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1 Ickets Being Sold Far PoiAF a lnagan To rnish usicAt Statler Imperi aallroomr

Ralph Flanagan and his orchestra are scheduled to provide themusic for the first of two evenings of dancing plai.ned for thisyear's Junior Prom weekend. Hal Reeves and his organization willplay on the second evening.

This year, for the first time, both the Friday and Saturdayevening events will be held at tle Hotel Statler. The formal danceon friday, October 30 will take place in the Statler's Imperial Ball-room, while the Saturday night, Oc-tober 31 informal affair is to be on thesmaller Georgain room. N.S.A.Poll 1 veal s

The admission price for the entireweekend's events is $9.00. This in- Studer t OpinioP seludes admission to both the Friday and Saturday night dances. Tickets to S hathe first evening's entertainment alone ShOW LibD r lSimare $8.00, while the Saturday nightdance admission price is $2.00.dance admission price is dance $2 00 Complete results of the poll con-All seats for the Friday night dance ducted last spring to determine theare reserved, with five couples being opinions of the students at the Insti-assigned to one table. Groups of three tute toward certain questions of na-

seats at he same table. Reervations released by the Instaituestionse Chapter ofcan be made at a booth which the the National Student Association.dance committee will operate in the The N.S.A., which conducted thelobby of building 10 all day Monday survey, announced that a total of 2353and Tuesday. Any tickets left over polls were sent to students both in

will be put on sale Wednsday. the dormitories and in the fraterni-415 tickets will be sold for the Fri- ties. Seven hundred replies were re-day night formal, while 250 tickets ceived. Permission was obtained fromare allotted for the Saturday evening the Dormitory Committee and theinformal affair. Interfraternity Council to distribute

A bar at both of the dances will the polls. A breakdown on some ofprovide the major source of refresh- the questions follows.nients. ,.., ....

Intramural CouncilReinstates Teams;Old Rules Altered

Seventeen teams found reinstate-ment in a meeting of the IntramuralCouncil on Monday, Sept. 28. All thir-teen members present voted in favorof the reinstatement of all teamseliminated last spring because of theirfailure to furnish umpires during thesoftball season.

Four visitors, members of SigmaAlpha Epsilon, Phi Gammra Delta, Alpha Tau Omega and Sigma Nu,irespectfully, opened the meeting withan elabqrate argument on behalf ofthe banished fraternities. Excludingseventeen teams, some among the topcontenders in football last year, wouldseriously handicap the whole Instituteintramural system, they claimed. Va-rious of these teams held a meetingsome time ago, forming an "OutlawLeague," which would compete as arival to the Intramural league. Anyteam eliminated from the Intramuralscould enter. In defense of the Teams'failure to supply umpires, the quartetpointed out the adverse weather con-ditions last spring, which, in conjunc-

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"Shnould a teacher be free to discussany matter he chooses, includingCommunism?" was the first questionon the roll. Nearly 50%o of the stu-dents said they believed he should beable to do so in accordance with his"personal standards of intellectualhonesty and accuracy." Another 30%of the students said he should be ableto do so provided he did not violatethe standards of the college. The factthat much freedom was left at thediscretion of the teacher himself re-flects a liberal attitude of thinking onthe part of the student body.

As an extension of this attitude, inanswer to the second question, nearly90% of the students said a teachershould be free to speak, write, or joinorganizations outside the campus ashe wishes, as long as he remains with-in the law.

Concerning the problem of Negrosegregation in education, anothertopic of the poll, nearly 80% of theballots reflected a belief in completelyunsegregated education. Another eightper cent voted for segregated schools,but equally equipped in facilities, in-

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Acquaintance HopBrings 200( Grls

Fro'm WellesleyThe Dorm Acquaintance Dance, the

biggest in the series of fall acquain-tance dances, will be held tonight atWalker Memorial. Good music isguaranteed by the Dormitory SocialCommittee. It will be provided byGeorge Graham wvith an eight-pieceorchestra, with no accordions, andwith a singer doubling in the band.

The price of a ticket is $1.00 formen, free for girls. Five busloads ofgirls from Wellesley, totaling twohundred girls, will be there, as wellas one or two busloads from Brandeisand a good representation from othercolleges in the Boston area.

Tickets are on sale in the lobby ofBuilding 10, and any tickets left overwill be on sale at the door.

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M\. I T Senior4Middle East /

After two days in jail in Antwerpfollowing a tour including Haifa, TelArtiv, Genoa, London, and Rotterdam,Benjamin Hayeem, '54, returned tothe Institute, Wednesday night at6:30 p.m. He sailed from New Yorkon July 24, bcund for Haifa as anember of the crew of a merchantship.

At the end of his wanderings, inR otterdam, the Netherlands, hestowed away on another ship, but wastransferred in mid-Atlantic to a shipbound for Antwerp, Belgium, wherehe was thrown in jail. Released aftertwo days, he returned to Rotterdam,Lnd was able to work his way back.He says, "I would have liked to seeAntwerp. I didn't see much from thepolice car."

He spent seventeen days in Israel.His comment on Tel Aviv is a chal-enge to all American cities: "I neveraw so many beautiful girls on onetreet." From Israel he went toGenoa, which he says is "a very goodown to have fun in." Then he sailedo London, and finally Rotterdam.In Rotterdam, after trying to get a

lace in a crew to -work his waycross, he stowed away on the Black[eron and spent two and a half daysn a covered lifeboat. When he finallyeyealed himself he was transferred

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The first of the series of lecturesoffered each year by the school ofArchitecture and City Planning willbe given on Monday, October 5, at4:00 p.m. in the Exhibition Room onthe fourth floor of Building 7. TheHonorable Lionel Brett, British archi-tect and city planner, will be thespeaker.

For his M.I.T. lecture, Mr. Bretthas 'chosen the subject "RebuildingBritain," a summary of what has beendone there since 'the war. Slides willbe shown.

Tours Europe,ks a Vagabondby boat to the Black Tern, anothership of the same company. After histwo-day ordeal in jail in Antwerp, hereturned on the Black Tern to Rotter-dam. On his arrival there, he signedon the Black Condor, a third ship ofthe same company. He arrived in NewYork last Wednesday, September 30,after a rough crossing that was de-layed by two storms.

Watch for Ben Hayeem's own storyin THE TECH in a series of articlesscheduled to begin next Tuesday.

Student- FacultyConference To Be'Held At Andover

Student-Faculty relations and stu-dent environment will be the topicof a conference to be held at theAndover Inn in Andover, Massachu-setts, on Oct. 23 and 24. For the firsttime, twenty students will participatein the meeting, along with twentymembers of the Faculty and Staff.Representing the Administration andFaculty will be chiefly the membersof the Academic Council, consistingof the President, Provost, Treasurer,Dean of Students, the six AcademicDeans, and the Chairman of theFaculty.

Accordingl to Dean Jacoby, Presi-(dent of Institute Committee, fivegraduate and fifteen undergraduateswill represent the student body. Heclaims that the list of undergraduates

I he is selecting will not necessarilyconsist of Inscomm members only, butwill contain men from the dormitories,activities, and others interested instudent government. This list, now;being drawn up, will be completedshortly, and the men -whose namesappear on it will be invited to attendthe conference by President Killian.

The program for the informal meet-ing wvill be drawn up by Jacoby andDr. Killian on the basis of equal voicefor students and faculty in selecting topics for discussion.

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Even UpperclassmenCast Votes To EliminateThis Kind Of Treatment

Freshmen hazing was the chieftopic of discussion at Wednesday'smeeting of the Institute Committee.Michael Boylan '54, proposed that haz-ing taking place off the campus and beplaced under the jurisdiction of theJudicial Committee. Specifically, hereferred to the common practice em-ployed by certain members of theFreshman and Sophomore classes ofremoving each other forcibly from thecampus, and hence to the hinterlandsof Massachusetts, commonly known as"going for a ride."

Boylan felt that this practice wasinherently dangerous in nature to allconcerned, and examples were citedfrom the past to prove his point. Suchincidents were held to be detrimentalto the reputation of the school as awhole, bringing discredit to studentsand administration alike.

The committee split on its feelingsin the matter, and the debate becamelengthy. In general, juniors and sen-iors were warm towards the idea,while the freshmen and sophomoresconcerned were against it, for themost part. Al Ward '54, called thepractice under discussion "kidnap-

I ping," and noted that anyone who wascarried forcibly across a state linecould protest to the F.R.I. Should thisoccur, the parties concerned wouldfind themselves in trouble of a "most

l serious nature."Dean Jacoby '54, President of the

Institute Committee, wanted to knowif the Judicial Committee could pos-sibly enforce a rule against this formof hazing. Thomas Henderson '54,Chairman of the Judicial Committee,stated that "the time has come tomake a frontal attack on this 'ridessituation.' We've got to start peoplethinking about this thing." He feltthat even if the committee was notable to enforce a regulation againstrides in totality, any concrete step inthis direction would be entirely worth-while. Gene Mathot '56, said that thisviolent form of hazing was not a

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Prof. SoderbergTo Deliver Speech

!AtAS M ieeingThe M.I.T. Student Branch of the

American Society of Mechanical En-gineers will hold its first generalmeeting for the present semester thiscoming Monday, October 5, at 5:00p.m. in room 3-370.

Prof. C. R. Soderberg, Head of theDepartlment of Mechanical Engineer-ing, will deliver a talk which will befollowed by a discussion period inwhich any questions with regards tothe Mechanical Engineering Depart-ment will be answered by Prof. Soder-berg.

Everyone is cordially invited, espe-cially Freshmen. Membership to theASME will be available at this meet-ing. You may also obtain a member-ship in Building 10, Wednesday, Sept.30 through Friday, October 9. ,

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CONVOCATION

A Convocation for all Stu-dents and Staff will be held atI 1:00 a.m. on Monday morning,October 5, in Rockwell Cage.

Participating in the programwill be Dr. Vannevar Bush, '16,President of the Carnegie Insti-tfuion of Washington and lifemember of our Corporation.

All classes will be suspendedfrom 1:00 a.m. to 12:00 noonon the day of fhe Convocation.

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ENLIGHTENED DESPOTISM

There is growing evidence that student government is losingits meaning, for recent actions of certain of its members seems toindicate increasing disregard of its representative function.

The organs of student government are fast becoming "activi-ties" rather than legislative bodies designed to represent the in-terests and desires of students as a whole and to express their

individual and collective opinions. Perhaps its participants arebecoming too self-contained or too aware of their own importance.But whatever the reason, they are no longer operating underestablished rules.

Under the guise of "expediency" dormitory-governmentofficers have begun to formulate regulations and policies withmarked disregard for democratic procedure. The student bodyhas, unfortunately, accepted these rulings as having been commonpolicy all along. We ourselves do not necessarily oppose them perse but seriously question the legal and moral right of their spon-sors to introduce them as "law."

We refer to the recently distributed Open House regulationswhich were "passed" by a Dormitory Committee made up of onlyseven of its fourteen members. (This group, which barely consti-

tutes a majority can hardly be expected to satisfy the require-ments for a quorum.) DormComm excuses its action, however,because its remaining members have yet to be elected by theindividual houses and because the dorm rules were a "pressingproblem" requiring immediate attention. Had this been the only

example of their "enlightened despotism" we would be forced toconcede. But the "'half-staffed" dormitory committee has madearrangements for the election of a new treasurer next Monday.We fail to see the pressing demand for such action. Is it notpossible to select a treasurer pro tempore until the remainingmembers of dormitory committee are elected by the houses? Untilthe dormitory residents themselves move to alter their constitu-tion by referendum, a few selected members of their governmenthave no right to alter it by decree.

We are appalled too by the action of the Baker House Com-mittee Chairman who has seen fit to take it upon himself to createOpen House policies without the consultation and approval of aduly elected house committee. Student government enters a for-bidden field when it attempts to tell the student what's good for

him. Tlhe student has little need for the self-appointed guardiansto help him, guide him, and think for him. Election to office is notan end in itself nor is it an excuse for autocracy.

This "dictatorial benevolence" has not radically affected stu-dent policies but thle attitude is a dangerous one and one to bequickly done away with.

GOOD RIDDANCE

Much damage to building and equipment has been laid to theyearly flreshman-sophomolre rivalry; much too, to the omnipresentprankster who never fails to finid situation for practical joking.

We do not know, however, to which cause we can attributethe disappearance of a collection of junk which (to our recollec-tion) has been sitting around the Institute since 1950. Whoeverthe culprit, though he is to be congratulated on his aesthetic andartistic values.

We may of course be jumping to conclusions when we assumeit was stolen. Perhaps the Institute has seen fit to do a little

housecleaning. Nevertheless we prefer the atmosphere in Build-ing 7 now that that damned Mobile is gone.

MayTbe it's out for a washing, but wherever it went-nobodycares.

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necessary part of our school life, andthat there are numerous activities oncampus of all kinds to give the ener-getic student a release from thepurely academic life. Robert Baker,'55, felt that the proper approach tothe problem was wide publicity amongthe members of the student body, tobe carried out by the appropriateorgans of the student government.That is, instead of trying to legislatethe "evil" into oblivion, let's try tomake the majority of the student bodyunderstand the dangerous elements inthe situation, and act accordingly."

On the other side of the argument,Oliver Johns, '56, maintained that therides have a reason; they build upclass spirit, and help to enforce thefreshman rules. Reginald Griffith, '55,felt even more strongly about it. Hesaid, "I -think that if we try to elimi-nate 'rides' here at the Institute, we-will end up being a more mechanisticsociety than ever. The Institute maynot be a country club for jokers, butit doesn't have to be a robot factoryeither." Johns also noted that if "ridesare eliminated by one means or an-other, the students fertile imagina-tions may lead to something worse."

Gene Brandeis, '54, finally requestedthat the motion be tabled, since "thereis no machinery in existence to en-force it, and it would just be ridicu-lous in the eyes of the students." Thevote on tabling was tied at 14, andJacoby was forcedto cast the decidingvote, which finally tabled the motionuntil the committee decides to take itup again. Although no decision wasreached, the meeting served to airstudent opinion on the subject, andto bring the matter before the studentbody as a whole.

Lesser business accomplished onthe Institute Committee agenda wasthe un-official acceptance of the re-port of last year's All-Techn DanceCommittee.

performnance tomorrow evening."The Little Hut"-What happens when a

man, his wife, and the husband's bestfriend are stranded, in evening clothes yet,on a deserted island? You can find outtomorrow evening at the Plymouth Thea-tre.

"Lake Love"-Arlene Francis plays an art.ist intent on acquiring a brilliant writerwho is tied down by his mother. A hu.morous story now at the .Wilbur Theatre.

"The Teahouse Of The August Moon"-Thebest of this short season. A whimsicalstory of post-war Okinawa and a govern.mental attempt to bring education to thenatives who much prefer a teahouse to aschoolhouse, and Geisha girls to school.girls. Played with quiet exuberance andunderstanding by a fine cast headed byDavid Wayne, John Forsythe, and alleven-tempered goat named Lady Astor. Atthe Shubert until October 10.

"The Pussy-Cat Girl"-Featured at the OldHoward. No comment!

BRIGHT SPOTSLatin Quarter-The Ames Brothers of "You'

You, You" notoriety open here this eve'nimg. Call for reservations and check theprices beforehand.

Storyville-This famed room, now in theCopley Plaza Hotel, will display the sing.ing charms of Billie Holiday come Mon.day eve. Well worth investigation.

Totem Pole-Evenings are getting cooler,but there's still dancing at the Totem Polein Norumbega Park every Friday andSaturday night. Admission is $1.75 yercouple and only soft drinks are served.Suggested for budding romance-a walk,hand in hand, along Norumbega Lake andenvirons. The M.T.A. runs out in thatgeneral direction, if you can't dig up afriend with a car.

Send contributions fo Bjorn Rossing 418Baker or John Seiler 515 Wood

DANCESFRIDAY, OCTOBER 2

Dorm. Acquaintance Dance-Sponsored bythe Dormitory Committee, this dancepromises to be entertaining. Admnission is$1.00. and the festivities start at 8 v.m.George Grahar's Orchestra will officiate.

Garland SchoolN~ro admission charged atCommonwealth Avenue, but it would be anice gesture to call beforehand if you Dlanto attend. The girls here are planningrefreshments and would probably appre-ciate an estimate of attendance. An or-chestra will be on hand for dancing.

Mount Ida Junior College--will have their'Acquaintance D)lnce in the Riverside BoatClub opposite the Stop & Shop on Mle-morial Drive. Irving Doress Trio will pro-vide the dancirig atmosphere starting at8 p.m. It's Free . . ee . eeeee.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3Baker House-"al the beer you can . . ."

at Baker's Bavarian Ball, its openinzdance of the Fall term. Hal Reeves willplay for you and your date from 8 p.m.until 12. Tickets are $1.25 at the door.

Newton College of the Sacred Heart-Thesegals will be your hostesses at their collegerPlayhouse, to the music of Jack EdwardsOrchestra, 8-12. Invitations are needed-don't fret, the secretary at Walker hasthem

Sargent College of Physical Education forWomen-Don't let the name scare you,the girls here are not any of CharlesAtlas's relatives. To prove it they are hav-ing a Record Hop featuring Harry Lubritas M.C. The 50c admission includes re-freshments. Change at Harvard Squareand then ask how to get to 8 Everett St.

Carlton Club-Plenty of girls at this ac-quaintance dance society, the atmosphereof the Hotel Commander's Ball Room anda good orchestra. Music starts aIt 8:30.admission $1.25. It's worth invest;gatin<if yocu are headed toward Harvard Square.

SCREEN"From Here To Eternitv"-In its 6th week

at the Orpheum. Stripped of the Anglo-Saxon expletives, the screen play retainsall the surging emotional intensity andmeaning of the novel by James Jones.Burt Lancaster and Montgomery Clifthead an excellent cast.

"The Moon Is Blue"-Miaggie McNamara.as a virtuous but bluntty, frank, ingenevein the midst of the Big City's sophisti-cates. is charminglv resisting the com-bined advances of Bill Holden and DavidNiven, every day except Sunday (BlueLaws, you know) at the Astor.

'The Cruel Sea"-A vivid portrayal of warand its meaning for those involved in it.Jack Hawkins and an English cast re-create the life and action of H.M.S. Com-pass Rose during convoy duty in theAtlantic.

"Tonight At 8:30"-Noe! Coward's plav intechnicolored brilliance at the Beacon Hill.F.njavable and vPrv. veriy British.

"The Sea Around Us"-Fromrn the best sellerby Racrel Carson. A high-grade docu-mnentary or ocean life, which waon anAcademy Award. At the Exeter.

THEATRE"An Evening With Beatrice Lillie"-At the

Colonial with Reginald Gardner support-ing. Light-hearted, clever and gay. Last

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dicating a real desire on the part ofthe student body to provide good edu-cational facilities for all.

Restrictive membership 'clauses infraternities was the subject of anotherquestion asked in the poll. This prob-lem was subject to heated debate lastspring, when it was decided thatfraternities would not be forced todrop their clauses but would be en-couraged to do so.

Approximately 605 of the residentsof the various dormitories said stu-dent government should demand thatfraternities drop these clauses. How-ever, opinion from fraternity mem-bers was almost unanimously opposedto this demand, with 91.2% of the

|members saying they should not be'forced to drop these clauses.

Although less than 30% of the bal-'lots were returned, it is hoped thatthis number accurately reflects the

,opinion of the entire student body atthe Institute.

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Beaver HarriersPracticing HardFor Fadl Season

Tech's varsity cross-country teamhas started to prepare for the forty-first annual New England cross-coun-try championshipO run over the fourmile course at Franklin Park on Nov-ember 9. Rhode Island will be thedefending champion, with Tech hopingto move up to first place this yearafter our strong finish last year insecond place.

This fall the varsity team shouldbe stronger because the freshmen oflast year who won the NEIC3A Froshchampionships over the University ofMaine are pushing the varsity mem-bers for places on the 1953 team.

Capt. Jack Farquhar, number oneman on last year's team, is againsetting a fast pace in leading the

harriers around the flat course on: Intramurel Council---Briggs Field. Chasing him are HughNutley, Larry Berman, Carl Swanson,Ian Williams, Harry Schreiber, andStuart Smith of the 1952 squad. How-ever, the sophs up from the 1952championship team, Ray Smith, DavePaiamountain, -Jack Buell, MaclayGearhard, and Pete Korn will be giv-ing them lots of competition.

Tech opens its season with Tuftson October 10 over the course at Med-ford, followed by Boston College,Brown University, Holy Cross, andthe University of New Hampshire. Al-though he didn't wish to make anyprediction about the first meet, CoachHedlund observed that last year wewon over Tufts by a score of 17-41.

Frosh Prospects EncouragingTech's frosh of 1952 have set up

a good record for the incoming classto live up to, and from what the newclass has shown already, last year'sfeat should be repeated in this fall'sbig meet on Nov. 9. So far twentyboys have reported to Coach Hedlund,

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tion with the space problem createdby the construction on Briggs Field,confused many squads. Some teamsforfeited without knowing it at thetime, it was argued. Furthermore, theschedule changed from day to day.Umpiring assignments were receivedtoo late for fullfillment.

The reinstated teams -were advisedthat they could be asked to furnishreferees to one or two more gamesthis fall in payment of the disruptioncaused by their negligence.

In a meeting on May 12, last spring,the Intramural Council revised the

among which are quite a few boyswith good prospects. Without trials,the following boys show possibilities:Bob Berg, Pete Carberry, Andy -Carl-son, Hut Klei, Bill McArthur, Bill Mil-ler, Bob Mitchell, Dave Vaughan, DickWade, and Sam Wang. With a few,weeks work, the boys should showclass on the courses and bring victoryto the Cardinal and Gray team.

CROSS-COUNTRY SCHEDULEOct. 9 Tufts, Medford. V&FOct. 16 Brown-H.C.,, Providence, R.I. V&FOct. 24 U. of N. H., Franklin Park. V&FOct. 30 Boston College, Franklin Park. V&FNov. 9 NEIC3A Champs, Frank'n Pk. V&FNov'. 16 IC4A Champs, Van Courtland Park,

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T.E.N. SMOKERA smoker for those interested in

trying out for positions on the TechEngineering News is to be held at5:00 p.m., October 2, in LitchfieldLounge.

present officiating rules as follows:"1. Change in I-M Officiating Rules.

'Any team that fails to supply,the required number of officialswithin 15 minutes of the designatedtime loses eligibility for participa-tion in the next major sport.'"This rule was effective October 21,

Engineer SailorsPrepare DOefenseOf W0ood Troph

1952. However, at a meeting of the TIntramural Council in May, 1953, this o Tch's sating ten enaens cin

ond regatta of the season this comingrule was made void and the following ~~rule enacted: ~Saturday after an auspicious start

r last weekend. The Beaver sailors will"If a team fails to supply referees be foe t n d the Ja Wolrat a time when it was requested to, trophy they captured last year. Thethe athletic chairman or team captaind

~~I minust: ' regatta will be held at the Coastmiust Guard Academy in New London.

charge of the sport within 24 hours, Coast Guard Academy in New London

(2) Offer the services of refereesand emeed victorious in the CoastGuard Invitational Quadrangular, de-for three additional contests to repay spite close pressing by the Coastpartly for the trouble and inconven- ' stea.ience caused to both the scheduled team.

Ifam te manager." Place 3rd In NationalsIf the athletic chairman or captain During the summer months, theathletic chairman or captain Techmen took a strong third in the

fails to fulfill the requirements of ! Te+;m en .. s.r^ng t . i .theither 1 or 2 above, or fails to supplyreferees at any of the 3 promisedtimes, the team loses eligibility in thenext major intramural sport.

In addition, the team failing to sup-ply referees when scheduled auto-matically forfeits its next intramuralcontest in that sport. This is so re-gardless of whether or not the teamfulfills its obligation to supply ref-erees three additional times.

It is hoped that everyone will tryto cooperate with the AA in this mat-ter of refereeing, and that there willbe no recurrence of last year's ref-ereeing failures.

i xLlVIalu .ili-aplonnVi:pys, Darely oe-hind Navy. Led by Charlie Hoppin,Tech's biggest rivals Harvard sweptto an easy victory.

Three of the skippers who contri-buted to the successes of last year'steam will return and will be sailingon Saturday in the Wood Trophy de-fense. John Rieman '54, Nautical As-sociation commodore, Horatio Garcia'55, and Alain de Berc '55, are thereturnees, while sophomore Nick New-man will round out the list of skip-pers. Crewmen will most likely beJohn Wing '55, Stephen Strong '56,and Richard Mateles '56. The fourthcrewman has yet to be named.

Frosh Also .RacejThe freshman sailing season begins

on Saturday with a heptagonal re-gatta at Tufts. Since they have seenno competition as yet, little is knownof the frosh team.

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TOWARD WORLD BROTHERHOODby

Joseph Irvin Arnold, A.B. (Centre College), A.M. (.Columbia Univer-sity), Ph.D. (Haarard University), Th.M. (Southern Baptist

Theological Seminary).

This book defends six theses:1. Refusing to examine itself critically pr to face searching ques-

tions by others, a religious sect retains obviously untrue and harmful-even degrading-items side by side with items that are true, helpfuland elevating.

2. Mutual, frank evaluation of points of view by various sects isvery much better than silent indiscriminate toleration by each ofanything and everything that another calls religion.'

3. A great proportion of the resources of each sect, given in thename of religion, is wastefully used up in just keeping alive and inpromoting self-centered sectarian ends rather than in ministering tothe religious needs of individuals and communities.

4. Unless Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, andother sects are merged into or replaced by a great World Brotherhood,sectarianism will continue to divide the world, isolate peoples, andstimulate conflict which is deadly dangerous in the atomic age.

5. Religious life should and will be integrated in a new WorldBrotherhood which should and will absorb or replace existing sects.

6. The intelligently religious person, knowing that religious prefer-ences which divide people into sects are the result of indoctrination inchildhood rather than of the truth, plausibility or superiority of anysect, will not hesitate to change to World Brotherhood.Comments by reviewers of the book include:

"You have struck a very important note in the problem of worldorganization and unity. In fact I think the most important as well asthe most neglected and most needed."-John Dewey, probably Amer-ica's most infiucntial educator.

"I agree with every word in the book."-Carl C. Taylor, formerpresident of the American Sociological Society.Paper-bound copy, postpaid. $1, from Joseph I. Arnold, Bridgewater.Massachusetts.

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Several ProfessorsWMith Long ServiceRetire This YearFour members of the faculty re-

tired last suimmer after long serviceat the Institute. They are: ProfessorEarle Buckingham, 27 Cedar Road,Belmont, of the Department of Mech-anical Engineering; Associate Profes-sor John M. Lessells, 984 MemorialDrive, Cambridge, of the Departmentof Mechanical Engineering; Dr. EarlB. Millard, 255 Mill Street, Newton-ville, Professor of Chemistry andSecretary of the Faculty; and Profes-sor Walter C. Voss, 9 Old Towrs Road,Wellesley Hills, head of the Depart-ment of Building Engineering andConstruction.

Professor Buckingham-joined theDepartment of Mechanical Engineer-ing as Associate Professor of En-gineering Standards and Measure-ments in, 1925. He became Professorof Mechanical Engineering in 1931.He is continuing this fall as EmeritusProfessor of Mechanical Engineering,,as lecturer in the Department.

Professor Lessells camne to the Insti-tute in 1936 as Associate Professorof Mechanical Engineering. He wason leave of absence during 1943, 1944,and 1945 for work with the BritishMinistry .of Supply Mission to theUnited States for consulting work ontank engines and parts. ProfessorLessells is serving the departmentthis fall as part-time lecturer withthe title of Emeritus Associate Pro-fessor of Mechanical Engineering.

Professor Millard this year endsservice to M.I.T. which began with hisappointment to Instructor of Inor-ganic Chemistry in 1914. He becameAssistant Professor of TheoreticalChemistry in 41916, Associate Profes-sor in 1922, and Professor in 1929.From 1922-1935 he served, in addition,as Assistant Director of the Insti-tute's Division of Industrial Coopera-tion.

Head of the Department of BuildingEngineering and Construction sinceits re-establishment in 1940, Profes-sor Voss came to the Institute in 1928.lie was then Associate Professor inthe Department of Building Construc-tion and in 1931 became Professor inthat Department. On part-time dutythis year, Professor Voss lectures inthe Department of Civil Engineering.

Professor Buckingham, a native ofBridgeport, Connecticut, where he wasborn in 1887, attended the U. S. NavalAcademy from 1904-1906. He servedas mechanical engineer with a num-ber of New England manufacturingfirms from 1906 until he came to theInstitute in 1925 and held the rankof Captain and later Major in theOrdnance Department of the UnitedStates Army from 1917 to 1919. Pro-fessor Buckingham is the author ofseveral books on gearing and manu-facturing problems; he is a memberof the Society of Automotive Engi-neers and the American Society ofMechanical Engineers. In 1950 he washonored by the American Gear Manu-facturers Association with the Ed-ward P. Connell award for his serviceto the gear industry as teacher, stu-dent, and author.

professor Lessells is a native ofl)unfermline, Scotland, and graduatedfrom the University of Glasgow in1915. During the first World War hewas employed on the inspection ofengine parts and materials for Rolls-Royce and later the British War Of-fice. Professor Lessells came' to theUnited States after the War to jointhe Westinghouse Electric and Manu-facturing Company, first as managerof the applied mechanics Division andlater as engineering manager of theturbine and diesel department. Later,before coming to the Institute, heentered practice as a consulting en-gineer and was responsible for certainmechanical details of the 200-inchtelescope now in service on MountPalomar, California. Professor Itess-ells is a fellow of the AmericanAssociation of Arts and Sciences anda member of the Society of Auto-motive Engineers, the American So-ciety for Testing Materiais, the Insti-tution of Mechanical Engineers (Lon-don) and the Iron and Steel Institute(London); he was made an honorarymember of the American Society oiMechanical Engineers in December1952. In 1926 he was awarded the

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The Somerset Hotel in Boston hasannounced that it will provide ac-comodations and other services for

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Pr om Weekend as w ell as duingother special weekends during theschool year. The special services in-I cude reduced rates, travel arrange-

Pments, arrangements for tickets tothe theatre and other entertainment.

October W.SG.B.H. ScheduleSunday Through Wedesday

SUNDAY3-4 University of Chicago Round Table( NAEB-N BC). C.4-5 Gregorian Chant. Dom Desrocquettes,O.S.B. Solesmes Abbey. (Greqorian Instituteof America).5-6 Theatre Seminar. Acting Shakespeare.Eva Le Gallienne (Oct. 4). Classic Revivalof Shakespeare in America. Lawrence Lanq-ner (Oct. II). Producing and Directinq ofShakespeare. John Burrell (Oct. 18). Under-standing Shakespeare. Theresa Helburn(Oct. 25). (WYNC).6-7 Masterworks from France. Rameau(Oct. 4). Weber, DeFay (Oct. II). Char-pentier (Oct. 18). Hahn, Francaix (Oct.25). o (Radiodiffusion Francaise). News.Backgrounds.7-8:30 I've Been Reading. Flood-ControlPolitics (Oct. 4). How Russia is Ruled (Oct.II). The Waking: Poems 1933-1953 (Oct.18)- Conquest of the Moon (Oct. 25).

Music of Our Time. Alien Sapp, HarvardSolo Keyboard Music (Oct. 4). B siness ofBeing a Composer (Oct. II). Design andStructure (Oct. 18). Sound Ideal of OurTime (Oct. 25).8:30-9:30 WGBH Second Anniversary. Ex-cerpts from the year's outstanding programs(Oct. 4). BBC World Theatre. Twelfth Night(Oct. II). Richard II (Oct. 18). The Tem-pest (Oci. 25). News. Weather.

MONDAY3:30-4:15 News. Weather. The Contempo-

Bernard Hall prize of the Institution the Department of Architectural Con-

of Mechanical Engineers and in 1941 struction at the Wentworth Institutethe Levy Medal of the Franklin Insti- in Boston in 1914; from 1925 until he

tute of Philadelphia. Professor Less- Icame to the Institute, Professor Vossells is widely known as an author of served as district structural engineerv a r i o u s professional papers and with the Portland Cement Association.

books; as Technical Editor of the He is widely known as a consultantJournal of Applied Mechanics, and a in architectural construction andmember of the Executive Committee materials, director of the Californiaof the Division of Applied Mechanics Stucco Products Company, memberof the American Society of Mechani- of the committee on masonry of thecal Engineering. A m e r i c a n Standards Association,

Born in Central City, Nebraska, in chairman of the administrative com-

1888, Professor Millard graduated mittee on research of the Americanfrom the University of Colorado in Society for Testing Materials, and1910. He holds the Master's Degree chairman of the committee on build-(1911) from the University of Wis-consin, and the Ph.D. (1914) from theUniversity of Illinois. While at theInstitute during World War I, he par-ticipated in research which was in!part responsible for the developmentof the allied gas mask used duringthat war. He held a number of ad-ministrative posts in connection withWorld War II activities at the Insti-tute, and was engaged in work withthe Chermical Warfare DevelopmentLaboratory. Dr. Millard is widelyknown as an authority in textile andsoap chemistry, as a member of theAmerican Chemical Society and Alpha.Chi Sigma, honorary chemistry fra-ternity. His book on "Physical Chem-istry for College Students," firstpublished in 1921, is now in its sev-enth revision and is still widely use&din colleges throughout the country.

Professor Voss, born in Clhicago,Illinois, in 1887, graduated fromTeachers College in 1907, the Uni-versity of Illinois in 1912, and M.I.T.(Master of Science) in 1932. Aftertwo years of work in structural de-sign in Chicago, he became head of

ing codes of the American Instituteof Architects. Professor Voss is a fel-low of the American Association forthe Advancement of Science and a member of the following professional societies: American Society of CivilEngineers, Boston Society of CivilEngineers, American Institute ofArchitects, American Society forTesting Materials, American ConcreteInstitute, American Ceramic Society,American Society for EngineeringEducation, International Associationof Bridge and Structural Engineers,Society for Experimental Stress An-alysis, and the American Academyof Social Sciences. He holds member-ship in Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi,honorary science and engineering so-cieties.

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THE COLLEGE DANCE CLUB

Want a date? A good time?You will have both at theCollege Dance Club Dancesheld -every Friday night atthe Hotel Kenmore and everySaturday at the Somerset.Attfendance is restricted tocollege students, graduates,and their guests.One must be a member to pur-chase a ticket. Membershipcards may be obtained afterproof of educational statusis submitted, i.e. collegering, bursar's receipt,library card, etc.Membership is co-ed.Just ask a member. The dancesare loads of fun. Thiswill be the eighth wonder-ful year.

JOIN IN GAYETY-JOIN NOW.

STAG $1.25

rary Orient. Elmer H. Cutts, Northeastern.4:30-5:30 BBC Concert Hall.5:30-6:30 Children's Circle. Nancy Harper,Nursery Training School of Boston, Tufts.News. Louis M. Lyons, Nieman Foundation,Hiarvard. Backgrounds.6:30-7:30 Music. Haydn String Quartets.This Week at the Museum of Fine Arts.Tell You a Story. Donald Born, Boston Univ.7:30-8:30 Stars in the Making. Cecilia H.Payne Gaposchkin, Harvard. (Lowell Insti-tute Lectures).8:30-9:30 Journey From Silence (Oct. 5).(BBC). Library of Congress Poetry Readinq.Claude Rains {Oct. 12). (Continental FMNetwork-WCFM). On Music. Opera. BorisGoldovsky (8:30-9 p.m., Oct. 19 and 26).(New England Conservatory of MusicSeries). Our- Search for Mental Health.Freudian Analysis. Henry Hart, Yale (9-9:30p.m., Oct. 19). Adlerian Analysis. Alexan-dra Adler, Royal College of Physicians (9-9:30 p.m., Oct. 26). (NAEB-Cooper UnionForum). News. Louis M. Lyons, Harvard.(Rebroadcast). Weather.

TUESDAY3:30-4:30 News. Weather. Causation. Free-dom, and Morality. Philip H. Rhinelander,Harvard. (Lowell Institute Lectures).4:30-5:30 Two Hundred Years of ChamberMusic. Claudio Spies, Harvard.5:30-6:30 Children's Circle. Nancy Harper,Nursery Training School of Boston, Tufts.News. Louis M. Lyons, Nieman Foundation,Harvard. Review of the British Weeklies.(BBC).6:30-7:30 Music. Prokofieff Piano Sonatas.Voices of Europe. (NAEB-FAE).7:30-8:30 Forms of the Modern Novel.Albert J. Guerard, Harvard. (Commission

!on Extension Courses).8:30-9:30 Little Orchestra Society. PublicDress Rehearsals. Thomas Scherman, conduc-

.tor. Commentary by David Randolph (Oct.6, 20, 27). (NAEB-WNYC). Library of Con-gress Concert. Budapest String Quartet(Oct. 13). (Continental FM Network-WGMS). The Lively Arts. Gilbert Seldes.(WNYC). News. Louis M. Lyons, Harvard.(Rebroadcast). Weather.

WEDNESDAY3:30-4:30 News. Weather. Causation, Free-domn, and Morality. Philip H. Rhinelander,Harvard. (Lowell Institute Lectures).4:30-5:30 Music of fhe Ballet. Baird Hast-ings. The Swan Lake (Oct. 7). Sylvia (Oct.14). The Sleeping Beauty, Part I (Oct. 21).

CO) MPUTER LECTUREMachine Methods of Computation

announces the first of a series oflectures on the large-scale computa-tional installations available for use afM.I.T. The first topic will be "Opera-tion of the Office of Statistical Serv-ices," by Dr. Frank M. Verzuh. It willbe held in room 12-182, at 4:00 p.m.on Tuesday, October 6.

HILLEL

M.I.T. Hillel presents two lecturesby Professor Theodor H. Gaster on"The Meaning of the Ancient NearEast Today," to be given on Thursdayand Friday, October 8 and 9, at7:45 p.m. in the -Hayden LibraryLounge. Complimentary tickets willbe available at T.C.A. and in theHumanities Library.

L.S.C.' PRESENTATION

L.S.C. will present Willy Lay, notedauthority on rockets and space travel,Monday, October 5 at 5:00 p.m. inroom 10-250. The subject of his falkwill be "Rockefs and High AltifudeResearch." Admission is free.

The Sleeping Beauty, Part II (Oct. 28).5:30-6:30 Children's Circle. Nancy Harper,Nursery Training School of Boston, Tufts_News. Louis M. Lyons, Nieman Foundation,Harvard. Backgrounds.6:30-8:30 Music. Vivaldi Concerti Grossi.Ways of Mankind. Case of the BorrowedWife (Oct. 7). Case of the Bamboo-SizedPigs (Oct. 14). Repentant Horse Thief (Oct.21). Lion Bites Man (Oct. 28). (NAEB-FAE). Social Psychology. Edward M. Ben-nett, Tufts.8:30-9:30 Is World Peace Possible? Cou-chiching Conference. Canadian Institute ofPublic Affairs. An Economic Programme forPeace (Oct. 7). Where Does the Confer-ence Lead Us? (Oct. 14). (CBC-WNYC).Global Concepts of Food Technology. M.I.T.Symposium (Oct. 21). Harvard Conferenceon Careers. Writing and Journalism (Oct.28). News. Louis M. Lyons, Harvard. (Re-broadcast). Weather.

-THE TECHWALKER MEMORIAL

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