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Dick Messner WillPlay for Dorm Men

13 Piece Band Obtained FromRadio Artists' Bureau

For Feb. Dance

Dick Messner and his orchestrahave been secured by the DormitoryDinner Dance Committee to play forthe Dormitory Dinner Dance whichwill be held in Walker Memorial onFebruary 14, from 6:30 P.M. until 3A.M.

This band, which was obtainedthrough the Columbia Artists' Bureau,is composed of 13 artists, and featuresas vocalists, Irene Collins, John Mes-sner, and the Trio. The orchestrahas recently completed an engage-ment at the Hotel Lincoln in New

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ALPHA PI-tI OMEGA, p. 1.CATIIOLIC CLUB DANCE, p. 1.COURSE Ir DINNER. p. 1.DEBATE WITH BATES, 1). 1.5:15 CLUB DANCE. p. 1.FRESHMAN DANCE, p. I.KIDNAPING, p. 1.

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Catholic ClubbersConduct InformalDance At Walker

Members Of Many Clubs In NewEngland Confederation

Will Attend

Howard Cutter And His BandWill Play For Dance Tonight

Special Tickets Are Now OnSale In Main Lobby

Of Institute

The Technology Catholic Club isholding its mid-winter dance, whichwill be informal, in the Main hall ofWalker this evening from 9 P.M.until 1. Howard Cutter's twelvepiece orchestra is providing the musicfor tonight's dance which should provemost enjoyable for those attending.

In keeping with their other dances,many members of the associate clubsin the New England Confederationwill attend the dance; delegationsfrom Smith, Wellesley, Simmons,Radcliffe, Emmanual, Portia Law,Emerson, and Teacher's College areexpected.

Tickets will be on sale today in thetain Lobby at a special price of$1.25 per couple, and stag tickets arei75c. Arrangements are in direct

charge of Walter G. Selvestrovich, '36,president of the club; Peter White,'36, treasurer; and Copeland C.AfacAllister, graduate director.

Chaperones for the dance will beAirs. Joseph MacAllister, Mrs. JohnR. Mackllister, and Mrs. Peter White.

5:15 To Hold DanceAt Water Front Club

After Examinations

Commuters To Dance To MusicBy Exclusive Night Club

Orchestra

After mid-years, relaxation will beafforded Technology students at an"After-exam" dance at the Water-front Club on January 31, the Fridayof examination week, sponsored bythe 5:15 Club.

The Waterfront Club, an exclusivenight resort on Rowes Wharf, hasbeen reserved together with the sameband usually heard there. Freeparking space is available beside theclub, and a watchman will guard thecars. Special prices on refreshmentshave been obtained for the benefit ofthe students.

Tickets, priced at $1.50, can beobtained ini the Main Lobby duringthe week of examinations, or from themembers of the dance committee.Dress is optional at the dance.

The committee in charge of thedance, headed by Richard A. Denton,'36, includes Joseph G. Zeitlen, '39,John M. Gallagher, '37, Nicholas L.Barbarossa, 38, Hyman Brettman,'37, and G. Maurice Levy, '37.

Kidnaping,0 lanapmg9oida Head-ShavingDeliberate, Say Abductors;

Campus Sentiment ArousedAm

Hazing Condemned As"Long Outlawed"

By Austin

Recent Incident Not Isolated;Class Spirit Causes Abductions

Chance Of Possible S e r i o u sConsequences Stressed

In Statement

Revelation that student activityleaders have been aroused by the as-sault and kidnaping came yesterdayfrom John C. Austin, president of theSenior Class, in a statement to TheTech. Mr. Austin also intimated thatthe Institute Committee might takesome action to prevent recurrence ofthe deed.

Deploring the "injudicious methods"employed, Austin declared: "Notwith-standing the cause for such procedure,it is every student's right to pursuethe course of his Institute life with-out fear of the long-outlawed prac-tices of college hazing."

Pointing out that serious consequ-enices might result from such actions,in spite of alleged precautions taken~" safeguard %tfie -victimis-, he- -main-tained that "injudicious methods havenever been acceptable as a means toany end, good or bad."

Other Kidnaping's DeploredLast week's affair brought to a

head the sentiment against kidnap-ing which was aroused two years ago

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Freshman Dance To BeDuring Month of March

Optional Dress Will Be In OrderAt Big Social Event

Formal dress for the FreshmanDance will be optional, Stuart Paige,chairman of the general committee,has announced. This decision wasthe result of a poll conducted re-cently among members of the fresh-man class. The dance, the most im-portant event on the Freshman socialcalendar, is scheduled for March 27.

Tentative plans include a popularorchestra, entertainment, and a priceof less than two dollars per couple.Walker is to be the scene of thefestive affair vwhich Chairman Paige

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Ungentlemanly ConductCited As Cause

Of Action

Careful Planning Of DetailMaintained By Perpetrator

Letter To "The Tech" ExplainsAttitude And Actions

Of Abductors

Full text of the letter appears onpage 2.Frank admission that their kidnap-

ing and head-shaving of LawrenceR. Steinhardt, '37, last Sunday wasdeliberate and carefully planned iscontained in a letter by one of theabductors to The Tech today. Theauthor also admitted that an editorialappearing in The Tech roundly con-demning the action as a "maliciousattack" was "correct in spirit".

Condoning of the act was also re-yealed in the Dorm Rumor placed inthe mail boxes Monday, which ap-proved this method of punishment ofunpopular individuals as "not a badidea".

Professor Leicester F. Hamilton,Chairman of the Dormitory Board,declined to state whether disciplinary

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Course II StudentsAnd Faculty Attend

Banquet In Walker

Singing, Music, and Sleight OfHand Tricks Feature

Entertainment

Course II held the first of itsFaculty-Student banquets last Tues-day night in the Faculty Dining Hallof Walker Memorial. The Banquetwas attended by most of the facultyand sophomores in Course II.

After the banquet, entertainmentwas furnished by a quartet who sangseveral songs. In the quartet were:Charles E. Little, John I. Argers-inger, Rolland S. French, and Vladi-mer V. Grigorieff, all Sophomores.The merit of the entertainment wasjudged by a Keenan Kilowatt-hourmeter xwhich measures B.T.U. timesBugger Factors.

Entertainment By FacultyProfessor Edward R. Schwartz en-

tertained an astounded audience withsome scientific sleight of hand tricks.His use of the fourth dimension totie and untie knots was a feature.

Dr. Jerome C. Hunsaker spoke tothe students and stated that a goodengineer must be cautious yet re-sourceful. After his little talk, JohnT. Argersinger, '38, presented to Dr.Hunsaker, for his great works inaeronautics, a model airplane made oftin. To Professor Charles E. Fuller,he presented a pop-gun for his dis-tingushed work as Dean of ArmyStudents. Professor Charles W. Ber-ry received a frying pan for his out-standing work in heat and thermo-dynamics. Finally, for doing the mostto promote friendship and good feel-ing between the faculty and students,Mr. Alvin Sloane received a shovel.

Professor Irving H. Cowdrey gavea very interesting lantern slide tallwhich was interspersed with bits ofpoetry composed by himself. The

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*.' 1DITCIiALKIDNAPING MUST GOOUTLAW CRIMINAL PRACTICE

ONSISTENT in its few editorial policies has been the effortof The Tech to stamp out the anti-social practice of kid-

naping among the self-styled "men" of Technology. Laws, mademore stringent in recent times, have always protected the privatecitizen from being transported against his will, but it would ap-pear that the college student is an exception; he is not a privatecitizen.

Defense against having the hair shaved from his head isclassed for the benefit of the private citizen as an assault, but inthis case the college student is again an exception.

We have repeatedly pointed out that it was apparently neces-sary for a Technology student to be seriously injured-before stu-dent government would intervene with some prosecution, but wehave always failed to be convinced that it should be deemed wiseto lock the proverbial barn only after the horse had been stolen.....It is high time that student opinion be consolidated in op-position to a vandalism that reflects detrimentally on the intelli-gence of Technology students.

Immediate action by the Institute Committee is indicated; let

Bates DefeatsTech Debaters

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Court Action

One of the most closely contesteddebates ever held in the halls of theInstitute took place in EastmanLecture Hall, Wednesday evening,when Bates College defeated Tech-nology by a 3-0 decision.

The subject was, Resolved: ThatCongress be permitted to reinstate bya two thirds vote all acts of Congressdeclared unconstitutional by the Su-preme Court; the Institute debatorstook the affirmative and Bates thenegative. Paul A. Vogel, '37 andHoward I. Schlansker, '38 representedTechonology and William Greenwoodand Carleton -Mabee representedBates. Professor Albert A. Schaeferof the Institute was chairman of thedebate.

Today the team will go to Mfiddle-town, Connecticut, to debate WesleyanCollege on the question, "Resolved:That substantial grants be made bythe Federal Government to theseveral states for the equalization ofeducational opportunities in primaryand secondary education.

Like the A-iherst debate Mondaynight, the Wesleyan contest will bepart of the second round of theEastern Intercollegiate D e b a t i n gChampionship debating trials. Thiscontest is to be the first formal debatesince the reorganization of the de-bating society.

Debating will not be resumed untilafter the mid-term recess on February14, although three members of thedebating society will go to Schenec-tady during the exams to debateUnion College and the General Elec-tric Business School.

Scouting FraternityPlans Camping Trip

Cambridge Council Scout CampIn N. H. To Be Used

Three days of skating, skiing, snow--shoeing, and tobogganing are plannedby the newly formed honorary scout-ing fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega.The trip will start at noon from Wral-ker Memorial, on Friday, February 7,and return in time for Registration,February 10.

In a meeting Tuesday, January 14,in the Grill Room of Walker Memorial,Mr. George Rockwell, Chairman of theCambridge Scout Camping Council,offered the use of the Council's sum-mer and winter camp in Findge,N. H. The former scouts showed greatenthusiasm in the idea and abouttwenty are expected to go. Mr.Christopher Gunderson, the ScoutExecutive of the Cambridge Council,also attended the meeting.

The camp is equipped with cabins,bunks, and materials for cooking. Itis about sixty miles north of Bostonamong the mountains and it is re-ported that there is ten inches ofsnow on the ground at present. Anyformer scouts who are interested inmaking the trip can arrange to doso by getting in touch with CopelandC. MacAlister, G, whose telephonenumber is Arlington 0505.

Instrument Maker, First Professionof Watt, Inventor of Steam Engi

The two-hundredth birthday of position of mathematical instruJames Watt, father of engineers, will maker at the University of Glasbe on Sunday, January 19. On Mon- While employed there Watt madday, the Department of Mechanical vestigations which led to his inEngineering will present a program tion of the steam engine.of Bicentenary Exercises in Room 10- Gets Broken Model25C0 at 3:10. In consequence of this One day he was given, to repaoccasion, The Tech gives you a sum- model of the Newcomen steammary of the events which led up to gine, a very inefficient machinehis inventing the steam engine. was used for pumping water in

James W a t t 's first practical mines of England. In Newconacquaintance with machinery was as engine, work was done by lea maker of nautical instruments. steam into a vertical cylinder vThe man who was about to cover housed a pistom. The steam feEngland with engines, huge and the piston up (the weight ofPonderous, started his career by con- piston was partially supportedstructing with his own hands delicate counterweight), steam from the l

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student opinion on questions of timelyinterest. Tersons are chosen at ran.dom and interviewed by a reporter.Questions f or this column mray besubmitted by readers. Opens Fom,comment on any queestion or the,answers thereto will be welcomed.

Q UESTI ON: What is your o pinionof the recent kidnapping and headshaving of a D~onnitor~y Junior?

Elmar V. Piel, V, '38, Dormitories:"The kidnapping was funny but

bard on the victim. I suppo se it wasall right if he deserved it."

Mortimer 1. Metzger, XVI, '39, Dormi.tories:

"The recent kidnapping broughtout the fact that these 'harmless,pranks are often vicious and harmfulto the reputation of Tech. Theyshould be stopped."

William 0. Nichols, II, '36, Dormi-tories:

"It does no harm if the applicantdeserved it and the action is not car-ried too far."

Charles M. Johnson, II, '38, 19Shepard St., Cambridge:"A more complete participation in

intramural athletics or other activitiesis the best way of avoiding a reculr-rance of this outrage. But any groupof 'men' that can't find another out-let for their energies don't deserve tobe known as men."

George A. Buckle, Jr., IX-A, '37, 1Hillside Ave., Wakefield:

"The punishment seemed adequatefor a lot of sins, but the head shavingpart he can tell his grand childrenabout. No doubt he will be lookedup to by his friends for some time."Harold E. DeKorp, X, '39, Dormi.

tories:

"In my opinion, the perpetrators ofthat outrage are the very nadirs ofpseudo-intellectual college boys -inother words, just danifool kids with-out any sense of proportion."Bernard Zackman, XV, '39, Dormi.

tories:

"It has been repeated that Tech isa place for men to work and not boysto play. 'When a Junior is kidnappedand shaved the practice becomeschildish and cannot go under the nameof a schoolboy prank."'"

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Dormitories

January 14, 1936

DUKE UNIVERSITYSCHOOL OF MEDICINE

DURHAM, N. C.

Four terms of eleven week are giveneach year. These may be taken con.secutively (graduation in three years)or three terms may be taken each yenr(graduation in four years). The en-trance requirements are Inteligence.character and at least two years ofcollege work, including the subjectsspecified for Grade A Medical SchoolsCatalogues and application forms ory

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In the editorial columns of The Tech, issue of

January 14th, there appeared an article entitled

(then or Beasts ?-Manhandling."

As a spectator, photographer of the event, and

an interested party in the abduction of

-, I would like to say that your editorial

is quite correct in spirit, but is in this case sadly

devoid of real facts.

It might be of interest to The Tech to know that

the abduction was not done on the spur of the

moment, but was carefully planned and prearranged

with particular thought being given to possible con-

sequence on the victim's health.

A relatively mild night was chosen for the affair.

Secondly, pains were taken to see that he had a

warm blanket for a skirt, and a towel to prevent

head exposure. If Mr. Y-'s memory will serve

him correctly he may remember that as soon as his

pants were removed someone immediately wrapped

his legs with the blanket just mentioned, though his

hands were left tied, even this had been planned so

that he could extricate himself within a few seconds.

Moreover it had been experimentally determined that

this could be done by a person of normal physical

dimensions.

was left within sight of street lights

(about half a mile distance) on the main street

between Woburn and Winchester. His actual stopping

place was on a parkway patrolled by the police of

Woburn, and to make sure that his exposure would

not be prolonged, the abductors (upon their im-

mediate return to the Dormitories) called the police

of that town. This partly to make sure that no

harm could come to the victim by self inflicted

damage in case he were one given to self pity. In

this connection the abductors are still puzzled about

the report that iodine or mercurochrome were used.

The victim might be relieved to know that nothing

was touched in his room, and that some original

plans for making his roon. quite uninhlabitable for

a few days with ethyl mercaptan (skunk) were

abandoned as being too drastic.

The reason for the abduction was that during a

"hall dance (which by the way has been widely and

favorably commented upon not only by students in

the Dormitories but also some of those in authority

around the Dorms) a certain group showed themselves

lacking in those attributes commonly attributed to

gentlemen, especially when others are entertaining

guests. It is not necessary to publicly embarrass

the victim further by statements of the complete de-

tails of the act that initiated the abduction. These

have been left out intentionally with the knowledge

of all parties concerned.

However, as representative for the abductors, I

have attempted to show that the facts of the case

are either not known or are being sadly misrepre-

sented. Certainly the abduction was mot done care-

lessly. There is also reason to believe that the

other groups living in the Dormitories would have

acted similarly, given similar conditions.

"A Spectator."

Editors' note: After several careful per-usings of the above letter for a refutation ofthe statements made in the editorial mention-ed, wve have come to the inevitable conclusionthat only one is therein contained. " . . . theabduction," says the write?, " '. ..wqas cau)e-fully pr e-arrawged . . . . . A relatively mildnight wvas chosen for the affair." It seemstoo obvious to point out to the kidnaper-s that

----- 's off ense occurr? ed Fr iday night;attending a. banzqet Saturday night was notavailable; and Sunday night the kidnapers'offense occurred, that is wastaken to Woburn. Memory does not serve totell its if last Sunday night was mild relativeto itself. Of courses the marjo? premise ofthe letter is that in perpetrating a kidnapingthe miscr eants twere demonstratntg sloi-ege7ztlemanly qualities than their victim? al-legedly possessed. The conf ession that thekicidwping wcxas pre-arranged is especiallydamning. Some belnefit of doubt taught beadmitted if the act were impetuous, but pr-e-meditated vandalism is its owl1 condemetnation.We -would be surprised to learn that, ats thewriter claims, any other group ice the Dorini-torizes Could hcave acted simtilas7ly.

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AT THE THEATREPLYMOUTH - 3 Men on a Horse.

We've lost track of the number ofweeks this play has enjoyed suc-cess here and in other cities. Do~n'tquote us but we believe there are

at present eight companies playingit simultaneously in different partsof the world. It is imdeed a tributeto a dramatists work when it is souniversally supported without the

benefit of stellar names.COPLEY - Ceiling Zero, M ar y

Young's production. This melo-drama of aviation continues on thestage with great success. It willbe interesting to see the Hollywoodversion of this hit which is play-ing concurrently at the Metropoli-tan. Its the old story of themnechanical perfection and magni-tu~de of the screen versus the livinlgpersonality of the stage. Here isyour chance to find which you pre-fer by seeing both of these veryfairly representative productions of

the same piece.ON THE SCREEN

FINE ARTS-The very fine Frenchpicture La Maternelle continues for

a fourth week.PARAMOUNT AND FENWAY -

The Bride Comes H~ome, comedyromance with Claudette Colbertand Miss Pacific Fleet: the U. S.Navy is on the screen again.

METROPOLITAN-Ceiling zero, thescreen production of the stage hit

.(see note opposite COPLEY). Onthe stage George Burns and GracieAllen heading an all star revue.

KEITHf MEMORIAL -MagniificentObsession held over for secondweek. Pathe News, March of Time(news propaganda) in shorts.

LOEWS STATE AND ORPHEUJM-Jean Harlow in Riff-Raff, she's abrunette now. The Lone Wolf Re-turns an international crime story.

RKO BOSTON-Alison Skipworth inHitch Hike Lady. On the stageEarl Carroll's Slcetch Book, 36beautiful girls 36.

UPTOWN-George ATliSS in Mr.Hobo starts to-morro-w. Also StarsOver Broadway.

MODERN-Captain Blood with ErrolFlynn and Collegiate with joe Pen-iner (and his duck).

COMMENTS

At last after a long period oftheatrical semi-darkness Boston isbeginning to light up. Cornelia OtisSkinner opens at the -Shubert, Mon-day, in Mansions on the Hudson.During her stay here she will alsoplay The Wives of Henry VTII andThe Loves of Charles II. In a lightervein lThe Lunts are coming to theColonial, Monday, in The Tamingof the Shrew. January. 27 brings usWalter Hampden in Rostand's Cyranode Bergerac.

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slides were all taken and tinted byProfessor Cowdrey.

More music was furnished by an in-strumental quartet comprised oyfFrancis T. Akin, '38, who played thepiano, Roy C. Hopgood, Jr., '38, whoplayed the violin, Gordon W. Hunt,'38, cornet, and Herbert K. Wiley, Jr.,'38, saxophone.

Luis de Florez who is a graduateof Course II told several funny

the shooting of himself in the headwith Professor Fuller's pop-gun. Hesaid that it was a habit with him.

The banquet closed with a game ofacrostics which was won by ErnestP. Neumann, 38, who was able to getFuller Bull from the professor'snames. The word was supposed todeal with some phase of engineering,and the prize was a cut glass tumblerwhich leaked when one attempted todrink from it.

No. 58Vol. LV JANUARY 17, 1936

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Managing BoardGeneral Manager .. .................................. Elwood H. Koontz. '36Editor and Business Mfanager ........................ Ralph D. Morrison, Jr., '37Managing Editor .. ............................ .......... on E. Hittl. '36Associate Business Manager .................................. Benjamin B. Dayton. '36

Editorial BoardLouis C. Young, '36

Herbert K. Weiss, '37

Arthur M. York, '37Leonard A. Seder, '37John Iglauer, '38

James G. Loder, '37Walter T. Blake, '37

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us not wait until serious consequences promptadministration authorities to legislate kid-naping out of existence.

Criminals resort to kidnaping and assault tosettle their differences; criminal practicesshould have no place in the lives of intelligentand social human beings. Kidnapings atTechnology must be outlawed.

CLOCK-WATCHERSPROFESSORIAL TYPE

N the last issue of The Tech we discusseda brand of professors who might be called

"organ-grinders," the type of teacher whogrinds out in the course of one hour's lecturea lifeless, dull monotonous 40 minutes' worthof sentences. The original idea suggestedcomment on other types of instructors, whichwe might divide into the following categories:clock-watchers, whisperers, board-fillers, text-followers, and digressors.

Type 1, the organ-grinder, combines manyof the features embodied in other types;indeed, there is probably no true type, butmerely combinations of various characteris-tics, some of which stand upperrost, andserve to simplify classification.

The clock-watching variety is not objection-able in mild forms. In its advanced stages,however, an instructor can detract consider-ably from the effectiveness of his instructionby continually worrying throughout the hourwhether he is going to finish his intendedquota of material by the end of the period.It is unfortunate in some cases, because itkeeps some students from asking questionsin the fear that they will interrupt the pre-aranged flow of knowledge. An -instructormust exercise judgment in determining howfully to answer questions from the class,because he must realize a-head of time whatpoints of his discussion are most difficult forthe students.

The other extremne exemplified in thiscategory is the instructor who spends toomuch time on clearing up minor difficulities,thereby letting the interest of the majorityof the class lag to a considerable degree. Toknow when to speed up or slow down in alecture requires long experience in teachinga subject and a keen insight into the needs ofthe individual group of students being dealtwith. A good instructor can tell almost im-mediately when his "stuff" is not gettingacross, and can detect at once a "tstall" system.

Technology would be an exceptional collegeif it did not have a few clock-watchers onRS instructin- staff. It would at the sametin'le be a non-progressive college if its teach-ing. staff wvere not aware of its short comings.The fact that the Institute has a highly re-puted staff, however, does not exempt itfr om self-examination. We know it to biecontinually re-examining and adapting itselfto meet new needs of the students. W~e feel

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promises will be one of the landmarksof the Tech social season.

Besides Chairman P a i g e, thegeneral committee as appointed lastweek includes Oswald Stewart, Ches-ter Ross, Eugene Thatcher, andStuart Arnold.

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Olympic Tryouts Scheduled ForJanuary 25 In Walker

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Capt.r Ozol, Laus, Dantona,And Bartlett Will Compete

Yarsity Faces Tough Schedule;First Meet Slated For

February 15

Four members of the Varsity fenc-

Ing team are training assiduously inpreparation for their entry into theOlympic team's fencing tryouts whichwill occur in Walker Memorial Gym,Saturday, October 25.

The four entrants, Rudolph J. Ozol,'36, Andre N. Laus, '37, Lea R. Dan-tona, 37, and David B. Bartlett, '37,are all veterans from last year's ex-ceptionally good and victorious team.The four men are entered into thetryouts for places on the foil teamAlthough their record in intercol-legiate competition is excellent, theirchances of winning posts on theOlympic fencing team are only, fairat best.

Half Price For Tech

Through the eff orts of Joseph L.Levis, '2,6, the Olympic Committee de-cided to hold the fencing tryouts inthe Walker Memorial Gym. In ad-dition, students at Technology are al-lowed a 50 per cent reduction in ad-mission prices, making the price $1.00for men and $.50 for women.

Thle preliminary tryouts begin at2 :30, with the final rounds scheduledfor 8:30. After the final round, therewill be an informal dance in the MainHall in 'Walker.

Team Prospects Fair

The team has a fair chance of re-peating its sensational season of lastyear wvhen it -won six games out ofits total of eight. T'his year theschedule includes -meets asith Prince-ton and Brown, colleges which *serenot on last year's schedule and whichhave crack fencing squads.

The foil team seems the best ofthe three Beaver fencing teams sinceit has Ozol, Laus, Dantona, Bartlett,and possibly Toorks on it. Toork~s,a veteran from last year's Varsityteam, has not been coming out forthe team regularly but may starttraining in time to compete with theteam. The Varsity saber team willprobably consist of Dantona, Ozol, R.D. Harvey, A. F. Clarens, S. C.Nickerson, J. P. Toorks, J. E,. Salny.Beaver hopes are pinned on:-L~aus, Bartlett, and P. R. Rosenberg.

ScheduleThe fencing schedule for the x

1935-36 follows:....Jan. 25. Olympic Trials.Feb. 15. Norwich University.Feb. 21. Columbia University.Feb. 29. B. C. (tent.).March 7. Brown.March 13. Princeton.March 14. Rutgers.March 21. St. Johns.March 28. Intercollegiates.

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IBasketball TeamEntrants Into Tryouss For Olympic Foils Team

The Tech photographer interrupted the evening practice session ofthe swordsmen to snap this shot of the four men who seek berths on theOlympic foils team. They are (left to right):--Capt. Rudolph J. Ozol, '36,Andre N. Laus, '37, Leo R. Dantona, '37, and David B. Bartlett, '37.

January 23 Final Date ForP. T. Substitution Sign-Ups

Freshmen who are interested insubstituting track for P.T. nextterm imust sign-up before nextThursday, January 23, or theywill find themselves taking P.T.The freshmen need not take thesame sport they took this term.

Those who disliked workingoutdoors on the track this Falland Winter may now take ad-vantage of working there thisSpring. Coach Oscar Hedlundwill be glad to talk over the sportwith any freshman any afternoonat the track house.

January 23 is the final date forall P. T. substitution sign-ups andfreshman desiring to take anysport ven if they are notchanging fields - must indicatetheir intentions in Mr. McCarthy'soffice before that date.

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by the action of the Class of 1937 entries, Tech will enter some in-

in whisking away Philip G. Briggs,

president of the Sophomore Class at

that time, and keeping him prisoner

at a farm in Dover, New Hampshire.

Subsequently murmurings were heard

last year wvhen Robert W. Newman,

'36, and Robert B. Landay, '38, al-leged radical thinkers, wvere attached

.,earin their dormitory room and had theirheads shaved.

Prior to Field Day this year, atthe suggestion of one of the membersof the Senior class, 65 freshmen wereheld captive chained to the floor atCamp Massapoag in a grand masskidnaping.

During the Briggs episode, the vic-tim sought to escape by running thekidnap car into a truck. The attemptwas unsuccessful, however, onl yslight damage being done, and hewas forced to spend five days in seclu-sion. Finally escaping, he had tospend the night in the woods with onlya sweater and a suit coat and thetemperature at almost freezing.

No Disciplinary Action TakenIn the past no disciplinary action

has been taken toward any of theparties involved in the affairs. It isexpected, however, that some "dras-tic action" on the part of the In-stitute Committee or the Administra-tion will effectively check the repeti-tion of such misdemeanors.

Austin's complete statement is asfollows: "The recent series of kid-napings has brought a good deal ofadverse comment from leaders in stu-dent activities. In spite of allegedprecautions taken to safeguard thevictims of such actions, neverthelessit is a fact that serious consequencescan arise. Notwithstanding any cause

Ifor such procedure, it is every stu-

CosmopolitanUndergraduate Notice

The Cosmopolitan Student Club willhave its monthly dance at the roomsof the Twentieth Century Associationon Saturday night. The Clu' is anassociation of the foreign students at-tending greater Boston educationalinstitutions.

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Convenient to Fraternity TMen

dent's right to pursue the course ofhis Institute life without fear of long-outlawed practices as college 'hazing'.Injudicious methods have never beenacceptable as a means to any end,good or bad.'

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Tech To Have Golden GloVeAll Tech Boxing Meet

Will Be Held FirstWeek 2nd Term

8 Golden Gloves To Be Given

Winners; Also Boxing Trophy

Signups Close Tuesday Feb. 11;Preliminaries Wednesday;

Finals Saturday

Technology will hold its first GoldenGlove Boxing tournament, the firstweek of the second term, it was offi-cially announced yesterday.

Sign-ups can be made all next weekand the Monday and Tuesday of thefirst week of the second term in theHangar Gym between the hours of4 and 6. All the men who sign-upwill report to the Hangar Gym onTuesday afternoon, February 11, atfive P.M. and weigh in officially. Thepreliminaries will be run off onWednesday, Thursday, and Fridayafternoons while the finals will beheld on Saturday evening, February15, at eight o'clock.

Open To All UndergraduatesThis tournament is the first tourna-

ment of its kind ever to be held inthe Institute and will be open to allundergraduate students with the ex-ception of the men who have won let-ters in boxing.New Comers Have Chance To Win

In view of the fact that the tourna-ment will be open only to the lessexperienced boxers. It is expectedthat a large entry list will be formed.Added to the honor that goes with thewinning of the position of All Techchampionship in any one of the eightdivisions, the eight winners in theeight classes will be awarded goldenboxing glove watch charms withweight and letter T engraved uponthem. In addition to these goldengloves, a beautiful boxing trophy willbe awarded to the man who gives thebest performance of boxing skill andsportsmanship. The trophy consistsof the golden figure of a boxer infighting pose mounted on an ap-propriate base.

Any men who wish to start train-ing next week or during the examperiod are welcome to come out tothe Hangar Gym and avail them-selves of the coaching of TommyRawson. Since some of the more ex-perienced Tech boxers are ineligiblethe tournament is wide open and overhalf of the Golden Glove winnersshould come from the ranks of newcomers.

John C.: Austin(Continued from Page 1)

Loses to JumbosMleet Strong Wildcat Five In

Hangar Gym Tonight;Frosh Lost

Tufts defeated M.I.T., 39-30, in aragged basketball game on theCousen's gym court in Medford, lastTuesday night. Captain Garth ledthe Engineers in scoring with 14points. Spath, Radvilas, and Wojciehowski starred for the Jumbos.

Tonight coach McCarthy's quinte entertains the strong University ofNew Hampshire team at the Hangargym.

The Beavers battled gamely duringthe first half and held Tufts to a twopoint advantage 17 to 15. In thesecond half Wojciehowski broke loosefor three quick solos and from thenon the game was all Tufts.

In the preliminary game the Tuftsfreshmen walloped the M.I.T. Cubs,27 to 12.

Summary:M.I.T.

B. C. Frosh Track jTeam Meet Tech|

Varsity To Enter Three RelayTeams In K. of C. Games

Next Saturday|

The freshman track team will geta one week jump on the Varsity whenthey open their indoor track seasontomorrow against the Boston Collegefrosh at Tech tomorrow afternoon.The Varsity will open its season oneweek later in the Knights of Colum-bus games at Boston Garden.

The freshmen will compete withB.C. in nine events including 50, 300,600, and 1000 yard runs as well asthe high jump, broad jump, polevault, shotput and 60 yard lowhurdles. The races will be held on thenew board track while the field eventsare being held indoors. Those mem-bers of the Class of '39 who willcompete for the Engineers are:-|-Carr, Dana, De Voe, Fogliano, Hyde,Peter, Ross, Walker, Broadbent,Hamilton, Schneider, Kutrubes, Swan,Bebie, Ross, Laker, Fish, . Luchner,Robbins, Kiely and Klitgord.

Practice For K. of C. GamesIn addition to the yearling reet, the

track will be busy this week-end withtryouts for the four relay teams tocompete in the K. of C. games nextSaturday. Sixteen contestants willattempt to earn places on two Varsityone-mile relay teams, six will workfor the two-mile team, while abouttwelve fresh will race against timefor the four positions on their one-mile team. In addition to these relay

Frosh Boxers OpenWith Shirley TodayFirst Yearling Meet Of Year

Finds Tech Having GoodChance For Wvin

The freshman boxing squad opensits current season this afternoonwhen the team swaps blows with theShirley Industrial school for Boys atShirley, Mass. None of the men onthe team have ever had any boxingexperience previous to entering Tech,but under the training of CoachTommy Rawson, the frosh have comealong fast and should be in a posi-tion to start the season off with a win.

The boys are leaving for Shirleythis afternoon at two o'clock and afterweighing in, will be the guests of theschool at dinner. The meet will startat seven o'clock and will find the fol-lowing Tech men in the lineup: 115pound, Dave Lichter; 125 pound,John Ryan; 125 pound, Bill Baldwin;145 pound, Phil Constance; 155pound, Bob Whittinghan; 165 pound,Henry Kettendorf, and Ben Badenochin the heavyweight division.

T.C.A. PledgesPledges made during the T.C.A.

Drive are already being redeemed atthe Bursar's ofnee. Of the $1695pledged, $150 has been paid off dur-ing the past week. All the pledgesare due on February 6.

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CALEND lRegistratiAR Ailnn al Dw and de UarY

A-h Veloped a In e2:0o. One -'kCj'1t0CV1F- orm thod :for turnsFridayi, Ja f in -a reVarsity Squash with afi-ng6:3o. varsity DMc, Fres Princeton at Princeton. Registration Of rotation. mOtiOn intoreturned to Room Besides the steam engi , Wfttinzied

7 -3-106 before 1 ne Watt in_venled a copying press,-00 hinan Basketball Material must beGym. With New Hampshire State, Han P-M- today to aloid a fin bleac a means ofhizag by chlorine, and through York and will soone, In a mail box todayDebate with Wesle an at Middletow,,,. $5-00. Do not deposit material hi open at the Essex8:00- Catholic Club Dan Y e of8:00. _itAfeeting, Institute c 8 experimentsbe delivered before J Pjvj. not eted a inethod of eatingg by steamMain Hall, Walker Memorial. withh steam he per-Engi Tickets :for the dance are beingof Radio Room 4 fe House.-270. De- 'Which had long lain neglected. He1:00, Teclitonians Saturday, January 18 liver Your registration material also claims distinction as having been sold from 12 to 2 daily in the Mail,Rehearsal, East d'2:00. 'rectlY to Room 3-106. Lobby.- S-Freshman Orchestra Rehears "Ounge, Walker Memorial. Fees in a Ign--Uxis are two dollars and2:30, ust be Paid at the redemptinan, Water.Freshr a] Bdiscoverer of the compositionNorth Hall, Walker. Jr. subscri Ons are two dollars-the totalTrack Meet With Boston College., Board Track. sar's office on or before Febr y ption11rl:30, T,11N. Banquet, Flaculty Rooln ua6) to escape the five dollar fine. When Priestly 'S thus four dollars.

Walker Memorial. communicated to Table reservations may be niade atMonday, v 20 Scholarship applications can be the tinie of the3:10, James Watt Januar. Watt that he had denotated oxyg - 'up; the dance3:30, an hydrogen and formed a 'en is open to all Tee sign-obtained at 3-108., amd rnust be re.Bicentenary Exercises, Room 10 dPresentation of Robert E. Lee Portrait, Roo -25(. t

0 weight ofj id groups livi On or Richard S. XandelkDrnapjjjg before February 15. gases, Watt an 4nee hnDlogyM C-120. urned to the same room Water equal to the wei The d students.pteriment ? swered Fhts Of the rbert M. Borden II, '36, Graduateare the products Of Your ex-e dormitories woul in a letter. House; Willi,,(Continued fr,,.m d 'What, They are water, Committee consists ofhave acted light, and SaYlorheat. A "316,3 chairman;

conditionals similarly, given similar rnes Watt M we not, thence, authorized John H. Carr, '36 ' 6, tickets;E. Payne, P orchestra; George

(Continued from pagS.1) to conclude that water is a compound '36, dinner; StanleSmith, 13(3, y B.action would be taken Evidences Of careftl scientific of the tw-O gases, Oxygen and Pu'blicitY; and Brenton W.Offenders. against the perimenting and thorough ex- ell, deprived of their latent hydro- Lowe, '36.

Singing himself "A Spectat to the last detail were offe Planning which condensed the steann was in Tnentary heat; that oxygen . or ele-.1 red by the jected. The vacuu deprived Is "waterletter-write , ")r I abductors. A relatively produr apparently te Mh

Y -maintained, al- and light WspeaU ced a]-ng mild nig t lovred the piston to fall. Of its hydrogen, but still'for the entire group who participated though the Two Things Caused Inefficiency,h 'as chosen, the United to its latent heat NEuni action was take

in t e kidnaping of the dormitory nights after the a n only two The inefficieney of the engine as Portrait of R. E. Leelleged "incident BALLROOor, explained that the crime was the dan " at Watt thought %,as the result of twop ce, and Steinhardt was at bad Practices.

"carefully lanned and Pre-arranged I' he Tech banquet on the CLASSwith particular thought being gie. CIVening. interveninglof the condense First, the temperatureto Possible consequences on the "resented toSchool For beginmersthla's health. That a I'varni blanket enough, to produce a good vacuu

tarting-Re revealed also j a skirt, and a second, the cylinder vas not as hot as trait of General Robert E. FridaY Evening,to-wel to prevent head exposure 'were the steam which entered it. the great Confederate sold at 8other Plans for -hat M; A porgetting even", such provided beforehand, anas Putting a -cc-skunk" boin, Watt :30 January 17Y tied, rtirns' room, 'were aba. in the vic- hands Nvere loose] d that his remedied this by int oducing b ierIdoned because tained 'were main- densings ves ae Presented to the Institute by vate lethey were thought "too drastic- by the Perpetrators Of the tinually cOn- t e ]Boston Chaptersel Which was kept con- Pf the SsOns 10 A.M.-Jo p.M.cold, U-11ited Lad-'v and Gentlemencomplaining that Steinhardt' deed, who also declared that the vic- aughters nfederacy on

Ps cylinder. 'teachersgentlemanly at a ceremony to Papduct at a Wood "Wall" co" tirn was left on a well-patrolled road, stay at a constant heat, and steam I Codance was lull ,and connected it to the Monday aof the-and that the police Thus the cylinder could be held at 3:30 arone Dance StudiosWith the d O'clock in Rooas ed M 6-120.were notifiethe letter concluded soon as the group returned It "Ould condense easily. The Portrait, whichi Established 1914warning that, "the other to t Miss Selina M. B. s t1he work of 1088 B

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All Tech WinterSports Carnival

Set For Feb. 23Committee Representing Beaver

Key And Ski Club IsAnnounced

Staff And Students Interested

Plans for an All-Technology SnowTrain Outing on which more than 150students and staff members are ex-pected to take a trip to some wintersports playground in the Berkshires,got under way last night when acommittee of six undergraduates re-presenting Beaver Key Society andthe Ski Club Mwas selected to handlethe affair.

Tentative plans for the outing setthe date as Sunday, February 23, andit is expected that a train exclusivelyfor Technology students and facultymembers will be scheduled to leave

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Volume LV. No. 58j- "I CAMBRIDGE, MASS., TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1936 Price Thlree Cents

Ec12 Class Wait In Vain FrorInstructor Wcho Is Snowed In

Members of a class in Ec12after having wended their waywearily through drifts and alongunplowed sidewalks yesterdaymorning found themselves wait-ing at 9:05 for Mr. H. A. Free-man to make an appearance andguide them through the in-tricacies of wage scales and laborunions. Several of them werebleary-eyed from all night strug-gles with 4000 word themes onsocialism in its varied forms.Others were racking their brainsfor reasons 2nd excuses for nothaving their themes ready forthe January 20th deadline.

The last bell rang, but no in-structor !pnpared 9:07 and 9:09and still no Mr. Freeman.

(Continued on Page 2)Mr. H. A. Freeman

P. T. Substitutions MustBe Made By Noon Thursday

All freshmen who wish to sub-stitute a sport for P.T. duringthe second term must sign-up fortheir sport in Henry P. Mc-Carthy's office before noon onThursday, January 23.

The sports that may be sub-stituted for physical training arebasketball, boxing, crew, fenc-ing, gym, swimming, squash,track, and wrestling. All phy-sically fit freshmen not signingup for one of these sports by noonThursday will be required to at-tend physical training classesduring the second term.

Friday, January 24, is the lastday of the term for sports andonly two workouts instead of thecustomary three practice sessionswill be required this week.

the Institute early that morning. Ifarrangements can be satisfactorilymade, the train will include a baggagecar to accornodate rentals of all kindsof skiing an d winter Sports eq-aI'pmn ers n .

Professor Leicester F. Hamilton,chairman of the Faculty Club hasindicated that interest in such an af-fair among staff members has arousedconsiderable corment, and that about100 of the faculty might plan to goon the excursion.

The student committee selected lastnight consists of Rutherford Harris,'37; chairman, J. Robert Ferguson,'37; Thomas R. Kinrade, '37; WilliamJ. McCune, '37; Robert N. Jordan,'37; and Horace B. Van Dorn, III, '37.The first meeting of this committee,which is a subcommittee of BeaveyKey, will be held tomorrow in theWest Lounge of Walker Memorial at5:15 P. M., it was announced byScott Rethorst, '36, president ofBeaver Key.

Stanford ProfessorPraises James Watt

Exercises In Memo ry Of WattHeld Monday Afternoon

Praise of the virtuosity of thegenius of James Watt, father of en-gineers, was the keynote of a speechgiven by William F. Durand, professoremeritus of Stanford University, Cali-fornia, in the bicentenary exercises incelebration of the great inventor inRoom 10-250 at 3:10 p. m., yesterdayafternoon.

Professor Jerorrme C. Hunsaker, headof the department of mechanical en-

(Continued on Page .46WTatt Bicentennial

Dick Messner And Jane CollinsFeatured At Dance; Open

House Held At Dorms

Rev. William W. Lumpkin, as-sistant rector of Trinity Church inBoston and coach of the FreshmanCrew, will speak at the dinner pre-ceding the formal Dormitory DinnerDance, to be held in Walker Memorialon Feburary 14, from 6:30 P. M. to3 A. M.

Professor Robert E. Rogers will actas toastmaster at the dinner, andMr. O. B. "Obie' Dennison will en-tertain the group with songs.

Dick Messners' orchestra withJane Collins as soloist, will supply themelody for the dance, which is opento all Technology students.

Signups and redemptions will con-tinnue in the Main Lobby all next week.According to the Dormitory Com-mittee, there are only a few empty

!tables left, and anyone interested inmaking reservations is urged to makethem immediately.

Graduate students may make re-(Continued on Page 3)

Dorm Dance

100 Couples AttendCatholic Club Dance

Howard Cutter and his orchestraprovided the music for the annualmid-winter Catholic Club Dance, heldlast Friday night in the Main Hallof Walker XMemorial from 9 until 1o'clock.

Over 100 couples attended thedance, and many girl's schools around

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mountain area, was organized last Major Hyde Ot Mf.Thursday at a dinner meeting heldil Walker. Promoted TSo e

Direction of the club wlas placedunder a committee comprised of; Em- Tle promotion of Major James F.mett C. RTydeT, '38, chairman; Duane C. Hyde, U.S.A., to the rank of as-Q. Wood, '37; Carl A. Hedberg, '36; sociate professor in military scienceand Charles T. Ryder, '39. and tactics and several other appoint-

Dean Lobdell, who was present at ments acted upon at the recent meet-the organization meeting, spoke con- ing of the corporation, were an-cerning the possibilities of the club, nounced last night.andl the aid it could render to the In- Major Hyde was graduated fromstitute. Tle Dean announced that Colorado College in 1916, and wasColorado has the largest student re- trained at the Army Engineer School,presentation at Technology, per num- Fort Leavenworth, and the air Corpsber of inhabitants, of any state out- Tactical School. Since then he hasside of Massachusetts and New York. done important army construction

The Rocky Mountain Club will, it work on the Mississippi River nearis believed, render a great service in Rtock Island, Ill. He joined the In-acquainting entering students of that stitute's staff in 1933.region with life at the Institute. The The list of appointments includesclub plans to hold a meeting in that of Herman J. Shea as instructorColorado each year during the sum- in sur-veying. Dr. Richard W. Blue,rier vacation. and Dr. Scott E. Wood were appointed

Organization of the club was sug- research associates in chemistry. Dr.gested by the success realized in the F. S. Dellenbaugh, who was a membervarious alumni groups about the of the staff several years ago, returnscountry where the graduates residing on appointment as a research as-in the same district have the op- sociate. He is widely known for hisportunity to associate with each other. work on vacuum tube design.

Those whlo weI e named research as-sistants include Robert H. Boden,mechanical engineering; William E.Dobbins, civil awd sanitary engineer-ing; Junior H. Howard and John ReedAfaull, electrical engineering; JamesT. Killian, textile laboratory, andBasil W. Parker, biology and publichealth.

Paul F. Bartunek, Millard F.AIanning, Jacob Miliman and HenryRich vere appointed as assistants inthe department of physics, and alsoappointed as assistants were HenryE1. Kiley. mechanical engineering;Olaf AT, Rouse, geology; John Shute,economics and social science, andBenjamiin T. Woodruff, chemical en-gineeririg practice. William Parrishwvas appointed teaching assistant ingeology.

The Institute announced a researchfellowship in meteorology to HildbigOlssen, a special research fellowshipill pbysics to Ralphl P. Johnson, anda teaching fellowship in physics toLeo Peter Tarasov.

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T. E. N. AnnouncesManaging BoardFor Comning Year

Zimme~rman, Webb, Buffington,Elected To Engineering

Publication

Carlton Strong Of RumfordPress Speaker At Banquet

Lobdel! And Faculty MembersPresent At Sixteenth

Animal Banqulet

H. Arthur Zimmerman, 37, was an-nounced as general manager Of theTech Engineering News for the com-1ig Yeareat- thEe: sixteenlth anrnual ban-

quet of the publication held last Satur-day evening in Walker Memorial. Jer-,vis C. Webb, '37, was made Editor-in-Chief, and Francis S. Buffington, '37,Business Manager.

Dorian Shainin, '36, acted as toast-master and introduced Mr. CarltonStrong, Boston Representative of theRumford Press, who was the guestspeaker for the evening. Dean HaroldE. Lobdell was also present at thegathering of the entire personnel ofT.E.N. and a number of guests.

Zimmnerrman, t he N ew GeneralManager, was formerly advertisingmanager of the publication. He isalso the Secretary-Treasurer to theX.I.T. Post of the Society of Ameri-can Military Engineers. Buffirigton,the Business Manager, held the postof treasurer on T.E3.N. for the pastyear. He is now the Junior Dixectorof the Catholic Club. Jervis Webb,the Editor-in-Chief, formerly As-sociate Editor of T. E . N., is a mem-

ber of the Varsity Wrestling team.He is also a member of Beaver Key-.

Other guests at the banquet in-cluded Professor Frederick G. Fas-sett, S. G. H. Fitch, James R. Killian,Professor Frederick K. Morris, AlbertG. Dietz, Henry J. Ogorzaly, C. E.Buchanan, and Elwood H. Koontz, '36.

The following men were announcedas rremnbers of the associate board:

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Rtocky Mountain ClubFormed By WesternStudents and Faculty

Increased Comradeship Is AimOf The Group; Informal

Meetings Planned

A "Rocky, Mountain -Club," to pro-note comradeship among studentsand faculty members of the Tocky

'LKidnaping GeneralInstitute Problemm--

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institute Committee MeetsThursday; Action Expected

"Actionl Not Within Scope OfDormitory Committee"-

Brenton Lowe

Tllat kidnaping is a problem involv-ing the entire student body and is notconfined solely to the dormitories, wasthe stand taken by the DormitoryCommittee at its meeting yesterdayafternoon. The Committee also agreedto support any general action takenby the Institute Committee to "mo-dify or abolish kidnaping."

All eyes are now turned to the In-stitute Committee which meets Thurs-day for somue definite measure to puta stop to the series of kidnapingswhich has incited widespread studentopposition,

Declining to pass any compulsorymeasure until the Institute Commit-tee has considered the luatter, thecommittee declared, through its chair-man, Bre-nton W. Lowe, '36: "It isthe general case of kidnaping thatmust be dealt with as it existsthroughout the whole campus; actionon such an issue is -not within thescope of the Dormitory Committee."

Will Support Institute CommitteeLowe also stated: "It must be dis-

tinctly understood that although kid-napings in the dormitories may bemore highly publicized, they are -nomore prevalent there than on othersections of the campus.

"The Dormitory Committee recog-nizes kidnaping as a problern involv-

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Technology DebatersClash With Wesleyan;No Decision Rendered

Congressional Power To RevokeSupreme Cour t Decisions

Topics Of Debate

Tlle Technology d e b a t e r s metWesleyan Colleg~e in a nion-decisiondebate last Friday in MiddletownlConnecticut on tile question, "Re-solved: That Congress be permittedto reinstate by a twvo thirds vmote allacts of Con-rress declared uncon-stitultional byr the Suprteme Court."

Institute debaters, speaking for theaffirmative, wvere Paul A. XVo-el, '311and Howardl I. Schllanslker, '38, ws lowere opplosed by Rogrer Mlaynard andStanton Crass of W~esley-an. It waasdecided by a previous agreeenelt thatIlo decision would be rendered, but theALLIT. team wson a moral victory whenthe Wesleyan coach conceded thatthey wsould have wVoI tile InatChl.

Tile W~esleSyan debate was M.I.T.'ssecond in tile Eastern IntercollegiateDebatin-r Chlampionshlip d e b a t i n1 gtrials. Last wneek; they spoke againstAniherst's team- on the samze subjectaind lost byr 2 to 1. In these two de-bates andl in an intervening one with

under tle Oregon system. In thissystemi the two teams- directly- ques-tion each other after thev have madletheir main speeches. The Technologyteam.- used the Oregon system for thefil st time, in these debates.

The debating team has no moremeets this term. Next telm's scheduleopens with a match witl Boston Col-lege.

Lumpkin Speaks atDorm D in ra~r namcel for the Berkshires directly from theDorm Dinner DanceBoston and Albany tracks in back of

5:15 Club To HoldDance Next Friday

Baron Vonl Bim's Orchestra ToPlay For Commuters At

Waterfront Club

Baron Von Bim's orchestra will playat the Waterfront dance sponsored bythe 5:15 Club from 9 to 2 o'clock onlthe Friday of examination week.Forrnal dress at the dance is optional.

The Waterfront Club has been re-served for the occasion, which isplanned to act as relaxation from thecares of the examinations. Specialprices have been placed upon refresh-ments for the benefit of the students,and free parking is available outsideof the club.

Tickets, at $1.50 a couple, will be onsale in the Main Lobby from 12 to2 o'clock during examination week,and also mayr be secured from mem-bers of the dance committee.

The dance committee, headed byRichard A. Denton, '36, includesJoseph G. .Zeitle-n, '39, John X'. Gal-lag-her, '37, Nicholas L. Barbarossa,'38, Hymnan Brettman, '37, and G.Maurice Levy, '37.

Dean Bush AddressesStudent Waiter Staff

Waiting on Table Often! AssetTo College Student

"Helping to defray college ex-penses by- waiting on tables is moreoften an asset thanl a liability to thestudent",' Dean Vlannev~ar BusCh toldthe Walker Dining Hall StudentStaff, in an address to that croup lastTuesday evening. "It is my beliefthat a man does ]lis best work, whenbe is travrelling under pressure.' ""You fellows have demonstrated thetruth of this statement; the fact thatyou are able to work a total of twelveto sixteen hours each dlay, and yetturn out a group rating of 3.5 andabove, is proof that the~necessity forgreater accomplishment is mother tothe fact: you do accomplish more."

Dean Bush wxent on to describe hisonwn experiences as a -waiter duringhis college days. He told of hardwork which made him appreciate thevalue of the education he wvas obtain-ing. Three fourths of his time wnasspent in performing routine acts, besaid, and into the small remainderwas crowded all the things he reallytenjoy ed. This is true of any- man's|day, he continued: in that tiny- por-|

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graduate columnist should avoidevidently is that of commenting on aprofessor while in his class. We havea very good idea that the gentlemanwhose wise sayings we commentedupon recently has a good idea as toour identity. So perhaps, we shouldapologize to Mr. just tomake sure that we pass the course.Professostial pearls

Beattie. . .. "Let's see if you can'tbe quiet at least one hour in the day". . . selfish -man! ... and what of theother profs - . .. Evans discussingshockingly high voltage. . .. "Onlypotential difference gets you hot" . .A. H. Gill believes that the only realcure for a cold is gargling with Hy-drogen Sulphide .. Mar-yin commnent-ing "kill or cure" ... Page . . . "likethe Chinese laundryman; no tickeeno shirtee, no change of fluxee no in-duction" . . guest speaker in G-I - . ."Every Yang has a little bit of Yinin it". .. .Surprise

He dashed down the corridor likea freshman trying to beat the "five-before" bell. The usual chatter ofwould-be sooth-sayers trying to pre-dict the variations of a quiz-compos-ing instructatorial mind seeped underthe closed door, and twisted lovinglyabout the ankles of a co.-ed trudgingup the corridor. The hurrying youth,in a last burst of speed reached thedoor, put one hand on tlhe Imob, andlunged. To the musical tinkle of glassfragments the occupants of the roomlooked up to see our hezro's counten-ance framed as had never an under-graduate countenance been framedbefore, by a halo of frosted glass.Co-ed Capers

Slip Slips ! Co-ed Capers!I StudentsSurround! And all because the whitesatin garment went Technological onthe unfortunate miss, responding tothp affectionate tug of gravity.(Equals mg, no less). But havingprogressed just a bit farther thanwas necessary to be embalassing, fric-tion came into play. Finally the ex-perimaentnes~s in hiuman reactions de-parted, the offending slip well out ofsight under the lab coat of anotherco-ed.Odds3 and'Dx'.s

One of the brilliant young froshchemists passed in a neatly bottledsolution of soap powder . . . it wastested then tasted . . . both experi-ments proving that the powder wasnot a chloride, . . .cried the instruc-tor. . . . "Where's that red head ? ". .. Drafting room crack . . . "I don'twant to be A draughtsman, I wantto be A engineer." . .. .

Offices of The TechNews and Editorial-Room S. Walker Memorial, Cam'brldf Rbla

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Published every Tuesday and Friday during the Collewe Yew,except during College vacs.tion

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Dinghy Sailing Is New T. E. N. Titled

Articles Also On Air Transport, Cancer Analysis, Humanics, E

And Golorimeter=

Describing sailing as the most 0fascinating aid to man's recreation,Ean article by George Owen. '94, Pro. fessor of Naval Architecture at the 'Institute and organizer of a course ofiinstruction in sailing at Technology, 5_appears inl the February issue of the ATech Engineering News which will be Eon the stands tomorrow, Sailing As; Escape From H~urly-Burly I

In the featured article on "6'Frost- bite' Dinghies", Professor Owen_classes sailing as an escape from the Ehurly-burly world encot teTed on Eshore. He goes o~n to explain the_advantage of the small dinghy andegives a general review of the major_precautions and rules to be observedl--in sailing.

Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, Ameri- can aviation ace during the WorldBEWar and present General Manager of Eastemn Air Lines, in an article on E"Airline Operation>', takes the Al-,ladins' Lamp magic concept out of 5aviation and gives a true picture ofeair transport and the part played by athorough inspections of all planes Eand equipment, radio, weather fore- -casting, and research.a

Cancer, Color, Stagnation_Other articles include a down-to-

earth discussion of "The Relationship Z,of Cancer and Organic Chernicals ,'by Avtery A. Morton, Professor ofiOrganic Chemistry, a comprehensiveNoutline of the operation of the colori- meter in "A New Deal for Color," B

by Professor Arthur C. Hardy of the Adphysics department, and "Rats of INStagnation," by }?. Alexander, Pro-mfessor of Humanics, in which he=warns the student, upon graduation, to guard against that stagnation which comes from undue sell-satis- mmfaction..M

Four of the five articles in the new |

T.E.N. are by Technology professorsEand are concerning subjects of greatEinterest to the average student at theEInstitute. In these respects it stands apart from recent issues.

A. M. Y. E

Amierican Government -New Institute Course_

American Government will be the subject of a new course which has lbeen recently added to the Institute curriculum. The course of study will Ainclude the government process in theEUnited States, and economic changesEin the government, viewed historically iand comparatively.

The history of the political ideas ofEthe public, both in the United States _Oand abroad, will be studied in conjunc- tion with the effects of the radio, press, and other factors on this opin- C-ion. The -new course, which must beXpreceded by Ec. 12, will be known as Ec 71, and will occupy three hours of Aclasses and five hours of preparation.

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Boston were well represented, parti- cularly Boston Teacher's College,Wellesley, and Simmons, and many Eother members of the New England rzFederation.

The committee in charge of the Rdance was composed of Walter G. rSelvestrovich, '36, president of the Adclub, Peter White, '36, treasurer, and S

Copeland C. MacAllister, graduate w

director. Mrs. Joseph MacAllister, eMrs. John R. MacAllister, and MIrs. 5

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Patents And Patent E

Law 'Studied By The wFreshman This Year m

Precise And Correct English Is _Aim Of New Line A

Of Attack

Freshmen this year have had theadvantage of a new course in Eng-lish. Dean Vrannevar Bush suggested Ithat studying patents would be a good Iapproach to the study of precise Eng- Dlish, and he asked Prof. Henry G. e

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be encountered and upon which rest the suc-cess of the whole undertaking.

Books, lectures and classes, as we knowthem in relation to the modern school, areforms which may well be applied to the educa-tion of the youth. But adults, because of theirduties and interests which are so great as toovershadow the desire for further schooling,school classes and lectures often seem trivialand perhaps almost repulsive to them. If theadult is to be educated, a method must befound which is so far divorced from the ac-cepted conception of a school as to set it apartas an apparent altogether different faction.The prescribed pill is what is needed but itmust be sugar-coated.

PROPOSED POINTSFOR FIELD DAY

AIR distribution of points allotted to FieldI Day events has been a moot question sincethe ritual was first inaugurated back in 1901.During the thirty-five years that the lowerclass struggle has taken place, freshmen haveTeen crowned with victory only seven times,and while there are those who would advancethe thought that twenty percent of wins isan entering classes deserved, it seems obviousthat some method of evening the odds shouldbe devised.

An event which has almost consistently goneto the Sophomores is the crew race. More thanin any other Field Day contest, the superiorityof a year's experience tells here; concerted ac-tion in the rowing of a race is a most deter-mining factor.

The relay race, likewise given three points,is also an event which, short of a Sophomoretripping, the freshmen usually class as lostbefore run. Lacking the training of their pre-decessors, the entering class seldom fails tomake a bad showing.

But there is one event which the poor froshneed no training to win: the glove fight. Per-haps warned of by previous experience, theSophomores usually turn up in numbers farinferior to their competitors. It was estimatedthat on the occasion of the last Field Day theFreshmen outnumbered the Sophomores bythree or four to one.

The two remaining classic comflicts, namelythe football garne and the tug-of-war, are forobvious reasons, fair matches. Since the In-stitute maintains neither a varsity or intra-mural tug-of-war or football teara both classesenter the frays with practically the sametraining.

So with the above mentioned facts in mindwe would like to suggest some revisions inpoint allotments. For your convenience wehave tabulated them as follows -

Points at PointsEvent present proposed

Crew race ......................... 3 2Glove fight .................... 3 3Tu-of-w ar ...................... 2 2Relav race ......................... 3 2Football gcame ................... 4 4

JANUARY 21, 1936 No. 58Vol. LV

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Managing BoardGeneral Manager ...... .............................. Elwood H. Koontz, '36FEditor and Business Manager ........................ Ralph D. Morrison, Jr., '37Managing Editor ..... ................................. Anton E. Hitt, '36Associate Business Manager ................................ Benjamin B. Dayton, '36

Editorial BoardLouis C. Young '36

Herbert K. Weiss '37Jackson H. Cook, '16Emanuel Rapoport, '36

Associate BoardAssistant Editors

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Business Associates

Staff Assistants

Arthur M. York, '37Leonard A. Seder, '37John Iglauer, '38

James G. Loder, '37Walter T. Blake, '37

D. A. Werblin, '36G. M. Levy, '37

1. Siagalyn, '37Ruth G. Raftery, '38

George J. Stansfield, '38John R. Summerfield, '38

Allan E. Schorsch, '38fames C. Longwell, '38

Joseph A. Smedile, '37Lawrence R. Steinhardt,Albert A. Woll, '37

Allan L. Roshkind, '37Charles R. Kahn, Jr., '37

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Harold James, '38Frederick J. Kolb, '38Isseph Krenn, '38Victor A. Altman, '38Leon Baral, '38Anthony Chmielewski, '38 JRalph B. Cobb, '38Dudley A. Levick, Jr., '38

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sured of six points and the freshmen three,with the proposed revision they would be as-sured of only four and three respectively. Thiswould reduce the total number of points fromfifteen to thirteen, but leave the uncontestedpoints unchanged at six.

We do not pretend that this is the most ade-quate scheme that can be devised, but suggestit as a working background for a revisionwhich is sadly needed. Perhaps both sidesshould be assured of an equal number ofpoints, but the difference of one as proposedabove gives the Sophomores that sense ofmoral victory before the events actually takeplace, which they perhaps deserve.

EDITOR'S NOTEEditors' Note: An anonymous letter from

"Disappointed" interests us, but uinfor tunately.tve cannot publish his letter, until he gives his} eal nain e. Mvay lve assur·e the wr iter that thepseuctonym he indicates is all that vlilEl appearin this paper, annd that his signature is onlyrequired as an indication of the bona fides ofthe communication. We assur e "Disappointed"Aurther to the eatent that his noine will neve?-be mde public by us, thus furlnishing him withthe secrecy which he rightly deserves.

But all reflections of r eaders which come tothis desk ar e sot fit to print. For example, thetriviunz signed, anonymously, "An averapgestudent" ( ?. We wvould likce also to assure thisletter Ad r iter?. WYe wo,0uld like to asszue himzthat no matter how many times no? waith whactbona Fdes he signs his name, his lettes zviulnever hzave anV inte7 est for us nor will we everpublish it. We Ilave no desire to afflict offrgreaders waith inconsequentials, and havte onlymentioned itbecause itflls upthe columndown toherc.

Mr. H. A. Freeman(Continued from Page 1)

Finally one of the seeretaries ofthe Economics Department dodg-ed in with the question:

"Is this Mr. FreeIman's sec-tion ?"

"Yes,"' came the answer."Well, Mr Freeman has been

snowed in on a mountain and hasnot been able to get back as yet."

The 'themeless' let escape asigh of relief, and the othersgroaned to think of the extrahour that could have been spentto the greatest advantage in bed.

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FIRST IN SCIENCEFIRST IN DINGHY-ING

T IS a well-appreciated fact that potentialmatinee idols and hopeful playboys do not

consider the Institute as the ideal preparatoryschool in connection with their anticipatedcareers in later life. Nevertheless it is alsotrue that undue emphasis on the part of bothpublic and student has been placed on theseverity of scientific discipline from which the"helpless" undergraduate is supposedly suf-fering.

Collegians all over the land will thereforehave noted with considerable surprise anarticle in last Sunday's New York Times tell-ing the world that Technology has gone for'dinghy-ing' in a great big way. In fact, theInstitute can rightfully claim to be first inmaking small-boat racing a recolgnized studentactivity. A nautical association just formedand already including somhe twenty-five per-cent of the undergraduate student body cannotbe sneezed at, even in this day and age ofastronomical figures.

How did it start? As in the case of all nio-mentous events it must be left for history towrite the complete and unbiased inside storyof the inception of this latest campus offspring.

Rumors have it that it all started one darkand stormy Saturday night when ProfessorSchell, having treated himself to an especiallyheavy dinner (Boston baked beans featuringconspicuously) and consequently tossing rest-lessly in his sleep, suddenly espied a temptin-gpicture of ten dinghies in single file floatingdown the Charles; and with big red lettersagainst the white of the sails the boats spelledout the name T-E-C-H-N-O-L-O-G-Y whilethousands of speechless natives lined bothbanks of thle river. Rather than carry hisdream to the official interpreter of (bed)dreams, the U. S. Supreme Court, ProfessorSchell proceeded to translate it into reality.Briefly, this is how dinghy Tacing happened tohappen. The rest-enthusiastic response fromFaculty, alumni and students-is commonknow-ledge.

The addition of this latest pastime calls tomind the variety of activities open to the stu-dent: from mass-kidnaping to mass-sailing heis free to employ his allegedly non-existingleisure hours. In other words, things are notquite so bad as the harassed freshman, onlyone week away from the "final" reckoningwould like you to believe.

CRIME REDUCTIONAND PARENTAL EDUCATION

ACCORDING to recent news reports, NewYork is beginning to take seriously the

problem of parental training. The plan here isto educate parents among foreign-born groupsas a possible solution to the problems of tru-ancy, juvenile delinquency, and crime.

Efforts are being made to arouse the inter-ests of the parent by calling in the principalsof day schools to give informal talks to theparents, stressing the point that, while parentscare for the physical welfare of their children,they are neglecting the mental and spiritualsides.

The primary principle behind the movementand the desired end are most desirable. And itis true, that if the desired end could be at-tained, the results, in the form of crime reduc-tion, might logically follow.

However, as is already being discovered,means of interesting the adult, making himrealize the benefits of the movement, and keep-ing him in school, are the problems which will

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tion of tne day which he may call hisown, a man can do creative work-if he loves it. "Every man must facethis situation", he said "but the manwho can travel 'under pressure' hasthe most successful solution.'

"r have a special bond of sympathywith your group", he concluded: "notbecause I was a student waiter, butbecause I know the difficulties whichattend working while going to col-lege. If you can learn to live a wellrounded life, getting some fun out ofthings as you go, you've got some-thing the other fellow can't beat. Themomentum which you acquire underthese circumstances, will guaranteeyour success in later life."

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Frosh Sdo-re ImntialSwim Win of Season

Yeadlings beat Newton Y.M.C,A.By Eight Point Margin

Coach Bill Champion's freshmanswimming team turned in Tech's firstswim victory of the season last Satur-day when they traveled to Newtonand outscored the Newton. Y.M.C.A.,37-29. Led by Captain Chestnut, whoscored a first and a second in the twofree-style events, the Beavers tooka lead in the opening event and held itthroughout.

Paige and Hanson finished i~n thatorder in the 40 yard free style whileM~orrill and Brewster did likewise inthe back stroke race. In the inter-*-ening breast stroke Fwebens andWong finished 2-3. Chestnut wasTech's only 100 yard freestyle winneras he placed second and then fol-lowved with a win in the 220. Hansontook third in the latter event.

Paige and Cooke took the last twoplaces in diving to bring the M.I.T.total to 33 as Newton won the relayand garnered 8 points to Tech's 4.The freshmen will take a long vaca-tion-not swimming again u n t i IMarch.

Undergraduate NoticeAll members of the Student Brainch

of the A.S.M.E. may receive theircopies of the current Mechanical En-gineering Magazine and the Mec-hanical Engineering Bulletin now atRoom 10-100 byr presenting their mem-bership card to Mr. William Jackson.

Toward the end of each semester, it behooves the sports department totake a bird's eye view of the season in sports up to date. Usually, alas, theview has been that of a vulture gazing grimly on decayed remnants and deadhopes. This time we can, however, do a little pointing with pride, a little noting

with pleasure.

Reliable as ever, the Rifle Team has been turning in more thanits fair share of victories. H. P. McCarthy has made a fighting groupout of his basketball team, and it is pleasing to read over the accountsof the games and see how many were won by last-minute flurries.Boxing and wrestling are once again thriving sports and each isattracting a fair amount of wins and interest. Soccer and lacrosse ranthrough their courses rather uneventfully, but track and fencing stillhave their histories to write.

So far the latter sport has pulled off the biggest coup of the yearby getting the Olympic Committee to stage its tryouts here atWalker. There was some adverse comment at first about the in-adequacy in size of the Gymnasium, since this event, which is thebiggest thing in fencing Greater Boston has ever had, is sure toattract many. Joe Levis, '26, star fencer in his student days andmember of the Olympic Committee, held out for Tech as the sceneof the meet and won his case. It is good to lnow that there aregrads still loyal to the Alma Mater.

The squash and swimming teams have not been eminently successful.The coach of the former sport, Jack Summers, seeded fifth in the national protournament, forfeited out because of an injury, after having won his initialmatch.

Since we are pointing with pride today, let us sing a few paeansto those gentry who have constituted themselves Technology Vigi-lantes and arbiters of decent and gentlemanly conduct. Providedwith dates, high (%?) spirits, and a loud speaker, these frolickersproceeded to make loud and merry in the corridors. Astounded andaffronted by the antics of three frosh and one junior who, it seemed,liberally bespewed their ambrosia and nectar with bitter vetch bymeans of their "ungentlemnanly conduct." Later, but on a night exem-plified by its mildness, the junior was given a lesson in etiquette.

Curious, knowing the high percentage of brownbaggers in thedormitory in question, a student asked one of the instigators whetherany of the students objected to the loud speaker. Said the "gentleman"blandly-why, we just asked them if they minded going somewhereelse to study and they said-why, sure, we'd be glad to do that.(Another version has it that they were told that if they didn't likeit they could get out of Wood,) But why bring up a triviality likeconsideration for one's fellows.

At least we may say, with the hope that it will be ever so, thatTechnology has an enviable reputation for decency and true gentle-manliness on the athletic field.

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The freshmen left for Shirley at 2o'clock in the afternoon and afterweighing in there, they were theguests of their opponents at dinner.After eating they were given a placeto rest until the bouts which startedat 7:30. The freshmen were accom-panied on the trip by the coach, threemanagers, and several members ofthe Varsity team.

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Strong Yearling BoxingWins Four Bouts In

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Tommy Rawson's freshman boxersopened their season by tying theShirley Industrial.School for Boys atShirley last Friday night. The Beaver

Cub mittmen won the 125, 145, 155,

and 165 pound classes.

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Engineers stage Strong RallyAfter Losing pLead To

Durham Team

Losing the lead only once during thegame, the Tech basketball team easilydefeated Nlew Hampshire University,42-23, in the Hanger gymn last night.However, the Tech yearlings lost tothe Wildcat Cubs in a wild overtimegame, 38-36. Fighting hard the Techfrosh tried to surpass the enraged andunconquerable Wildcat Cubs.

From the outbreak of the game theTech hoopsters showed their superior-ity by scoring right from the start ofthe game. In the first ten minutes t'heEngineers tallied 8 points to their op-ponents 1. Before half time, the Dur-ham team managed to cut down theearly Tech lead, but the Enginee~rswere still out front, 17-13.

N. H. Takes Lead in HalfCaptain Bronstein opened the sec-

ond half for New H~ampshire by sink-ing a foul shot, and Durie followed amoment later with a shot from theside of the court. Catching their op-ponents off guard bay their surprise at-tack on the Engineers' goal, the Wild-cats continued their scoring with Re-sinski's dribble-in shot gaining thelead, 18-17.

This insurgency was ended by Cap-tain Bill Garth of Tech, who dribbled

the entire length of the floor to cage

Technology's first basket of the sec-

ond half.

Rallied by their captain's shot, the

Engineering five surged ahead and

had a 42-21 lead three minutes before

the bell. Having a big margin over the

New Hampshire team, Coach H. P.

McCarthy inserted substitutes who al-lowed the Wildcats to score ten points

in the remaining minutes of play.

Technology, SquashTeam Bows To Strong

Princeton Five, 4-1

lContest With Yale Cancelled-;To Have Been Played

On Sunday

The Technology squash team metdefeat at the hands of a strong Prin-ceton team at Princeton last Saturdaynoon by a score of 4-1.

Tech's only win was the number onematch. Irving L. Newman, '36, defeat-ing his opponent by a score of 3-2 inthe most closely contested match ofthe day. Thomas A. Terry, Jr., '86,Morgan C. Rulon, '36, and John D.Gardiner, '36, played in the second,third and fourth positions, respective-ly, each losing by a score of 3-0. Tech-nology was forced to forfeit a fifthmatch because Gilbert A. Hunt, Jr.,'37, was unable to) be present at thecontest.

Electrical DevicelRecords TouchesIn Fencing Meets

Machine Which Lights LampAnd Rings Bell Will Be Used

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IGadget Is Adjusted To TimeiITouches To Tenth Of Second

toEpee's Guard And Fencing Mat|Are Grounded To Prevent

False Touches

Human fallibility will be eliminatedin the judging of the touches in theepee matches which will be held dur-ing the Olympic tryouts Salturday,January 25, in Walker MemorialGymnasium. A n e w electricalmachine which automatically notesthe touch by flashing a light and ring-ing a bell is to be employed to sup-plement the human senses.

The epee is wired in the groo-ve withtiny wires which carry the impulsedown from the tip through theweapon's guard, to the inside of whichthe wires from the box containing the

[light and bells are plugged.lThese wires are carried throughthe glove, up the arm and down to

!the waist where, at the back, theyIare plugged into another wire that

comes out of all automatic spool at-|tached to the wall.

|The spool, which unwinds easily asIthe fencer advances and winds back^ s he retreats, is in turn wired to

the box containing the lights and bell.lAdjustedTo Tenth Of Second

I The impulse thus passes fromt thepoint to the guard, up the arm, downthe back, through the spool and into

|the box, ringing the opponent's belland lighting his light whenever a

|touch is made. The weapon's guarda nd the carpet are grounded so thatonly a fair touch can be recorded.

ThLe machine is adjusted to a tenth|of a second so that the possibility of|close touches being recorded as|simultaneous is remote.

Fencers who have used the weaponIdeclared that the wiring made the|weapon heavier and parrying more

difficult at first, but after a while the|awkwardness wore off; the cord at-|tached to the belt made little or no|difference in their mobility.

Perfected By Columbia FencersFor a time it was feared that

|American contestants in the Olympics|would be at a disadvantage because|,of the adoption of this device which

-replaces the old time anointing of theepees with phenolphthalein anid the

I;subsequent erasure of the touch mark|vith acid solution. European fencers|'have been using the machine for more

than a year while as yet it is some-what of a rarity in the United States.

|,Since all contestants will be given|.an opportunity to use the device here|in the forthcoming tr youts and

|numerous fencers have declared that

|the wearing of the harness constitutes

|very little encumbrance to activity,

|there is little reason to fear that|American fencers will be handicapped

lthis summer in Berlin.

|T'hp machinep was invented by a.

Swiss engineer and was perfected re-

cently by two Columbia University

fencers, Hugh Alessandroni and Al

Skrobich.

'Travel Tickets To BeSold In T. C. A. Office

A representative of the Dyer TravelService will be at the T.C.A. officefrom 12 to 1 o'clock beginning thisFriday and extending through nextSaturday, February 1.

Tickets for bus, air, and steamshiptravel will be available through himfor students travellin~g due ing the

lbetween-terms vacation.Railroad tickets wsill not be avail-

able, although information about fearesand timetablesmay be obtained.

Dcorm Dance(Continved from Page a)

servations Xwith Richard S. Mamdel-korn, '36, Atkinson 205, and under-graduates with William A. Saylor,'36, Wood 506, in the Dormitories.Open House will be field ill the Dormi-tories on the -night of the dance.

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8:00 Army Ordnance Association Smoker Meeting, North Hall, WalkerMemorial.

Wednesday, January 22

5:00 Freshman Council Meeting, East Lounge, Walker Memorial.5:00 Banjo Club Rehearsal, East Lounge, Walker Memorial.6:15 American Society Meeting, Grill Room, Walker Memorial.

Thursday, January 235:00 Institute Committee Meeting, East Lounge, Walker Memorial.

H. Arthur Zimmerman, '37, and Francis S. Buffington, '27-left to right-have been named general manager and business manager respectively for thenew volume. Jervis C. Webb, '37, has been elected editor-in-chif.

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f C~ALEND~~~~~~~ I A(¢ontinuedt fm Pag 1) "CALENDARing the entire student body, and itwill support any general ruling of the

Tuesday, January 21 Institute Committee to modify orl ishida ig 1|12:00 Dean Lobdell Luncheon, Silver Room, Walker Memorial. abolish kidnaping."

Student sentiment against kidnap-ing was aroused last week when thepersons responsible for the kidnapingand head-shaving of Lawrence J.Steinhardt, '37, admitted in a letter tothe Tech that their deed had beencarefully planned and executed andthat it was a revenge measure becauseof the "ungentlemanly conduct" of thevictim at a "hall dance."

John C. Austin, president of theSenior class issued a statement de-ploring the "injudicious methods" ofthe kidnapers and intimating that theInstitute Committee might take someaction to prevent recurrence of the in-cident.

Watt Bicentennial(Continued Fr'om Page 1)

gineering, spoke a few words in begin-ning the meeting which was presidedover by Franklin A. Park, of the classof '95, vice-president of the SingerSewing Machile Co., member of thecorporation, and chairman of the visit-ing committee for the Society ofMechanical Engineers.

Other speakers who took part in theexercises were Dr. Karl T. Compton,president of the Institute, and Pro-fessor James R. Jack, head of thenaval architecture department.

Book ServiceThe T.C.A. book exchange service

is again being offered to Technologystudents. Students having booksthat will be used next term may leavethem at the T.C.A. office.

T. E. N.(Continued t'om Page 1)

Frank S. Gardner, '38, AssociateEditor; Murray H. Hayward, 38,Treasurer; Harry O. Saunders, '38,Associate Editor; Richard A. Novak,'38, Advertising Manager; Dale F.Morgan, '38, Associate Managing Edi-tor; John C, White, '38; CirculationManager; Frank B. Kemp, '38, As-sociate Managing Editor; Robert L.Johnson, '38, Publicity Manager;James B. Hess, '38, Contributing Edi-tor; James H. Owens, '37, Contribut-ing Editor; and David A. Werblin, '36and John P. Allen, '36, Art Editors.The Business Board this year consistsof Dempster Christenson, '38, WilliamWoodward, '38, and Walter Kaufman,'38.

Undergraduate NoticeUndergraduates intending to attend

fencing tryouts in Walker Gymnasiumshould see M. L. Rockwell, fencingmanager, in order to obtain tickets.Prices for Tech are $1.00 for ladies,$.50 for men.

Boxing(Continued from Page 3)

The Shirley pugilists started offwith two wins when Conolly won adecision over Lichter of Tech in the118's and Zullo of Shirley was awardeda technical KO over Ryan in the thirdround.

Baldwin in an extra 125 poundbout won the first Tech decision.Scalzulli of Shirley then outpointedMerziman of M.I.T. to give the In-dustrial School a 3 to 1 advantage.In the next bout, however, Constanceof M.I.T. outpointed the Shirley star,Rublesky, and after Whittinghamkayoed Bedney of Shirley in thesecond round and Kettendorf of Techgained a decision over Lapre, theBeaver Cubs took the lead 4 to 3. Inthe heavyweight bout Devito of Shir-ley, however, out-bullied the Techheavy, Badenoch, to give his team atie with the strong Technology fresh-man team.

The final bout of the evening was anexhibition bout between Castleman ofM.I.T. and Bissett of Shirley.

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thusiastic in their applause of ascheme that they believe would helpTech men to realize the importance ofcorrect and precise English usage.

In some cases the entire patent lawbranches of the concerns were giveninstructions to co-operate with Law-rence in every way they could. Severalfirms were even kind enough to makephotostatic copies of patents theythought might be of use and had themsent to the Institute.

Section nineteen was chosen as thegroup which should first try thecourse. Several men from sectiontwenty-one also undertook to get anidea of patents and patent law underLawrence's instruction. Most of thework was with large volumes from thelibrary and quite a bit of interestingmaterial was found. Several reportson the subject were made by membersof the class.

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Pearson and Albert A. Lawrence ofthe English Department to investigatethe possibilities of such a course.

During the summer Lawrence vis-ited the Patent Offices and gatheredinformation concerning interestingpatents. He secured photostatic copiesof basic patents of certain industries,and of the correspondence that wasnecessary before the patents were is-sued.

Lawrence also visited and corre-sponded with several large concernswhose industries were based on recentor basic patents. He was received cor-dially wherever he visited and washelped in his project. The companieswho have from time to time employedgraduates of the Institute were en-

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