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Turnout ReflectsG-owing Interestlit Lecture Series

pro-f;essor F. Alexander Magoun'ssecord marriage lecture, entitled'Thte Period of Courtship," at-traciced approximately 750 under-gra-aates to Huntington Hall lastTusc>day afternoon. This was 200morc than attended the first lec-tll' and indicates growing interestill this series.

f1'ile greatest of life's disappoint-ml:;ls is the result of an unhappyrr; ,tiage,'" said Professor Magoun,-aii an intelligent courtship is theb,,,-t. way to avoid these disappoint-'n'iets." He continued, "althoughth s period of getting acquaintedinvolves many risks, parents shouldnoi try to protect their childrenfrom it, for this curbs their abilityto discriminate."

Daydreaming Is Pitfall

Professor Magoun pointed outthat daydreaming is one of the mostdangerous pitfalls which confronts

louing people. "Daydreaming nar-row-s your attentions, discourages,your actions, and gives you spurious

4 results," he stated. "Eventuallyy cour attitude may best be expressed

Lby paraphrasing Bobby Burns:O wad some power to others gie,To see mysel' as I see me."MAIarriage is not a haphazard

process," continued Professor Ma-goun, "and it should be approachedanalytically. Limit your intimateacquaintances of the opposite sex tothese whom you would considermnarrying, for you never know when

S the lightning will strike."

Vassar OutcharmsTech Debaters

Varsity Debate SquadSuffers First LossAt Girls' Fair Mieds"We came, we saw, they con-

quered," said debaters Raymond F.Fralnkel, ',3, and Raymond M. Red-heffer, '43, in speaking of theirtrip to station WAAB yesterdayafternoon to meet two representa-tives from Vassar on the field offorensic combat.

The Tech men objected to debat-in, against shemales on the gen-eral ground that it confused theissues at stake and eliminated any

7 possibility whatsoever of reason-able, logical, unemotional and...and impersonal discussion.

Chivalry ConquersThe varsity team, which up until

thi, time had been undefeated,blamned the loss upon their ownchn|;valry. "It is obvious from thestesrt," they said, "that the femmes

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Yqjt Beta Pi To Initiate 16:At Annual Fall Dinner

The formal initiation of the re-celitly elected pledges to Tau BetaPi. national honorary engineeringso iety, will be held at the Hotelhi· les Standish on Tuesday evening,December 9. The initiation will beheld at 6:15 P.M., followed by aformal dinner at 7:00 P.M. Theinitiates will include 13 Seniors and

i three Juniors.The guest speaker of the evening

will be Professor Frederick G. Fas-sett, Jr., editor of the Technology

: Review, who will speak on the sub-ject of "Scioloist Semantics."

All alumni of Tau Beta Pi are in-* vited to this, the annual fall ban-

| quet of the society, and those plan-Iiing to attend should contactCarthrae M. Laffoon, Jr., at 4411Beacon Street. The charge foralumni will be $1.50.

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Cheerleaders UnableTo Appear At Harvard

Because of insufficient prac-tice in group coordination onthe necessary gymnastics, theM.I.T. cheerleaders will be un-able to make their debut at thevarsity basketball game againstHarvard, at Harvard, tonight.

A number of unforeseen prob-lems have arisen during the in-formal practice sessions of thegroup which have shown thatit is not yet ready for its firstpublic appearance.

The "yell-merchants", MelissaB. Wood, '45, Lenore E. Brooks,'45, William A. Lustberg, '45,and Arnold A. Dach, '42, are cer-tainl that technical difficultieswill be ironed in time for theirinitial appearance at the Mid-dlebury game, in the HangarGym, next Tuesday.

Presentation StartsToday and TomorrowEvening at 8:30In Peabody Playhouse

Dramatizing the frivolity of manya romantic escapade, the Drama-shop opens its doors to its firstproduction of the season, Molnar'sThe Guardsman, which is to be pre-sented at 8:30 o'clock tonight andtomorrow night at the ElizabethPeabody Playhouse, on CharlesStreet, Boston. With the Drama-shop assuming a more professionalattitude, according to ProfessorDean M. Fuller, director of the play,the performance has reason to emu-late the attraction held by produc-tions of past years.

Taking the part of the Guards-man, Andrew A. van Teylingen, '42,with an arrogant but distinguishedRussian aire. portrays the trials ofa husband to satisfy his actress-wife's semi-annual search for amore romantic affair. Janet Norris,'42, co-star, playing the austere butflighty character of the actress, im-personates a woman, sophisticatedin manner but vain in ideals.

Guardsman in DisguiseWhereupon the Guardsman, dis-

guising himself as a gallant RussianCossack, plays up to her lust forthe romantic, but, rather than todiscover her unfaithful, confesseshis-true identity-;- -UVhether --she---is------

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The Tech Is HostFor Football Party

|Beer Prize to be GivenIVictors of Last Month'sGridiron Skirmish

Ever true to its promises, TheTech will throw a beer party forVoo Doo, starting at 8:30 P.M. nextiWednesday, December 10, at theHotel Brunswick. This is in pay-ment of the bet on the Voo Doo-The Tech football game played lastmonth.

With the help of several ringers,illegal tactics, a biased referee, andHawk Shaw's cast-iron cranium.Voo Doo managed to eke out a 7-6victory over ache Simon Pures whoplayed for The Tech. Realizing fullythat Voo Doo intended to welshon the bet if they had lost, andfurther realizing that the Voo Dootreasury does not contain sufficientfunds for more than one short beer,The Tech intends to adhere to itspolicy of absolute integrity.

All members of the staffs of TheTech and Voo Doo, and freshmancandidates, are invited to attend.Cokes (unspiked) will be served tothose innocents whose palates areunaccustomed to the foaming brew.

Frosh Council MeetslIn Tyler Lounlge Today

The freshman-council will meetfor the first time this year, todayat 5:00 P.M., in the Tyler Lounge

The purpose of the meeting is toelect the officers of the council,

1which include two representativesto the Institute Committee. Alsothey will organize a system ofushers for the reception and teafor all freshmen to be given byPresident and Mrs. Compton attheir home Sunday afternoon. Allfreshmen will be welcome to attendthis first meeting of the council.By doing so they will becomeacquainted with the government oftheir class.

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Technology music lovers will at-tend the first All-Tech Sing since1936, at 8:30 P.M. tonight in MorssHall, Walker Memorial. Fourteengroups, the Glee Club, the ClassicalOrchestra, and the Techtonianswill combine their talents in onegala affair.

The Classical Orchestra, underthe direction of Mr. Henry JacksonWarren, will open the program withthe Mignionette Overture, by Bau-man. Six of the competitors willthen present their bid for the silvercup.

""The Poacher"Following this the M.I.T. Glee

Club will offer "The LincolnshirePoacher," British folksong. Nextselections will be offered by theother competitors. The presenta-tion of the silver cup to the win-ning group is last on the program,while a dance will conclude theevening to the music of the Tech-tonians.

The groups which will competeare: Lambda Chi Alpha, the 5:15Club, Beta Theta Pi, the GraduateHouse, Phi Delta Theta, the Tech-nology Christian Association, SigmaAlpha Epsilon. Alpha Tau Omega,the Association of Women Students,Phi Beta Epsilon, the StudentHouse, Voo Doo, Phi Gamma Delta,and Delta Tau Delta.

Seniors ClamnorFor Options SoldBy Pretty Blonde

'Every Senior should buy a SeniorWeek option, now," was the observa-tion of pretty, blonde Dotty Ilsley,after spending several hours observ-ing Technology's hurrying massesclamoring for their options aboutthe Senior Week Priority Board inBuilding 10 yesterday afternoon.

Petite Northeast Airline steward-ess, Dotty flies daily between Bos-ton and Montreal five days eachweek, thus spends much time in theair above the Institute, but saw it

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Expressing admiration at record-breaking Senior Week option sales, petite, blonde Dotty IUsley, NortheastAirline Stewardess, took time off from flights to Montreal yesterday to inspect the Institute. Committee Chair-man Sheppard Young Tyree, Jr., '42, is shown totaling his sales report as option salesman Thomas TinkhamCrowley; '42, looks on.

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necessary, the price will be in-creased by at least one dollar," saidS. Young Tyree, '42, last night whilediscussing this week's record optionsales. With more than 300 options|already sold, Tyree warned that|any one wishing to buy one should|do so now because of the probableIprice increase.|Tyree also suggested that all

lSeniors pick up their free tickets tothe annual Senior Dance when theybuy their options. This annual

|dance, for Seniors only, is to beheld Friday, January 9.

Redemption Raffle[At the dance there will be a

.|raffle at which all ticket holderslwill be given an opportunity to get,lone of two free redemptions off eredfor the Senior week options.|Graduate students as well as

|Seniors are eligible to buy Seniorllweek options, which can be paidIfor in cash, by bursar's pledgellcards, through which the remainderI|can be paid with the second term|tuition, or they can be bought by|deduction from Seniors' R.O.T.C.|checks.

Plans MadeFor Xmas Dance

Ticket SalesmenCanvass Dorms;Price Set at $1.75

Santa Claus, mountains, forests |all this and Gahan too will be seenat the annual Christmas Dancewhich will be held in the mainhall of Walker on the evening ofDecember 12, according to GregoryG. Gagarin, '43, chairman of thedance committee.l

Gagarin suggests that all those who wish to be among the elitewho will be attending this outstand-ing occasion had better get theirtickets early, because the dancecommittee has decided not ta havean uncomfortably large number ofcouples there.

|Lightinlg Specialties|John A. Theorle, '43, who is in

|charge of lighting and decorations,|has promised that these will be"utterly ut."|Members of the dance committee

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IFor Boyrs To Paye ~~~~by Stewart Rowe and Joseph Tankocs

-Friday comes but one a week" fraternity throws dances which(don't quite know to whom to at- should provide an interesting ex.tribute that quote. Doesn't matter, ample to many Institute dancehe's probably where he can't do chairmen.much more damage) and tonite Bert Benton and his musicallyTechnology "cafe society" welcomes bitiquous orchestra start makingwith gusto, glee, and elan, the First music at nine tonite and at theFriday of the Week. same time the Lambda Chi Alpha

Torn 'twixt this and that, we are boys and their friends start rnak-in much of a quandry which of ing merry on the Bradford Roof.tonite's events rates top position in (God help any would-be playboysthe Department of Entertainment who is afraid of high places.)Engineering social calendar. This party of the Beacon Street

Because it is new, novel, and Boys is another of the reasons whymost deserving we speak first of the we're all confused as to where toMusical Clubs long planned, long go tomorrow. Well known aboutawaited, huge "making with music" the campus because ofl his appear.orgy in Walker Memorial. F rom ances at numberless events, BertM. C. Prexy Ray Wyland comes in- Benton's music is one of the mjoreside assurance that big things are. popular amongst Technology danc-expected in a vocal way tonite. ers. Popular too, is his smooth

Informal, open-but free-to the svelte young vocalist-the mysteryentire student body the "Tech Sing" girl of Friday nite.looks like a top notch evening. We Interesting innovation in athlkticalso await with interest the results events will be the appearance ofof the newly-organized, student many white ties and evening dres-"popular orchestra." If there is as ses both at th~e Harvard Gym wheremuch musical talent lurking in the (Wontinzied on Page .1)corridors of the Institute as thereis other talent, this aggregation of C||l_1

musicians should be well worth The First Church of |hearing. Christ, Scientist

Atop the Parker House, high Famuh orwvay and St. Paul Sts.above slumbering, stagnant down- Boston. Massachusetts

, ~~~~~~~Sunday Services i0,45 2. m. and 7:30 p. m.;town Boston, the Sigma Nul fra- Sunday School 10.45 2. m.; Wednesday eve.ternity holds tonite its annual for- mnir~ ee fCitins at7.30,i whichh Tinclude testi.

mal. With memories of last year's Reading Room - Free to the Public,

Parker House dance still fresh and tranc als a5"t 24 SProvin~cpe St., 420 Boylstox

vivid there seems to be no reason S lor,'e60 Berkele St,,d 8 2nd

why this year's party will not be ,i Massachusetts Ave. Author.

one of the musts of the fraternity A on Chlristian PScience maty besocial season. read or obtained.

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W~hile the listing of activity iformationmay appear to be a minor point on the sur-f ace, to the activities it is of vital importance.It is surprising how many students do notknow the location of the various activities,and there is really, no other source that givessuch information. Although most of theactivity phone numbers can be obtained inthe phone book, they would be so much moreaccessible located in one section of the direc-tory. As far as the directory is concerned itwould be such a minor task to print onemore page, both from the standpoint of laborand expense.

Another point to which we object stronglyis the date at which these directories areissued. Although they appear later thanusual this year, on the claimed grounds thatnational defense held up production, theynever come out bef ore the middle of thefirst term.

As f ar as we can see, there is no goodexcuse for this state of aff airs. Most otherschools have their directories in the student'sbands within several weeks after the openingof the f all session. The names should be

avilable the day after registration.it may be claimed that printing is held up

to take care of late arrivals so that the bootwill be complete. However, as it standsnow the book is correct for only the secondhalf of the first term, since some students leaveand others come in for the second term.Whatever the reason, it must be an extremelyvalid one to outweigh the inconvenience thatthis delay caulses the student body.

WE ALWAYS SUSPECTED AS MUCH(Editor's 'Vote: SIze followings ap~pealewd inl tie Harvardl

Cr7imson0. Wle thinks it sp.eaks for itself.)

Harvard boys haven't got any mannerswhen they're together, but once alone they'reas meek as she-lambs, according to the state-ments of Mrs. F. Cobb Chilton., Social Secre-tary to Boston debutantes.

Says she, "they come to parties and actcompletely indifferent until the champagnegives out, at which time they suddenly de-velop interest and rush up to bang violentlyon the bar.

"What is worse, after they've had all thedrinks they want they leave without evenlooking at the girls present, let alone speak-ing to them. (Ed. Note: Wbhat mantner ofviZen are theseP)

"But let one of them find himself at astrange gathering away from the city, wherethere are no f amiliar f aces and he is conssiderably toned 'own."

Those "party-goers" had better watch out,though. From all accounts M.I.T. fellowsare more and more in demand now, and areslowly usurping their position.

Mrs. Chilton should know about the boysas she has observed them for two years at allmain social affairs of Boston. When busysocialites want to ensure a successful debutfor their dauhter, they call on her to supplythe correct addresses of eligible, acceptable

"tSoup, "Oz. " "Kak, " "Binks, " "Ja-jo,""Boo," "Pars," "Yot," and "Plotz" mightwant those nicknames kept hidden (Ed.Note: We can ufnderstansd why), but Mrs.Chilton finds them out for her clients. Oftena daughter would like to invite "Smith" toher party but doesn't know his first nameand as a result can't get in touch with him.

She does know that he's called "Binks," soif "Smith" has answered the request for hissecondary titles, she will look Smith-t'Binks"'up and learn his correct name and address.

"Ten to one," adds Mrs. Chilton, "ewhen'Binks' finally does come to the dance, he'llremain silent and uncommunicative withl therest of the crowd. Harvard boys always keeptogether in conclaves; they seem afraid toconverse with new acquaintances or meetdifferent girls.

"Still, with all their indifference, 'shyness'and hesitation, University members alwaysmake up the greater number of any socialgathering. - (Ed. Note: Could it be theirlinle?) I can usually spot them there by thedistinctive, nonchalant appearance of theirdress and manner. It's very nice of themi tokeep me informed of a change in their ad-dress so I want to thank them." (Ed. Note:Conclusion - Harmless!!)

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Managing BoardG~eneral Manager ...................... Albert F. Clear, Jr. '42Editor ... ......... Carthrae AI. Laffoon, Jr., '42manlliag ito ....... ong J. Quint;, '42Bushiltss Manager . ..................... Jo~nathan H. N'oyes, t42

Editorial Board.Uaurice E. Taylor, '42

Edward F. Thode, '42George E. Tucker, '4Eric Mi. Wormser, '42

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W\alter C. MvC'arthy, '43Htarry Ottinger, '43

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Staff AssistantsBurton S. A&ngell, '43 Arnold Mack~intosh, '44Robwert ('hang, '4 .Mortimer WY. Meyer, Jr., Hi4Robert F. Coopersmith, '44 Richard B. Palme, '44F rveericki E. D~eBell, 'I- Arthur F. Peterson, Jr., '44.Stli D. D~uhasb, '44 Bernard Rabinowitz, '44Lamar Field, Jr.. '44 Paul 'I. Robinson, Jr. '44Jamlres E. Gaill!%an, '44 Morris H. Rosenthal, '43Leonard Harris, '44 Eugene A. Schuell, '44Robert Isaacs. '44 Gardner E. Sloan, '44W0iliam J. Kjennlelly-, J r., '44 Paul Talalay, '44.Norulan T. K~napp, '44 Harry W'. Turner, Jr., '44

Martin E. W'unsch, '44

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9a type of carrier telephone circuit -is now beingK-built into many mile's of Lon-, Distance cable linesto increase their capacity.

Engineers at Bell Telephone Laboratories developedthis circuit which enables twio pairs of wires in parallelcables to carry as many as twelve separate conversationsat the same time.

K carrier is one of the flays w e have found of addinga lot of long circuit; in a hurry to meet defense commu-nication needs. Such problems constantly challenge BellSystem men with pioneering minds.

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aanizations are going to compete tonilght atthe rebirth of the All-Tech Sing for thedistinction of being the best amateur vocalgroup on the campus.

In addition to the thrill of the contest, theaudience will have a chance to hear the firstpublic performance of the new Technologyclassical orchestra, and a few numbers by theGlee Club. To climax the evening of music,a dance for all the participants and audiencewill herald the first appearance of theTechtonians, the popular orchestra spon-sored by the Musical Clubs.

This night of music is one that has longbeen lacking in Technology social life andfrom the interest that has been displayed bythose who intend to take part in the competi-tion, the venture should be a successful one.If it isn't successful, it will indicate thatalmost all hope will have to be abandonedf or the enthusiasm that should distinguish astudent body. If the student body can'tbreak out of the rut long enough to takepart in a spirited competition, the spark isindeed dead.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!! NO!!At long last! The 1941-42 Student

Directory finally outgrew the promise stageand is now on hand in the information officefor the hundreds of students who have beenin quiring for it all fall.

As usual the directory contains the namesof the students and faculty at the Institutediffering from previous directories only inthe names included. In the past four years,the number of pages has not deviated fromthe mean by more than one, which can beinterpreted as one indication of the publica-tion's static state. Even in the field of stu-dent directories there is some truth to the oldphilosophy that nothing stands still, it eitherprogresses or retrogresses.

One of the major disappointments thatthe directory gave us is that once again thetelephone numbers and locations of the vari-ous activities have been omitted. 'We realize,of course, that anything wre may say now istoo late, buat perhaps future classes may bene-fit. Last spring We mentioned this same pointwith the hope that the 1941-42 bulletinwould Contain these items, but evidently tono avail.

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Swimmers MeetR. P. I., AmherstNext Week-end

Frosh Open Season

Wednesday; HuntingtonAre First Opponents

One week from tonight the Var-sity swimming team opens its 1941-42 season at Troy, New York, in ameet with Rensselaer PolytechnicInstitute. The freshmen, however,get the jump on the varsity by hav-ing their first meet this Wednesdayin our own pool against HuntingtonSchool.

Both these meets promise to begood ones with an almost entirelyveteran varsity squad, and an ex-cellent group of freshman. Thesetwo teams have a great contrast intheir schedules, with the varsityhaving only three meets out ofeleven at home and the freshmenhaving only three away.

Two Meets for VarsityNext week-end is an unusually ac-

tive one for the varsity, as they stopoff at Amherst for a meet on theirway home from Troy. This is oneof two trips to Amherst for theVarsity where they return at theend of the season for the New Eng-land Intercollegiate Championships.

For Boys to Play(('Cntbzuted from I P e Pg')

the Institute basketballers play anddown on Huntington ave. as thehockey team slides into actionagainst Boston University's icers

Not intentionally last is theDramshop's presentation tonite ofMolnar's "Guardsman" at the Pea-body Playhouse. Thanks to a veryenergetic management, Technol-ogy's Thespians are on an equalfooting with any other collegedrama group.

Saturday will see somewhat adiminuition of social activity -much in the nature of a relapseprobably, but several parties--in-formal-and two organized fratem-ity dances remain before the week-end is compelte.

Next door to the Fox and Hounds,the Pi Lambda Phis will hold theirsecond party of the term. This timean informal dance, marching in-structions call for '"old clothes".This should be a very interestingaffair.

Don't know much about it -perhaps a defense secret-but alsoon the calendar for Saturday eve-ning is a formal dance run by thePhi Kappa Sigmas.

It's far to patent to call for anycomment, but the bottle neck ofpartying and playing which arisestonight is something which couldstand a bit of remedying. We hopethe already much criticized WalkerMemorial Committee will keep atwork on this problem.

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Starters against Harvard tonight when the Beaver hoopsters make their1941 debut at 8:45 P.M. in the Harvard gymnasium will be Jerry Coe,Co-captains Ernie Artz and Jack Whelan, George Marakas, and Tom"Red" Dolan, pictured above, left to right. They will attempt toavenge the two-point defeat administered to them last year by a Cantabfive made up of practically the same men who will face them tonight.

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O11 Crimson Broadcast

Harry Ottinger, sports editorof The Tech, will speak over theHarvard Crimson network to-night between the halves of theHarvard vs. Technology basket-|ball opener to be played tonightin the Harvard gymnasium.Dave Stern, Crimson sportseditor, and Robert Kieve willconverse about the team in thisinformal broadcast.

The comments of Ottingerwill form part of the programwhich is scheduled to begin at8:45 P.M. and continue through-out the game.

Following the broadcast ofthe game will be another pro-gram entitled "Network SportsReviews," on which Ernie Artz,and Jack Whelan of the Techbasketball team will voice opin-ions on the potential strengthof the Harvard team which isstarting its season tonight.

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Slated This Week-end

With frigid weather in the offing,the Beaver Key touch-football com-mittee is rushing its tourneytowards completion by schedulingthree games for this week-end.

On Saturday afternoon Goodalewill meet Sigma Chi while SigmaAlpha Epsilon will play IDelta Ulp-silon. Chi Phi will play the winnerof the S.A.E.-D.U. game the follow-ing day, and at the end of thisweek's schedule only three teamswill remain in the competition.

Phi Gams in Final GameNext Saturday, December 12, the

winner of the Goodale-Sigma Chigame will play the winner of theChi Phi game, and the victoriousgroup will meet the Phi GammaDelta's in the final game of thetournament.

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BASKETBALL

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Basketball TeamMleets Harvard

Pucksters StartSeason TonightAgainst B. U.At Boston ArenaClimaxing four weeks of pre-

dawn practice, the pucksters skate

into the lime-light at the Arenatonight to play it out with Boston

University, their first opponent.According to coach George Owen,

the Tech squad looks much better

than it did last year, but he added

that it was not tops. The improve-

ment of this year's team over the

teams of former years is the main-

tenance of two equal first lines andtwo defense pairs in contrast to

former singles teams with only afew substitutes.

B.U. Strength Unknown

Rgarding their first opponent,Coach Owen said that B.U. was anunknown quantity this year. The

B.U. team was definitely weakened

by the graduation of several of its

best men, but was strengthened inturn by the turn out of new play-ers. Thus B U. may be stronger orweaker than last year. These state-ments were supported by B.U.Coach Wayland Vaughan Wednes-day night when he said that he lostthe Terrier first line at graduationlast summer but had many fineskaters to choose from this year.This is Coach Vaughan's first yearat B.U., a fact which eliminates acomparison of last year's team byhim.

Tech Ready With Two LinesThe starting Tech offensive trio,

consisting of Jim Hart, JohnnyArnold, and Bob Gillen, will be sup-ported in their maneuvers by DickSmall and Dave Christison in de-fense posts with Ed Edmundsguarding the net.

Ready to alternate in will beJohnny White, Johnny Neal, andDick Bettes in the line. Fred Kaneband Johnny Burdakin will reportfor defense duty.

Coach Owen and Coach Vaughangave the following starting line-ups.

By Harry Ottinger

When H. P. McCarthy's quintettakes the floor tonight at 8:45 inthis season's lidlifter, they will befacing a Crimson squad which,from pre-seasonal observations,appears to be one of the strongestin Harvard history.

Coach Brown will be able tostart four veterans in spite of theloss of center Ed Rothschild becauseof an ankle injury. Even so, hewill have three promising Sopho-mores from which to choose thestarting pivot man.

Meanwhile, Coach Owen's re-juvenated icemen go up against anunknown quantity in the form ofBoston University at 8:30 P.M. inBoston Arena.

With most of last year's varsitylost through graduation, the Ter-riers start the 1941-42 season witha green, but promising, sextet.The Beavers, on the other hand,have definitely improved since lastyear, at least in quantity if not inquality. Two complete front linesand two sets of defense men areavailable for the first time in years.

Inl Firtst Game11There at 8:45

With most of last year's varsity

, quad returning, coach H. P. Mc-

Cartlhy of the Tech basketball team||shollld be able to send a powerful

ogi-ertgation onto the floor againstthe Harvard courtmen tonight for

the initial game which starts at8:45 P.M. in the H'arvard gym-

11alas " m. The freshman gamle will

star, at 7:30 P.M.

Crimson Star Injured

0-opposin g them will be an able

an;; formidable array of Crimson

ta-11lt. Cantab coach Earl Brown,i.in h1is first year of coaching at Har-

w ad.sill have a group of veteranswhelo hlave been playing together for

follr years and a promising crop ofsophomores from which to pick his

starting linleup.. Big Ed Rothschild

stellar member of last year's Crim-

SOIn squad will see little or no action

tonlight, though, due to an ankle11j; arY incurred during a practice

[;'scrimmage.

Techl Starters AnnouncedTechs starting lineup, according

[-to Coach McCarthy, will consist of

LGeorge Marakas and Jerry Coe in

the forward spots, Tom Dolan atthe pivot, and co-captains John

Whelan and Ernie Artz in the back-

court positions. The Harvard start-ing lineup will probably consist of

IEd Buckley and Captain Bud Fin-

>,'egan as forwards, veterans Joe Ro-inmano and Bill Webber in the guard

Adspots while no one has yet been[chosen to fill the injured Roths-

child's position at center.

Coach McCarthy would make nostatement concerning the style of

Eplay to be employed by the Cardinaland Gray quintet. Harvard, how-ever, is expected to use the NotreDame style of play which makesF the game very interesting to watch

g1because of it's fast short passes andtshifting defenses.

Frosh Coach ConfidentCoach Pete Berry has been drill-

in-, his freshman squad hard alsoin preparation for their tilt with

fithe Harvard first year quintet to-n i,,l7ht. The probable frosh starting

ilineup will consist of Davis andSolinenblick as forwards, Heuch-ll ,at center, and O'Leary and

LIzE~ra as guards. Despite much dif--fideuity because of ineligibility of

Plh Xvers, coach Berry is confident ofvict ory.

LAU5 Enltries Invited

Inl Track H~andicapMNeet Will Be Rain 2 P.M.

Salarday on New Track

Rewhind Harhcsur Honuse,

Saturday afternoon December 6,at :oo P.M., the new board trackadjoining Barbour Field house willbe t-he scene of a Handicap TrackMeets in which each runner will begiven a handicap in distance atthe start equal to his runningabi-lity. This meet is to be open toaly; one in the Institute wishingto run at that time, and is notlimited to members of the trackSquad or freshmen substitutingtrack for physical training.

First Race on New Track;The meet, consisting of four

event-t, will be the first one to be1)held on the new track since itsrecent completion. The first event>,will be a forty yard dash, followedXby a 2 lap race, which is equal toZone sixth of a mile on this track,,which has twelve laps to the mnile.TPhe meet will end with a 5 laprace, and an eight man relay raceil which each man will run 2 laps.

Football Tourney

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Defense ResearchAgainst Air RaidsEmnits Weird Noises

Successful WarningHeard 10 Miles AwayIn Tests fos Navy

Weird and eerie noises filling theair of Cambridge and Back Baylate Wednesday afternoon eman-ated from the roof of the EasternCo. at 620 Memorial Drive, it wasdiscovered last night by The Tech.The sounds were given out by anew device which has been de-veloped by research carried on bythe sound department at theEastern Co.

The purpose behind the develop-ment of the apparatus, accordingto Mr. Farnum of the sound depart-ment, is to provide a means ofbroadcasting of warnings in case ofair raids. Use of a variable pitchaudio oscillator to feed the ampli-fier, coupled with an automatictiming device, provided the distinct-ive sounds which were notedWednesday afternoon.

In the Wednesday test, reportswere received revealing that thesounds had been heard ten milesfrom their source. In tests cont-ducted over open country, Mr.Farnum said, they have been hearddistinctly for a distance up toeighteen miles. This test was runfor the Navy Department.

The last major test of air-raidwarning equipment was held overa month ago, and the equipmentthen in use was found to be un-satisfactory. This has been the firstmajor test in the city of the newsystem which has been developedsince then. Only one loudspeakerwas used Wednesday.

Besides the propagation of Qscil-lator-produced signals, the systemallows the broadcasting of verbalIinstructions to the populace. Thespeaker is an air-pressure operateddevice, having a base pressure oftwenty-two pounds, which is thenmodulated. It has a limited fre-quency range, but gives reasonablygood reproduction of the humanvoice. At five feet from the speaker,with fifty watts of audio, it is pos-sible to develop a kilowatt of power.

Tech Engineers DanceAt Wellesley Tomorrow

The annual Well-Tech BarnDance promises to be a sellout, withonly 8 of the original tickets as yetunsold, it was announced last night.

The dance will be held from 8:00to 11:30 P.M. tomorrow night atWellesley, and should give thosewhose footwork is more vigorousthan aesthetic an opportunity tostrut their stuff.

Haynes' Barn Dance Orchestra,supplemented by a leather-lungeddance caller, will provide the music,and is to play for ballroom dancingwhile the caller is resting his vocalchords. According to G. KendallParmelee, '45, of the, dance com-mittee, mixing is to be facilitatedby a new system. I

Buses will leave Walker Memorialfor Wellesley at 7:00 P.M. for thosewho wish transportation. The costis $.40 for the round trip.

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Sellers for The- TechRequested to Apply

The Tech is looking for per-

sons who would be interested in

selling copies of the paperaround the Institute on pub-

lication days. There is a stand-

ard commission paid to these

salesmen.

Any one interested in this

position should either call John

W. McDonough, Jr., '43, Circula-tiorn Manager, at Longwood8713, or call at The Tech Busi-ness Office any weekday after-noon between 1:30 and 5:00P.M. and see the secretary.

Men are needed to sell TheTech in Walker Memorial onFridays between 12 and 1 P.M.and in the main lobby of Build-ing 10 between 1 and 2 P.M.on Fridays.

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Debates(Co7Ltinied fromel Paye IJ

would have had not the slightes.

chance in the world against oUr

masterful engineering minds, had

we really cared to apply themrn,

The discussion was on the subfo

iect, "Resolved, That the United

States should withdraw entirely

from the Far East." The girls froiT.

down the river, (the Hudson river.

defended the negative of this ques-

tion. They won by taking the stana

that the United States was moralil�obligated to defend it sister deinoceracy, China, and to destroy Hitler'sassociate Japan.

Connecticut Debate TodayThe debate squad (next to the

varsity) will go into action tcdayagainst the University of Conn~cti_cut on the subject, "Resolved, Thatthe federal government should in-stitute a nation-wide program o-socialized medicine." In this debatethe Institute team of Franklin P-Seeley, '42, and Robert H. Given,'42, will take the negative.

On Saturday the freshman squadof Lee Hanower, and John J;Rueckert will oppose the resolution"That the federal governnlentshould regulate by law all laborunions in the United States." North.eastern University will furnish theopposition. Both debates will takeplace at 5:00 P.M. in WalkerMemorial.

What a Crewman!Crew being what it is, from

March to June crewsters had at

best a celibatic existence; but ap-

parently fall practice is not sostrenuous. Matter of fact rumor

reaches us of one particular varsitycrewer-no names-who is living

quite a harried existence this fall.

Seems there is one big item in

this large lad's life which keeps

him dashing back and forth 'twixt

Cambridge and Saratoga Springs in

a multi-colored auto. Not only that,

but periodically come these Oh, so

cute Western Union "kiddegrams"

from the particular female educa-

tional institution out there. And

from here to there go "slave brace-

lets". To paraphrase: "In fall a

crewman's thoughts turn to'things

he can't have all Spring."

Transportation Economics-or Hap-less Harry Hits the Highway

We sympathize with those whomusT-re-a-n things the hard way,even if the learners are freshmen.A certain member of the class of '45decided several weeks ago thatmotorcycling was the ideal solutionto his personal transportationproblem. His aspirations reached aclimax Friday when he started forNew York with a friend's borrowedmachine. Queried before startingthe trip as to whether he knew howto ride a motorcycle, he replied,"How should I know, I've nevertried one." (This gets better folks.)By the time the motorcycle and itsrider had traveled thirty-five milesin the general direction of the BigTown, a transmission rod snapped,leaving the embryo rider stranded.With appropriate ceremony, thefifth-hand vehicle was deposited inthe hands of a ,repairman, and thedespondent fellow then continuedon his way thumbing.

Seven hours after leaving Boston,our hapless hero reached Hartford,very much behind schedule, if onebelieves that a dated damsel meansanything.

He was so far behind schedulethat he boarded an airliner, corn-pleting'the third lap of his journeyin forty minutes. -- The final leg ofthis race against time was aboardan airline taxi which -consumedanother hour in retracing 14 milesfrom Newark. ' Stated the froshupon his return aboard a sleeper,"As far as I am concerned, the ageof the motorcycle is in a decline."

Little HelpfulA source of constant irritation to

the Seniors in 10.31 lecture hasbeen the assistant who dutifullyhops up on the lecture platformand erases the board as soon as thelecturing Professor has finished

with any particular section thereof.Just as a matter of principle, theyresent having knowledge thrown atthem so fast that the lecturerdoesn't even take time out to erasethe board.

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in his own hands; when Prof. Mc-Adams had finished with a certainpart of the board, Louie steppedup briskly and efficiently erased thelormulae.-Quoth Prof. McAdams:"Thank You!"

Quoth Lou: "You're Welcome."P.S.: There was also, if we are

correctly informed, a considerationof two bits involved, in the deed.

Professors Are Absentminded.A certain professor noted through-

out Building 2 for his art in throw-ing peanuts up in the air and catch-ing them in his mouth whilst walk-ing in a brown study, was recentlyholding a bull-session on the, con-crete walk between the WalkerMemorial Building and Building 2with a student. After discussingthisa and thata at great length,the professor asked his companionfrom which direction he had come.His companion slightly surprisedstated that he had emerged fromWalker, whereupon our hero statedthat in that case he must have

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Sailors To GiveDinner-DanceIl1 Walker At 6:30

Voss And Other PrizesWill Be PresentedlBefore MDC ]Exhibition

The annual dinner and dance ofthe Nautical Association, whichmarks -the end of the sailing seasonat the Institute, will be held thisevening. The dinner, for which anunusual proram has been arranged,is to be in the Faculty Lounge ofWalker Memorial.

As has been customary, a guestorganization has been invited. Thisyear the guests will be the officersof the Lower Basin Division of theMetropolitanl District Police, whohave been invaluable friends of theAssociation since its beginning.Among the guests will be CaptainKelleher, Lieutenant Budreau, Of-ficer Pettingil, Officer Quinn andOfficer O'Connel. Also in attend-ance will be Professor Erwin H.Schell and Professor George Owen,members of the Institute faculty.

Prizes to Be AwardedFollowing the dinner, prizes

will be awarded to the mernbers ofthe Association who have earnedthem during the past year. An in-teresting feature of the program isan exhibition of pistol marksman-ship to be givenl by the officers ofthe District Police. After this, theparty will adjourn to the 5:15 Clubfor dancing. At the same time aprogram of nautical games will beprovided for those members who donot care for dancing.

The dinner committee is headedby John A. Doremus, who has thisyear been appointed an instructorof Aeronautical Engineering andhas been a member of the NauticalAssociation since 1936. Other mem-bers of the committee include: Com-modore Thomas T. Crowley, '42, ex-commodore James K. Tyson, '41,James O. McDonough, '41, ConradA. Lau, 142, Sidney F. Greenwald,'43, Maurice R. Evans, '43, and MissDomina E. Spencer.

Xmas Dance(Conftinuedl from? Pag~e 1)

will canvass the dorms, accordingto the committee, in order thateven the most secluded brown-bagger will have a chance to get aticket.

dents, tickets will be distributed bySanta Claus in the main hall ofBuilding l0 at $1.75 a throw.

B10Inde Sells('ontinti7Zede jro7}n Pagle 1)

in the granite for the first timeyesterday.

Arriving at eleven o'clock underspecial escort the trim, uniformedSenior Week mascot was greeted atthe "'priorities board" in Building|10 by a multitude of popping flashbulbs as photographers from TheTech, Technique and Vu scrambledIabout shooting pictures from all|angles.

Sales Zoom Why?R umor s that Airlines had dropped

|from the skies one of its comeliest|stewardesses for a brief inspectiontour of the E~ast's largest institution|of Entertainment Engineering,jspread rapidly through the hallsIand labs of Technology and soon|the lobby was filled with ogling,option-buying '42 ers.

That Dotty's unheralded appear-|ance had anything to do with the|phenomenal spurt of ticket saleswas quickly discounted by Commit-tee Chairman Shep Tyree who ex-

jclaimed; "Obviously the Tech trrin's|equanimity and stolidity can't be|disrupted by so minor a factor as|the sight of a beautiful blonde inthe Institute's M~ain Lobby". Modest| nd smiling Dotty, agreeing withhim, told The Tech's slightly skep-|tical reporter that this year's Senior|Week sounded like "'the most excit-!ing good time I've ever heard of."

Dranilashop(Con~tin utea fr om I.agle

aware of the act all the time or not,may not be a moral climax, but itis Molnar's wit at its best.,

Frieda S. Omansky, 146, and Mil-dred B. Edwardson, 146, make theirdebut into IDramashop, the formeras "Mama," a discarded "has-been,"the latter as Liesl, an attractive butdumb maid. Robert L. ILichten, 143,as the creditor; Jorge Ross, '43, asthe usher. and L. Gerald Fnirth, Jr.,'43, as the critic, are typical char-acters in Molnar's broad drawing-room comedy.

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