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three voting booths to accommodatethe large turn-out that is expected.The regular voting place in Build-ing 10 shall run from 8:30 am. till5:20 p.m. The two new voting placesshallibe in Building 1, at 33 Massa-chusetts Avenue, and in WalkerMemorial, in front of the dininghall. The booth in Building 1 shallrun *the full day along with thebooth in Buildin 10, but the boothin Walker Memorial shall run onlyfrom 11:400 amn. to 2:00 pan.

Nominations blanks are nowavailable for the Annual SpringElections in the Information officein Building 7. Each candidate for

Any members of the studentbody who wish to be deputizedas members of the electionscommittee, so that they cantend the voting booths andcount votes on election day,may leave their names and tele-phone numbers in the WalkerMemorial Commiittee office inWalker Memorial.

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Tickets In Building 10All Seats Priced $1.50Fri. & Sat. Evenings

Tonight and tomorrow night,spines will be left tingling in thePeabody Theatre by the thrillingmurder mystery "Busman's Honey-moon," which is to be presented bythe Dramashop, one of the few In-stitute activities which is entirelyself-supporting. Employing a novelpublicity technique, the Dramashopw will "throw away" about 200 pro-grams to the show on Friday after-Inoon, confident in the ability of aTech man to know a good -thingwhen he sees one. The programswill include, besides the usual listof credits, an analysis of the authorand her style of mystery writing asexemplified in the play.

11Busman's Honeymoon," by Doro-thy Sayers and Muriel Byrne, isbeing directed by Mr. John L. Bas-tian, department of English at theInstitute. The play concerns theantics of a strictly English detec-tive, L~ord Peter Wimsey, whosehoneymoon is interrupted by theinopportune discovery of the corpseof the former owner of the cottagein which he and his wvife are stay-inlg. The clues which Lord Wimseyemploys in solving the crime arepresented fairly to the audience asthe "plot thickens" so that theau.dience is conducting a subtle bat-tle of wits with Lord Peter in amental race to discver the mur-

!derer and murder weapon first.|The murder weapon, a blunt in-| tmument, Is31n-the sight of the au-|dience all through theiplay. How-

ever, do not think that even withthis hint you will be able to havea lead. You would be surprised howmany blunt objects can be assem-

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office must obtain twenty-five sig-natures of men in his class and sub-mit these with his cumulative, ac-tivities record, a four by five photo.graph, and a two-hundred wordstatement of his policies.

These nominations are due at1:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, andshould be placed in a sealed box inthe Information Office. They shallthen be processed for eligibility,andi as many pictures and nomineeplatforms as possible will appear inThe Tech the following Friday.

The Class of '47 shall elect a per-manent class president, correspond-ing secretary, and three Senior DayClass Marshals. The Class of '47shall include only those studentsgraduating in June.

The Class of '48 shall elect a pres-ident, a seeretary-treasurer, andtwo Institute Committee Repre-sentatives. This class shall includeall students now in 4-1, 3-2, 3-1.

The Junior Class, '49, shall electa president, secretary-treasurer, twoInstitute Committee Representa-

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The T.C.A. has announced thatits Eleventh Annual Tech Em;bassywill take place on Wednesday, April9. The featured speaker will beDean Everett M. Baker, who willspeak on "Religion for Scientists."

The Embassy, which is a programof religious discussion, will begin at4 ,p.m. in the Emma Rogers Room,10-340. The first event is a recep-tion for Dean Baker and the guestspeakers of the evening. Also pres-ent will be a representative fromeach living group taking part inthe Embassy.

At 5 p.m. Dean Balrer will deliverhis talk in Room 10-250. After DeanBaker's speech, the second part ofthe program will take place amongthe individual living groups. Thesegroups have invited members of thelocal clergy to attend the dinnerwhich will be followed by a religiousdiscussion panel.

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tory Committee, the Under-graduate Budget Board andSwimming Pool Committeehave agreed to open the swim-ming pool on Sundays for maleswimming only, from 2 to 6p.m. over a trial period, Sun-day, April 6, through Sunday,June 1, 1947.

"The squash courts behindthe swimming pool will also beopen from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. onSundays."

in the pastKarl ComptonSchell.

Feature speakersyears have been Dr.and Professor Erwin

By TOM HrLTON '49 to national security, and both re-spect the dignity of labor."

"However," continued ProfessorStruik, "in American headlines, onegets the impression that we mustfear Russia because it is 1) ex-panding, 2) totalitarian, 3) aggres-sive, and 4) a menace to our na-tional security. The last item wasgiven official sanction by PresidentTruman in his recent speech toCongress."

"Actually each one of these claimsis completely unfounded," said thespeaker. He analyzed each sep-arately.

As for the charge that Russia isexpanding, Professor Struik saidthat Russia has not as much terri-tory today as it had under the Tzars.Also the countries recently ac-quired by Russia joined the U.S.SS.Ronly after plebiscites in each one.Furthermore, Russia doesn't wanthostile people "in their corporl-tions."1

"Totalitarianism," said Prof.Struik, "is a catchword that is usedto transfer hate from the Nazis to

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In a lecture sponsored by theLecture Series Committee Thurs-day, March 27, Professor Struik pre-sented a more refined version of thearguments that he had presentedto the Veterans' Association twoweeks previous. As before, ProfessorStruik came to what he believes isthe inescapable conclusion: there isabsolutely no need to fear Russia.

"Agreement with Russia is vitallynecessary," said Professor Struilk.And if you want to agree with Rus-sia you do not call Russia "names,"do not threaten, and do not stressdifferences-all of which we do reg-ularly. Most of all we should tryto put ourselves in the place ofRussia. "This we have never done,"said Professor Struik.

"Nevertheless, there are manysignificant areas in which we agreewith Russia. We both want peaceand both believe in the United Na-tions. We both favor the vetopower in the Security Council ofthe United Nations and the fulldenazification of Germany. Weboth recognize each other's right

cable drums for the deposit onthem, they might show a profit onthe deal.

The station staff members arebecoming experts on manholes,steam ducts, sewers -and snakes.The first lap of the cable connectsthe Wood Dorms with IBuilding 8.There happened to be a steam ductwith manholes running under theparking lot {between the two build-

Claude Thormehill, Soph Prom bandleader, balks as Frank W. Heilenday, ings. One of the worms who was'48, attempts to hawk THE TECHCS "Boston Daily Reamer," a take-offl (continued on Page 4. o the Boston IpappS,(Cninrs n.Pge4

Dramashop Presents" Busman's HoneymoonsAudience vs Detective

Medical Dept.Will X-Ray AllStudents, Staff

App ointments May BeMade Beginning TodayAt Inf~ormation -Office

The Medical department, in co.operation with the MassachusettsState Departmzent of Health, isplanning to x-ray the chests of allmembers of the Institute students,staff and employees, starting nextMdonday m orning, April 7.X-rays will be taken every M~on-

day through Friday fro m 8:30 to11: 30 am. and 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.in Room 24-03.1 until every memberof the Technology family has beenreached.

Appointments may be made be-ginning this morning in the Infor-mation Office, Room 7-11!1. It ishoped that as many as possible willmake appointments today'and to-morrow. X-rays can ibe made at therate of twenty every fifteen minutesso there should be little waiting.

When the program is completedthe Medical department hopes tohave a chest x-ray of everyone whohas not had anl x-ray since January1. There is no charge for this serv-ice.

As only outdoor garments mustbe removed, appointments forwomen, men and children can bemade in order. It is requested thatwomen wear only simle garmentswith no metal ornaments.

Trhe Medical Department wishesto stress that this x-ray will re-place the regular yearly examina-tion for Sophomores and Juniorsbut not Seniors.

If for any reason the -x-ray takenon the 70 mm. maxhine, used bythe state is unsatisfactory, anotherx-ray will be taken on a full-sizeplate in the Instltute's regular,X-ray machine. About 5 per cent ofthe plates will have to be repeatedso there should bie no cause foralarm if a reappointment is re-quested by the Medical depart~ment.

All personal records concerningthe x-rays will be kept confidentialand no employee Of the Instituteneed fear any change in his statusat Technology because of any find-ings made in this survey.

WMIT LayS1s CableUnder Mass. Ave.;To Extend Service

By SANDER RUJBINWET is expanding by leaps and

bounds, or rather by creeps andcrawls. In order to extend the car-rier current service to the GraduateHouse, members of the WNET staffhave been crawling around on theirhands and knees laying cable forthe past several weekends. Serviceto the Graduate House is expectedto commence within two weeks.

tacular stuff. There's 6,500 feet ofit worth about $2,300. Nobody hadto sell his right arm to get it, how-ever, the Technology acoustics labjust happened to have it lyingaround left over from their war con-tract. Since WMIT and -the }. E.department are pretty chummyWMIT got the cable. It's ruggedstuff, too; two conductor, two steelsupporting strand, shielded, rubbercovered, submarine towing cable.Incidentally, if WEMIT returns the

Class Elections To HaveThree Voting Booths InBldg 10 0 Walker Mein

Inst. Com. OK's5:15 Officers

Advance Ticket SalesExplained at Meeting

A Dormitory Committee com-plaint against the method of saleof tickets for the Teoh Show oc-cupied the spotlight at yesterday'smeeting of the Institute Committee.It was charged that blocks oftickets were sold to several frat-ernities in advance of the generalsale. Laurent P. Michel, 147, busi-ness manager of the Tech Show,replied that most of the choicetickets were saved for the generalsale, but by offering some to thefraternities in advance an earlyrush for choice tickets was avoided.

Michel also gave a report on pro-gress of the Tech Show, statingthat over three-quartens of thetickets already have been sold.

A motion to approve the recentelection of 5:15 Club officers waspassed. These officers are WilliamI-1addon, Jr., '49! President; AlbertA. Levingston, '48, Vice-President;Edward Chalmers, Jr., '48, 8ecre-tary; John A. Bergin, Jr., '48, Treas-urer; Nicholas F. Yannoni, '50, andGerald J. Grott, '49, Memnbers-at-Large.

Tech Show TicketSales Gob Well

Ticket sales for the 38th AnnualTech Show, which have been takingplace daily since last Monday,March 31, are going well, accordingto Business Manager Laurent P.Michel, '47.

The 1947 Tech Show, a two-actmusical comedy produced, actedand written by Technology men andwomen exclusively, will be per-formed Friday and Saturday, May2 and 3, in Jordan Hall at Hunting-ton Avenue and Gainsboro Street,Boston.

$2.40 tickets in the orchestra arealmost sold out for both nights withthe exception of good single seats.In the $1.80 seats, rear orchestraand front two rows of the balcony,a ibetter selection of seats is avall-able for the Friday night perform-ance, although good tickets are stillon sale for both nights. $1.20 selec-

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Editor, THE TECHWalker Memorial

Dear Sir:

The Puerto Rico exhibit in Building 10 is shockingto those who know more details. Our colony ofPuerto Rico is a national disgrace. You would notguess it from the exhibit. Here are some ADDEDFACTS:

1. The exhibit states "Although school attendanceis up 16%0 over 15 years ago, almost half the school-age population does not attend school." The ADDEDFACTS are that the U. S. Government insists on abi-lingual (Spanish-American) language system forthe schools of the Spanish-speaking nation. So:textbooks and teaching are in "English" while bothteachers anld students fully understand only Spanl-ish! Good teaching is impossible. The Insular Legis-lature has passed legislation four years hand runningto remedy this situation, twice over the appointedU. S. Governor's veto; but the U. S. S~tate Dept. andour President have killed it. We are stifling thenatural language and education of Puerto Ricans.

2. The exhibit states "Because sugar cane growson the best land, Puerto Rico imports even its staplefoods-rice, beans, dried codfish." Puerto Rico hasan admittedly unstable, one-crop economy. Why?The ADDED FACTS are that American shipping in-terests obtained legislation which killed off PuertoRico's flourishing foreign trade in 20 major commod-ities with 37 countries shortly after we annexed theIsland in 1898. The resulting monopoly is very profit-able-to Americall shippers. Furthermore, Americancitrus fruit and shoe interests stifled major attemptsto create new Puerto Rico industries in the 1920s.Only the sugar interests with their American re-fineries, Revere Sugar in Charlestown is the biggest,have been encouraged. Puerto Rico even imports$2,000,000 of sugar candy each year. Result: 60%> ofall Puerto Ricans were unemployed throughout thewar.

Luis Munoz Marin, president of the Puerto Ricansenate, has long been saying "Puerto Rico does notwant to be a colony."

When we look at the exhibit let us remember thatthe vast problems of Puerto Rico are in large partthe results of our own country's foreign policies.

vRoger Willcox('47 Grad IV-B; '41 GradHarvard Economics)

NOTE: Quotes from Luis Munoz Marin taken fromMay 11, 1946, article by Marin in THE NATION.

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Beaver Key's action was not a face-savinggesture, however. Many members sincerelywanted to keep on running tournaments andto prove the society's capability by holding"bang-up" swimming and softball tourneys toend the spring sports season. This will un-doubtedly still be done. But an argumentadvanced for relinquishment of the tourna-ments seemed important enough to outweighall other considerations. It was decided thatBeaver Key should turn whole-heartedly to itsactual key function, namely that of welcomingvisiting athletic teams to the Institute.

Compared to conditions at other schools,Technology has not spread out the best sortof welcome mat for visiting teams. Studentsreturning from a sports contest at McGill wereflabbergasted over the attention and moneyspent on them including dinner engagements,dances, comfortable lodgings and so forth.While conditions at other schools are perhapsnot so favorable, it must be conceded thatTechnology has not been doing its job properlyin this department.

The fault cannot entirely be laid to BeaverKey. Coaches iof sports have not cooperatedwith the society in the welcoming of teamsand offers of help have often been rejected.

The new set-up next fall will present a dif-ferent and a better picture. The AthleticAssociation will be in charge of the intramuralas well as the intercollegiate sports programand will solicit students of athletic backgroundwith lots of time on their hands to help runthe greatly enlarged program. Beaver Key,meanwhile, will be in charge of welcomingopposing teams and. with a little effort should

"help in creating an impression of Technologyin the minds of opp~osing players-let themremember M.I.T. as a good host if not a push-over at sports. 4

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Vol. IXVII Friday, April 4, 1947 No. 11

MANAGING BOARDGeneral Manager ........................ ,Arnold S. Judson, '47Editor . Peter HI. Spitz, '48Business Manager ................... .......Burton H. Kahn, '47Co-Mlanaging Editors..L. F. Kreek! Jr., '48; Arnold M1. Singer, '48

ASSOCIATE BOARDCarleton H. Boll, '1S; Daniel J. Fink, 'IS; Robert D. Fier, '4;George A. Freund, '4D; Frank W. Heilenday, Jr., '48; DavidIt. Israel, '49; James I. M\aslon, '49; Malcolm E. Reed, '49;Harrison E. Rowe, '49; Ephraim M. Sparrow, '48, Joseph A.Stern, '49.

STAFF ASSISTANTSGuy C. Bell, '50, David Benenson, '30; Stanley L. Chalkind, '50;Normnan B. Champ, Jr., '50; David A. Grossman, '50; ThomasL. Hilton '49; Jerome A. Lewis, '50; Jay J. NMarting, Jr., '47;Berton N. Posthill, '48; Donald W. ilamsey, '49; David Reiner,'50; Sander Rubin, '50; Tichard P. Sabin. '50; Theodore E.Thal, '48; W\illiaxn Toboeman, '50.

EDITORIAL BOARDClaude Wv. Brenller, '47; J. D~avid Cist, '48; John A. Cornell, '47;Fredric F. Ehrich, '47, Virginia H. Ferguson, '47; Orvis B.Hartmnan, '47, Robert B. Hildebrand, 47; Norman N. Holland,'47, Stephen B. Kcing, '47; Walter K~isluk, '47; Jack; B. Lehmann,'4T- D onald As. .1dains. '47a; Kenneth A. Marshall, '47 ; Sidney L.Swith, '47; M~arvinl W\. Swveeney, '47; John W. Weil, '48.

OFFICE;S OF THE TECHINews and Editorial-Room 3, Walker 'Memorial, Cambridge,

Mass.Telephone KIRkland I1302.

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Student Subscription, $1.50 per year. Mail Suhseriptions,$29.00 per year.

Published every Friday during college year, except duringeollege vacation.

Entered as second class matter December 9, 1944, at thePost Offlce, at Boston, Mass., under the Act of March 3, 1879.

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Night Editor: MALCOLM E. REED, '49

By GERI R. SAPOLSKYSomething new and different in

the way of debuts was displayedlast Saturday evening, March 29,in the f amous Beaver Room of theMassachusetts Institute of Tech-nology. The debutantes for whomthe gala celebration was held axeMiss Barbara Scovitch and MissRosemary Turerarund, both ofwhom are students at the Institute.The aff air, strangely enough, calledthe ITurneralrunldascovitch Dance,turned out to be one of the season's

most successful social events.The Misses T. and S. were dar-

ingly attired in the latest designsby Lucien Leshart, the famousParisian designer. Miss Turera-rund's outfit consisted of a whiteshirt and a matching skirt andsweater in the new shade-Tou-jours Chartreuse, while Miss Sco-vitch was attired in a silver-greyskirt, white shirt and carnation-red bow tie. There turned out tobe a little -trouble, however, forevery other girl who attended wasdressed exactly in the same man-ner. This caused some consterna-tion, but, except for a few hair-pulling contests and four blackeyes, all was serene and quiet.

One reason for the success of theevening was the wonderful workdone by the famous Maitre d'HotelAndre, known to his close friendsas N. R. T. McNaughton. His effi-cient management and sparklinghumor made the event a gala oneindeed. He was fortunate enoughto obtain two artists from the NewYork stage to provide some of theentertainment for the party. Theywere -the noted marimbist (that'sa person who plays a marimba)Bascom Alabama, and the famousmemory expert Dunninger Heikus.They were not, however, the onlycelebrities present, for among theguests were Dimnitri S. Judson, therenowned composer; Sir Isaac Kun-stadter, f amous physicist; and ahost of others.

The evening combined dancingand entertainment to give a verynovel -twist to the usual type ofevent at the Beaver Room, and ifthe Misses T. and S. see fit to re-make their debuts next year, Istrongly advise everyone to make apoint of attending-youl will notregret it.

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tives, and ten members for theBeaver Key Society. The class shallinclude all students now in 3-1,2-2, 2-1.

The Sophomore Class, '50, shallalso elect a president, secretary-treasurer, and two Institute Com-mittee Representatives. This classincludes those students-now in 1-1,1-2.

This year, for the first time, threemen shall be elected to representthe Institute at the constitutionalconvention of th~e National Stu-dents' Organization in Madison,Wisconsin, this summer. Threerunners-up shall be selected to goto the convention as observers forthe Institute.

All voti-ng shall hp by the nprfpr.ential ballot. This method of vot-ing is designated to elect the manwho receives the greatest supportfrom the student body. Each voterwrites down his first, second, third,and as many choices as there arecandidates. When the votes arecounted, the man receiving the ma-jority of votes is elected. If thereis no majority on the first count,the man with the lowest numberof votes is dropped, and the nextchoice, in this case, number two, isused for the other candidates. Thisprocedure is carried out until oneof the nominees is elected by amajority. In the event that thereare two or more men to be electedfor the same office, as is the casefor Institute Commnittee Representa-tive, the first man is elected by themajority, and then his name is can-celled from the running, the num-ber two choice on his ballots goingto the other candidates for theoffice.

OPEN THE DOOR, SCIENCE IEvenl modern science is not in-

fallible. The proof of this awfultruth came to us in the lobby ofBuilding 10. A chap who looked tous like a perf ect scientist was walk-ing at great speed through thelobby. He plunged at even greaterspeed through the electric eyes thatoperate that wonderful door.

But he must have caught thedoor at the end of a cycle becauseit didn't open and he bounced offits unflinching surface with a,crushy thud. As he rebounded weheard him say in a disgusted voicethat revealed how deeply his beliefin science had been shaken: "Damnthat door! "

A la Drew Pearson, we havescored again for democracy. Pear-son uncovered the Columbians butthis column, in league with twoother liberty-loving colleagues,saved Technology from 'a Russianl-style ballot. Naming no names (itwas the General Manager), some-one attempted to have last week'scoupon on physical training printedwith only a "yes" block. Maybe wledon't deserve a Cowl for it, but wedo feel mnore rig teous now.

This is probably as good a placeas any to say that opinions ex-pressed in this column are merelythose of the columnist and do notreflect on the Managing board, theEditorial board, Institute Commit-tee, the U. S. Army, President Tru-man, Generalissimno Stalin, or anyother responsible body.

Have you heard that The Techis selling want-ads at $1.25 an inch?In line with our policy of loweringprices to decrease the HCE (highcost of existing) we hereby offerspace in this column for sale atonly $.50 (that's only fifty cents)per 30 words. Applicants can dropus a letter containing the half-dollar and the ad c/o The Tech,Walker Memorial.

e $ $ $We f eel it our bounden duty to

recount the tale of our latest actin the guise of a Samaritan. Theother Tuesday, the first day ofschool, we aided a first-term fresh-man. The chap, still damp behindthe ears, thought that it was Mon-dtay and after sleeping innocentlythru the first hour of 8.01 lab, waswalking into an 8.02 lecture. We sethim on the right path with narya snicker.

Giving -credit -where -credit -is -due-dept.: We wish to thank ourcorrespondents for their kind gifts.Received thus far are two daintyanti-macassars, one typewrittenlovenote, and one slightly defectivetime bomb.

Stratton P1rize AwardsWill Resume This Spring

Annual award of the StrattonPrizes will be resumed this springafter a lapse of several years. Thefund, which provides $100 in prizes,was founded in memory of SamuelW. Stratton, late President of theInstitute. All members of profes-sional societies are eligible to com-pete.

Participation in the contest con-sists of writing and delivering a15-minute paper on a technical sub-ject presented so that it can beunderstood by people without tech-nical backgrounds. Four contest-ants will be chosen at a semi-finaltrial to participate in the finalcompetition. Semi-final judges willinclude two staff members from thedepartment of English and onefrom an engineering or scientificdepartment.

The finals will be held on June12, the day preceding graduationexercises. Prizes of $60 and $40 willthen be awarded at a programwhich will include music by theGlee Club and Orchestra. Informaldancing in Walker Memorial willfollow.

early part of next week.Sophomores and Juniors should welcome this

opportunity to get their yearly medical check-up out of the way as soon as possible.

All in all, it is a worthwhile program thatshould have everyone's support, and we urgeyou to sign up for your appointment as earlyas possible.

CONGRATULATIONS

WVe feel it in order, at this point, to interjecta few words of commendation to the Sopho-more Prom Committee for the general successof last weekend. The formal itself went offin fine style, and although the flioor was a bitcrowded, everyone seemed to leave satisfied.An extra note of praise should be sounded forthe orchestra which played danceable musicall evening rather than committing the all-too-common sin of playing too many fast -numbers.

The real novelty, however, came on Satur-day night with the highly informal party heldhere at Walker, which, if anything, was theclimax of the weekend's activities. It was cer-tainly a wNelcome change after the somewhatstuffy fraternity parties held in the past. Infact, the success of this affair coupled with themany expressions of approval by the prom-g~oers would seem to call for more of this typeof parties on future prom weekends.

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A WORTHY PROJECTBeginning next Mondiay and.eontinuing until

the program is completed, the medical depart-ment is endeavoring to obtain a chest x-ray ofevery member of the Institute. The programis being carried out in cooperation with theState Medical Department, and the Institutepersonnnel is one of the first groups in this areato be afforded the opportunity to carry outsuch an extensive program.

Tuberculosis, both in the state and the Insti-tute, has been almost wiped out, buta programsuch as this will bring medical attention to thefew afflicted, before sanitorium care is neces-sary and before they infect others. In short, itis a protective measure for all concerned.

It ,s expected that the program will takefour weeks, with the machine operating atalmost capacity. Thus it is necessary to getthe program off to an auspicious start. There-fore as many as possible are urged to makeappointments today and tomorrow for the

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A SIGNIFICANT CHANGEAt the most recent Beaver Key meeting last

Thursday night, the athletic honorary societyunanimously decided to relinquish what hasup to now been its main function, namely thatof holding intramural sports tournaments. Al-though most members would have liked BeaverKey to keep holding the tournaments notwith-standing the time and effort required, theyfelt that the Institute would be better servedif the Athletic Association assumed the func-tion.

Actually, the matter was not entirely up toBeaver Key. At an Institute Committee meet-ing that afternoon, it had been decided to letthe society keep the tournaments on a proba-tionary status to see how Beaver Key couldhandle the intramural sports program underthe proposed athletic director. The implica-tion was that the job, a greatly expandedintramural program, would prove too big forBeaver Key and that A.A. would take oversooner or later anyway.

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the Soviet Union." The number ofpolitical parties in Russia (one)has nothing to do with the degreeof democracy. Anyway, it's none ofour business, he said-it can't beexported.

Further denying the charge thatRussia is totalitarianism, ProfessorStruik said that it's a peculiar dic-tatorship that has for twenty yearspromoted equality of sex, religion,and of laborers.

Likewise he claimed that Russianaggression is a hoax that has beenfostered by constant repetition."Stories about Communists beingRussian fifth columnists are with-out the slightest bit of evidence,"he said.

The charge that Russia is athreat to national security was bornin 1919 by France and England tojustify their formation of the "cor-don sanitaire" around Russia. To-day we are attempting to make anew "cordon."

Immediately after Professor Struikconcluded his talk a very agitatedquestion period began. The firstobjector was Dr. A. V. Martin ofthe Institute Mathematics depart-ment who first offered several ex-amples of what he believed wasRussian totalitarianism: the 1937purge, the absence of any opposi-tion to Stalin, and the report that

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Physics Society: Professor Slaterwill speak on the electronics re-search laboratory next Friday,April 11, in 6-120 from 5 to 6 p~m.

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tion in the balcony is still excellentfor both nights, according to Michel.

It is to be stressed that in a smalltheater such as Jordan Hall (seat-ing capacity 1000) "almost any seatis a good seat."

General Manager Robert B. Hilde-brand, '47, and Jack C. Kiefer, '47,Production Manager, announce thatrehearsals are getting along fine.

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Requirements IncludeHonorable Discharge AndDegree By JMuy 15 1947

Details of a -plan whereby formercommissioned officers who are nowseniors or graduate students mayreceive commissions in the RegularArmy were announced this week bythe Military IScience department.

Veterans applying for commis-sions in the Air Corps, the JudgeAdvocate General's Department,Medical Corps, Dental -Corps, Vet-erinary Corps and Chaplains' Corps,to qualify, must have been com-missioned in the Army betweenDecember 7, 1941, and December 31,1946, have received an honorabledischarge and must have receiveda college degree or completed grad-uate work before July 15, 1947.

Veterans applying for commis-sions in the Coast Artillery Corps,Cavalry, Field Artillery, Infantry,Corps of Engineers, Finance De-partment, Ordnance Department,Quartermaster Corps, Transporta-tion Corps, Signal Corps, ChemicalCorps, and Corps of the MilitaryPolice must have been commis-sioned in the AUS or any of itscomponents subsequent to July 15,1944, must be less than 28 years ofage as of July 15, 1947, must havereceived an honorable discharge,and must have received a degree orcompleted graduate work as ofJuly 15, 1947.

The Adjutant General's officeupon request will forward applica-tion forms plus an Evaluation Re-port Kit which the veteran will turnover to the member of the facultymost familiar with his work. Re-quests for applications should bereceived by April 15.

Further information may be ob-tained from the Professor of Mil-itary Science and Tactics. It is ex-pected that a roving screening cen-ter will be set up at Technology forpersonal interviews.

Womeents Glee ClubCalls For singers

The Women's Glee rClulb is inneed of more voices to fill out its

ranks.Any women students or secre-

taries who would like to spend- oneor two hours a week singing withthis group are urged by the Clubto go to Room 1-390 at 7:30 PM.any Tuesday, when the club holdsits weekly meetings.

This year is the first time thatthe Women's Glee Club has beeninvited to join the men in the an-nual "Tech Night" at SymphonyHall, with the Boston SymphonyOrchestra participating.

I.F.C. Dance Plans Include Sat. Parties

Four Afternoon PartiesTo Follow Friday Dance |Highlighted by several Saturday

afternoon cocktail parties, plans forthe I.F.C. Weekend, May 9 and 10,are rapidly taking shape. The bigformal dance will be Friday eve-ning, May 9, in the Hotel Statlerlwith GBoyd Raeburn and his popularnew band supplying the music.

At least four fraternities will giveiI.F.C.-sponsored cocktail parties ac-cording to present plans. No officialparties are being planned for Sat-urday evening because, as commit-tee chairman Stuart G. Farnum,'47, explains it, the emphasis is tobe on a fraternity weekend. In thatw ray each house may have its ownprivate or bid party on Saturdaynight.

Because of the anticipated stu-dent interest and the increased fra-ternity enrollment, admission tothe dance will be limited to fra-ternity men. Farnum pointed outthat, while it is not the intentionof the I.F.C. to bar non-fraternity

imen. the number that may attendis limited and the preference should,go to fraternity men.

The tickets, which are $8.40 percouple, will be distributed throughthe houses within the next few-days. Each senior and, if possible,each junior will get one ticket. Anyremaining tickets then will be di-vided proportionately among thehou ses.

Student SocietiesSponsor Lectures

Math Society: The Wednesdayseries of lectures in Room 4-270 at5 p.m. is to be continued indefi-nitely. Next Wednesday, April 9,Professor Strulk will give a lectureon Zeno's paradoxes. Among futuretalks will be one on topology byA. V. Martin, another on combina-torial problems /by Raymond Kil-heffer, and still another on applica-tions of Boolean allgebra to electriclcircuit theory, to be given by Albert|Perry,

|A.S.M.E.: Carlos de Zafra, mlem-ber of the Corporacion -Fomento of{the Chilean government, will givea talk on the industrialization of|Chile at 5 pm. this Monday, April17, in Room 10-250.

|Metallurgical Society: Monday,April 7, will be the date of the an-

}nual spring chowder party, whichiwill be held in Building 35 at 6:15p.m. Minn Destur will speak on

|"Metallurgy in India.>' Prices will!range f rom 75c to 90c.

!Rocket Society: Professor WY. M.|Rohsenow will, at 7:30 pa. on Tues-day, April 8, give a lecture on the{principles of heat transfer in 6-120.{Membership applications for the|spring term will be accepted then.

|Drill Team: Regular meetings,|which convene in front of the rifle|room, are held every Thursday from14 to 5 p.m. Freshman non-coms are|especially urged to attend thesemeetings, for special instruction in

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crawling through and pulling thecable found his way blocked by asewer pipe crossing right throughthe duct at right angles. Someonehad to crawl in from the Building 8end and drag the cable the rest ofthe way.

Chopped SnakeThe layers ran into difficulty try-

ing to bridge the last gap fromBuilding 1 to the Graduate House.They found appropriate manholeson the opposite sides of CMasssachu-setts Avenue and succeeded in open-ing them with the aid of a fourfoot screw driver borrowed fromthe Buildings and Power Depart-ment. However, when they pushedtheir snake through, they found itwasn't long enough. In order tocheck this, they stretched the snakeacross Mass. Avenue, but theydidn't reckon on the Boston Ele-vated Railway who, probably withmalice of forethought, ran a trolleycar over the snake chopping itneatly into three pieces.

Technology ingenuity was un-daunted by this contretemps, how-ever. One of the worms found atwisted pair running through theduct which when tested proved tobe quite dead. It was but the workof a moment to cut the pair. Thecable and another line were tied 'tothe severed pair -and pulled throughfrom the other manhole, where the-able was detached. The secondline wras then used to pull thetwisted pair back to its former posi-tion; it was then spliced and sold-ered to restore it, more or less, toits original condition.

Through The Basement!The going,, was a lot easier when

Veteran students who havereceived form #1963, which isa statement of compensationfor productive labor, shouldmail it as soon as possible tothe Veterans' AdministrationOffice in Boston or take it tothe VA Office, Room 20-E-221, atM.I.T. This office is open eachday, Monday through Thursday,from 9:00 am. to 5:00 pm., andon Friday from 9:00 ain. to4:00 p.m. Every veteran intraining under provisions ofBill #346 should report to thisoffice twice each term.

WMIIT, Technology's carrier cur-rent station, initiated last Wednes-

day its first fully sponsored ;half-

hour lprogram, Sheldon's Jazz Rari-

ties. Heard every Wednesday at

10:00 P.M., the program features

collector's items in jazz recordingsfrom the collection of Sheldon's

Record Shop of Cambridge,. the

sponsor of the show.

A week from next Wednesday thefirst of another new series of pro-grams is to be aired, Music of theWorld. This program will alternatewith Latin American Rhyths inthe 10:30 to 11:00 PM. spot onlWednesdays. Each program will~comnpare the rpopular and classicalmusic of a different country.

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if opposition is discovered it iseliminated. Secondly, contradictingProfessor Struik's claim that Com-munists in countries outside :Russiaare patriotic to those countries andnot to Russia, he pointed out thatMaurice Thorez, party secretaryand boss of the French Communists,sat the war out in Russia. Thirdly,Dr. Martin asserted that Russia ob-jected to the Baruch Plan in orderthat they can stall long enough to"pile up weapons in the meantime.""Therefore," concluded Dr. Martin,"we must declare war on Russia!"

Said Professor Struik in answerto Dr. Martin: "If Thorez had notescaped to Russia, Daladier wouldhave imprisoned him and he wouldhave been executed by the Naziswhen they found him. The BaruchPlan -would admit American big

business into Russia and this wouldupset Russia's 5-year plan.

Next, a member of the audiencewho had recently lived in Greecepresented a very impassioned denialof Professor Struik's claims regard-ing Greece, saying that the Greeksdo not want the partisans that livein the mountains. "They are allTrotskyites that want only to bemasters of Greece."

Another member of the audienceobjected to the absence of habeascorpus in Russia. Answered Pro-fessor Struik: "As far as I know,Holland does not have habeas cor-pus either." And also he mentionedthat Russia had a veryr democraticconstitution.

it came to running the cabl-through the basement of Building-1 and 3. The architect had thoughtfully provided holes in the walls fo:existing pipes through which th-cable could be pulled. At one timehowever, worm Stephen Temmer'50, -found himself in a particulars;cramped position hauling on 1,20Wfeet of cable three inches at a timeor -so he says. In the basements oBuildings 4 and 8 several fire wall,were discovered which had to beby-passed with the aid of a star-idrill.Attention Walker pinball enthu-

siasts! Talents which manifestthemselves in the proper nudg-ing of those mechancal nickle-snatchers are being appreciatedsomewhere. At Charlottesville, Va.,the University of Virginia gavetheir "Lead Gumdrop Award" to astudent who came through with aperfect 25 submarines torpedoed toDavy Jones' locker on the newCorner shop nickle-snatcher. Stu-dents list pinball machines as arequired object of study for a reallysuccessful summer session. Thataward winner must have been asenior in pin ball engineering.

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tagood deal of notoriety. The end ofthe play. involving a re-enactment'of the crime, is rumored to be atricky bit -of stagecraft.

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Irgunist DelegateTo Lecture Here

The Hillel Society of Technoloc,in cooperation with the Intercol]giate Zionist Federation of Ameri-will sponsor a talk by a memberthe Irgun Zvai Leumi, the Pale-tine underground organization, cThursday, April 10, at 5:00 p.m. -Room 4-270. Hillel and the I.F.Z..are presenting the speaker "!order to present the uncensormstory of the situation in Palestine

Irgun Zvai Leumi is a Palestiniamilitary group that has been usinterroristic methods in attemptirto drive the British out of Palestin-The Irgun considers that it is cor-ducting illegal war with the Britisfor the liberation of their natio.The British take a dim view of thl-however, contending that the Irgu-is neither the military arm of thPalestinian Jews nor is it a legal.existing group.

The British have declared thaIrgunists are agents-provocateurand that membership in the Irgu.-is punishable by death.

Tickets Half SoldFor Spring Frolic

Program Will FeatureDancing By Louis Young

Louis Young, '50, will be a fea-tured entertainer at the DormitoryDance Committee's Spring Frolic,to be held Friday evening, April11, in Walker Memorial. Young hashad years of dancing experienceand was in great demand in hishome town of Detroit. The per-formance at the Spring Frolicwill be Young's first appearance inBoston.

More than half of the availabletickets for the informal dance havealready been sold, and the Commit-tee feels that the remaining oneswill not last much longer. AS pre-viously announced, the music willbe by Bert Edwards and his Orches-tra, who -proved popular in his lastengagement at the Christmasdance. The Spring Frolic will lastfrom 9 p.m. until 1 a.m., and therewill be open house in Ithe dorm-itories that evening.

Chaperons for the dance includeDr. and Mrs. Karl T. Compton,Dean and Mrs. Everett M. Baker,Professor and Mrs. Leicester F.Hamilton, Professor Avery A. Ash-down, Professor and Mrs. HansMueller, and Professor and Mrs.Paul Pigors.

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leads in the round-robin por-tion of the finals of the BeaverKey Volleyball Tournament.Last Thursday's games sawSigma Nu take Phi Delta Theta15-8, 12-15, and 15-13; PhiKappa lost to Sigma Chi, 15-5and 15-10. Tuesday niight sawPhi Kappa lose to Sigma Nu15-13 and 15-12, while SigmaChi was beaten by the Phi Delts15-3, 10-15, and 12-15.

The next games will see thePhi Delts paired with PhiKappa, and Sigma Chi teamedup with Sigma Nu.

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Three Wins Over TuftsThe first time that the Tufts

and Tech mile relay teams met wasat the Boston Knights of Columbusmeet, held in the Boston Gardenon January 25th. In a hard-foughtrace, the Tufts team, led by Palm-ieri, edged out a victory over theTech mile-relay team in 3:34.4 Thenext meeting of the two teams wasdown at the 40th Millrose Games in

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Saturday afternoon, as the Dorms

engaged in the first outdoor ath-

letics of the spring. Despite the cool

weather and high winds, the Iorm

softball league managed to play

most of the games scheduled. Sev-

eral teams have already evidenced

great strength, but as things shape

up now, there should be a close

battle for the league leadership.

Led by their star pitcher LeonMark and their hard-hitting third

basemen John Goldson, the Woodteam took an 8-5 win over Bemis.

Though Mark was wild, walking 7men before settling down, Bemis

got only three hits-the only solid

one being a fourth-inning home-run by Karl Goldberg. Gjoldson led

the Wood hitting with a home-runin the first to put his team off to

a quick 3-1 lead. The lead changedhands twice before Wood drewahead with a rally in the fifth, and

clinched the victory with single

tallies in the last two innings.

Westgate, with a pre-season rep-utation as the team to beat, found

the going not too easy as they bested

another good team, Monroe, 8-4.

Westgate's star pitcher Eted Woods

and Monroe's Eph Sparrow hooked

up in a pitching duel that kept the

game close until Don Marshall,

Westgate first sacker, blasted outa three-run homer to clinch -thewin.

Hayden had the easiest game ofthe day as they subdued Batrraks

A, 15-9. Behind the excellent pitch-

,ing of Bob Cadieu, Hayden piled up

a commanding lead in the early-innings and coasted to victory. The

hard-hitting Haydenites took fulladvantage of the sloppy Barracks

play, and led by Hudok, hard-

hitting shortstop who smashed out

two home-runs in the early innings,they poured across most of teirruns in four quick innings.

Making their 13 hits count for 11

runs, the 5:15 Club showed itselfto be another contender for the

league title as they whipped Good-

ale 11-6. Captain Herb Kurirsky,-who contributed a home-run and

!a single to the Commuter cause,used three pitchers and substitutesin almost every position as the

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league play. Among a team which

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tracksters trailing by a very shortdistance. The winning time forthis race was 3:32.0.

A third meeting between the Techand Tufts teams was at the 58thB.A.A. Games in the Boston Gar-den on the following Saturday, andfor the first time in their indoorseason the Tech tracksters tri-umphed. Again, after a close race,the Tech anchor man, Vitagliano,edged out a finish over Palmieri ofTufts, by inches. Tech's winningtime was 3:31:0. The last contestinvolving the Tufts and MIT teamswas the NYAC Indoor Games atMadison Square Garden on Febru-ary 15th. At the beginning of therace, Royce Crimmins, former Techman and holder of the Tech recordfor the 440-yd. dash (49.7 sec.), tooka 25 yard lead for Brown over theTufts and MIT runners. Then, boththe Tufts and Tech men picked upon Brown's second man, but withIngraham running a terrific thirdlap for Tech, in 51.2, the Beaversmoved into the lead. The finish ofthe race was the same as it hadbeen all season, with Palmieri andVitagliano fighting it out all theway. Vitagliano came through oncemore to win by a margin of threeor four yards.

The final race of the mile relaywas in the special New York Knightsof Columbus meet March 8th. Techwas matched against stronger com-petition than ever before, as theBeavers ran against Georgetownand Yale. Getting the baton in lastplace after two laps, Ingraham onceagain caught up with the competi-tion and passed Yale, with George-town a yard ahead. Vitagliano ranhis usual fine anchor leg, but Sausaof Georgetown proved too much.As Sausa won by a foot, the Techrelay team came through with atime of 3:30:0 seconds, only twotenths of a second of their besttime.

Two-Milers Have Tough SeasonAlthough the mile relay team

had a successful year, the two-milerelay did not fare too well. In theBoston K. of C. games, Oscar Noss,Mark Kirchner, Randy Cleworth,and Warren Spear placed second toTufts in a team race involving sixNew England colleges. Noss, Kirch-ner, Spear and Hank Henze got lostin the shuffle in the two-mile relayrace at the BAA meet and placedfourth. The two-mile team nexttried its luck in the I.C. 4A cham-pionship meet in New York, butonce again got stampeded in thethirteen team race.

Frosh Take Inter-ClassWith the Inter-class meet divided

into two groups, A and B. the nu-merous freshmen won the compe-tition with 101%/ points, as theSophomores topped' the group Acompetition with 521/2 points. TheClass of '49 placed second in thetotals of the meet with 751/2 points,the Juniors were third with 40points, and the Seniors last with 321points.

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By DAVE ISRAELThere is little doubt that one of

the most neglected features abouTechnology activities has been thepublicity given to them. This hasbeen especially true in regards tosports. Although the formation ofthe Public Relations Committeemay materially aid this situation inregards to the scholastic activitiesas reported in the Boston papers, itappears that there will be littlecontinuous coverage of sports underthe P.R.C. setup.

It is also evident that the beefogged situation in regards to pub-licity in the school itself needs tobe adjusted or corrected. The boul-letin boards around the Instituteclearly show the effects of this con-dition. There is not enough spacefor every activity, and each activityhas little or no consideration of thepublicity of another activity. Sportsalways comes out second best in themuddled surroundings.

The Athletic Association's budgetdoes not allow very much moneyfor posters to announce comingsports events. The publicity man-agers of the A.A. have had a diffi-cult time trying to put out publicityfor some 15 odd sports-especiallywhen the cost of the posters forjust one activity runs about $15.Add to this the difficulty of findingspace to hang the posters, and youhave a good idea of the job facingthe unfortunate individual who hascharge of the A.A.'s publicity.

The struggle for 'poster spacereached such proportions that sev-eral weeks ago the separate groupsputting up the Soph Prom posters

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250 Learn RopesOf.Sailing Work-At Shore School

Probably the largest group of itskind in the country, the NauticalAssociation's Shore School com-pletes its closing session this after-noon. Under the guidance of JackWood, sailing master, apprOxi-matelY 250 students interested incruising the Charles enrolled inthe two-week course to learn theelements of sailing.

Open to all helmsmen, a schoolfor racing skippers will begin Mon-Clay afternoon at the Sailing Pa-vilion. The school, consisting of four

sesosscheduled every day nextweek except Thursday, will be con-ducted by John Fennessey, chair-mnan of the race committee of theNautical Association. InstructionwT.ill cover racing tactics and theProvisional North American Rulesf or racing.

Three, or possibly four, Technol-ogy crews will initiate spring comn-petition for the M.I.T. sailors asthey complete in a Pentagonal Re-datta next Sunday momning, April

13, in the Charles River Basin.Crews from Bowdoin, Dartmouth,Harvard, and Middlebury will vie

i with the Techmen for dingy rac-ing laurels.

Technology's fleet of 40 dinghiesw ill be made available to sailorsfrom Boston (College, the Universityof New Hampshire, and Northeast-ern University on Saturday, April12, in a Northeastern-sponsored re-gatta on the Charles River Basin.

Tracksters- ClostMile Relay Spoi

By JAN HOEGFELDTThe recently completed indoor

track season can be considered asuccess when viewed in an over-allperspective. Coach Oscar Hedlundhad a real job in building a milerelay team, as he had only twoholdovers from last year's competi-tors-Harold Ingraham and Doug-las Vitagliano. Wayne Carter lookedlike a sure third man, but he de-veloped heart trouble and couldnot compete. As good quarter milerswere few and far between, CoachHedlund developed two high hurd-lers, James Priooff and RobertBaldwin, into quarter milers.

The center of interest during theindoor season is usually the onemile relay, with the teams of thedifferent colleges being entered inthe Saturday evening trackr meetsat the Boston and Madison SquareGardens. In this respect a strikingfeature of the recently completedseason was the number of timesthe Beaver quartet raced againstthe Tufts relay squad and defeatedthem.

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Cards have been sent to allthe Technology living groupsnotifying them of the fort~h-coming Beaver Key Swimmingtournament, to be held towardthe end of this month. Thetournament will be held in twosections, tryouts and the actualtournament, and will probablysteetch over two days.

Groups that intend to enterteams must send in their noti-fcation to Peter H. Spitz, '48,not later than tomorrow. Thedetails of the tournament willbe announced in the next issue.

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Westgate GroupTo Hold Meeting

The seventh meeting of {the Coun-

.cil of the Westgate Organization

will be held in Room 5-112 at 7:30

p.m., Wednesday, April 9. The for-

mation of the Westgate Organniza-

tion was begun last November when

a group of interested studentsplanned to organize Westgate forsocial functions, athletic events,

their neighbors, Barracks C, 20-10.The Seniors -von their first gameby forfeit over Barracks B.

The games which will be playedfor this weekend are:

representation in the Institute, andfor consideration of communityproblems.

Since its conception, the Wrest.gate organization has sponsoredmany community activities and atpresent they have as an objective,the cooperative buying of food andservices for Westgate. The West-gate organization plans to includeWestgate West in its scope, and theelection of representatives fromWestgate West to the Council isexpected in the near future.

Saturday

Wood vs Barracks A5:15 vs Barracks DWestgate vs Barracks cMonroe vs Senior House

SundayGoodale vs Barracks BBemis vs Hayden

1:30 p.m.1:30 p.m.3:30tp.m.3:30 p.m.

2: 00 p.m.2: 00 p.m.

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and lacrosse practice posters were

conducting a little war of their own.

Tom Hudson, new publicity man-

ager of the AS., has been trying

for several days to obtain permis-

sion to place a "Hash" board, of

the type used by cafeterias to ad-

vertise their menus, in some con-

spicuous place in Building 7 or 10.

With the movable type and with

the board in a good position, the

A.A. could easily get cheap and

efficient publicity.

The AS. has undertaken steps to

provide the additional coveragewhich is now lacking under the

present Public Relations Committee

setup. Under the proposed system

there will be men of managerialstatus attached to each sport. Thesemen will send to chief publicitymanager Tom Hudson a preview ofeach sports event several days be-fore it takes place, and a resumeof that event after it takes place.Hudson will send copies of each tothe PR.C. and to ITEE TECH. In

this way the P.RR.C will be -able togive almost daily coverage of sportsto Boston papers, and THE TECHwill be able to materially extend itscoveralge of sports. The practice ofhaving -a manager contribute to thewriting of a sports story has beenvery successful, especially in thatit provides more colorful. intimateand accurate reporting.

These men who cover publicity foreach sport will not only have theadvantages of being in a manag-erial position on the various squads,but will also be in the position ofbeing a reporter and having hisstories appear in local print. Thisbeing so, it should be assumed thatthere are numerous people whowould wish to fulfill these positions.Profound experience in either the

sport or in newspaper writing isnot necessary, the only requirement being interest.

It is hoped that any men inter.ested in this new plan will tome upto the A.A. office any afternoon andgive their names to the secretary

or see Tom Hudson personally. Thesooner the whole plan is put intooperation, the better. For too longTech sports have received too littleattention in Boston papers and inthe minds of Techmen themselves.

Best of luck to Tom Hudson!

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shines with a wealth of talent, Cul-lenen, Murphy, Grant, Levingston,and Lally all shared in the Com.

mater victory. Yen Whitney and

Dave Finnegan hurled for the Good-

ale nine, with Basta, the first base-man, hitting a home-run with basesloaded.

In the other game played, theBarracks D team soundly drubbed