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LEADING LADY AND FOUR PRINCIPALS OF "MR. ANTONIO, TO BEGIVEN BY DRAMASHOP ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

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FRESHMAN TIES TOBE DESTROYED AND

RULES PUT TO ENDFitting Funeral Ceremonies To

Accompany DiscardingOf Regulations

EULOGIES WILL BE MADE

Wfith the date of the freshman dance butthree days away, if is already an assuredsuccess. More than three hundred ticketshave been sold and returns from a numberof the section leaders have not yet beenmade. The main attraction of the dance,which will take place from 8 to 12 o'clockSaturday night, December 19, in theMain Hall of Walker Memoriali will bethe funeral ceremony in which the fresh-man rules and ties will be discarded.

Tickets for the dance are $1.50 percouple and 75 cents for stags. There willbe a stag line. This has been occasionedby the fact that the dance is informal andwill take place before the Christmas holi-days at a time when a number of men areas yet undecided as to when they will lleave for home.

Professor Green to Deliver EulogyPresident and Mrs. Karl T. Compton

and Assistant Dean Thomas P. Pitre andhis wife will act as chaperones for thedance. Professor William Green of theEnglish Department will be the principalorator at the funeral and will deliver afitting eulogy on the departed rules andties. The ten-piece Techtonian orchestrawill furnish the music for the dance.

At some time during the dance, sixpallbearers, dressed in appropriate mockcomic clothes, will enter bearing on theirshoulders a coffin. This latter has beenloaned to the freshmen by the NationalCasket Company. At the entrance ofthe pallbearers, dancing will stop, and thefreshmen will gather round to deposit theodious ties, which they will bring in theirpockets, in the coffin. Eulogies will thenbe made and a funeral march will takeplace.

Disposal of Coffin a MysteryDisposal of the coffin is a mystery to

all but the freshman officers. It had beenplanned at first to place it in the CharlesRiver. Inasmuch as the coffin has beenborrowed for the occasion, this is notfeasible.

Refreshments will be served at anotherintermission -later in the evening by theWalker Committee. Those who are -un-decided whether or not to attend maypurchase tickets at the door on the nightof the dance.

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AMusic Will Be ByLews Conrad BandFor Dorm Dance

,sifts To Be Presented DuringInterval To Holders Of

Lucky Tickets

Lew Conrad's Hotel Statler Musketeersvill furnish music at the informal dormi-ory dance in the Main Hall of Walkerdemorial, Friday evening of this wveek.~anta Claus will present gifts to holders oficky numbers. Mars. Robert P. Bigelowvrid Mrs. Henry G. Pearson will chaperone.To malve this affair as memorable as its

)ared no expense. Students who areLmiliar with this dance have been showingLCreased enthusiasm. Neither Lew Con-td nor his first band will be present; hiscond band, however, will be on hand tomrish the music.Dancing will last from g until 1 o'clock,ith an intermission at 11.30 o'clock.'uring this intermission Santa Claus will.aw the lucky tickets, and holders of thesky numbers will receive gifts. Refresh-ents will also be served.

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3.41, 3.411, 3.412 Metallurgy4.61 Town Planning6.221 Central Stations6.281 Wire Comn., Principles6.311 Electrical Ctom., Principles7.541 Public Health Adrnlin.8.801 Electrochemnistry-, Pnin.

10.21, 10.211, 10.212 Indust. Chem.13.54 Marine Engineering13.56 Marine Engineerin g13.58 Marine Engineering 16.62 Aeronautical L aboratory

(2 hours)L65 French, AdvancedM121 Calculus

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WEDNESDAY, JANUJARY 279 A.M.

1.21 Railway & Highway Eng.1.211 Railway &- Highway Eng.

(2 hours)1.731 Adv. Wrater Power Eng.I.Sll Sanitary Eng., Adv.2.211EApplied Mechanics2.40 Eng. Thermodynamics2.501 Adv. Refrigeration2.801 Automotive Engineering3.01 Mining Met'hods5 01 Chemistry-, General5.51 Organic Chemistry II5.61 Physical Chemistry I5.611 Physical Chemistry I6.241 Electric Railways6.251 Elec. Mach. Design6.301 Electrical Com., Principles6.561 Electrical Comn., Principles6.661 Elec. Mach. Dev., Prin.8.161 Optics8.541 Electromagnetic Theory

16.04 Airplane Design, Adv.16.911 Synoptic Meteorology17.60 Structural AnalysisF5 Natural Fuels

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27T1.30 P.M.

2.231 Mechanics2.341 Rheology2.46 Heat Engineering2.461 Heat Engineering2.71 Machine Design2.711 Machine Design~3.03 Economics of Mining4.471 European Civ. & Art7.58 Vital Statistics8.03 Physics8.21 El. of Electron Phen.

13.03 Naval Architecture16.82 Acro. Powver Plants

(2 hours)17.41 Building ConstructionEc6l Business Law

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THUrRSDAY, JANUARY 289 A.M.

1.321 Design of Harbor 'W orks1.35 Roads and Pavements

(2 honors)215 Applied Mechanics2 151 Applied Mechanics4 .421 Architectural History (2 hrs.)1424¢3 Architectural History (2 hrs.)5.41 Organic Chemistry I5,683 Physical Chern., Elem.

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IRWIN F. GLOTTIS '34HAZEL WELD '38 PRISCILLA A. BACON '34

QUADRANGLE CLUB TOENTERTAIN NEW MEN

Quadrangle Club will initiate a novelplan this evening when prospectivernem-bers of the Club will be entertained. TheClub, which enjoyed an outing to TechCabin last veek-end, has contracted forthe use of the entire basement of WalkerMemorial after 8 o'clock tonight. Aneffort has been made to have all the frater-nities and the dormitories represented.

SECOND BIBLE CLASSWILL BE HELD TODAY

"Paul's Companions" will be the sub-ject of a Bible study class to be held in theoffice of the Technology Christian Associa-tion this afternoon at 6.45 o'clock. Thisis the second in a series of five and is thelast before Christmas. Alexander C.Burr, G., who has had some previousexperience in this kind of work, will con-duct the meeting.

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(2 hours)Electrical Eng., PrinciplesElectric CircuitsElectric CircuitsPhysicsPhysics

(College Transfer)Advanced ElectronicsInt. to Theoret. PhysicsChemical EngineeringTheory of W arship DesignTheory of Warship DesignSpecial Examinations

MONDAY, JANUARY 251.30 P.M.

Ry-. hiaint. and SignalsRefrigeration

3.431, 3.432 MetallurgyProfessional Relations

(2 hours)European Civ. &- Art (2 hrs.)Physical Chemistry IIIElectrical Eng., PrinciplesElectrical Eng., PrinciplesElec. Trans. & ControlsElectric Power Dist.Mycology

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(2 hours)5.12 Quantitative Analysis

(Course V only)7.01 General Biology8.32 Line Spectra

10.361 Chemical Engineerinn10.68 Materials of Chem. Eng.13.50 Marine Engineering17.21 Building Construction

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 299 A.M.

2.05 Mechanism of Machines(2 hours)

2.304 Materials of Engineering3.05 Elements of Mining6.01 Electrical Eng., Principles6.58 Op. Circuit Analysis7.281 Sanitary Biology7.301 Bacteriology

10.17 Indust. Cheristry13.33 Ship ConstructionD12 Draw. & Desc. GeometryEc2l Political Economy

(2 hours)M791 Th. & App. Elasticity

Special Examinations

FRIDAY, JANUARY 291.30 P.M.

1.483 Foundations ; Soil Mech.1.70 WCater Powver Engineering5.10 Qualitative Analysis6.27 Illumination

13.31 Ship Construction(2 honors)

M22 Differential EquationsM36 Advanced Calculus

History (College Transfers)Special Examinations

SATURDAY, JANUARY 309 A.M.

2.42 Eng. Thermodynarics7.601 Health Education

10.43 Evaporation (2 hrs.)L11 German, ElementaryL21 German, IntermediateL23 German, IntermediateL51 French, ElementaryL61 French, IntermediateL81 Spanish, Elementary

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Offlcial UndergraduateNews Organ of

Massachusetts Instituteof Technology

DRAMASHOP WILLPRESENT COMEDY

OF TARKINGTON'S"Mr. Antonio " Will Be Featured

By Dramatic SocietyThursday blight

WILL RUN THREE NIGHTS

Booth Tarkington's "M~r. Antonio" be-gins a three-niglit run under the auspicesof the Drarnashop tomorrows evening intheir theater at the Rogers Building. Theseventh of the full-length plays which thegroup have produced for the entertain-ment of the undergraduate body, it will bethe first amateur and possibly the firstpresentation of any sort in the Boston area.

Written by Tarldington especially forOtis Skinner and produced by him inmany parts of the country in 1923, it soonbecame a success. For some years afterits creation all rights to it were reservedby Skinner and no one was able to use it.Finally, following nearly two years of try-ing for it, Dramashop obtained the scriptthis fall.

Parts Well CastCasting of the major parts in the plot

has been excellently handled and all theparts are of high grade. As it should be,the lead is by far the best cast of the play,presenting Felix J. Conti '34 as "Tony,"an Italian organ grinder and political wardheeler. Conti is himself of Italian paren~t-age, is familiar with the dialect, and showsa good deal of real dramatic ability.

J. Cobharn Noyes '32, playing the partof "Joe," a moronic assistant to "Tony,"makes one of the most convincing foolsyet seen at Technology. The part of streetwalker is admirably taken by VirginiaDavidson '34, wvho would seem to have badsome experience at the game, so naturalydoes she act the part.

Play Is In Four ActsIn length, the play itself runs four acts,

the first of which has a New York bar forlocale. The other three acts are all in asmall Pennsylvania town, requiring noshift of scenery. The time of the action isthat of the early nineteen hundreds, longbefore Prohibition had the country in itsgrip.

Though the play is officially a comedy,there is enough of the moral in its plot tomake it appear to have some real meaning.The Italian organ man befriends a mnanwaho had lost all his money while on athree-day "bat" in Newt York, knowingwhen he does it that this man is the sameone who had had him arrested the year

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Quadrangle ClubEnjos Week-EndAt T.C.A. Cabin

"Who Says 'Inert' ' Ask MembersOn Coxncllusion Of Merry

Experiment

This little pig went to market;This little pig stayed at home;This little pig had fresh cow's milk;This little pig had none;This little pig cried "Wee-wee-wvee" all the way

home.

Up to Camp Massapoag, just so manymiles from Dunstable, to the bighly-publicized T.C.A. Cabin last Saturdayafternoon, sped seven Sophlomores.Happy,cheerful, anticipating hopefully, they tookpossession of the imposing edifice in thename of the Quadrangle Club, fraternallyfamous freshman honorary society. Theyhad come to make merry presumably indefiance of an editor's word - "inertia" -which suggested death. Immediately theClub took a new lease on life.

Several chets volunteered their servicesand set to work. Other members wenthunting big game. The bigger hunt wasreserved for later in the evening. Tramping

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RAILWAY TICKETS INLARGE DEMAND HERE

Though it has been in operation onlytwo days, the railroad ticket service of theTechnology Christian Association has al-ready received a large number of ordersfor railroad, bus, and Pullman tickets.The first order received wvas for a ticketto Montgomery, Alabara; and the secondmas for St. Louis, Missouri. Two co-edswill spend the vacation in Chicago.

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Eugene O'Neill, waS the first one chosen.After long and careful coaching by Pro.fessor Dean M. Fuller, the play was offeredto the public by which it was excellentlyreceived. This was in December of 1927.

Greatly Heartened By ReceptionHeartened by the manner in which its

first offering was received by the students,Faculty, and general public, Drarnashopfollowed up its success with Charles S.Brooks' "At the Sign of the Greedy Pig,"another comedy, which was given inMay, 1928.

In the meantime the group had stagedtwo one-act farces, "Helena's Husband,"by Philip Moeler, and "Master PierrePatelin," an old French play. These wvereproduced in Walker Memorial during theOpen Ho-use in April of 1928. One otherone-act play was also attempted as partof the Tech Show in 1929. It was entitled"Action," a burlesque farce, by HollandHudson.

Other dramas which have been pro-duced include the following: "The Show-Off," a comedy by George Kelly; "M'VilesMcCarthy,-" the only tragedy so far pro-duced, of unknown Irish origin; "Mar-riage," a Russian farce by Gogol, and"Georges Dandin," another farce byMoliere.

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MASSACHUSETS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Entered as Second Class Matter at theBoston Post Office

Member Eastern IntercollegiateNewspaper Association

Eai Charge of this Issue: Philip A. Daniel, '34

O:DPE:N FORUMA Senior Complains

To the Editor of THE TECH:The Technology Photographic Service

takes the Senior Technvique pictures. Priceone dollar. That sounds reasonable,doesn't it? But what do you get?

You pay one dollar before you even getlooked at. Then after three to six minutesof posing, you are told to come back in aweek to get the proofs. Do not go backan hour earlier than a full week or you willbe told that "Your pictures are not yetready!" Why the week? Two days areample for any photographic work. Butthat does not matter.

When you finally do get your proofs, youfind you could easily pass as a brother ofDracu~la or the Phantom of the Opera.With the print you get an "ImportantNotice," which says that the "enclosedare partially retouched glossy prints. "They are glossy, sure enough, but theonly retouching they get is when they arehandled a second time. Even that is O.K.

The real -ripe comes when on readingfurther, you find, "Please select the printyou wish to have appear in the Yearbookand return ALL prints to the TechnologyPortrait Studio." Also a note to theeffect that you'll get soaked good andplenty if by any chance you shouldscratch one of the prints! So all you getfor your one dollar is the privilege ofhaving your picture in the Technioque. Iwant to know what becomes of the printsnot used and why they must be returnedat all? They might cause confusion andthe picture of Dracula's brother mightappear. Besides that, who ever heard ofreturning proofs? Three- by four-inchpaper is cheap. Not more than adime forfour "glossy prints," including chemicals.Plates are equally inexpensive, so there isno reason why the T.P.S. should not meetthe expense. Incidentally, five dollars foran eight- by eleven-inch portrait from oneof these plates for which you've alreadypaid a dollar, is no bargain. True, smallerprints can be head, but at proportionalrates.

This Senior thinks that the Photo-graphic Service in general, and the Seniorpicture business in particular, is littleshort of a racket. What do the other '32'sthink?

And, by the way, I'm not going to signthis for the publication as I can see nopoint in doing so, except to get in dutchwith the T.P.S. My picture is bad enoughnow. Why should I identify myself andrisk having to appear in the Yearbook; asFrankenstein's freak? A legitimate com-plaint should need no signature and othersdeserve no attention, anyway.

Yours for less service and less of whatyou pay for.

A SENIOR.

Lydia Lee - Luncheon

We do all the CookindExtra coffee with specials

OPEN 7:30 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.Opposite Aeronautical Laboratory

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Changing from the old cloth type coverto a new granite background, the Decem-ber issue of the Tech Engineering Nezvsappears today. As a new feature, a mapof the business district of Boston has beenadded for the convenience of the readers.The management also announces the elec-tions of the new members of the staff.

Professor Frederick K. Morris con-tributes in an article on "The ManchurianTriangle," some vrery timely informationon the physical background of the war-stricken country. He takes up in hisaccount the part that each of the neigh-boring countries, China, Russia and Japanhave played in the development of itsnatural resources.

IDecember Issue of~Engineering NewrsIs On Sale Today

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NO CHANGECONCURRENT wrth the semi-annual issuing or the examina-

tion schedule, come the complaints against Technology'sentire examination system, largely centering about the fact thatthe period covers only one week. It is asserted that no man canbe expected to do his best when he must endure the nervous tensionof such a week, that the daily repetition of three hours in thedrawing rooms will cause a decrease in the effectiveness of a man'sintellect, and that even though the student should anticipatebeforehand these written reviews of a term's work, he should beallowed sufficient time to rest from one examination before hebegins a final review for the next.

In answer to these complaints the authorities reveal a mostinteresting fact. The schedule of the Institute fills every possibleday of twelve months with the exception of one week between thelast day of the second term of summer school and the first day ofentrance examinations. In other words, there is no time wherethe school term might be expanded to include a lengthened exam-ination period. The week which follows the present examinationperiod is used in correcting papers, in assembling and classifyingmarks, in determining cumulative and term ratings for upwardsof three thousand students, and in recording and mailing thesemarks and ratings. Obviously we cannot take that week awayfrom the Institute's schedule. There remains one solution; a rear-rangement of the school program to include a longer examinationperiod. But again the Institute's schedule prohibits, for it isplanned several years in advance.

It appears, then, that while the examination period has beenbrought within the bounds of a single week, the undergraduatebody is rather fortunate that it must not endure a period of shorterduration. Facing a schedule so rigid and necessarily so projected,the Technology program will allow no alterations, in spite of thefact that many students might appreciably benefit from suchalterations. We cannot lengthen the examination period, there-fore, unless we wish school to open on the wrong day in 1940.

DR A MASHIOPlT OMORROW evening, Dramashoo, the sole organization of

this type at Technology, offers to the students the first ofthree performances of "Mister Anto~nio," the seventh full-lengthplay to be presented by the group. In an institution where thevalue of professional training is stressed as much as it is at Tech-nology, the activities of Dramashop tend to furnish a liberalizinginfluence and to furnish an outlet for the talents of those whosecapacities lie in this direction.

Since the members of Dramashop began rehearsals more thana month ago, the cast, the managers, and Professor Fuller, coach.of the play, have worked steadily. The performances of Tark-ington's comedy, which has never been presented before in the.Boston area, reflect this work, and promises to uphold the highstandard of the productions of the past. Reports indicate that anevening of good entertainment awaits those whio attend the presen-tation of this play and who, by attending, give Dramashop thesupport it deserves.

Attending the performance of plays presented by Dramashop-is not to be regarded in the light of merely another act to help agroup of students in need of financial support. On the contraryit is to be remembered that during the four years of its existenceDramashop has never been in financial straits. Twice a year thisgroup offers to the undergraduates and Faculty of the Institutean opportunity to see a good presentation of the work-of a well-known playwright; the price of admission is reasonable, and thequality of the performance, to judge from those of past years is ofthe best.

It is understood that for the past two or three plays the saleof tickets to students has been far less than that to Faculty mem-bers. Apparently members of the instructing staff have been morerapid to recognize the ability displayed in Dramashop productions.

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Wednesday, December 16i,1931

Ehraxnasho'p Finishes Four SuccessfullI Years On Presenting "Mr. Antonio"

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Undlergraduatesof M. I. T.

Has Produced Six Full Length,Three One-Act Plays

In This Time

With the presentation of "'Mr. An-tonio," Dramashop brings to a close fouryears of successful dramatic work at theInstitute. In all this time, it has neverbeen anything but solvent, and at the endof each season there has been a small banlkbalance for the next year's work.

During the course of these four years,Dramashop, has produced six full-lengthplays, five of them comedies and one atragedy. Further productions have con-sisted of two one-act plays which weregiven for Open House in 1928 and one one-act play which was given as a part of theTech Show of 1929. The presentation forthis fall brings the total up to seven.

Small BeginnigsDramashop first started as a group of

undergraduates who got together at oddmoments to read and discuss drama. Atthis stage in its career, the organizationhad no stated purposes and no real organi-zation. It was merely a group with similartastes.

Fully a year after its inception, the sug-gestion was brought forward that an at-tempt be made to produce a play. "TheHairy Ape," a so-called comedy by

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MlANiAGING BOARDC. M. Thayer '32 ......... General ManagerA. S. Ellis '32 .............. .. EditorS. R. Fleming '32 . ........ Managing EditorW. H. Barker '32. ......... Business Manager,

ASSOCIATE BOARDD. H. Clewell '33 ............ News EditorB. H. Whitton '33 .......... Features EditorW. L. Sheppard '33. .. ...... Make-up EditorF. W. Kressman '33 .......... Sports EditorJ. G. Hayes '33 ........ Advertising ManagerD. B. Smith '33. ... Business Service Mgr.G. HI. Ropes '33.... Circulation Manager

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Harvard Prof essor Writes"The Modern Universe," is explained in

'34 some detail by Dr. Robert H. Baker ofHarvard University and the University ofIllinois, in the next story of the issue. Ina very interesting way he gives somestatistics on the size and conditions of thevarious units of thp, Universal System.

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5walls of the Chemistry Building, there is a_story by- Professor Henry M. Smith, of the

Chermstry Department, on these samepictures. George Henry '31 is the only

_student to contribute to the publicationII this month. In his article on "Autornatic I

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K G. Bell'33Staff

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Fire Protectionl," he explaiias the workdingsof present-day fire protection, and thepossible savings that might have beenmnade had the methods of fire protectionbeen installed.

The elections that have been announcedby the managing board are the following:to the Editorial Staff: Ho-ward B. Bern-hardt, Charles W. B3ubier, William V. Corcoran, William R. Cox, Robert C.Madden, Frank J. Messmann, Henry J.Ogorzally, and William W. Seary; to theBusiness Staff: Francis S. Doyle, GeorgeD. Fenton, Kenneth D. Finlayson, ArthurW. Gilbart, Morris Goodhart, Henry B.Kimball, Cecil E. Mann, Frank A. Nicoli,Carl W. Rahn, Daniel F. Shephard, Wil-liam M. Watson, all freshmen.

Prof. Tucker TellsN. Y. Technology Clu~b

About Course XV11Talks on Organization and Plans

Of Building ConstructionDepartment

Professor Ross F. Tucker '92, head ofthe department of Building Construction,spoke before the seminar of the Tech-nology Club of New York, Thursday eve-ning, on the organization and objectives

of the Course of which he is head.Professor Tucker was accompanied by

Professor Walter C. Voss, and Mr.Leonard C. Peskin '30, and after thedinner the three answered questions fromthe audience about the Course.

Large Crowd AttendsBetween forty-five and fifty architects,

engineers, and others interested in con-struction, a larger group than usually at-tends such meetings, were present at theseminar. Among those present wereLazarus White, of the firm of Spencer,White, and Prentiss; and Professor Theo-dore Crane, head of the department ofArchitectural Construction at Yale Uni-versity.

Reports of the meeting indicate thatthe seminar was a success and that muchinterest was aroused in the Course inBuilding Construction as it is given atthe Institute. Professor Tucker has re-ceived several letters from those presentat the meeting expressing their enthusiasmover the work being done at Technology.

The llMinnesota Daily recently carried astorv about a man who rode in a rumbleseat with two tigers. Only the tigers werepaper mache and to be used in a carnival.Even at that he fractured an arm when hetripped over one of them.

Enthusiastic Georgetown adherentsstrove in vain to uproot the goal postsafter the game at Villanova.

Define it. It is difficult, evenfor us, to give a proper defini-tion of " Bannockburn " with-out becoming too enthusiastic.

B5ut to us '"Bannockburns"are rich, all-wool fabrics madefor us in soft mixtures of colorand pattern, as Scottish as aBurns' poem and full of thewear you rightly expect froman R. P. suit.

Expensive? No! A combina-tion of Britain's temporarydeparture from the gold stand-ard and a consequently low-ered tariff enables us to giveyou Bannockburns for $5 .

Of course we have othersuits -good, hand-tailoredsuits for ,$35, ,$4o and $4.5.Others too, up to $80.

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Scone good vaudeville and a rathermediocre cinema furnish the greater partof this week's entertainment at the Boston,R.K.O.-Keitb theater. Dav~e Apollon, inthe main act, offers some interestingrnusic, and gets some good laughs at his0;,Vn expense, with his band of Mexicanguitar players. In marked contrast is theselection given by the movie orchestra,a modernized version of "William Tell."During its rendering, the composer of thisclassic would not only have turned over inhis grave, but wvould also have attaineda considerable angular velocity before thepiece was finally done to death by thecapable assassins in the orchestra.

Gifted with a smooth, effortless mannerof singing, Gerald Griffen is one of thehighlights of the stage entertainment.Perhaps the most interesting spot on thebill is furnished by a pair of acrobats, whoperform the most difficult feats withoutany apparent indications of strain.

Walter Huston is not up to his usualstandard in the screen offering of thisw eek, "A House Divided. " Huston, as"Seth Law," is pictured as the tyrant of aAlairne fishing village who has alreadyworked one wife into the grave anid pro-ceeds to get himself another one by themail-order route. His son, completelyunder his father's thumb, a failure as afisherman, is the only one to greet themail-order bride when she arrives. "Pa"is awvay, as th e salmon are running heavily.This illustrates the educational value ofthe cinema. Hitherto, the reporter hadnever known that salmon are found inshoals off the Maine coast. In addition,Seth's Great Dane, who greets even friendswith barks, is strangely silent as thefemale arrives. Father and son fall in lovewith thegirl. A fight on the father's wed-ding night leaves him crippled. Then fol-lowv opportunities for heavy drama, andfinally comes the storm. Students ofwave formation would open their eves tothe type of waves native to the Mainecoast (according to Hollywood). A heavyboat is cast upon some rocks and comes torest as if she landed on eiderdown. A row-boat lives in an impossible sea, the girlwho cast the wrecked boat adrift is rescuedby the son, the father is drowned, strappedto an overturned rowboat, and everybodylives happily ever after. Huston's actingis convincing at times, but drama is dishedout with too heavy a hand to suit thisreporter.

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Fine Arts Theater

OLD AND NEW

Again th e q uestion of cooperative labor,as practised by Russia, comes forth, thistime in the form of a picture produced inRussia by Russians. A comparison be-twreen the old and the new life is sup-posedto be represented, and, undoubtedly, theproducers favor the present regime. Infact, if an American company has madethis picture, it would possibly be bannedas Communistic propaganda.

But this does not mean that they haverepresented -untruths in their dramatiza-tion of life on the soil. It is highly prob-able that the wretchedness depicted in theold peasant life is true: likewise the present

I 'riter believes that the lot of the peasantshas been bettered by the new system, asis shown.

No meaner existence than that of theformer Russian peasant can be imagined-squalor, filth, stupidity, superstition,despair-all this is shown in a series ofrapid flashes from scene to scene with thedrama centered about a peasant womanand three or four men who have awakenedto the meanness of their present existence.

By persuasion, force, and successful ex-periment this small group manages finallyto bring the people to a realization of the

Possibilities of cooperation and machinery.All odds seem to be against them, butmachinery finally wins. The picture endsioyou-sly with the purchase of a tractor.

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Co-eds at the University of Missourittnay not speak to the male students on vthe street for more than three minutes at ]'a time. They must also have a chaperone ]with them when they go to a dentist, laccording to the decree issued by the Dean <(f Women recently. a

The Executiv'es' Club of Chicago is the Ilargest business men's luncbeon club it) ]the world. C

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Why should we go to war when we are al-ready neck-deep in debt from the Warof 1918?

The nations of the world are embroiledtoo deeply in economic depression, you sayto be interested to any great degree inwaging an expensive war, and all wars areexpensive.

The United States is faced with an in-ternai ailment at the present time, youinsist, which makes her favor a strictlaissez-faire policy.

Correct you are in every presumption,except in the matter of when this war willbegin.

The world's nationalities are reekingwith the signs of bankruptcy; the world'speoples are sending aloft a cry for relief.

Yet these same countries, these samepeople, would favor an international con-flict "right off the bat," if propagandaproperly handled assured them that it wasa case of "fight or perish."

Just as we were taught to believe theHIun of 1917 a Frankenstein monster, sowe could be misled to consider anothercountry's patriots as a menace to progressin 1932.

Are college students, the so-called lead-ers of tomorrow, to be so gullible? Are weto be the instruments in the hands of thepropagandists who will send us to a need-less battle-front? Are we to believe thatwe must go from peace to war in order tohave peace?

You ask: "How may I be prepared foronslaughts of these underhanded schemerswho would reap rich returns from theblood that you and yours would pour uponsome land for 'home and country-?' "

Read the newspapers! Read worthwhilemagazines! Read everything available! andjudge its merits for yourself.

Can one but reach the conclusion thathe average college student is an intel-lectual pauper when evidence aboundseverywhere to show the utter ignorancepervading this campus as regards news ofnational and international treatment?

Mahatma Gandhi--one student thoughtit was the name of a new brand of candy!

When we are loaded with gas bombstomorrow like so many asses with packsaddles, perhaps we shall wish that we hadforgotten our provincialism!!

- Daily Tar Heel.

Harvard has received a collection of rarespecimens of birds' nests eggs, and evenbirds.

Mr. Braunlich's new type of Seismometer will measure accurately, for the first time, the earthquakewave at, or near, the "epicenter" or that part of the earth's surface where the disturbances are centered.The instrument will be started by an Accelerometer, shown above, a delicate mechanical nerve whichfeels the tremors at the axes of disturbance.

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BUSINESS MAN SPEAKSAT A. S. C. E. MEETING

James hI. Barker '07, vice-president ofSears, Roebuck and Companv, will addressa meeting of the M.I.T. Student Branchof the American Society of Civil Engineerstonight at 6.15 o'clock in the .North Hall ofWalker Memorial. His topic will be"Engineers in Business."President CharlesAI. Thaver '32 will preside.

Mr. Barker graduated in Course I in1907. He later became a professor in thesame department. After leaving the in-structing staff he corked with the FirstNational Bank of Boston as manager oftheir Buenos Aires branch. He is nowvice-president of Sears, Roebuck andCompany, in charge of the EasternDivision.

According to the Chief of Police in thetown where the University of Iowa is sit-uated, the co-ed with her lighted cigaretteis one of the city's worst fire hazards. Theyalways throws the used "cig" into wastepaper baskets.

At Svracuse University students mayattend any class even though they are notregistered for that particular course, butthey may not cut one class in order toattend another.

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DRAMASHOP'S PLAYIS "'MR. ANTONIO"

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before in a small Pennsylvania hamlet.In the succeeding acts this man, who isrevealed as the mayor of the town, is calledon to defend the Italian from the rest ofthe townspeople. A great hypocrite isbrought to light in the person of the mayor.

Full Length ProductionBeginning at 8.15 o'clock, the play is

scheduled to take in the neighborhood oftwo and a half hours, inclusive of the inter-missions. As given professionally, it runsnearly three hours, but this does not meanthat it has been cut. Time is being savedin the intermissions, the longest of whichwill be the first.

Scenery was designed for the play byFoster Jackson '34, a student in theArchitectural Course. Assistance in de-signing it was given by Albert G. Berndt-son '30, who designed and made much ofthe scenery for Dramashop in past yearsand is now a graduate student at the Insti-tute. Execution of the designs was madeby several Architecture students.

Next Play "The Critic"Though nothing definite has been done

as yet, the management of the Dramashopis considering "The Critic" for the nextplay of the year. This drama is one of anumber written by Richard B. Sheridan inthe short space of five years. It is a lateEighteenth Century play, dating to ap-proximately the time of the AmericanRevolution, and is of the comedy type,as are all of his.

The full cast of "Mr. Antonio" follows:

Tony Felix J. Conti '34Joe J. Cobham Noyes '32June Ramsey Priscilla Alden Bacon '34Tug Norman M. Johnsen '34Pearl Virginia Davidson '34Mr. Jorny Henry A. Cashman '34Mrs. Jornv Nathalia Ulman '34Avilonia Jorny Genevieve Kittinger '34The Reverend Walpole Irwin E. Hattis'34Mrs. Walpole Hazel Weld '33Earl Walpole Charles W. Ball '34Mr. Cooder Kenneth P. Brown '35M~rs. Cooder Helen Moody '32Minnie Riddle Isabel Ebel '32

Sjeniors rrepare ForAnnrual Class Danace

Affair Will Be Held in WalkerOn January 15. Tickets

Free to Seniors

Tickets for the Senior Class Dancewhich will be bold in Walker Memorial onthe evening of January 15 will be passedout in the Mlain Lobby shortly after theChristmas holidays. The affair, which isan annual event, is free to all members ofthe Senior class.

As far as plans have been completedthere is a strong indication that the dance will be a success. The Techtonians, well-Ihnown Technology orchestra whichplayed at the Musical Clubs ChristmasConcert last Friday evening, have beenengaged to furnish the music at the Senioraffair.

The chaperones will be President andMrs. Karl T. Compton, Mr. and Mrs.Horace S. Ford, and Mr. and Mrs. WallaceRoss. The regular officers of the Juniorclass will act as ushers on the occasion.

QUADRANGLE CLUBENJOYS WEEK-END

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in the woods, scratched by thorns, stuck by'burrs, other members found keen enjoy-ment. Too cold to swim, too warm toskate, all eyes looked longingly to thewater. Keen appetites sharpened by thefine air and steady exercise began tobeckon. One aspiring hunter, thinking hewas shooting in the R.O.T.C., held thegun too lightly, and had it blown clear outof his hands. Everybody laughed, andreturned for dinner.

Cook Drops EggsA meal of scrambled eggs and spaghetti,

successfully ravished, thoughts turned tolighter things. Typical of such gatherings,cards came out. Still typical, one membercould not play, so everyone pitched in toshow him. Continuing the type, theyaccomplished absolutely nothing, and thepoor victim retired after praying for

lknowledge of contract.Refreshments became vital. Three

members were sent in quest of them andit is unknown whether it wvas the samethree who met with such marked successin the bear hunt earlier in the day. Never-theless, they, too, were unsuccessful. Theydid not return with the product of thecountryside. They returned with milk:good, pure, uncut, fresh cow's milk. In-toxicated with joy, everyone set in on themilk and dreamed of crackers. At mid-night a few more stragglers arrived, setthe place into tumult, and partook of food.Bull session, followed by bed, followed.All slept like logs.

Shooter BlessedExcept one. He got up early at day-

break, shot his gun about, wlaking all andincurring their blessings. Entering thehouse, he poured a glass of water downsomeone's neck, provoking great mirth andpuotting sleep out of the question. Bigexcursions were planned; old jokes wveretold as everyone dressed. Volunteer chefsballed up the coffee percolator with thegarbage can. Result: Egg shells in thecoffee: naturally coffee in garbage can.

Everybody uip by noon. Including theweather. Rain rained all day coming asa boon to many and furnishing excuse tostay in house, learning contract and tellingjokes. Only difficulty: clean jokes be-angraduallv to run out. Of course they wnereretold.

Darkness came; conversation ran out, soeverybody began talking about a quiz inEconomics which uworried the little fellow.Time for big decision came: Resolved:that Quadrangle Club borrow bowlingalleys from Eddie Pung on Wednesday;all members invite relatives and friendsand try to get them elected to the greatbrotherhood.

Meeting adjourned with everyone ridingback in automobiles amid musical strainsof the "Stein Song."

The "Crimson-White," Alabama stu-dent newspaper, advocates and has advo-cated in the past the passing of a zoninglaw to protect the beauty of the campus.

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IntercolEegiates

Students at Columbia University are tohave phonograph records of their voicesmade when they enter as freshmen andwhen they are graduated as Seniors. Therecords of the voices will be used in theEnglish department to show studentswhat their speech manners are, and to aidthem in correcting any defects which maybe presented.

Students at the University of Alabamaare becoming incensed over the advanceof the Tuscaloosa business section into theUniversity portion of the town. Alreadyone store has been constructed on thecampus, and the proprietor thereof hasleased a lot on the other side of the streetto an itinerant banana peddler -and hisgypsy wagon.

At a debate at McGill University, oneside argued that Al Capone could governthe United States better than anyone else.

Thursday, December 173.00 p.m. - Course III basketball game in Hangar Gym.5.00 p.m. - Institute Committee meeting in West Lounge of Walker Memorial.5.00 p.m. - Banjo Club rehearsal in East Lounge of Walker Memorial.6.00 p.m. - New England Paint and Varnish Company meeting in Faculty Dining

Room of Walker Memorial.6.00 p~m. - Instrumental Club rehearsal in East Lounge of Walker Memorial.6.00 p.m. - Corporation XV dinner meeting in North Hall of Walker Memorial.6.30 p.m. - Plant Engineering Club dinner in Grill Room of Walker Memorial.8.30 p.m.-1.00 a.m. - Archimedes Club dance in North Hall of Walker Memorial.

Friday, December 189.00 p.m.-1.00 a.m. - Informal Dorm dance in Main Hall of Walker Memorial.

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SOCCER BANQUET

A banquet for the members of the var-sity and freshman soccer teams will be heldtonight in the Grill Room of WalkerMemorial at 6 o'clock. Dr. Rowe will bethe speaker. Tickets may be had at door.

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Burke, James '34Fanning, Russel (graduate)Gugger, EdwardKut, Walter '33Madsen, I. '33Thompson, Ransom '34Weber, Carl (employee;

FRESHMAN CABINETTO ELECT OFFICERS

Members of the freshman Cabinet ofthe Technology Christian Association willhold their second meeting of the year in theT.C.A. office next Tuesday at 5 o'clock.Election of officers will take place at thattime.

Although the Cabinet is composed ofmen who indicated an interest in T.(,.A.work on their registration cards, any mem-ber of the freshman class may Join.Charles E. Quick '03, is in charge of thegroup.

SPECIA^L BUS LEAVESFOR NEW YORK CITY

A special bus for Technology studentsis leaving from Walker Memorial for NewYork City at 9 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday,December 22. By arranging for such abus the students have been able to securevery low rates on one way and round triptickets. Reservations can still be madeby seeing Henry Braun '32, at the T.C.A.office any day from 1 to 3 o'clock.

At a recent masquerade dance held atthe University of Toronto the prize-winning couple were dressed as Mickieand Minnie ,M,'fCouse. Another prize winnerwas a young man dressed as Gandhi. Heis said to have out-Gandhied the Mahatmahimself, but we wonder if he really wore aloin cloth.

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O"FICIAL BULLETIA[SOF GENERAL INTEREST

Physics and Physical Chemistry Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyWednesday, December 16, 4.00 p.m., Room 4-402

Theoretical Seminar for Graduate Students. Mr. M. F. Manning will talk on the"Principle of Uncertainty."

Thursday, December 17, 3.00 p.m., Room 8-319

Physical Chemistry Conference. "Steam Research at M. I. T." Professor L. B.Smith.

Thursday, December 17, 4.00 p.m., Room 4-.;31

Physics Colloquium:1. "Structure of the Compton Modified Line." Dr. N. S. Gingrich.2. "'Calculated Potential Energy Curve of the Normal Hydrogen Molecule."

Mr. N. Rosen.

DRAMASHOP FINISHESFOUR YEARS OF WORK

Has Produced Six Full Length,Three One-Act Plays

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Gogol's "Marriage" was particularlynoteworthy as the first production ever tobe given in the United States. ProfessorFuller had the assistance of Adolf O.Kruming '31, a Russian exile who hadappeared in the original Russian form ofthe play. Kruming criticized the costum-ing and atmosphere of the play and gaveauthentic interpretations of the difficultfeatures of the drama.

"Miles McCarthy," the only tragedy ofthe list, was somewhat less spectacular,though it was the first time the play hadever been produced by an amateur groupin Boston.' When " Mr. Antonio" hasreached the public, the record will havebeen increased by one, as it has never beenshown by amateurs in Bostonl before.

Dramnashop Am ActivityUnknown to a great majority of the

students at the Institute is the fact thattDramashop is officially listed as a Class Cactivity. Informal as the whole groupmay seem to the casual observer, it yet is-not only a rated activity, but even has aConstitution and regular officers.

Dramashop's moving spirit and dra-matic coach is Professor Fuller. A graduateof Hamilton College, where he was activein every production of the DramaticSociety during his undergraduate years,he has long been interested in dramaticwork. Besides his position as an associateprofessor at the Institute, be is officiallyDirector of Dramatics, a little-knowvn fact,although the appointment is on the recordsat the Bursar's office.

Insurance SalesmanPreys on Students

Taking cruel advantage of gullibleyoung Technology students, a vocif-erous salesman announced himself

in the basement of Walker, Mondayafternoon, with the sensational

statement, "Ten thousand dollars

insurance for only two cents." On

further investigation, it was found

that any student who fell for this

line was told that he had only to

buy a copy of the "Boston Amer-

ican" to get the insurance policy,

and then continue buying the paper

every day for a year in order to

keep the policy.If he remained interested after

this elucidation, the prospectivebuyer would discover that the insur-ance paid ten thousand dollars onlyin case of loss of life in a railroador street railway, and then only ifhe had paid his fare. The term ofthe policy is one year.

CA LENDA RWednesday, December 16

6.00 p.m. - Soccer Team banquet in Grill Room of Walker Memorial.6.00 p.m. - Civil Engineering Society dinner in Faculty Dinin, Room of Walker

Memorial.

6.00 p.m. - Society of Automotive Engineers dinner meeting in North Hall ofWalker Memorial.

7.30 p.m. - M.I.T. Chemical Society smoker in Faculty Dining Room of WalkerMemorial.

7.30 p.m. - Sleepy Hollow Boys orchestra rehearsal in Walker Gym.9.00 p.m.-1.00 a.m. - Armenian Club dance in Main Hall of Walker Memorial.

How Many Text-Books

gFlunkedOut99Last Seemester?A. S. Ce E. PresidentStresses the Need of

Physical FitnessUrges Students to Have a Hobby

Rind Participate inAthletics

"To be a successful engineer, you mustacquire physical and mental fitness, andby mental fitness I mean a state of mindalert to use the technical knowledge al-ready developed," declared PresidentFrancis Lee Stuart of the American Societyof Civil E~ngineers in his address on Fridayto the Technology Student Chapter of theorganization.

Mr. Stuart spoke of several difficultengineering problems that he had comeup against during his practice and toldhow he had overcome them. In his ad-dress Mr. Stuart stressed the point thatengineers must develop resourcefulnessand self-reliance for the lack of either willprevent an engineer fromn attaining anyexecutive position. He also strongly ad-vised hobbies, and participation in someform of athletics even after leavring college.

President Compton Welcomes VisitorsCharles M. Thayer '32, president of tile

Student Chapter of the A.S.C.E., openedthe meeting by introducing PresidentCompton, who welcomed the visitors tothe Institute. Professor Charles M.Spofford '93 then introduced George T.Seabury, secretary of the A.S.C.E., whospoke briefly on the organization itself."The Society," he said, "is seventy-nineyears old and at present has a membershipof about fifteen thousand. Membership isselective, " said Mr. Seabury, but beurged the students not to let this dis-courage them, rather it should encouragethem.

The Colby Ech;o posnts the followingadvice:

When you return to school on January 5:Don't ask anyone if they had a good vaca-

tion.

Don't enumerate the girls you have"made."

Don't boast how you "staggered" throughale old into the new year.

Don't crab about coming back to the "oldjoint.3 "

Don't be a "play boy" on the Pine TreeLimited."

Don't lose that frat pit).

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