan,and indicates that the varsity will rcemerge from this year's intercollegi- record.ate competition wFirst Three Men Eyedate competition with a fairly good m, ....... ......... :T~n _- :,

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ity of the varsity's first three men isseen by the fact that Cohen playedfirst against Dartmouth last week,while Morales took over this positionagainst Wesleyan.

The scores follow:Morales (T) d. Rowers (W) 17-18,

18-17, 15-10, 17-16.Cohen (T) d. Jackson (W) 15-4, 15-

]t, 15-10.Stahl (T) d. Loos (W) 15-8, 15-11,

]8-17.Steig (T) d. Phelps (W) 15-7, 18-16,

15-12.\Williarns (W) d Bruggeman (T) 17-

15, 15-17, 12-15, 15-13, 18-15..Hahn (T) d. Hobson (W) 6-15, 15-8,

17-14, 15-13.Marshall (W) d. Morse (T) 18-13,

15-9, 3-15, 17-18, 15-12.Parker (W) d. Mendes de Leon (T)

15-9, 6-15, 15-9, 15-9.Millard (T) d. Shapiro (W) 15-10,

15-9, 12-15, 4-15, 15-8.

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were sloppy on offensive and foundthemselves unable to score consis-tently. Jordan and Klein . camethrough with repeated steals but wereunable to capitalize on the scoringopportunities.

Dave Rachofsky was strong off theboards and scored eight points, all ontip-ins. Both Rachofsky and Jordanfouled out.

Klein, Jordan OutstandingWith seven or eight minutes to go,

Coach Leroy Rogers emptied thebench. The frosh did not look quiteas smooth on offense as. they had intheir two earlier games, bul weremore impressive defensively. In par-ticular, Jordan and Klein were out-standing.

This team, which appears to be thetop frosh outfit in years, is one withgood overall height and depth. Theyhave shown flashes of fine ball hand-

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ling and almost always good rebound-ing power. They face the U.N.H.yearlings Wednesday at RockwellCage.

The Intercollegiate Fencing Asso-ciation, an organization made up ofthe thirteen eastern colleges whosefield teams, has elected M.I.T. direc-tor of athletics Ivan J. Geiger as itspresident.

Professor Geiger represented Techat the Eastern Collegiate AthleticConference, where the fencing groupheld its election. Chairman of theOlympic fund raising committee, Gei-ger retired as member of the NCAAeligibility committee to devote moretime to that position. Ben Martinrepresented the Institute at the In-tercollegiate Lacrosse Assoeiation'smeeting held in conjunction with theE.C.A.C. at New York.

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who was out with an injured ear,gave an exceptionally good account ofhimself considering that he waswrestling twenty pounds above hisweight. Tufts took another consola-tion win .wuhen Tony Vertin, '57 lostan exceptionally hard fought bout bya two point spread, ending the meetwith Tech on the top end of a 15-11score.

Hindered by injuries the frosh losta close 11-13 meet. Missing one oftheir better lightweights and theirlone heavyweight the '58ers had toforfeit the final bout which probablycould have made the difference. Theywere a squad greatly improved overtheir first meet, looking much betterin almost all classes. Winners wereRay Suehrstedt and Harris Hymanwith falls and Bob Schmidt and StuMapes scoring decisions.

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stroke in 2:44.3 with Jacobson takingsecond and Wesleyan third. Whitescored. a third for the Engineers inthe 200-yard Breaststroke, whichWesleyan won in 2:44.5, while theM.I.T. team of Salz, Woulbroun, Co-hen, and Jantzen were victorious inthe 400-yard Free Style Relay in4:02.!.

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Gualrd Paul Larson netted nineteen points, tying him with Jordan forTech high man. Larson did most of his scoring in the first half, largelywith a fine one hand jump shot from around the foul line.

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there are no British institutions ofhigher scientific and technologicallearning comparable to the schools wehave here such as IMIT, Cal. Tech,Rensselaer, etc. They do, however,have several smaller technical schoolsin Manchester and Glasgow. Studiesat these schools are on a lower thanuniversity level, and lead to a diplomarather than a degree. In addition, sev-eral of t]'e big universities have sci-ence and technology departments.

A large program of expansion hasrecently been carried out at the Im-perial College of Science and Tech-nology. However, many feel that thisis not enough. Studies at the ImperialCollege, which cooperates closely withthe University of London, are carried out at university level and do lead toboth undergraduate and graduate de-grees. There is also a strong move-ment advocating the expansion of theschools at Manchester and Glasgow touniversity level comparable to the Im-perial College. This would give Brit-ain three institutions of higher learn-ing in the scientific and technologicalfields.

While the shortage of scientists isacute with respect to numericalstrength, a perhaps even greatershortage of top caliber scientists ex-ists on both sides of the Atlantic. Thisshortage is of a different nature, andcannot be ameliorated by simply ex-panding the capacity of our techno-logical institutes. An increase in thenumber of those studying science doesnot necessarily give rise to a corre-spondingly greater number of top cal-iber men among the finished product.

It is amusing to note that the Brit-ishers are continually using the U. S.as an exemnplary country which hasgreat numbers of well trained men inthe scientific fields. When they cometo this country, however, they findthe same shortage existing here, andthe same type of newspaper articlesdeploring the acute shortage.

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of the program of studies in Englandfor the science students as it is here,but one must bear in mind that thetwo systems of education are muchdifferent. In England, the studententers the university at approximatelythe level of what would correspondto the Junior year, having studied thematerial of the first two years in "highschool." There are likewise no compar-able courses of industrial managementin the British schools. Sir Alexanderemphasized that he felt it extremelydesirable that the science studentsshould study more of the humanities.

This lag in greatly revising theirsystem of training scientists mightperhaps be attributed to the conserva-tive nature of the Englishman. A lagin progressiveness has, unfortunately,also been somewhat characteristic ofsome British industrial firms. Some ofthem such as the Imperial ChemistryCo. have been quite eager to accept

new ideas.On the whole it may safely be stated

that the British industrial picture isunfortunately less progressive than itsAmerican counterpart, though withgood reason. The British' industrialsituation was greatly complicated bythe devastating effects of the SecondWorld War. Britain's first and fore-most problem was to regain her sol-vency. This could be accomplishedonly by exportation. She had to utilizeher existing capacity to export aslarge a volume of manufactured pro-ducts as was possible. This situationhas now definitely changed for thebetter, and should result in a decidedincrease in acceptance of new ideasand methods developed both here andin England. This increase of newmethods and ideas in industry shouldspread to the schools and result indefinite advances in the field of scien-tific and technological education.

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