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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE UNDERGRADUATES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ii. IXXVI NO. 26 CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1956 5 CENTS nlcoin Reaffirrns Resol ution To Abolish Compulsory ROTC aste~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~r n ear elot Doctors J.G. Charney, C.G. Shull Newly Appointed Full Professors Two major appointments to the faculty of the Institute were announced toi0ay by Dr. Julius A. Stratton, Vice President and Provost. Dr. Jule G. Charney, noted meteorologist and a long-term staff member of !the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey; and Dr. Clifford G. ,Shull, formerly Chief Physicist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and now at >h.Trookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, will join the MI1T faculty is full professors, effective July 1. Dr. Charney is widely known for his research in numerical weather pre- diction and dynamical meteorology. A graduate of the University of California t Los Angeles, he received his M-A in 1941 and PhD in 1946. gi;~ Dr. Charney's outstanding achieve- Nie M Men Promoted ments in numerical weather predic- tion won for him the Meisinger ~To Instructors~' Posts Award of the American Meteorologi- cal Society in 1949. Nine members of the Massachu- Dr. Shull, internationally-known Ietts Institute of Technology staff physicist, las done extensive research Cave been promoted to the rank of in the fields of neutron diffraction Instructor. and neutron physics, X-ray diffrac- i Promotions include the following: tion, and solid state physics. He is ierishin H. Bhavnani of Cambridge, a graduate of Carnegie Institute of Department of Electical Engineer- Technology (BS, 1937) and New bng; Oma V. Hamara of Cambridge, York University (PhD, 1941) and )epartment of Mathematics; William served from 1941-46 as research , ouston, Jr., of Cambridge, De- physicist at The Texas Company partment of Mathematics; Paul R. Beacon Laboratory. tohannessen of Waltham, Depart- After nine years at Oak Ridge Na- ent of Electrical Engineering; tional Laboratory, where he was ap- ames F. Kaiser of Cambridge, De- pointed chief physicist, Dr. Shull artment of Electrical Engineering; joined the staff of MIT's Division evis N. Lukens, III, of Boston, of Industrial Cooperation in 1955. Dr. epartment of Biology; Redmond R. Shull, whose research articles have 'Riien of Quincy, Department of been published in scientific journals g:lathematics; Amiya K. Sen of Cam- at home and abroad, was a Solvay biridge, Department of Electrical En- Conferee in Brussels, Belgium, in gineering; David R. Whitehouse of 1954, and received the Oliver E. gianbridge, Department of Electri- Buckley 1956 Solid State Physics cat Engineering. Prize Award. Beaver Key, Compton Awards Phi Gam, Amster, Mix, Dori - A. r _... ._.-, .. 1.. . _!!. ___ ____ .__ :. ros aL -t uesuay s convocation, inoividuals receiving Compton prizes Inciueuc ~i'vin Dorros '56 of the joint student branch of the American Institute of Radio Engineers, and Thomas M. Creese '56, president of the Baton Society. Also ~homas V. Mix, who is president of the MIT graduate class receiving advanced egrees in June, and Herbert S. Amster '56, who has been chairman of the 0omitory Council received the coveted silver cups. The Manager of the Year award was given by the Athletic Association for the first time. It was set -up on a recommendation of The Varsity Council as an hcentive to student managers. Ken Dunipace, Varsity and Freshman sailing 69th Annual Track Classic To Be Held t MIT Field Today .Starting this afternoon at 3:00, Bver 350 athletes from 25 schools will omnpete on Briggs Field in the 69th :nual New England Intercollegiate rack championship. Trials will be eld this afternoon with the finals p tap tomorrow from 1:00 on. Ad- `4ission to the meet is only 75 cents fr students and $1.50 for adults. · ITech's hopes are centered on big oihn Morefield; entered in the shot, Mirmrer. and discus, all of which he ored in last year. John is a defi- bte threat to break the existing ~eet shot Put record of 51' 6 5/8" in 1937. John's biggest cornpeti- n in these events will come from Ai Blair of BU and Bill McWil- ths of Bowdoin. Blair has already Frown the discus 2 feet over the ex- ~ing record. .The sprints shape up as one of the hghlights of the meet as BU's All Shearer will be seeking his third aight title in the 100- and 200- d dashes. Co-holder of the meet (Continued on page 5) manager was named the recipient. Besides his managing duties, Ken helped coach the freshman team. Since he has been manager, there has been a tw-o-fold increase in partici- pation. The Beaver Key trophy, awarded to the living group with the highest athletic point average per man, went to Phi Gamma Delta who edged The- ta Chi by one-tenth of a point. Both of these living groups stood well ahead of the other contenders with better than three-points-per-man av- erages. Also given out were the Carl Tay- lor Compton prizes. For its action in actions concerning the Tom Clark tragedy, the Interfraternity Confer- ence received a Compton prize of $500, to be used in furthering its work. Special recognition was also made to W. George Luhrman, Jr. '56, this group's President for "inspired leadership .. . during the time of crisis . . ." A second prize of the same amount was given to the Westgate Nursery School. The Clifford Award, given each year to the Outstanding Athlete of the Year, went to MIT's ace field sports man, John A. Morefield, Jr. '56. Receiving honorable mention for this award were Peter Dyke '56, and Dee Vergun '56. Resolution On ROTC Passed In Inscomm; Parkcomm Reports By a unanimous vote Wednesday, Institute Committee passed the rec- ommendation made two weeks ago by Arnold Amstutz '58 to eliminate the compulsory nature of ROTC at MIT. This resolution has now been carried as far as is possible by student gov- ernment, and all further action must come from the administration. Rush Week Studied Among the meeting's reports was that of the Freshman Orientation Committee, given by Hal Smith '57, which recommended that Rush Week be deferred if possible from the week before Registration Day to a later date in the new student's MIT ca- reer. Smith said that the committee felt very strongly that such a move would greatly increase school spirit, as it would give the Fireshman the opportunity to become a member of the MIT community before his in- terests might become dominated by the fraternity. Smith also stressed the need for better supervision of the Field Day glove fight because of the great dan- ger of personal injury and the sub- sequent damage to the Institute's public relations. Parking P¢.l: Taken Previously, Bob Batchelder '57 had given the SCEP report on the pos- sibility of an honor system at MIT. The report recommended that because of the rules and regulations impli- cit in such a system, a more desix- able plan would be to encourage greater awareness of the ethical re- sponsibilities involved in MIT's tra- dition of freedom and stricter en- forcement of the existing broad reg- ulations. In the Parking Committee rieport Dick Brandes '57 mentioned the poll being taken to determine the number of cars used by students. When ask- ed if this information would be used by the police or Institute personnel to identify illegally parked cars, Brandes replied that he didn't see how such identification was possible NathanielM.SSage 13, Sponsored Research Iead, Passes Away Nathaniel M. Sage '13, Director of the Office of Sponsored Research and Placement Officer died Monday night at his home in Brookline. Mr. Sage had been a member of the MIT administrative staff since 1937. From 1940 to 1954, as Director of MIT's Division of Industrial Cooper- ation, he was responsible for the pi- oneering relationships between the Institute and the many government agencies which sponsored defense re- search at Tech. For this work Mr. Sage was awarded in 1948 the Presi- dent's Certificate of Merit, the na- tion's second highest civilian award, f or "outstanding services to his country." In 1955 Mr. Sage became Direc- tor of the Office of Sponsoried Re- search, a new office created to pro- vide a unified administrative organ- ization for' the Institute's increasing commitments in industrial and de- fense research. Thrbughout his career at MIT, Mr. Sage continued his active role as Placement Officer, and he was wide- ly recognized throughout the nation for his leadership in this position. and that this information would defi- nitely not be used for such a purpose. NSA Delegates Elected Elected as the four delegates to this summer's US National Student Association congress were Mal Jones, Ben Chertok, Bob Batchelder, and John Holmfeld, all '57. The alter- nates are Bob Jordan '58, Arnie Amstutz '58, Larry Spiro '59, and Ed Friedman '57. Among the announcements made at the meeting nvas that of a Book Drive to be held next week by the IPC and the NSA. All types of suit- able books, non-technical as well as technical, will be collected in build- ings Two, 10, and 52 and in the dor- mitories and fraternities and will be sent to students in West Africa, South Korea, and South Viet Nam. Continually Weigh Compulsory R OTC, Say Administration The resolution of Institute Commit- tee, ". . . that the compulsory nature of ROTC at MIT be abolished." passed on January 11, 1956 and unanimously reaffirmed Wednesday night, has placed the question of com- pulsory basic ROTC squarely before the administration and the MIT com- munity. If the opinions of the members of Inscomrnm accurately reflect the views of the students-at-large, then there is an overwhelming feeling against the compulsory program on campus. If the statement by six out of eight senior Air Force and Ar-my ROTC cadets questioned, that they would personally like to see the end of com- pulsory programs, is typical of the reaction of all Advanced Course Ca- dets, then perhaps ROTC suffers from the number of unwilling parti- cipants. Perhaps the spirit and qual- ity of the officer produced, and the effectiveness of the course of study, could be substantially improved by putting ROTC on a voluntary basis. But wouldn't this improved qual- ity be achieved only at the expense of a large number of potential offi- cers who, given a choice, would pass up ROTC in their freshman year, and then later-t o o late-discover that they would really like to be in the program? The Military Science department says that half of its pres- (Continued on page 3) VooD00oo0 rresponsibility"Scored; Roberts Censure Narrowly Beaten The article "Fronm Cook to Crook" in the January issue of "Voo Dooe" has recently been cited by the Faculty Committee on Discipline of MIT as an inci- dent of "irresponsibility on the part of the authors and editors which cannot be condoned and -which must not recur." The Committee has recommended that an appropriate student organization draw up a set of standards of decency and legality for all student publications. It was also requested that the Administration set up a Board of Publications "which shall review each issue of 'Voo Doo' within thirty days after publication for a period of one year, in order to determine whether 'Voo Doo' is making a positive contribution to the Institute Community." Last week the editing policies of T.E.N. were also brought into ques- tion. Edward Roberts '57, President of Activities Council, had written a letter to the National Bureau of Standards informing them of the ap- pearance of allegedly identical arti- cles in the Technical News Bulletin and the March issue of T.E.N. Mr. Roberts states, "If I am not blind, if I am able to compare words, then as far as I am concerned it was the same article as was printed in the Technical News Bulletin." Robert Koch '57, General Manager of T. E. N., when asked what the source of the article was, stated that it was written from a news release of the National Bureau of Standards. He further explained that he had writ- ten the National Bureau of Stan- dards to secure pictures for the ar- ticle and to tell them that T. E. N. would publish the report. In response the Council introduced a motion to apologize to T. E. N. Prompted by the fact that the incident should have been restricted to MIT and that the letter assumed T. E. N.'s guilt, the motion was defeated by the Presi- dent's vote. In explanation of his let- ter Mr. Roberts assumed that it was not necessary to consult the Activi- ties Council since it could be han- dled administratively. Dormoitory Weekend Sustains $400 Loss; Baker, Burton Meet The Dormitory Council, meeting on Monday evening, delegated the print- ing; of the Dormitory Phone Direc- tory to Alpha Phi Omega, the Tech chapter of the national scouting serv- ice fraternity. The social committee reported a heavy loss, close to four hundred dollars, was taken on the recent "Dormitory Week-end." A motion was passed urging the appropriation of money to cover the loss. The Baker House Committee spent a good part of their Wednesday night meeting discussing the problem of drafting a constitution for Baker House. The Burton H o us e Committee which also met Wednesday night passed a resolution thanking Profes- sor and Mrs. Tro at, the faculty res- idents of Burton House who are leaving afte.r three years in the house, for "giving greater- meaning and value" to the lives of the resi- dents and "wishing them the best of happiness in the future." i i- i[ I ;i a · 1 1 k" I I; I

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Page 1: ii. IXXVI NO. 26 CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, FRIDAY, MAY 18

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE UNDERGRADUATES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

ii. IXXVI NO. 26 CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1956 5 CENTS

nlcoin Reaffirrns Resol ution To Abolish Compulsory ROTCaste~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~r n ear elot

Doctors J.G. Charney, C.G. ShullNewly Appointed Full Professors

Two major appointments to the faculty of the Institute were announcedtoi0ay by Dr. Julius A. Stratton, Vice President and Provost.

Dr. Jule G. Charney, noted meteorologist and a long-term staff member of!the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey; and Dr. Clifford G.,Shull, formerly Chief Physicist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and now at

>h.Trookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, will join the MI1T facultyis full professors, effective July 1.

Dr. Charney is widely known for his research in numerical weather pre-diction and dynamical meteorology. A graduate of the University of Californiat Los Angeles, he received his M-A in 1941 and PhD in 1946.

gi;~ Dr. Charney's outstanding achieve-Nie M Men Promoted ments in numerical weather predic-

tion won for him the Meisinger

~To Instructors~' Posts Award of the American Meteorologi-cal Society in 1949.

Nine members of the Massachu- Dr. Shull, internationally-knownIetts Institute of Technology staff physicist, las done extensive research

Cave been promoted to the rank of in the fields of neutron diffractionInstructor. and neutron physics, X-ray diffrac-i Promotions include the following: tion, and solid state physics. He isierishin H. Bhavnani of Cambridge, a graduate of Carnegie Institute ofDepartment of Electical Engineer- Technology (BS, 1937) and New

bng; Oma V. Hamara of Cambridge, York University (PhD, 1941) and)epartment of Mathematics; William served from 1941-46 as research

, ouston, Jr., of Cambridge, De- physicist at The Texas Companypartment of Mathematics; Paul R. Beacon Laboratory.tohannessen of Waltham, Depart- After nine years at Oak Ridge Na-ent of Electrical Engineering; tional Laboratory, where he was ap-

ames F. Kaiser of Cambridge, De- pointed chief physicist, Dr. Shullartment of Electrical Engineering; joined the staff of MIT's Divisionevis N. Lukens, III, of Boston, of Industrial Cooperation in 1955. Dr.epartment of Biology; Redmond R. Shull, whose research articles have'Riien of Quincy, Department of been published in scientific journals

g:lathematics; Amiya K. Sen of Cam- at home and abroad, was a Solvaybiridge, Department of Electrical En- Conferee in Brussels, Belgium, ingineering; David R. Whitehouse of 1954, and received the Oliver E.

gianbridge, Department of Electri- Buckley 1956 Solid State Physicscat Engineering. Prize Award.

Beaver Key, Compton AwardsPhi Gam, Amster, Mix, Dori- A. r _... ._.-, .. 1.. ._!!. ___ ____ .__ :.

rosaL -t uesuay s convocation, inoividuals receiving Compton prizes Inciueuc

~i'vin Dorros '56 of the joint student branch of the American Institute of RadioEngineers, and Thomas M. Creese '56, president of the Baton Society. Also~homas V. Mix, who is president of the MIT graduate class receiving advanced

egrees in June, and Herbert S. Amster '56, who has been chairman of the0omitory Council received the coveted silver cups.

The Manager of the Year award was given by the Athletic Association forthe first time. It was set -up on a recommendation of The Varsity Council as anhcentive to student managers. Ken Dunipace, Varsity and Freshman sailing

69th Annual TrackClassic To Be Held

t MIT Field Today.Starting this afternoon at 3:00,

Bver 350 athletes from 25 schools willomnpete on Briggs Field in the 69th:nual New England Intercollegiaterack championship. Trials will be

eld this afternoon with the finalsp tap tomorrow from 1:00 on. Ad-

`4ission to the meet is only 75 centsfr students and $1.50 for adults.· ITech's hopes are centered on big

oihn Morefield; entered in the shot,Mirmrer. and discus, all of which heored in last year. John is a defi-

bte threat to break the existing~eet shot Put record of 51' 6 5/8"

in 1937. John's biggest cornpeti-n in these events will come from

Ai Blair of BU and Bill McWil-ths of Bowdoin. Blair has already

Frown the discus 2 feet over the ex-~ing record..The sprints shape up as one of thehghlights of the meet as BU'sAll Shearer will be seeking his third

aight title in the 100- and 200-d dashes. Co-holder of the meet

(Continued on page 5)

manager was named the recipient.Besides his managing duties, Kenhelped coach the freshman team.Since he has been manager, there hasbeen a tw-o-fold increase in partici-pation.

The Beaver Key trophy, awardedto the living group with the highestathletic point average per man, wentto Phi Gamma Delta who edged The-ta Chi by one-tenth of a point. Bothof these living groups stood wellahead of the other contenders withbetter than three-points-per-man av-erages.

Also given out were the Carl Tay-lor Compton prizes. For its action inactions concerning the Tom Clarktragedy, the Interfraternity Confer-ence received a Compton prize of$500, to be used in furthering itswork. Special recognition was alsomade to W. George Luhrman, Jr. '56,this group's President for "inspiredleadership . . . during the time ofcrisis . . ." A second prize of the sameamount was given to the WestgateNursery School.

The Clifford Award, given eachyear to the Outstanding Athlete ofthe Year, went to MIT's ace fieldsports man, John A. Morefield, Jr.'56. Receiving honorable mention forthis award were Peter Dyke '56, andDee Vergun '56.

Resolution On ROTC

Passed In Inscomm;

Parkcomm ReportsBy a unanimous vote Wednesday,

Institute Committee passed the rec-ommendation made two weeks ago byArnold Amstutz '58 to eliminate thecompulsory nature of ROTC at MIT.This resolution has now been carriedas far as is possible by student gov-ernment, and all further action mustcome from the administration.

Rush Week StudiedAmong the meeting's reports was

that of the Freshman OrientationCommittee, given by Hal Smith '57,which recommended that Rush Weekbe deferred if possible from the weekbefore Registration Day to a laterdate in the new student's MIT ca-reer. Smith said that the committeefelt very strongly that such a movewould greatly increase school spirit,as it would give the Fireshman theopportunity to become a member ofthe MIT community before his in-terests might become dominated bythe fraternity.

Smith also stressed the need forbetter supervision of the Field Dayglove fight because of the great dan-ger of personal injury and the sub-sequent damage to the Institute'spublic relations.

Parking P¢.l: TakenPreviously, Bob Batchelder '57 had

given the SCEP report on the pos-sibility of an honor system at MIT.The report recommended that becauseof the rules and regulations impli-cit in such a system, a more desix-able plan would be to encouragegreater awareness of the ethical re-sponsibilities involved in MIT's tra-dition of freedom and stricter en-forcement of the existing broad reg-ulations.

In the Parking Committee rieportDick Brandes '57 mentioned the pollbeing taken to determine the numberof cars used by students. When ask-ed if this information would be usedby the police or Institute personnelto identify illegally parked cars,Brandes replied that he didn't seehow such identification was possible

NathanielM.SSage 13,

Sponsored ResearchIead, Passes Away

Nathaniel M. Sage '13, Directorof the Office of Sponsored Researchand Placement Officer died Mondaynight at his home in Brookline. Mr.Sage had been a member of the MITadministrative staff since 1937.

From 1940 to 1954, as Director ofMIT's Division of Industrial Cooper-ation, he was responsible for the pi-oneering relationships between theInstitute and the many governmentagencies which sponsored defense re-search at Tech. For this work Mr.Sage was awarded in 1948 the Presi-dent's Certificate of Merit, the na-tion's second highest civilian award,f or "outstanding services to hiscountry."

In 1955 Mr. Sage became Direc-tor of the Office of Sponsoried Re-search, a new office created to pro-vide a unified administrative organ-ization for' the Institute's increasingcommitments in industrial and de-fense research.

Thrbughout his career at MIT, Mr.Sage continued his active role asPlacement Officer, and he was wide-ly recognized throughout the nationfor his leadership in this position.

and that this information would defi-nitely not be used for such a purpose.

NSA Delegates ElectedElected as the four delegates to

this summer's US National StudentAssociation congress were Mal Jones,Ben Chertok, Bob Batchelder, andJohn Holmfeld, all '57. The alter-nates are Bob Jordan '58, ArnieAmstutz '58, Larry Spiro '59, and EdFriedman '57.

Among the announcements madeat the meeting nvas that of a BookDrive to be held next week by theIPC and the NSA. All types of suit-able books, non-technical as well astechnical, will be collected in build-ings Two, 10, and 52 and in the dor-mitories and fraternities and will besent to students in West Africa,South Korea, and South Viet Nam.

Continually WeighCompulsory R OTC,Say Administration

The resolution of Institute Commit-tee, ". . . that the compulsory natureof ROTC at MIT be abolished."passed on January 11, 1956 andunanimously reaffirmed Wednesdaynight, has placed the question of com-pulsory basic ROTC squarely beforethe administration and the MIT com-munity.

If the opinions of the members ofInscomrnm accurately reflect the viewsof the students-at-large, then thereis an overwhelming feeling againstthe compulsory program on campus.If the statement by six out of eightsenior Air Force and Ar-my ROTCcadets questioned, that they wouldpersonally like to see the end of com-pulsory programs, is typical of thereaction of all Advanced Course Ca-dets, then perhaps ROTC suffersfrom the number of unwilling parti-cipants. Perhaps the spirit and qual-ity of the officer produced, and theeffectiveness of the course of study,could be substantially improved byputting ROTC on a voluntary basis.

But wouldn't this improved qual-ity be achieved only at the expenseof a large number of potential offi-cers who, given a choice, would passup ROTC in their freshman year,and then later-t o o late-discoverthat they would really like to be inthe program? The Military Sciencedepartment says that half of its pres-

(Continued on page 3)

VooD00oo0 rresponsibility"Scored;Roberts Censure Narrowly Beaten

The article "Fronm Cook to Crook" in the January issue of "Voo Dooe" hasrecently been cited by the Faculty Committee on Discipline of MIT as an inci-dent of "irresponsibility on the part of the authors and editors which cannotbe condoned and -which must not recur."

The Committee has recommended that an appropriate student organizationdraw up a set of standards of decency and legality for all student publications.It was also requested that the Administration set up a Board of Publications"which shall review each issue of 'Voo Doo' within thirty days after publicationfor a period of one year, in order to determine whether 'Voo Doo' is making apositive contribution to the InstituteCommunity."

Last week the editing policies ofT.E.N. were also brought into ques-tion. Edward Roberts '57, Presidentof Activities Council, had written aletter to the National Bureau ofStandards informing them of the ap-pearance of allegedly identical arti-cles in the Technical News Bulletinand the March issue of T.E.N. Mr.Roberts states, "If I am not blind,if I am able to compare words, thenas far as I am concerned it was thesame article as was printed in theTechnical News Bulletin." RobertKoch '57, General Manager ofT. E. N., when asked what the sourceof the article was, stated that it waswritten from a news release of theNational Bureau of Standards. Hefurther explained that he had writ-ten the National Bureau of Stan-dards to secure pictures for the ar-ticle and to tell them that T. E. N.would publish the report. In responsethe Council introduced a motion toapologize to T. E. N. Prompted bythe fact that the incident should havebeen restricted to MIT and that theletter assumed T. E. N.'s guilt, themotion was defeated by the Presi-dent's vote. In explanation of his let-ter Mr. Roberts assumed that it wasnot necessary to consult the Activi-ties Council since it could be han-dled administratively.

Dormoitory Weekend

Sustains $400 Loss;

Baker, Burton Meet

The Dormitory Council, meeting onMonday evening, delegated the print-ing; of the Dormitory Phone Direc-tory to Alpha Phi Omega, the Techchapter of the national scouting serv-ice fraternity.

The social committee reported aheavy loss, close to four hundreddollars, was taken on the recent"Dormitory Week-end." A motionwas passed urging the appropriationof money to cover the loss.

The Baker House Committee spenta good part of their Wednesday nightmeeting discussing the problem ofdrafting a constitution for BakerHouse.

The Burton H o us e Committeewhich also met Wednesday nightpassed a resolution thanking Profes-sor and Mrs. Tro at, the faculty res-idents of Burton House who areleaving afte.r three years in thehouse, for "giving greater- meaningand value" to the lives of the resi-dents and "wishing them the best ofhappiness in the future."

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VOL. LXXVI Friday, May 18, 1956 No. 26

JORN A. FRIEDMAN '57 STANqLEY SHAPIRO '68Xditor Baniese Manager

RBOBEIT G. BRIDGHAM 'S7Maimwing EditorNEWS STAFF

F. H elmut W eymar '58 ......................................................... . ................... EditorSteve Sam uels '59 ............................................................................. .... AssistantDave Waldbaum 'S9, James J. Brady '59. Dave Packer '59, RobertSoU '58, Steve Auerbach '58. Lawrence Boedecker '58.

SPORTS STAFFW illiam D aly 'S8 ............. ......................................... EditorJohn J. McElroy '59, F. Thomas Bond '$8 ................................... AssistantsStaff: Murray Kohlman ·5§, Ed Bell '58, Al Beard '59, Jim Hoffman '59,Dave Savage '$$.

FEATURE STAFFArthur H . Schultz ............................................. ....................................... EditorLee E. H ollow ay . ................................................................................... A ssistantStaff: Warren W. Heimbach · 59, Gilbert J. Weil '56, Berthold Lippel'56, Charles Spangler '59. William Alston '56, Michael Hall '57, AllenC. Langord, Patrick McGovern '59.

BUSINESS STAFFMartin I. Victor 'S8 ................. _.Advertising ManagerDick Rosen '58, Ed CheathamW '9 Treasury

·..... '........."'"*'.....".'..........-.. ................Ralph E. M anchester '58 .................................................................... AssistantRobert D. Logcher 'S8 .............................................................. Sales M anagerJohn Saul '59 .................................................................... Circulation M anagerStaff: Stanley Fenster '58, Merrill Sidman '58, Kenneth Mitzner 'S8,Hersh Marcusfeld '59.

COPYOliver E. M. Seikel '59, Lester C. Hopton '59 .................................... Edtrs

PHOTO STAFFSteven Sacks 'S9, George Glen '59 .......................................... Editors

Staff: Ken Kellerman, R. Broder. Harold Laeger. Frank' Preiser, MartyZimmerman. Jaimie Glottmann, Barry Rutter, Joel Shoobe, Don King,Ken Gllis, Bill Heess.

STAFF CANDIDATESGlen Zeiders 'S9, William Cramer '59, Dan Thomas '59, Steve Denker'59, Herb Zollat '59, Michael Falk '58, Torn Markle '59, Surrendra

Paul '59.The Tech is published every Tuesday and Friday during the collegeyear, except during college vacations. Entered as second class matterat the post office at Boslon, Massachusetts.

Scales Of Wvaste

'At long last the other side is heard. Couched in hesitant,diplomatic language is a hint of the administration's defenseof compulsory ROTC. "The Institute", they say, "must takeaccount of the critical nature of the international situation,of its responsibilities to the public, and of the possibleeffect that a change in its Program might have upon othereducational institutional institutions."

Presumably, their chief argument is the precedent Insti-tute action would set for institutions with compulsory

ROTC-and the consequent effect on the number of officersproduced. Precedence alone is not, however, a basic or even

meaningful argument. What must be judged is the ROTCprogram itself. Does the present system turn out more goodofficers than any other. If it does, no number of complaints

-no matter how justified-could convince any responsiblecitizen to abandon the program. But if compulsory ROTCfails to produce more and better officers, it is the Institute'sresponsibility to its students and to the nation to set abeneficial precedent by abolishing tile present system andsubstituting a new one-better fitted to serve both studentsand nation.

QCu atlit-y rs. Quality

The educational success or failure of ROTC directly in-fluences on the quality of the officers it produces. Attitudetoward learning is as much a factor in education as ability;

and it is on this count that compulsory ROTC fails as aneducational system. Forced to attend ROTC classes, manystudents rebel. Their refusal to cooperate, their contagious

"don't care" attitude makes basic classes often little morethan a farce; their attitude infects the potentially interestedand is carried into the advanced course by those students

who--usually more impressed with the desirability of acommission than with the program itself-continue. Com-pulsory basic course is responsible for the "anything to getthrough" attitued which unfortunately characterizes all

MIT ROTC. Compulsory ROTC results not only in a grosswaste of time for the uninterested student but also in agreat loss for the interested-a millstone which preventsInstitute ROTC graduates from approaching heir full po-tential as officers, a deterent to quality. Its abolistion fromthis standpoint is obviously desirable.

Elimination of compulsory RO TC might result in a re-duced number of advanced corps students-a small numberof officers. A questionable criterion, this is not, even ifaccepted, valid evidence in favor of the present program.

CompromiseThe value of compulsory ROTC in increasing course en-

rollment lies only in forced student familiarization with theprogram. Such familiarization need not take two years andlead to the needless waste of some fifty thousand man-hourseach year. If compulsory course is to be kept for its influenceon advanced corps enrollment, then the present senselesstwo year program should be junked in favor of one or, atmost, two terms of compulsory military study. Certainly notan unreasonable compromise, this should satisfy the cri-terion of necessary officer quantity and, with the army plan-ning a switch to a two year common course, could easily behandled by the present setup.

Reduced compulsory ROTC would free officer time train-ing of actual prospective officers, facilitate smaller classes,more advanced work, a rapider pace-in short, a program

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From the opening notes of the Clerambault to the fierysweeping close of his improvisation, Mr. Cochereau broughtto the warmly receptive audience some of the Gallic elanwhich has been characteristic of the best French Baroque,Romantic, and Modern periods, both in his selections (asidefrom the Bach), and his flawlessly brilliant performance ofthem. In addition, he demonstrated fully the resources ofthe organ, which made his program all the more welcome.One could only wish that the auditoriumo's acoustical en-viroament more closely approximated that under whichmost of the organ literature has been conceived, althoughI am very glad to say that the building sounds far more"alive" when empty, instead of filled to capacity, as it waslast Sunday afternoon.

A word about the organ itself. Conceived and constructedunder the direction of Walter Holtkamp of Cleveland, it isremarkable for its clarity and unforced tone. Also, the ex-posed position of the instrument made it possible for Mr.Holtkamp to use low wind pressures and a type of articu-lated voicing which reduces the initial apogic fringe of theensemble to a minimum, thereby rendering the most deviouspolyphony as clear and transparent as daylight. This clarityof speech and tone was very noticeable in both the Vierneand Durufle scherzi, as well as the Bach Fugue. Especiallyremarkable was the 32' Pedal Cornet, which although com-posed of many ranks of stopped and open flue pipes, 'gavethe effect of a 32' reed, and furnished a dramatic bass lineto the tutti passages. The string stops on the expressive divi-sion were some of the finest I have ever heard, and althoughthe chorus reeds were slightly on the dry side, they addedconsiderable eclai to the ensemble.

The organ 'was the gift of Alvan T. Fuller, formergovernor of Massachusetts. The Institute owes a very greatdebt of gratitude to Mr. Fuller for his more than generousaddition to its cultural life, as does the musical world ingeneral; for any art, and especially that of organ building,is by no means static. Every opportunity men like Mr.Holtkamp and his equally gifted contemporaries have tocreate yet another organ, means that much of an advance-ment in the art as a whole.

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Editor's Note: Mr. Knapp, an organist of some abilityhintself, has devoted much of his spare time for the last sixyears to familiarizing himself with she mechanics and tolMpalettes of .orgas of many ages and periods; be is ,,ow en-gaged in completing a szall instruatent in his father's home.

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To the Editor of The Tech:In introducing the original motion to abolish the com-

pulsory nature of basic ROTC at MIT and in subsequentconsiderations, Institute Committee has acted only afterthoughtful consideration and investigation. We have talkedwith members of the faculty, administration, and militaryand have given their opinions great weight when consider-ing our legislation.

Realizing that the compulsory nature of basic ROTC isretained by administration prerogative and not govern-mental obligation, Institute committee sought data from allsources and gave due consideration to all information avail-able. The opinions indicated in the resolution of May 2ndare sincerely held, however, the Institute Committee recog-nizes that a decision on this matter can be made by the ad-ministration only after consideration of many implicationsof which we have not been fully informed.

It is our belief that Institute Committee should presentthe views of the student body which it represents. We foundstudent opinions on this question to be, not radical or un-

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of these opinions that we initiated the consideration andeventual passage of the ROTC motions.

The Institute Committee is not suggesting that any actiondetrimental to the ROTC program at MIT be taken. It doesbelieve, as indicated in its legislation, that the basic ROTCprogram at MIT can and should be improved, that MIT canbe a leader in this field, as in others, and that there areareas where, when administratively feasible, profitablechanges can be made.

A. E. AmstutzMay 17, 1956

Editor's Note: This letter was wrillen by /vr. AimatmIz, aviember of Executive Comnmittee, to clarify the InstitluteCommittee position on the Compulsory ROTC issue. ' tsboul7d be taken as the opini-,on of the entire hody, ratherthan solely that of Mrf. Anmstntz.

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( Coontinued from Page 1):sent Advanced Course Cadets fall

into this category. This importance of,puPnying an "adequate" numbel of

o~fficers to meet the military s needs,Ncoupled with the importance of edu-Scating "air-age" and nuclear-age"!citizens aware of the function and

cieomposition of the military in their..]ives, make up what the Administra-

?;ion, the Military and Air Science;i:Departments, and many students,,jspeak of as "MIT's obligation to the~?country.'

aspects of the program. Not all stu-dent leaders are as outspoken as theAir Force Cadet Major, due to becommissioned in a few weeks, whosaid: "The presence of people notinterested in ROTC reduces the effec-tiveness of the program one hun-dred-fold!" but the critical ones, whoare the vast majority, all try, insome way, to point up what Ins-comm has stated: "The true potentialwhich MIT has to offer the militaryis not adequately realized or further-ed through the present basic ROTCtraining program."

Eight Cadet officers, all seniors,ranging in rank from major to colo-nel, were asked whether they ap-proved of compulsolry ROTC. Twoout of three Air Force men and fourout of five Army men said they per-sonally would like to see the com-pulsoly aspect abolishedo Most ofthese six cited low morale and lackof "esprit de corps" as drawbacks ofthe present system which "scaledown the level of the class and lead-ership program." Speaking for theminority, another officer dissented."It's wonderful to be in a unit (theAFROTC detachment) with so muchspirit," he said.

One cadet offered a second reasonfor ending compulsory ROTC. Hefelt that the Military and Air Sci-

ence departments, "should competefor students with the other courseson campus . . . which would developtheir incentive for improving thequality of their courses."

Inscom ResolutionWhereas it is the opinion of theInstitute Committee of the Under-graduate Association that:

1. The true potential which tech-nically trained students have tooffer the military is not adequatelyrealized as possible or furtheredthrough the present bas:c ROTCtraining program.

2. The educational benefits at-tainable through the basic ROTCprogram in its present form aregreatly limited both in subject mat-ter and scope,

3. The attitude toward and esprit-de-eorps within this program shouldbe greatly improved,

4. The attitude of students whoare required, against their will, toparticipate in the present programis not conducive to the developmentof high group norms and furtherthat this attitude, and the actionsmanifest as the result of said at-titude, are actually detrimental tothe advancement of those sincerelyinterested in furthering develop-ment within this department.

5. The development of a betterprogram can best be expedited byabolishment of the compulsory na-ture of the basic ROTC programat MIT.This committee therefore resolvesits support of the following mo-tion of the 1955-56 Institute Com-mittee as expressed on January 11,1956:RESOLVED: That Institute Com-mittee recommends that the corn-pulsory nature of ROTC at MIT beabolished. Furthermore, a compre-hensive study of the developmentof a basic ROTC program moreconsistent with the potentials ofMIT should be undertaken.

PA The three groups which are most;econcerned with the question of com-2pulsory RPuT, are the ndministra-Jtion, which must decide whether to

Mend it, the Military and Air ScienceiDepartrnents, whose policies will be,,,'guided by the administration's deci-

i.sion, and the students. Here are their-:viewpoints:

Well stocked reference libraries are provided for both Air Force and Army cadets. A fewstudents-like this Pershing Rifle member--make use of their facilities. Many hesitate, pre-ferring not to be termed "gung-ho" by their scornful fellows-who, resentful of compulsorymilitary study, fight the program continually.

them, and to carry it out with noquestions asked. Both the Army andthe Air Force units realize that ifthe basic course is made elective tothe incoming freshman, he will haveto be sold on the advantages of thecourse, if the proglram is to be ofadequate size. Both also realize thata compulsory course would probablymean at least a temporary numeri-cal cut, and that the resulting small-er, but more enthusiastic, drills andclasses would allow a higher qual-ity of education than is now pos-sible.

In the present basic corps, the di-vision between army and air force isabout equal, and each year aboutone-half of the sophomores apply foradmission into the advanced corps;of this group about 60% are ac-cepted and go on to become officers.The immense value of this trainingsystem is shown by the fact that inthe Air Force over 80% of pilotofficers come from ROTC back-grounds.

But the training of potential offi-cers is not the sole objective of theprogram; instead it has a dual pur-pose, its second objective being thecreation of "aware" citizens whohave a basic knowledge of thatbranch of government which receivesthe great percentage of every tax dol-lar, and who can "better evaluatetheir relationship with the ArmedForces", as Col. MacAfee, P1S andT of the army unit here explains it.He also cites as another advantageof the present system "The smallamount of discipline . . . which isgood training . . . good for the stu-dent." At the present time the AirForce is trying to improve basicdrills by letting sophomores assumemore positions of leadership, and bywithdrawing those having trouble tospecial groups for more training.

Both units feel fairly satisfied withthe way the present program is run-ning, although they are constantlystriving for improvement.

It is t h e administration whichstands in the most difficult positionin relation tb this problem; for it isup to them to make the decision.There are a great many variableswhich they must take into account,as is evidenced in their statement.A faculty committee has been study-ing this problem, the report of whichhas not been released.

The Administration DilemmaMIT is considered a leader in the

field of education, and for this rea-son the decisions reached by our ad-ministration could have far reach-ing effects on other schools if achange is made. The all importantelement for them is the proper tim-ing for action in the light of "thecritical nature of the internationalsituation". To the administration theactual position of the current ROTCprogram as an educational elementmust be left in the background, be-cause the aftermath which might re-su!t from a change could be sogreat. It is for this reason that suchlengthy consideration is being tak-en, for it is a delicate balancing ofeffects, and one which must be ac-curate.

Of Complaint

Compulsory Basic ROTC is notnly the target of embittered com-nents by numerous freshmen andophomores who must take the extraourse; it is also the subject of muchriticism from leaders of studentovernment and student leaders with-n the program itself-criticism,hich centers around the educational

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Quality of curriculum and instruc-tion, especially in the basic course,but in many parts of the advancedcourse as well, was almost unani-mously agreed to be low in relationto the MIT man's intelligence. TwoAir Force cadets were happy withthe advanced course: One said thedifference between the basic and ad-vance courses is "the difference be-tween black and white". Almosteveryone agreed that having onlythree hours of class and drill perweek, as opposed to the five hoursprevalent in most other schools, han-dicapped the departments-and oneeven suggested that MIT adopt avoluntary five-hour program.

All agreed that the program wouldsuffer a big manpower decrease atfirst when it became voluntary; butfaith was expressed that the numberwould increase as the program im-proved. To help freshmen decidewhether to join the program, .themost important thing, said one, wouldbe "to provide an orientation coursefor graduating high school students. ... outlining their obligations to themilitary and their choices."

Amenable To ChangeMilitary training is nothing unique

to the MIT student of today; sincethe 1860's, the military has beenfirmly entrenched as a part of In-stitute life. MIT is a land grant col-lege, and as such it must offer sometype of military training, althoughthe details of the program are leftentirely to the discretion of the ad-minstration. Military Science is treat-ed exactly the same as all other cur-riculum; all policies are decided bythe administration; it is they whohold the p o w e r that determineswhether or not the basic course iscompulsorw.

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Administration StcatemnentThe Administration appreciates

the efforts of Student Governmentin its resolutions and actions onthe subject Of compulsory attend-ance in the freshman and sopho-more Reserve Officers TrainingProgram at the Massachusetts In-stitute of Technology. The Admin-istration recognizes that seriousquestions have been raised as tothe value of compulsory attendancein the achievement of the resultsdesired by the Armed Forces andthe Nat_%n.

In its consideration of this sub-ject, the Institute must take ac-count of the critical nature of theinternational situation, of its re-sponsibilities to the public, and ofthe possible effect that a change inits Program might have upon othereducational institutions. For sometime a committee of the Facultyhas been examining many featuresof the ROTC program. The Insti-tute has weighed its responsibili-ties and given serious considerationto this subject, and will continue todo so.

,erShing Rifles drill at a recent competition. Their crack performance is anll example of what%n be achieved by a voluntary, interested unit Many student have joined the group only6cause of dissatisfaction with regular basic drill.

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larkrmy cadets in a small unit. Learning the exercise of command they are hamperedka, .f time and often insufficient training. With basic course on a voluntary basis,

.i "teresfed units would permit individuals to learn and practice command. JuniorX v -Ve !h, moest interesting, is limited to one term at present.

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Conpulsory ROTC -A Detriment To Good Officer TrainingThe Uninterested, Compulsory Basic ROTC Is A 50,000 Man-Hour Waste;

To The Administration, The Critical International Situation Is A Key Factor;To-The Advanced Students, Compulsory Is Far From Ideal Education

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Deep in the throes of a slump,MIT's baseballers failed to shake offa hitting jinx Tuesday in their gamewith Tufts. With only two games leftin the season, the Merrittmen don'thave much of a chance to greatlyimprove their 6-won, 8-lost seasonrecord.

Getting off to a good start, MITcapitalized on the wildness of theTufts pitcher to tally twice. Thestarting Tufts twirler was. yankedbefore he had retired a single man.Tech's good start proved to be ofno use, however, as Tufts narrowedthe lead, then went ahead and final-ly walked off with the win, 6-3.

Coming through with Tech's onlybase knock was first baseman AngiPerciballi, '56. Angi's single had nodirect connection with pushing Tech'sthird and final run across the plate,though, as the last MIT markercare as a result of an overthrowof first base.

Laurels should go to Dick Skav-dahl; '56, who has pitched great ballfor Tech, but just hasn't had thesupport at the right times. Dickstarted Tuesday's game and workedtill the eighth. He pitched well, butwas killed by miscues.

Closing their season successfully,the varsity lacrosse team came flrombehind to top Tufts 6-5, last Tues-day on Briggs Field. With DickBeale putting in the winning goalin the last four minutes, the stick-men broke a three game losing streakand ended the season with a 5 won3 lost record.

In Tuesday's game the stickmenstalrted slowly with. Tufts jumpingoff to a 2-0 lead at the qualrter. At5:28 of the second period, MarinosGerakaris, playing attack and mid-field both for the second straight

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game, put in a scoop shot from theright on a pass from Bruce Blan-chard. Blanchard, switched to attackcin the midst of the game, picked upanother assist five minutes later ashe passed to Co-captain Joe Hamletwho put in a hard bounce shot from30 feet out. Tufts' Bob Shaw put thevisitclrs right back ahead, howevelr,as he batted one in from the rightat 12:17.

Starting the third period strongly,Dick Child put in a flip shot at 1:28to tie it up at 3-3. Shaw put Tuftsright back ahead, though, aftergoalie Ed Purcell had made a goodstop, he batted the bouncing ball infrom the front. Hamlet came rightback to tie it for the third time ashe hit on one of the longest shots ofthe year with an assist going to JimBenenson. Finally in the last minuteof the period Tech went ahead forthe first time in 4 games when Blan-chard hit in a rebound on a shot

Vars ity CourtmenBow To Amherst, 8-1

MIT's varsity tennis team droppedtheir last match to a powerful Am-herst squad last Tuesday at Amherst.They managed to take only onedoubles match in the afternoon andthat one by default.

Al Hahn '56, Tech's top man,dropped his singles match 4-6, 5-7,in his last action at Tech. Anothersenior, Asghar Ali was not enoughagainst his strong opponent and helost 6-1, 6-1. Dick Hough '58, astrong comer for next year and asemi-finalist in the New England ten-nis tourney, played a slow deliberategame but was dropped in three sets6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

which the Tufts' goalie had bee nunable to hold onto.

The fourth period was fast andfurious with goalie Purcell excellingin the Tecll cage. After stopping fiveconsecutive shots, a long one gotpast him at 9:52 to tie it at 5-5 andadd to the excitement. The Engi-neers were not to be stopped, hosw-ever, and at 11:32 Beale took theball at midfield and carried it in allthe way by himself, hitting on a side-arm shot from the right. -With a winin sight: the Martinmen pulled intheir defense to hold off the hardpressing Tufts' attack for the lastthree minutes. Playing with a mandown in the last minute Tech wasstill able to hold off the Jumbos asPurcell stopped two more shots, andan additional two went xide of themark.

Score by periods:Total

Tufts 2 1 1 1 5MIlT 0 2 3 1 6Goals: MIT-Hamlet 2, Blanchard, Gerakaris,

.Beale, Child.Tufts--Shaw 3, Bacos, Spunger.

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record in the 220, Shearer, in addi-tion to Blair and Baker, is about allthat remains of last year's cham-pionship BU team -which rolled up55'A; points to lead closest followerSpringfield by 37.

MIT's other big hope is Joe Mag-lione in the pole vault. Joe has beenvaulting well above the 12-foot markthis year which should help him,although a favorite Carter of NewHampshire should soar over the 13--foot mark. U. Conn's Stieglitz isa solid favorite in the mile and 2-mile, though should he decide to con-centrate on one event he could comeclose to either record. His best mileof the year was a 4:17.8 whichplaces him a good 10 seconds abovethe rest of the field. MIT's Pete Car-berry might well have scored in thisevent, but will be unable to run be-cause of a school trip.

The 440 shapes up as a close racewith or without sprinter Shearer.Two finalists from last year-Hef-ford of Northeastern and Eldredge ofU' Conn are returning while Techplaces itz hopes in the hands of EdBell and Dick Murdock. Bill Duffyand Glenn Bennett will run for Techin the half mile which is anotherwide open race.

6-5WTednesday the yearling lacrosse

squad edged Dean Academy out ina 6-5 squabble. Against the poorestdefense met all season, the Beaverswere only able to pull a win in thelast few minutes of play.

Both Dean and MIT scored twicein the first qualrter. Al Hobart andJon Weisbuch hit the opponents'goal to score for Tech. Frank O'Don-nell was the only contestant to workthe ball past Dean's goalie the sec-ond quarter bringing the tally to3-2; Dean Academy was unable toscore. O'Donnell .was the only Techscorer in the third period, however,Dean scored to set the score at 4-3.In the last five minutes of play JonWeisbuch put one through for Tech.Dean retaliated with another butWeisbuch scored in short order, giv-ing the lacrossemen the winningpoint. The final score after this ex-citing last minute action stood at6-5, giving the fifty-miners their sec-ond straight victory and a 4-2 ree-ord this season.

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