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keBy Jay By Jay Kunin

Mike Albert is officially the Under-graduate Association President.

Former UAP Maria Kivisild decidedlast night that Albert was a registeredundergraduate and could therefore taketih post that he had won.

Bruce Enders, Secretariat Chairman,who was in charge of the election, hadearlier reported that although Alberthad won the ection, he was not

Photo by Geoig FlynEnders arnouncing Smith victory,r'r.-¢erd and therefore could not beelectc-d, UAP. Consequently, Jim Smithw\as declared officially to have won thecosate; this was the Situation as TheTech wir sent to press last night, and asa result, the decision of Endera, whowas the officil in charge, was printed.

l;.:wever, acording to the old Un-der,-adtramt Assoiation Constitution,u.;d'a iich the el.ectio was held,

D"b-i-j.'r faon of tit Costitution orBylaws sha-iI be by the UndergraduateA: dceiati Preadent who may beoverried by a two-thirds (2/3) vote oftn ra;itute Commnttee." Thefoe,thel Mrnfi authority aested entia

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41bert Ian excerpt from an interview withMaria recorded by Nigel Gusdorf ofWTBS:

"As far as I'm concerned, MikeAlbert is UAP. He had the most votes. Iguess the question is in that somepeople think that because he is notregistered as an undergraduate, heshould not be [UAP]. But i considerhim a student because he goes toclasses and intends to register. And youdon't really have to register until the13th week."

The question of registration is yetunclear. Warren Wells, the Registrar,said in a telephone interview last nightthat he considers a student registeredwhen he has returned his registrationform, with his advisor's signature to[the Registrar's] office. Albert has paidhis tuition and attended classes, yet acall to the Registrar's office yesterdayat 5pm indicated that the office had norecord of him. Albert has said that heintends to pick up his roll cards toasv.

Jim Smith, who was UAP for -.period of about two hours, said beforeMaria's announcement that he intendedto sit down with Albert and work outan agreement, trying to avoid takingthe situation "to court." He stated thathe didn't want to take office under thecircumstances without AIbert's ap-proval, and hopefully, 'his support;Smith also suggested the possibility ofappointing Albert UAVP, or being ap-pointed to the post himself if Albertwere to become UAP. He said that hehad campaigned on a platform whichincluded Albert's platform,.

Concerning Smith's compromiseproposal, Maria told WTBS that "as faras I am concerned Mike Albert haswon, and it's really up to Inscomm toback up Jim Smith if they're really thatconcernad. I'm sure that something canbe worked out, but I'11 stick by the factthat I think he's a student."

Smith said later that he would standby the decision, and that he would notlnstlpte a prote; lie did ste that hewould sn a pestton ca4 for a newlectIon dsoUd oe appea.

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Photo by George Flyn,Albert protesting disqualification

-he election, and Maria declared hiseligibility. Although according to theold constitition, a 2/3 vote of Inscoremwould be necessary to overrule her, thesituation is complicated by the factthat that Iscomm no longer officiallyexists; The Unifiedl tsivty .AC)

Constitution won the referendra.: , andhas been in effect since the elefetionresults were announced. The.frea,,k anyprrotest of uwe eection wouk lda.. tobe taken through the ,tew gove~.rczient,and the techlnic.al q :.fio'3 as :i, thelogistics of suacb a 8iorjoe c e usnc'irr.Yet Albert did poll the id.est vote,and there iow seems to be no reaSonfor any protest.

Albert gave the following .'tatrnentco The Tech concerning the electionand his plans:

"Whatever difficulties ware mani-fest last night vis-a-vis my status as astudent will be resolved today. I thankall who voted for expressing theirviews, but I wish to emphasize that thechanges that we seek will require r-uchthought and work. Involvement mustgrow, the ballot alone changes nothingsignificant My goals have been madeexplicit as has much of my philosophy.Tomorrow is the first day of a newkind of student government. You caneither be a part of the solution o apart of theproblem."

Staff for the specil issue: Jay KuninReid Ashe, Bruce Weinberg, JeffzyGale, George Flynn, Alan Goldbew,Robert Young, and Sandy Wienr.

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Jim Smith ciowns in Inscomm office while awaiting election result.

the President. Also mentioned fre-quently are Professor J. Daniel Nyhart,the CAP chairman, and Dr. BensonSnyder, Psychiatrist in Chief. Other'likely candidates for the post of Deanare the various masters of the InstituteHouses, who are generally senior facul-ty with exceptional interest in stu-dents.

Professor Nyhart has categoricallydenied that there is any possibility thathe will receive the post. In the case ofany one of these people, however, his'willingness to become Dean if askedwould depend upon his willingness togive up his-current work.

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me that no one on Secretariat, sincethey knew beforehand, suggested that Iregister."

Before he left early in the evening,Albert heared an unofficial report ofthe first ballot results, and expressed apessimistic view of his chances of suc-cess.

Albert said that he had not been in

Photo by George FlynnAlbert requests Inscomm counthis votes in UAP election.

touch with Institute officials with re-gard to his undergraduate status.

In other election results, it waslearned early that the HAC (UnifiedUniversity) constitutional reform pro-posal had prevailed in the referendum..The vote count,was HAC-859, Assem-bly-179, Senate-149, and other-277.

Under the provisions of the transi-tional provisions of HAC, the newly-elected UAP must appoint a UAVP andSecretary General. Smith could notcomment on who his choices would be.

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of Research Associate and Visiting Pro-fessor.

Receiving an appointment of oneyear's length, Mr. Bundy declined -atleast, at the present time- to accept alonger assignment at the Institute dueto uncertainty regarding his futureplans.

Appeal of MITCommunications between the Insti-

tute and Mr. Bundy were in progressfor some six to eight weeks, althoughhis final decision to come here in thefall is actually quite recent.

According to Professor Max Milli-kan, Head of 'the Institute's Center forInternational Studies, Mr. Bundy was

attracted to the Institute by the largenumber of talented people here whoare interested in the field of SoutheastAsian affairs- his primary area ofconcern. Moreover, Mr. Bundy wasseeking an environment in which hecould "think on his own" and MITseemed able to offer him this freedom.

Dual roleAs his Institute title suggests, Mr.

Bundy's role within the Center forInternational Studies will probably betwo-fold. As a Research Associate, thepresent Secretary of State will be consi-dering the current situation in South-east Asia. He intends, first, to carefullystudy the development of SoutheastAsia's present state of affairs- then, totry to make Some projections as to thedirection he sees events in this regiontaking in the future.

In addition, .although Mr. Bundywill not be doing any teaching duringthe fall term, he is currently discussingcourses possibilities for the spring withProfessor Robert Wood, Head of theDepartment of Political Science. Nofinal decision appears have beenmade yet, however, as to what theexact content of such a, course wouldbe if offered.

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Favorites won as expected in he SPE 3-1 bquarterfmal round of the IM hockey Dale Larsoplay-offs. Top-seeded Chi Phi edged -Berliner 'iZBT 3-2 as Frank Bender '70, Jim seed, dropKirtley and John Yasaitis each scored a Kal Laanersingle marker. The game was not as Bruce Glabdclose as the final score indicated as Chi Theta Chi!Phi controlled the puck through most meets Seniof the game. Theta Chi i

The tournament favorite, The lostenth-seeded NRSA (the low seeding ped downresulted from NRSA playing in the B where theyleague during the regular season), stop- rough as toped the number two seed LCA 3-1. came backNRSA's cnsp passing proved too much a hat trickfor the Lambda Chis, and only a good bounced befdot n~ thie art'o ofthe- LCA goalie Dick Sidellkept the score down. Randy Martin got for SAE sthe hat trick for-the winners. outskated 1

By Roger DearMIT's varsity squash team officially

ended its 19684-69 season last weekendwith an eleventh-place finish at the36th National Intercollegiate SquashChampionships held at Yale. A total ofnineteen teams participated in the tour-nament. Harvard successfully defendedtheir title and Anil Nayar, Harvard'snational champion, won the individualintercollegiate championship for thethird year in a row. Harvard alsoretained the nine man team champion-ship, even though Penn defeated themduring the season.

All four racquetmen succumbed inthe farst round of the tournament. BobMcKinley '70, was defeated by Bill St.John of Cornell 18-15, 15-7, 15-5. St.John advanced to the quarter finals,where he lost to third-seed Bob Cowinof Navy. Geoff Hallock '69 forcedfifth-seeded Spencer Burke of Penn tofive games before bowing 15-9, 11-15,15-11, 17-18, 15-11. Burke proceededto the semi-finals where he lost toNayar. Manny Weiss '70 lost in his first i

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MIT entered the tournament at lessthan full strength; Jack Maxham '69received a cracked collarbone in thematch against UMass, so MIT had noentree at .145 Ibs. B.J. Davies '71 whohad a 10-1 season record before he wasforced to quit the season because of abad knee injury sustained earlier in theyear also had great promise of placinghigh in the tournament.

All told, the Tech machine was able

By Ray KwasnickThe gymnastics squad finished off

its campaign with an excellent secondplace showing in the New Englands.The engineers' 107.30 points were sec-ond only to Southern ConnecticutState College's 130.90. The Universityof New Hampshire placed third with atotal of 101.05.

Dick Hood '70 started off the goodshowing with a third place in the allaround category. The all around issimilar to the decathlon in track. Theathlete must display his talents in allthe areas of gymnastic competition. Heis graded as in all the events by anumber of judges with a rating of 10 asmaximum.

Hood received his best count of themedley with an 8.27 in the long horse.His total of 35.97 placed him behindtwo Southemrn Connecticut men,Antone Capitao with a 43.22 andFrank D'amico with a 40.95.

Hood brought in points in severalother events as well. He was given a6.30 and fourth place in the horizontalbar. In the long horse competition his

whole placed a fourth, somewhat lowerthan was expected in the light of theirseason mark of 14-2. Springfield, aphysical education school, took first inthe tournament, as was expected, anddid it with a point advantage of almost

By Bob SimontonThe varsity wrestling squad partici-

pated in the New Englands at WPI lastThursday and Friday night and Satur-day during the day. The team as a

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Gymnasts show their mettle;second in New Englands

8.27 brought in a third. He also scoredat least a tenth in each of the other events.

Mike Devorkin '69, who will beparticipating in the nationals inCalifornia next week, boosted Tech'stotal as he captured a second in theside horse. Devorkin narrowly mnissedthe top spot as his 8.4 was only .05 offof the winning score. Ken Gerber '71turned in a seventh place finish in theevent.

Tom Hafer '70 brought home abundle of ' ' 'fourth. Hatseemingly 2the paralleplaced fifth

Hafer wwith a 7.5'first spot. (total with a

Horatioother Techthe fminal clOne was awhile the chorse.

round mateTrinity 15-Elieb '71 fellthe first rou

In the futournamentmuch betteDiequez of.but in the secona rouna, nal wasnournof Navy beat Bob in four games, 15-13,12-15, 15-12, 18-16. Gottlieb over-whelmed N. Elmaleh of Brown in hisfirst round contest, 15-7, 15-12, 15-11,but then lost to J. Umans of Comnell,15-13, 13-15, 18-15, 154-6. Weissneeded five games to get by S. Chow ofStony Brook 15-8, 16-18, 15-13, 15-8,15-2. But in the second round Mannylost three games to Bill Meadows ofAmherst by identical 15-9 tallies.Hallock defeated Justin Stanly of Dart-mouth in the first round, 11-15, 18-13,15-11, 16-14. But in the third round,Geoff lost a squeaker to Dave Roe ofYale in five games, 15-9, 11-15, 15-11,16-14, to end the varsity season.

just one new record.-'Lee just missedqualifying for the 500 yard freestyle(by a tenth of a second), but not to bekept down, he swam the consolationheat in 5:15 flat, breaking the recordhe set two weeks ago and taking first inthe "also-ran contest." Had he quali-fied, his time would have placed himthird in the event.

Breastroke specialist Tom Nesbitt:69 jumped aboard the new recordbandwagon in both of his events. Hewon the consolation heat of the 200yard breastroke bettering LarryPeston's time of 2:26.1 with his own2:24.8. In another event rarely seen indual competition, he cracked the mark in the 100. yard verson of his specialty,

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Dave Storeygard of Kappa Sigma brindefensive zone in intramural action last Sunda.toppled ZBT 5-2 to advance in the playoffs.

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By Steve Carhart.Dean of Student Affairs Kenneth R.

Wadleigh has confirmed rumors that hewill resign from his current post as theclose of this academic year.

In an interview, Wadleigh explainedthat several months ago he asked Pre-sident Howard W. Johnson to be re-lieved of his duties as Dean. The presi-dent consented.

In explaining his desire to seek anew post, Wadleigh said that he feltthat he "had made the most significantpart" of whatever contribution hecould make to the Institute in hiscurrent position. He added that he seesother problems he would like to tackleand that his plans for next year are notet decided.

Wadleigh said also that contrary toumor, his successor had not yet been

chosenDean since 1961

Wadleigh has been Dean of StudentAffairs since 1961, when the post wascreated. Previous to that, he was akmember of the mechanical engineeringfaculty.

The Institute has been a part of hislife since 1939, when he came to MITas a freshman. As an undergraduate inthat era, he was required to take ROTCand was unable to take an elective inmechanical engineering until his senioryear. After a stint in the Navy duringWorld War II, Wadleigh returned to theInstitute as an instructor. He was well-liked by his students, winning theGoodwin Medal in 1953 for "conspi-cuously effective teaching." Promotedto assistant professor in 1949, he rose

OFFICIALSmithEvansWeinerHeadLoebFederowBarsa

Mike Albert disqualifd; notregistered as undergraduate

Photo by Conrad GrunlehnerDean of Student Affairs Kenneth R. Wadleigh, Professor of MechanicalEngineering, who will resign as Dean effective the end of this academicyear.to associate professor in 1954 and wasnamed professor in 1961 simul-taneously with his appointment to theDean's post.

While on the faculty, Wadleigh wasactive in a number of faculty commit-tees. He also was a major contributorto the organization of The EngineeringProjects Laboratory.

News AnalysisThe disclosure of a major change in

the MIT administration in the mannerin which this announcement has occur-red is irregular to say the least. Undernormal circumstances, a successorwould already have been named andDean Wadleigh would undoubtedlyhave been ready to make a definitivestatement concerning his future plans.

It is not surprising that Wadleighhas chosen to resign from his current

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post. Whether it is giving "Nuts and IBolts"' lectures to freshmen every night ifor three weeks at the beginning of theterm, following a tuition "riot" aroundcampus to tell the '"rioters" whatthings are no-no's, or going to meetingsof the endless list of committees whichinclude the Dean of Student Affairs, itis clear that this job is one of the mostdemanding at the Institute.

Besides the massive commitmentsto accessibility that this post entails,Wadleigh's position also carries a greatdeal of administrative responsibilitywhich must become a burden after atime. In short, it is the sort of jobwhich can grow tiresome after severalyears.

Now that the news is out, thefavorite game of all observers of Insti-tute politics between now and June 30will be "guess the Dean."

Two years ago, when Assistant Pro-vost Paul Gray was Wadleigh's right-hand man, it appeared that he was theheir-apparent to the post of Dean.Since he was only recently moved tohis current position as "Provost insur-ance" for the next time the Democratswin the White House, it appears un-likely that he will be considered forthis post.

In looking for the new Dean, whatqualities will the Institute seek? Hemust be basically liberal in his attitudestowards students - otherwise he willquickly earn student animosity. At thesame time, he must be able to make an"anyone here in five minutes..."speech if the need arises. Administra-tive experience, work' in curriculumdevelopment, and rapport with stu-dents are also important qualifications.

No one fits all of these qualifica-tions, but much student speculationhas centered· upon ConstantineSimonides, the personable Assistant tothe President. Also mentioned fre-quently are Professor J. Daniel Nyhart,the CAP chairman, and Dr. BensonSnyder, Psychiatrist in Chief. Otherlikely candidates for the post of Deanare the various masters of the InstituteHouses, who are generally senior facul-ty with exceptional interest in stu-dents. a

Professor Nyhart has categoricallydenied that there is any possibility thathe will receive the post. In the case ofany one of these people, however, his'willingness to become Dean if askedwould depend upon his willingness togive up his-current work.

by Reid AsheAt press time, the results of the

UAP election swung on the futureresolution of a technical point-MikeAlbert, who won the election in theactual voting, was not officially regis-tered as an undergraduate student.

Bruce Enders, Secretariat Chairman,ruled that since Albert had not yetpicked up his roll cards he was ineligi-ble for election. In the official balloting(with Albert's votes excluded) JimSmith won over Dick Evans in theseventh ballot 665 to 524. In theunofficial count (with Albert included)Albert beat Smith 655 to 617 in theeighth ballot.

Smith's statement after the resultswere announced indicated that an in-formal agreement with Albert would besought. .Smith stated that as UAP hewould support the four major planks ofAlbert's platform, since those plankshad also been a part of Smith's. Withinminutes of the announcement of re-sults, Smith left the Student Center tofind and meet with Albert.

Enders stated that the ballots wouldbe retained in case. the election isdisputed and a recount demanded.

Albert left the Inscomm office(where the vote count was conducted)early-when he learned that his voteswould not be officially allowed. He wasunavailable for comment after the re-sults were in.

Albert explained that although hehad not yet officially registered for thisterm, he had paid his tuition and feesand considered himself a bona fidestudent. His first reaction to Enders'ruling was one of good-humored sur-prise-"I hear you have a problem!" Helater stated, however, that "It amazes

me that no one on Secretariat, sincethey knew beforehand, suggested that Iregister."

Before he left early in the evening,Albert heared an unofficial report ofthe first ballot results, and expressed apessimistic view of his chances of suc-cess.

Albert said that he had not been in

Photo by George FlynnAlbert requests Inscomm counthis votes in UAP election.

touch with Institute officials with re-gard to his undergraduate status.

In other election results, it waslearned early that the HAC (UnifiedUniversity) constitutional reform pro-posal had prevailed in the referendum.;The vote count. was HAC-859, Assem-bly-179, Senate-149, and other-277.

Under the provisions of the transi-tional provisions of HAC, the newly-elected UAP must appoint a UAVP andSecretary General. Smith could not

comment on who his choices would be.

By Larry Klein

Assistant Secretary of State, Wil-liam P. Bundy, is leaving his presentpost with the federal government to'join the faculty of MIT. Mr. Bundy, akey figure in Vietnam policy-making,will begin his duties at the Institute inSeptember.

Mr. Bundy, who has served as Assis-tant Secretary of State for East Asiaand the Pacific, will be joining the staffof the Center for International Studieswith the advent of the fall term. At theInstitute, he will possess the dual titlesof Research Associate and Visiting Pro-fessor.

Receiving an appointment of oneyear's length, Mr. Bundy declined -atleast, at the present time- to accept alonger assignment at the Institute dueto uncertAihty regarding his futureplins.

Appeal of MITCommunications between the Insti-

tute and Mr. Bundy were in progressfor some six to eight weeks, althoughhis final decision to come here in thefall is actually quite recent.

According to Professor Max Milli-kan, Head of'the Institutes Center forInternational Studies, Mr. Bundy was

attracted to the Institute by the largenumber of talented people here whoare interested in the field of SoutheastAsian affairs- his primary area ofconcern. Moreover, Mr. Bundy wasseeking an environment in which hecould "think on his own" and MITseemed able to offer him this freedom.

Dual roleAs his Institute title suggests, Mr.

Bundy's role within the Center forInternational Studies will probably betwo-fold. As a Research Associate, thepresent Secretary of State will be consi-dering the current situation in South-east Asia. He intends, first, to carefullystudy the development of SoutheastAsia's present state of affairs- then, totry to make some projections as to thedirection he sees events in this regiontaking in the future.

In addition, although Mr. Bundywill not be doing any teaching duringthe fall term, he is currently discussingcourses possibilities for the spring withProfessor Robert Wood, Head of theDepartment of Political Science. Nofinal decision appear have beenr,made yet, however, as to what theexact content of such a course wouldbe if offered.

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Don earned a B.S.E.E. in 1965. Today, he's anAssociate Engineer in systems design and evalua-tion at IBM. Most of his work consists of determi-n-ing modifications needed to make complexdata processing systems fit the specializedrequirements of IBM customers.

Depending on the size of the project, Donworks individually or in a small team. He'snow working with three other engineers onpart of an air traffic control system that willprocess radar information by computer.Says Don: "There are only general guide-lines. The assignment is simply to comeup with the optimum system."

Set your own paceRecently he wrote a simulation program thatenables an IBM computer to predict the per-formance of a data processing system that will track satellites. He handled that project him-self. "Nobody stands over my shoulder," Donsays. "I pretty much.set my own pace."

Don's informal working environment is typi-cal of Engineering and Science at IBM. Nomatter how large the project, we break it down into units small enough to be handledby one person or a few people.

Don sees a lot of possibilities for the future.He says, "My job requires that I keep up todate with all the latest IBM equipment andsystems programs. With that broad an outlook,I can move into almost any technical area atIBIM-development, manufacturing, producttest, space and defense projects, programmingor marketing."

Check with your placement officeIf you're interested in engineering and science at IBM,ask your placement office for more information.

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Student dis.covered -working f orsleepless nights of travel, Len cameover to give her the sales pitch andwhat was by now a three-page docu-ment: the Conservative Alliance pre-amble and the two-page "OperationTextbook" plan on CIA letterhead.Ellen, "in a zombie state,' ' took thedocument and filed it in her drawer.

Had Ellen been awake, shewould have simply said no. UnlikeJohn Bologna, she was an active cam-pus leader. A member of Gamma PhiBeta sorority, she had maintained an Aaverage while serving as president ofthe Panhellenic Association. She didn'thave time for the conservative group,yet she had known Len since high

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school in Detroit. So she did not shutthe door immediately.

Once encouraged, Len was veryhard to discourage. The followingSaturday night, he tried a whole bag oftricks to convince her to join the cause,but failed. First, he gave her the grandtour of the'FBI offices (including apeek at the FBI files on prominent AnnArbor activist Eric Chester), then hewined and dined her.

Afterwards, he promised thatthe CIA would finance graduate studyand get her a job in Germany aftergraduation if she joined the manage-ment group of "Operation Textbook."To appease her liberal instincts, he saidthe Conservative Student Alliancecould have wide political range, "Ex-cept we wouldn't like to see youprotest the war in Vietnam."

By the end of this performanceEllen was dazed, as if the friendly ency-clopedia salesman had suddenly turnedout to be the Boston Strangler. Andyet,. she didn't have the nerve to resist,even when he told her: "Things happento people who slow things up. The CIAdoesn't look favorably on people whoknow things and then mess things up,just because they're slow and undoop-erative."

Unfortunately, Len had made akey oversight which did not becomeapparent until they both returned toAnn Arbor in late August: the three-page Operation Textbook documentremained upstairs in Ellen's drawer.

Len should never have given theCIA letter to an unwilling partner;having done so, he was frantic to get itback, even to the neglect of his fledg-ling organization. Ellen, meanwhile,had become too preoccupied with hercampus activities to pay him muchattention, but she unwittingly joinedhim in a tug of war.

One evening, he sent John Bo-logna to bring Ellen back to theirapartment for a tongue-lashing. Shescoffed at the importance of the docu-ment and then demanded to -be takenhome after- hearing a- tape recorderclick. Late for work, Len strapped onhis guli before dropping her off at thesorority and going to his midnight jobat the Detroit FBI.

So the game went for most ofSeptember. But the friction began towear away at Ellen's patience, and onthe night of September 19, the implica-tions 'of "Operation'Textbook" finallydawned.

At the student governmentcouncil table, where she sits ex-officio,Ellen learned that the local SDS chap-ter was in shambles (a la Phase II of"Operation Textbook"). She feltobliged to tell someone. Not surpris-ingly, she turned to her 21-year-oldfiance, E.O. Knowles, who convenient-ly was also a member of the studentgovernment council.

A tough, volatile personalitywrapped up in a soft southern accent,Knowles was not, like Ellen, hesitant toact. The next afternoon, he repeatedthe story to his friends, SGC vice-president Bob Neff and Will Smith (norelation to Len), a rugged ex-Michiganlineman who is now the university's

assistant director of student organiza-tions.

That night, Ellen went homeand retrieved the document; the nextday, Will Smith arranged a meetingwith University of Michigan PresidentRobben Fleming for 8 pm that even-ing. Present in Fleming's study thatnight were emissaries Knowles, Neff,and Will Smith.

Robben Fleming is a good listen-er. A labor mediator by profession, helikes to stake out all the points of anissue before hazarding an opinion. Butafter reading "Operation Textbook"and hearing the accompanying story,he was incredulous. "My God, wheredid you guys get this .stuff?" he ex-claimed, pointing to the document.'This sounds like a Keystone Copsplot."

For the next few tumultuousdays, the principals spun like spokes ona wheel- faster and faster- withoutcoming any closer together. Flemingcould not locate Len, whose phone wasunlisted, so he had to send a registeredletter to the apartment asking for anappointment. Len, who was callingEllen every half hour, could not findher because she was being shielde.d byher roommates. Knowles and Neff triedvainly to locate Len at a wrong address.

But on Wednesday, September25, the principals started coming toget-her. L.n received Fleming's letter afterhis creative writing class. He realizedthat the story was out, but calledFleming for an appointment the nextday. He did not know how muchFleming knew (or where the documentwas) so he made one last stab at findingEllen. Contacting a mutual friend, helearned that Ellen was hiding out atKnowles' apartment that evening.

Shortly after nine, she heard amysterious knock; a few minutes later,the phone rang. It was Len, callingfrom his apartment. Did she have thedocument? No, Fleming had it. Lenwas stunned and furious. "You're inbig trouble, El," he warned, "this isn'tgoing to end tomorrow, next week, ornext month."

Len's threat could hardly betaken seriously: it was more a reflexspasm of anger and frustration. Evenbefore Ellen hung up on him in fearand disgust, Len changed his tone:"You know when this whole thing isover, Ellen, you're going to look like afool. Wait until I tell them that thisthing is all a hoax."

It was hardly that. Immediatelyafter hanging up, Len notified the FBIin Detroit that the document was out.Then he and Bologna set about burningall the remaining evidence. Bolognasays, "All papers with a CIA letterhead(there were several) were fed to thegarbage disposal. Then we drove out oftown and burned the remaining papersin an open field." The documentsincluded two copies of the post-officesafe and combination number, plussome confidential reports.

The niext day, Len went to seethe Ann Arbor FBI and to tell Fleming"It was all a joke." The presidentdidn't laugh. "If it was a joke," he said,"it was a joke in very bad judgment."

Len stayed in the FBI office two

hours that afternoon. The FBI says'itofficially accepted his resignation onthat date- September 27. But onMonday, September 30, Len andDetroit FBI agent Jim Sturgis wereseen together investigating the bombingof the Ann Arbor CIA office, whichhad taken place the previous night.

Before leaving Ann Arbor, Lenmade a final try at camouflage. Whilesadly admitting, "I blew the job," heasked several friends to substantiate acover story. "If anyone asks, tell themI was simply a file clerk.with the FBI.A lot of trouble could come from thisif it gets out."

Despite the fact that bits andsnatches of the story have circulatedwidely in Ann Arbor, the whole storyhas not yet come out. One reason isthat the CIA and FBI maintain anti-press information offices. As in"Mission Impossible," they "disavowany knowledge of 'Operation Text-book'. "

Laughs a CIA spokesman, "Wedon't have agents on college campuses;your imagination must be runningaway with you." And the FBl's Wash-ington office will only confirm thatLen Smith was a "clerk" from Febru-ary 1 to September 27, 1968. Len's oldboss, Detroit FBI Director Paul Stod-dard, refuses to discuss the case. Heeven denies existence of the FBl'sunlisted eleventh floor communicationscenter which Len showed off to hisfriends. "There are ten floors in theFederal Building," Stoddard insistedfrom his ninth-floor private office,which was also a highlight of Len'snocturnal tours.

But Stoddard and Ann Arboragent Ray Coglin felt obliged to offerPresident Fleming a private explanationof Smith's activities. 'They kept re-peating'that the FBI is 'much tooprofessional' to be involved in theseshenanigans,'.' says Fleming. "Theymaintained that if he did anything likethis, he did it strictly on his own."

But Fleming remained uncon-vinced. He told them, "I think youshould go back to your office and startthinking about what you're .going tosay when this story comes out in print.If you deny it, no one is going tobelieve you- and if you admit it,you're going to be in a very embarras-sing position."

Like a witness taking the fifthamendment, the FBI has stuck to its"clerk" story in the face of overwhelm-ing evidence to the contrary. For civilservice purposes, Len might have beenidentified as a clerk, but he was clearlygiven duties beyond shuffling papers.As Stoddard himself sought to reassureFleming, no clerk would have access toconfidential documents.

By the same logic, no clerkwould carry an unregistered concealedweapon, flash an official FBI identifica-tion card and a government vehiclelicense, give grandiose tours, makelong-distance phone calls on officialgovernment business from the office,or use duplicating equipment to run offcopies of the CSA preamble.

The link with the CIA is notclear-cut. But John Bologna did seeseveral other documents with CIA let-terhead and a healthy quantity of two

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spokesmen conceded that "We don'thand our stationery out by thebushel."

As a young man planning acareer with the FBI. Len was aware ofthe three-year and $1000 penalty forimpersonating a federal officer. Thereis no reason to disbelieve what he toldus, "In all my activities, I was actingunder orders from the FBI and CIA.That's all I can say."

There is further proof that theFBI- the nation's chief investigatoryservice- cannot pretend ignorance ofLen's activities until they hit the fan.On September 5, three weeks beforehis resignation, Len's unusual behaviorwas brought to the attention of theFBI. During a welfare protest sit-in indowntown Ann Arbor, Len representedhimself as an FBI man to local policeLieutenant Eugene Staudenmeier.Puzzled by Len's frank admission,Staudenmeier says he reported it to theFBI. Later in the day when tie protest-ers were arrested Len- also inside the

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Chairman ..... ................... Greg Arenson '71Editor .............................. Steve Carhart '7(Business Manager . ........ . Julian James '7(Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . Reid Ashe '7£

Editorial Associates . . . ......... Carson Agnew '70, Robert Dennis '7(Production Managers ............. Jeff Gale '70, Bruce Weinberg '71Night Editors ............ Randy Hawthorne '71, Cazliss Baldwin '72

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Black rage doing most of the work. The lest of thetime has been spent in haggling over'red-tape".

We demanded two BLACK adminis-trators; we recieved one! We asked forfull four-year scholarships; they con-ceded two-year scholarships! Wedemanded one hundred BLACKS;approximately fifty will'be accepted!(Incidentally, BLACK STUDENTS,

and not the administration, wereresponsible for their recruitment.)The BLACK Experience 21.966 is inprogress, but no plans have been madefor it in the 1969-70 school year! Asummer program is being worked'on(by members of the BSU). And theAfro-enter? . . . Nobody knows

What I would like to see- is theAdministration getting off its ass anddoing something! We, as BLACK STU-DENTS, must somehow convince thefaculty that our DEMANDS are just,and that we intend to'see them imple-mented!

And to you "meatballs", you"Tech-Tools" who are completelyturned off by this article, let me'borrow a quote from 'ChirlesSilberman:

"Nothing could be more wildly im-practical, therefore-and nothing moredestructive to the future of an indi-vidual or of society-than an educationdesigned to prepare people only forspecific vocations or professions or tofacilitate their 'adjustment' to theworld as it is."

Milton Dailey '72toReview rebuttal

·show. (To -sound like a real reviewer?To use what he thought he had learnedin 21.03?) Let me disabuse yourreaders from the rummrny idea that theland of Euphoria is intended to be anallegory for MIT, and that our haplessHappiness Squad is a- parody of theCampus Patrol- really, Mr. Fourer, theCampus Patrol? And permit me to askMr. Fourer to substantiate-his claimthat "most of the songs sound liketraditional show tunes, when that's thelast thing most Tech students want tohear." Tech Show is, after all, a musicalcomedy, and not a balloon ascension,multi-media happening, or anythingelse Mr. Fourer might want it to be-and, in. all fairness, should be reviewedas such. Additionally, Bill Grossman'ssongs are not "traditional show tunes"to anyone at all familiar with musicalcomedy; I find them new and fresh,and very exciting.

I realize that The Tech has greatdifficulty attracting to. its staff any-one sufficiently competent to re-view a kindergarten art show, but Ifeel I owe the many people who haveworked long and hard on Tech Show,enough to protest such a vapid review.It is riddled with mistakes of fact andinterpretation, with a frighteningly lowcritical sensitivity, which makes it of apiece with The Tech's consistent Phil-listinism and intellectual aridity. If yougentlemen would like- to try again toget a decent piece of writing in yourpaper, I will gladly reserve seats for youat any of the three performances thisweekend.

Michael MerrittDirector, Tech Show '69

The confusion surronding the UAP race has caused a major conflictbetween the letter and the spirit of the rules under which the election<took place.

The elections were run under the old Inscomm constitution whichclearly states that only registered students can be members of theUndergraduate Association and that the UAP must be elected by andfrom this organization. By the 'letter of the law, Jim Smith wasprobably elected UAP. However, all of the student body votedyesterday with the assumption that Mike Albert was a duly registeredstudent. Although the vote was close, he was the winner on thisaccount, and no one can ignore this fact.

According to the Inscom constitution, (Article X) the interpreta-tion of the constitution is the function of the UAP, that is, Maria.Clearly, she is the person who represents the "legitimacy" of the'oldstudent government and as such might make the final interpretation ofthe letter of the law.

However, the formalities of the Inscomm constitution are soill-determined and so unenforceable that the only lasting solution forthis- problem will be for the two "winners" to reach some solutionwhich is mutually agreeable. -It is vital that such a solution be reached inorder to enable the new student government to take office smoothlyand legitimately.

The unexpected vote for Albert clearly states the concern of thestudent body for the issues which Mike has raised. Smith has recognizedthis sentiment and has said that he will support Albert's platform.Albert, for his part, has stated that he would not care to undertakemuch of the administrative responsibility which the UAP has had in thepast. In his campaign Smith stressed that the UAP must be willing towork on a range of problems broader than that represented in Albert'splatform.

It seems to us that both Smith and Albert have more in commonthan might be initially expected. We urge both of the candidates torecognize that they both have a great deal to gain from the services ofthe other and that nothing-will be accomplished unless the two of themreach a suitable settlement.

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The recommendation of the Student Committee on EducationalPolicy' that the pass-fail option currently extended to Seniors be ex-tended to Juniors and Sophomores seems to us an excellent move. Wefeel that the adoption of this proposal would not only benefit the stu-dents involved, but would strengthen MIT as a whole. -

The potential benefits to students, both as undergraduates and aftergraduation, are clear. Anyone who has managed to get into MIT, andhas survived his Freshman year (be it on grades or not) has learned notonly to "work for grades" but to evaluate the courses he takes in termsof "Am I learning anything in this course?" and "Is the workload in thesubject worth the amount of actual knowledge being transmitted?"

We all know the classes in which- due to poor planning or othercauses- the course just isn't worth the effort; somehow, the materialthat the catalog says is in the courses just isn't there. It seems to us thatpass-fail would, for instance, allow a student to extract the essentialfacts a course is trying to put across, without having to tolerate thehack-work that would be required to use the information professionallyafter graduation.

It seems to us, also, that pass-fail may provide an interesting type offeedback to the Faculty about just which courses the students feel areworthwhile. We can foresee, for example, that pass-fail enrollmentmight jump in computer science subjects, and in many introductorysubjects in the engineering and science fields (6.1.4 and 6.30 for exam-ple).

Finally, it seems to us that any mechanism which may produce abroader-minded graduate of MIT than currently is, is desirable. Toomany discoveries are missed, and too many poor decisions are made to-day because the technologists making them are too specialized. Even ifonly half of each class uses pass-fail, and if only half of that class doesbenefit, we feel that the usefulness and qulity of the Institute's gradu-ates will increase, just as we feel that a change in the grading systemcannot decrease that quality or usefulness.

Unfortunately, the CEP has not seen fit-to implement this proposalthis year, probably from a fear of reforming too much, too fast. Wehope that they will reconsider next year, following the receipt of moredata on the Freshman experience.

To the editor:This article was not, written to

organize a revolt against the administra-tion or even a meeting to discuss a planof action. It was written simply toimform you, the MIT community,about the racist conditions that existhere and the methods that we, themembers of the BLACK STUDENTSUNION, have chosen to eliminatethem.

We maintain that an education isrelevant to a group only if it offers anopportunity to eliminate the culturaland social barriers that exist betweenthat group and the majority of thecommunity. Furthermore, aneducational institution, such as MIT,can only hope to weaken those barriersthrough its admissions policies, its cur-riculum, and its general attitude towardthe group in question.

In years past, the standard policy ofadmissions has been the same for allraces; but this standard was based onand derived from white, middle-classAmerica. The fmancial aid policy ofcombined scholarship and loan camefrom the same source. The curriculum(previous to THE BLACK EXPERI-ENCE, 21.966) contained nothingabout BLACK HISTORY, BLACKCULTURE, or even about the BLACKman's contribution to science and tech-nology.

MIT has essentially ignored theAmerican Black man; thu's puttingitself in the category to which manyAmerican universities belong: that of aRACIST INSTITUTION!

With this in mind, on October 15,1968. the BLACK STUDENT'SUNION presented Twelve Demands tothe INSTITUTE. This gave MIT achance to back up its frequently voicedintention of doing its part to fosterracial equality: an intention that hasyet to be followed up with action.

. The.deinands consisted mainly ofgetting more'BLACK STbiJDENTS in t o

MIT- (100/year), meeting their needswith full scholarship for four' years,BLACK administrators in the Admis-sions and Financial Aid offices, a sam-mer program for- entering BLACKSTUDENTS, more BLACK-orientedcourses taught by BLACKS, and anAfro-American Center run by the BSU.In addition to presenting these de-mands, the BSU has contributed muchof its members tine and advise in thehope of speeding up the implementa-tion of these demands.

- Now, five months later, the Admin-istration has only come through with'half-demands" and the BSU members

To the Editor: 27Te author replies. I don't have the~~~~~~~~~~Tohe Edithorrels: !dnthv h space to give your letter the answer itin hs rvie ofTechSho '6, 1deserpes; however, a closer took at the

am afraid that your Mr. Fourer showed review itself should reveal the misquo-greater familiarity with last minute tation and misrepresentation it hasterm papers than with the theatre. suffered. I quoted from program and

Alas, Mr. Fourer has not written a plot spangly, and only to make apoint; as for the list of actors towardcritical review in any sense of the word, the end, it was added to fill out space;but rather, under the banner and pre- and not at my desire. Concerningyour' sf'med authiority of a newspaper fles- ~.offem'we~'ac r f a 'a~7lln-tevertre column, has -fobbed off a high canbefoundschool book report, summarizing theplot of 'our show, listing its actors, and Calendar revisionsdiscussing its program notes. We wouldhave been glad to supply your paperwith a copy of our program to print,which I'm sure-would have saved Mr.Fourer the taxing chore of filling anumber of column inches with hisdeathless prose.

But if Mr. Fourer had stopped atstraight-forward-if nindless- report-ing, I would not have had cause towrite this letter. The sad fact is that hefelt it necessary to salt his book reportwith a few undigested reactions to the

r To the Editor:, As a supposed "token-student" rep-resentative to a committee, I am writ-

i ing this personal letter to The Tech withs the hope that it will be relayed to the

community, and more importantly,t that both students and faculty will- respond.

The members of the student-fac-ulty-administration Committee on the

t Academic Calendar have discussednumerous points which should in-fluence a university in its decision toadopt a particular calendar. The mostimportant of these considerations dealwith the problems of educational pacevis P vis the element of time. Theduration of a term is only one of them.Others are the spacing, frequency andlength of vacations and the spacing-ofsuch pressure periods as final exams.

0 There are questions regarding effi-D ciency, utilization of the physical

sources of the Institute and flexibility0 of the calendar to accomodate dif-I ferent learnings and teaching styles.2 There are specific questions concerningI elimination of the post-Christmas lameD duck period in the present first sem-I ester and easing of the endof-semesterD rush caused by the crowding of finalI ekams and papers and the pressure for

faculty to come up with decisions onperformance and grades in a very short

y period of time. In addition, the calen-y dar must mesh easily with events or., seasons beyond our control; i.e., holi-r days and other university calendars.e Many of the suggestions have been

oriented towards providing for somesort of "fallow" time, to be used foxresearch and study at a more individualpace.

I urge members of the communityto express their feelings on these ques-tions, as well as praise others, bystopping by for awhile at the openforum on the MIT Academic Calendar,this Monday at 3:30 pm in the BushRoom, 10-105. After all, we are theones who must live and work with it.

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* There will be an open student-faculty forum on the academic calendar atMIT on Monday, March 17, Room 10-105 from 3:30 to 5:00 pm.

* All direct MIT telephone line access codes will be changed on March 29.The change in codes is necessitated by the need for more codes for such linesand additional numbers for telephone stations within the Institute. A copy ofthe changes will be distributed with the March 19 issue of Tech Talk.

* Students who may apply to medical school should attend tihe Pre-MedicalSociety meeting Thursday, March 20, at 7.30 pm in Room 473 of theStudent Center. Dean Wick,Chairman of the Pre-Med Advisory CBmmittee,will discuss what students should know about the Medical Boards,recommendations, interviews and where and how to apply.

* The MIT Nautical Association invites the local yachting community to alecture on "Tuning Your Boat for Maximum Speed in the Coming Season" byMr. Douglas MacGregor. The lecture will be held on Wednesday, March 19, at8:30 prm.

* Where are you now that we need you Harry Schey? - your 8.01 and8.02 students.* There will be a meeting of all freshmen interested in lacrosse at 5:15Tuesday in the Varsity Club lounge.

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prisoners, however, who were alreadypushed to the limits of their endur-ance- this was too much to bear insilence. Three days after PrivateBunch's death, the demonstration washeld by the twenty-seven protestors,resulting in mutiny convictions.

As potential draftees of the U.S.Army, the students of MIT have a rightto know whether the Presidio Stockadeis the exception or the rule. If theinhuman behavior which is so common-place there is typical of a stockade inthe Armed Forces, then the time hascome for a large-scale investigation ofthe whole matter. If, however, Presidiois the lone standout of inequity andsadism in the stockade system, theArmy should say so, and back up itsstatement by allowing impartial obser-vers study and compare other stockadeconditions in various parts of thecountry. If borne out, Presidio couldbe dissolved, chalked up to experience,and draftees could enter the Army withthe assurance that if put in a stockade,they would not find themselves in avirtual concentration camp.

In theory, the Army exists to pro-tect the rights of Americans to basichuman freedoms necessary for a decentexistence. If, in fact, it could be dem-onstrated that within the Army, even ifonly in a stockade, these same free-doms are denied, then serious questionscould be raised about the function ofthe Army as a whole. Certain elementsof the Army now are showing that theyare more interested in beating downprisoners than in fighting for dem-ocracy. Take, for example, the bookingsergeant at Presidio Stockade, whomLife Magazine cites as saying that hehad once shot a Vietnamese woman inthe stomach for no reason at all. Takethe case of the Colonel on the WestCoast, who ordered that a retarded boyof mental-age ten who was somehowdrafted be sent to Vietnam because, 'Ifhe can carry a gun, we need him ."

Finally, the trials of the remainingprotestors of the Presidio Stockadeshould be carefully followed by all tosee if, in the light of what has beenrevealed since the first three men weresentenced, the military court will ad-minister justice rather than punish-ment.

was later revamped to hold 88. Presidiois listed as having an "emergency capa-city"of 115 prisoners ;Army regulationsstate that an emergency capacity is notto be tolerated for more than sevendays. Since August 22, 1968, morethan this emergency number have beenconsistently detained. On October 14,the day of the demonstration, therewere 140 prisoners in the stockade,which was still drawing rations for only104 people, including three cooks andeight guards. In addition, the prisonersstated that they are granted access toonly four toilets,. all of which sel-dom-if ever- work.

The most startling fact about thePresidio Stockade, however, is the in-credibly high incidence of suicide at-tempts. In the last six months, therehave been 33 suicide attempts withvarying degrees of success by twenty-one different prisoners, whose methodshave taken some of the followingbizarre forms: a- large number havetried hanging themselves, many haveslit their wrists, one has cut his armsand drunk lye, another cut his throat,one drank oven cleaner, another swal-lowed poison, one slashed his arms,wrists, and chest; another drank sham-poo,' and -ugliest of all- one PrivateHall drove a spike into his vein in anattempt to drain out all his blood.What is the official Army reaction toall this? Is there a psychiatrist atPresidio, for example?

With so many prisoners attemptingbut failing to commit suicide, it isnatural to ask what happens to thesemen. Statistically, almost all of themhave been 'hospitalized until theirwounds healed, and then, ironicallyenough, have been returned to Presidio.Not only have they been returned, butthey have been placed in solitary con-finement as punishment for their suici-dal attempts.

One noted incident involved PrivateRichard Gentile, a Vietnam warveteran, who had returned statesideafter his tour of-duty abroad. OnOctober 12, he participated in the GI

MilitaryBy Harvey Baker

Occasionally, the American public isfaced with the kind of scandal that thenews media as a whole largely-ignores,or simply buries in the form of asummary wrap-up deep in a newspaper.Such a story is that of the 'PresidioStockade. While Ramparts magazinedid a feature article on it, and theResistance has seized the opportunityto 'distn'bute more of its never-endingleaflets, few people actually know thewhole story of over-crowding, under-feeding,' sadism, murder, and suicidethat has characterized the PresidioStockade in San Francisco.

On October 14, 1968, as roll callwas being taken, 27 prisoners lockedarms, sat down, and began to sing "WeShall Overcome." They stated theirwish to speak to the captain as theyhad a list of grievances to read. Soon

-after, Captain Lamont, accompaniedby fourty MP's and a group of photo-graphers arrived" on the scene. Thephotographers took pictures of all themen after which the captain read aloudthe Mutiny Law, Article 94, which themen stated they could not hear, due toa loudspeaker playing in the back-ground. At the conclusion of the read-ing, the MP's broke up the group,carrying away bodily those who didnot go voluntarily.' The men werecharged with mutiny, and the threewho have thus far been sentenced havebeen given terms of fourteen, fifteeen,and sixteen years hard labor for this act;of non-violent civil disobediance. SaidArmy Investigator Captain Richard J.Milland in a secret report never re-vealed at the trial, '"To chargemutiny...for demonstrating against con-ditions that existed in the stockade is,in my opinion, a miscarriage ofjustice."

Much worse than the mutiny convic-tions described above, however, are theconditions that prevail in Presidioagainst which the unfortunate prisonersdemonstrated. Dealing first on a purelystatistical level, the stockade was builtto hold a maximum of 49 men, and

peace march in San Francisco, wascharged and convicted for AWOL as aresult, and was sent to the PresidioStockade. After a series of regrettableevents, Private Gentile attempted tocommit suicide by drinking chromepolish. However, his stomach waspumped out, his life saved, and he wasreturned without psychiatric observa-tion to Presidio and thrown into soli-tary confinement. After emerging fromconfinement, he slashed his wrists, andeventually suffered a complete nervousbreakdown. Consequently, he was sentto a psychiatric ward and kept underheavy sedation. His mental state onlytentatively restored at best, on Decem-ber 10, he heard that was to be sent to,of all places, the Presidio Stockade.Richard Gentile escaped from the hos-pital, and is still hiding in San Francis-co. Ramparts magazine says that hewants to' turn himself in to anotherhospital, but is afraid he will simply bereturned to the stockade.

What is it about the "box"-theprisoner's term for solitary- thatmakes it have such a damaging effecton the men sentenced to it? Thestockade has five "boxes", two ofwhich are used solely for disciplinarycases, such as that of Private Gentile.These two are painted black, andmeasure 4 1/2 by 5 112 by 8 feet. Theperiod of internment ranges from oneday to several weeks, during which theprisoner is granted only marginal foodallowances. The only light within thebox is artifical.

The federal court petition regardingthese cells states, "None of the saidcells contain a commode and, in orderto relieve themselves, the prisonersmust pound on the doors of their cells'and shout until they are able to attractthe guard's attention. Frequently, theguards are otherwise occupied or un-willing to respond to the prisoner'scalls. Prisoners are frequently forced torelieve themselves on the floor of theircells, and their excrement or urine isallowed to remain on the cell floor forconsiderable periods of time. Prisoners

in the segregation cells has been refusedpermission to brush their teeth, bathe,or change their clothes for periods upto a week. The heating in these cells isinadequate, and to punish recalcitrantprisoners, guards take the prisoner'sclothes and blankets from him andthrow cold water on his naked body.At times, urine is substituted for thewater."

Other documented incidents at Pres-idio are thefollowing: A guard squirteda prisoner with a urine-filled waterpistol. The same prisoner was offeredrazor blades by the guard, and told tokill himself with them if he wanted to.Another prisoner was hospitalised withhepatitis and while still ill, was return-ed to Presidio and put in the "box".Racist guards discriminate against blackprisoners. One of the guards claimedthat their chief pushed LSD, and thatone day all the guards were"stoned." Aspeed addict was sent to the stockadeand refused medical care. In general,the overall situation is one of concen-tration camp atmosphere, with a sub-stantial minority of the prisonersdriven to suicide attempts out of sheerdesperation. Few of the prisoners inthe stockade have been detained forany charge more serious than AWOL.

The demonstration on October 14was in protest of one such attempt.which, unlike most others, did succeed.Private Richard Bunch, nineteen yearsold, was shot and killed in an "escapeattempt" which nearly everyone in-volved claims was suicide. Throughoutthe day, Bunch had inquired of other.prisoners as to how best commit sui-cide. The idea was suggested that hemight run away from the work detail.Before acting upon this suggestion.Bunch asked a guard, "If I run, willyou shoot me?" The guard responded,"You'll have to run to find out."Apparently satisfied with this answer,Bunch gave the guard instructions to"aim at my head" and started to run.He was twenty-five feet away when hewas hit with the fatal shot. No com-mand was given to halt, nor was anyhelp sought to apprehend him beforethe guard fired. The Army termed themurder "justifiable homicide" andclosed the case. For many of the

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students about business and itsrole in our changing society ...and from their perspective as headsof maior corporations areexchanging views through meansof a campus/corporate DialogueProgram on specific issues raisedby leading student spokesmen.

Here, Mark Bookspan, an OhioState Chemistry major, who plansa medical career, is exploring issueswith Mr. DeYoung.

In the course of the full DialogueProgram, David G. Clark, a Masterof Arts candidate at StanfordUniversity, also wijll explore issueswith Mr. DeYoung, as will DavidM. Butler, Electrical Engineering,Michigan State, and Stan Chess,Journalism, Cornell, with Mr. Doan;similarly, Arthur M. Klebanoff,Government, Yale, and ArnoldShelby, Latin American Studies,Tulane, with Mr. Galvin.

These Dialogues will appear in this publication, and other campusnewspapers across the country,throughout this academic year.Campus comments are invited, andshould be forwarded to Mr. -DeYoung, Goodyear, Akron, Ohio;Mr. Doan, Dow Chemical,Mid/and, Michigan; or Mr. Galvin,Motorola, Franklin Park; Illinois, ,as appropriate.

Three chief executive officers-- TheGoodyear Tire & Rubber Company'sChairman, Russell De Young, TheDow Chemical Company'sPresident, H'. D. Doan, andMotorola's Chairman, Robert W.Galvin-are responding to seriousquestions and viewpoints posed by

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Massive soMial' dis'ienDear Mr. Bookspan:

Dear Mr. DeYoung:

There is evidence that we of themid-twentieth century areengaged in a social andeconomic revolution equal inmagnitude and in impact to theindustrial revolution of themid-eighteenth century.Instead of hand tools givingway to power-driven machines,though, man-run machines aregiving way to computer-runmachines. Many phases ofbusiness and industry whichonce depended exclusively onhuman effort (e.g. accounting,quality control, purchaseordering, and even sales) arealready showing the intrusionof computers. Someday,machine-computer-computer-machine complexes mayeliminate most humanparticipation in industry.

Such change will produceseveral significant results(they've already started !):

1. The rapid decrease in needfor unskilled and semi-skilledlabor.

2. The ever accelerating need toretrain personnel to movefrom obsolete jobs to newlycreated ones.

3. The requirement thatthose frequent technologicalretraining periods be withfull pay (i.e. elimination of ajob should not produceunemployment).

4. The need for economicstability with nearly 100% of ourlabor force employed. (Theneed for 3%-5% unemploymentisnot directly evident.)

5. The increasing emphasis onservice industries. Asproportionately more peopleare involved in research,teaching, counseling, etc.,our society will lose itsproduction-consumption basis.

What are you, an Americanbusinessman, doing to avoidmassive social disorientation,such as was experienced innineteenth century England inthe wakle of the industrialrevolution, as we shift to aservice-oriesnted society? Howwill the excluded millionsstart to feel and to become abenefiting part of the changingsociety?

Yours truly,

Mark BookspanPre-Mled, Ohio State

The fear that human beings willbe made obsolete by machines,and the prospects of a resultingmassive social disorientation,has prompted cries of alarmsince the harnessing of steampower and the invention of themechanical loom.

These traditional forebodingshave become increasingly vocalin some quarters with thecontinuously wider applicationsof automation. As the litanygoes: Automated machinescontrolled by computers areself-adjusting, repairing, andprogramming without humanlabor... can outperform anyworker at the task undertaken,and likely outthink him as well.Inevitably more and moreworkers will be replaced witheach progressivelysophisticated generation ofcomputer complexes, andunemployment will rise tocrisis proportions.

Historically these fears haveproven groundless, and thereis no reasonable basis toconclude any catastrophicdevelopments in the future withincreased automation.

There is no end to the needs ofhuman beings as they havemore disposal income and moreleisure time. Withoutautomation, we would not havehad the capacity to fulfill thedemands of a constantlyincreasing standard of living.

As a matter of fact, whileautomation does causedisplacement, it does not causesignificant unemployment.Quite to the contrary,automation has created morejobs than it has destroyed. Thedevelopment of the computeris a good example. Actually,there is greater employmentnow than would have beer; thecase if the technologicaladvances brought about by ,automation had no t occurred.

This is illustrated by industry'sexperience during the ten-yearperiod ending in 1965.

Approximately 58-millionadditional jobs were created,while some 50-million jobs wereeliminated, leaving a net gainof 8-million positions.Significantly, technology in alarge measure prompted thejob gain, but was not the majorcause of job losses. Rather thisresulted more from increasedwage rates occasioned bystatute and agreementsnegotiated with unions, and forthe most part affected unskilledjobs, as might be expected.

The displacement, orredeployment, of workersresulting from automationcertainly is no cause for alarm.Quite frequently, people arereleased from lower-payingjobs and advance to better-paying positions, all broughtabout by automation. Mostfirms applying newly availabletechnologies retrain and placetheir employees in newpositions, and invariablyexperience the need foradditional personnel as well.For the most part this means anupgrading of skills along withan increased income-earningpotential, and expandedemployment.

Compare the significantincrease in the total-work

force of over 70-million,_withaverage earnings of $2.50 perhour, to that of 63-million in1955 whose hourly earningsaveraged $2.00 (equivalent1965 dollar's) . In other words,wage rates and employmentboth rose during a decade thatwitnessed considerableautomated innovations.

Aside from these bare-bonesstatistical facts, the impact ofautomation is measurable inother terms; namely, theincreasing release of man fromdawn-to-dark drudgery.Through the utilization ofmachines in lieu of brute forceto increase productivity,significantly greater numbershave been able to shift toexciting new occupations thatmean for th3m larger incomesand fuller lives. A vast spectrumof new activities throughincreasing applications ofautomation is profoundlyaffecting our whole mode oflife. The future potential is asgreat as man's imaginativeintelligence can develop.

Sincerely,

Russell DeYoungChairman, The Goodyear Tire& Rubber Company

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your offense is considerably more ser-ious than-for instance-the slightlybiased reporting of intramural sports,which is the topic of much minorgriping in these parts.

Incidentally, MIT won the PutnamContest this year, if anyone cares.After all, it's only a continent-widemathematics competition, and themost prestigious academic contest Iknow of. And, after all, this is the firsttime we have won in many years;traditionally, we have been edged outby the little red schoolhouse up theriver, which has an uncanny knack forpicking its team. The members of our

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ence course (3.091, 5.01, 5.41, 5.60,7.01, etc. in the first group, or 2.403,3.00, 5.63, 7.85, etc. in the second);one intermediate or advanced informa-tion sciences course; and two addition-al courses in any field from a list ofacceptable subjects.

The laboratory requirement couldbe satisfied by an expanded list ofcourses, including some from depart-ments other than Science and Engineer-ing; the humanities requirement wouldbe essentially unchanged.

This proposal, along with severalothers to change or eliminate the Gen-eral Institute Requirements, will comeup for a vote at next week's facultymeeting.

Rockoff and Pincus, in the intro-duction to their proposal, note thattheir requirements would keep MIT asan institution polarized around science,which is what they believe it should be.However, "this should not imply thatMIT should halt its expansion intonOn-technological fields, nor should itimply tha the curricula remain stag-nant. We favor the strengthening of theSocial Science Departments throughimprovement of their programs andpersonnel. We are in favor of reducingunnecessary pressure involved in theMIT experience, through he continua-tion of pass-fail and expansion of choi-ces available to satisfy various require-ments. In addition, we advocate animproved advisory system and closerpersonal contact between students andfaculty..."

; Techvictorious team were Gerald S. Gras'69, a three-year resident of BurtonHouse who now lives in an apartment;Jeffrey C. Lagarias '71, an East Campusresident; and Don Coppersmith '72, ofBurton House.

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requirementsas rejected a petition proposal would serve to "broadenextension of the senior scope of their education."to all undergraduates. Another group of studentswhich had about 1200 come up with another proposaldergraduates, proposed revising the Institute requirements.ail policy regarding seni- by Mark Rockoff '69 and StcI to all undergraduates; Pincus '70, the students proposg each undergraduate to two-term sequence in introduc,e not required for his physics, with options "as recommn, pass-fail." Although ed by the DOpartment of Physics,"to continue senior pass- a similar requirement in mathemaal was voted down. The proposal would revise thei was the idei of several ence distribution requirements toser House, led by Steve elude one course in introductoryie students felt that the intermediate biological-chemical

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By Joseph KashiThe text and implications of the

Corporation's recent decision to decen-tralize parietal regulations in InstituteHouses were examined Monday nightby Dean Wadleigh at a dinner meetingof Dormcon and the Masters and tutorsof each dormitory.

The plan will allow each house tohave a referendum on regulations,coupled with an annual review of theplan's effectiveness. The vote is im-mediately put in- effect. With the ex-ception of certain rules regarding eligi-bility for occupance in InstituteHouses, and financial matters, parietalswere'the last centralized regulationsgoverning student life in MIT's houses.

Baker House and Burton Househave already voted to abolish parietalsby large majorities. East Campus willhold a referendum on Tuesday, whilethe Senior House vote is to take placetoday. Both houses are expected tovote down parietals. McCormick Hallvoted to extend parietals recently, al-though a new referendum is scheduledfor this Monday.

Fraternities, which awe governed byan agreement concluded in 1959 be-tween MIT and the IFC, have noexpress hours,' although the agreementdoes state that no fraternity man shallengage in promiscuous conduct withinthe house, and that no unchaperonedwomen remain overnight.

' Option to revokeDean Wadleigh stated that the Cor-

poration approved the Dormcon planwith the option of rescinding unlimitedhours if the situation becomes unsatis-factory or if serious legal implicationsensue. Although Tufts University andcertain women's colleges, notablyVassar, have moved in the same direc-tion, the MIT community will neces-sarily have to exercise discretion. Tufts'policy includes the phrase that nowoman shall remain overnight. Thisallows them to stay clear of a newMassachusetts law which provides anumber of severe penalties, includingthe revocation of the housing permit ofthe dorm involved in any type of

SACC debate,hears Vietn

By Duff McRobertsDisagreement was evident as mem-

bers of the Science Action Coordina-ting Committee (SACC) discussedfuture activities at a meeting Mondaynight. Members did, however, expressunity toward a goal of what meetingchairman Al Silverstone called "ananti-militarism program at MIT."

The meeting was also addressedbriefly by Mr. Claude Bourdet and Mrs.Peggy Duff, European officials of theInternational Confederation -for Dis-armament and Peace, who commentedfrom a European viewpoint on mattersof interest to SACC.

Choice of projectsThe dispute over future plans con-

cerned whether the organization wouldhave its major focus around one or twomain projects or act as a clearinghouseto aid smaller groups working on sev-eral different projects. A subcommit-tee, which will present a report at thenext general meeting, was formed tolist the possible courses of action, andconsider a choice of projects. Proposalsinclude a protest of ROTC and defenseresearch, further campaigning for theMarch 4 proposals, participation inpublic demonstrations and others.There was general'agreement on 'thedesirability of keeping the issues beforethe MIT community, but opinions dif-

Schweikart, who had a previous historyof motion sickness, reported feeling ill.Ground controllers were ready to can-cel his scheduled spacewalk; however,

'Spacecraft Commander James McDivittproposed a compromise. Schweikartwould suit up, open the LM hatch, andexpose himself to the space environ-ment. This accomplished a crucialmission objective of testing the lunarlanding space suit while not endanger-ing Schweikart. Following the space-walk, Schweikart and McDivittrejoined David Scott in the Com-mand Module. Scott, who did a thesison Interplanetary Navigation at the

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Burton gripeTo the Editor:

This letter is going to seem like atirade of dormitory provincialism, butyou guys need a little prodding, andI'm willing to play the bad guy. Theone redeeming factor that saves mefrom being the blackest of villains isthat I have been itching to write thisletter for a week, but decided to waitand make sure that you have beennegligent and not just slow. I even giveyou some small 'credit for attemptingto cover issues of specific interest tothe dormitories, in spite of your bung-ling the facts and incurring the divinewrath of Dean Wadleigh.

But did you know that there havebeen some elections in the dormitories?For sixty-four thousand dollars: canyou name the president of BurtonHouse? How about Baker House? Justbecause Inscomm has been having a bigrethink and holding its elections a littlelater than usual, don't expect us toamend our constitutions and followsuit. Maybe you were caught up in theflurry of UAP campaigning, but I think

By George FlynnApollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot Rus-

sell Schweikart '56, a research scientistformerly employed at the MIT Experi-mental Astronomy Lab, guided the LMto its successful rendezvous last week.

Early in the flight, problems withthe MIT-developed guidance systemseemed to threaten the mission. Thedifficulty was soon traced to a faultytiming signal which started the space-craft's onboard computer later thanplanned. Guidance updates allowed themission to proceed normally.

Schweikart, who represented Bur-ton House on lnscomm during hissenior year, compiled an outstandingacademic record at MIT. He also par-ticipated in such activities as freshmanfencing and Radio Station WMIT.Graduating in the same class as Profes-sors Bruce Wedlock (VI) and JohnSaloma (XVII), Schweikart became anAir Force pilot. Following his tour ofduty he returned to MIT as a graduatestudent. Working under Professor Wins-ton Markey (XVI), he did a thesis onstratospheric radiance, and continuedresearch on upper atmosphere physics,star tracking, and stabilization of stellarimages at the Experimental AstronomyLaboratory until his selection as anAstronaut in October 1963.

On the second day of the mission,

The flight, first test for the lunarlanding craft, concluded with thesplashdown in the Atlantic yesterday.Speculation began immediately on theschedule for the Apollo 11 first landingwhich will carry another MIT-trainedastronaut to the surface of the moonsometime this summer.

Edwin Aldren, LM pilot for Apollo11, challenged the safety of the then-accepted method of lunar orbital ren-dezvous in his thesis presented toCourse XVI. Later modifications of therendezvous method have incorporatedsome of Aldren's recommendations,and, on Apollo 11, he will be given a-chance to test them.

The success of Apollo 9 has raisedspeculation that NASA may go direct-ly ahead with Apollo 11, skipping 10.

fered on which ones to be chosen.Bourdet and Mrs. Duff concentra-

ted on Vietnam protest, Bourdetpraising antiwar sentiment in the U.S.and saying, " T h e American antiwarmovement has been tremendously res-pected in Europe." He urged SACC tofocus both on the war and the newissues.

Mrs. Duff told the meeting thatantiwar feeling in Europe is still stron-ger than in American, and charged the.US with further escalation of the war.She agreed with Bourdet in saying,"The American forces should get outof Vietnam as quickly as possible."

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By Pete PeckarskyThe varsity hockey team, which

began its season slowly, picked upsteam midway through. The puckstersbegan to show real promise for awinning season, although they finishedwith a record of 5 wins, 7 losses, and 1tie.

This season could easily have been awinning one if MIT had been able topersevere in a number of close gameswhich went the wrong way in -thewaning moments of the dual. The teamperformed surprisingly well, consider-ing that Mike Harris '67, Bob Petkun'68, Clay Satow '68, and Dennis Cole-man '68, were lost, due to graduation.With them, went a large part of theengineers scoring-punch and defensivecapabilities.

However, the holes created by theabove-mentioned departures were ablyfilled byMaris Sulcs '69, Mike Talalay--'69, Bill Barber '71, and Mke Bruce--Lockhart '69, who was persuaded thatathletics came before wife, and return-ed from an early retirement to bolsterthe Tech defenses. The other mainTech line was that of Mike Neschleba'69, Captain Scott Rhodes- '69, and BillCadogan '69. ~dnning the rampartsalong with Bruce-Lockhart were TomStewart '69, Rich Pinnock '69, andGary Gibian '71.

Steve Eriksen '69 served capably asgoalie with a 4.3 goals per game allow-ed average. Ken Lord '71 filled in whenSteve was out for a few games, and

The MITAA is sponsoring a volley-ball club next season. The club willplay teams in the Boston area with theprospects of becoming a varsity sportin three years. Anyone interested injoining, please contact Wayne Oehrliat X3277 or dormline 9243.

Post season play included a con-frontation between the MIT Com-munity League All-Stars and theHarvard Business School last Friday atWatson Arena. MIT exploded withthree unanswered goals in the firstperiod and then coasted the rest of theway for a 6-2 victory.

Ralph Chipman and Dennis Mc-Laughlin were outstanding in the winas each scored two goals. Wayne Pech-noed proved to be the bulwark of theTech defense, as he consistently sty-mift Harvard's offensive thrusts. Peck-noed also lit the lamp with a forty-footslap shot just before the final buzzer.

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Rod Regier, who manned the frontwall at six-foot-seven, hit an exception-al 59% of all his field goal attemptswhile registering 217 points. Regiercleared the board 162 times. In thebackcourt, Steve Gass proved to bequite effective as he netted 224 pointsover the span of the season.

However, despite their efforts andthose of the rest of the freshman five,the team could not gel. -The Techienlost their first four contests on turn-overs which invariably indicate a lackof cohesion. All the games were closeand could have been tipped in MIT'sdirection except for a few errant pass-es. -

The engineers finally put it all to-gether against Trinity, and after a closefirst half, the Tech five rocketed to a-99-79 victory. Thirty points by Wilsonand 26 from Ed Fritsch spelled thedifference. The joy was brief, however,as the team fell inio a slump whichlasted almost the rest of the season.

In a few of the later encounters,MIT was clearly outclassed. For in-stance, the well-disciplined HanscombAir Force Base team soundly trouncedthe Tech cagers 91-67, anid the Harvardfreshmen destroyed the engineers by a109-51 count.

Toward the end of the season, thehoopsters finally revived. They up-

-ended Phillips Exeter. to end theirlosing streak. Later, the engineers puton an excellent show, only to bow to asuperior Northeastern five. However,the team rebounded from the toughloss with a big win over Lowell Tech.

The tremendous improvement in thesquad can be seen in the differencebetween the two Bowdoin games. Inthe first one, the polar bears swampedthe engineers 9443, In the second one,on the other hand, Bowdoin cane outon top by only a 73-60 count. TheTech five ended on a high note with'a74-70-win-ver Philtips Andover.

By Bob Simonton

Thne varsity wrestling team culmina-ted its 54th season last Saturday withthe completion of the New Englandstournament. Under the able leadershipof Coach W.R. Chassey, the squadcompiled its best record ever, winning15 of the 17 meets wrestled, takingfifth at the Coast Guard tournament ina field of sixteen teams, and coppinganother fifth at the MIT tournamentheld here over the Christmas break.Also this season, the engineer grapplerswere able to beat a strong neighboringHarvard team, something they have notbeen able to do since 1961. And, forthe second time in two years, MIT issending a wrestler to the NCAA wrest-ling tournament. As he did last year,talented -Fred Andree will represent theTech grapplers.

This year, Coach Chassey had astrong nucleus around which to buildhis wrestling attack. The squad had abackbone of eight returning lettermen:Joe Baron '70 (123), Gregg Erickson'69 (130), Jack Maxham '69 (145),Norm Hawkins '69 (152), Rick Wil-loughby '70 (160), Dean Whelan '70(167), Walt Price '70 (177), and FredAndree '70 (HWT) made up this honor-ed roster. These wrestlers were also alldefending New Englands champions.With material such as this to start outwith, the forecast was indeed bright.

Baron did an outstanding job forthis season. Besides tallying a 16-1win-loss mark, he captured a second atthe MIT tourney, and a fourth at theNew Englands. Co-captain- NormHawkins racked up an impressive 12-2record with a second at Coast Guard,and a fourth at New Englands.

Walt Price received a serious chestinjury in his Harvard match, so he onlywrestled nine matches. However, hewon seven of these nine, and placed athird at Coast Guard, and a fourth atthe MIT tournament in the meantime.Fred Andree 'marked a superb 17-0record, capturing a third at CoastGuard and a second at the New Eng-lands. He will be representing MIT atthe NCAA championships this year, ashe did last year.

The other returning lettermen alltallied similar superb records: GreggErickson, who took a third at NewEnglands, 11-5; Co-captain Jack Max-ham, 12-3-1; Rick Willoughby, 13-3-1;and Dean Whelan, 114-2. They weredepended upon heavily this season, andthese performances demonstrate why.

MIT had several other wrestlers whodid a superlative job for the Techmachine. Ted Mita '71 (115) markedup a 12-2 season record, more solidwrestling for the engineers. Mike Sher-rard '71 (137) tallied a 12-5 win-lossscore, pointing out more depth in theteam.

By Ray Kw2snick 'In reviewing the season of a fresh-

man team, one must keep in mind thefact that occasionally, no matter howgood the singular talents of each indi-vidual are, the players can't meld into acomplete fighting force. This happenswith many veteran squads, and thesituation is unquestionably accentuatedwith a group of individuals who mostlikely have never seen each other be,fore. This can probably be named asthe major reason for the disappointingshow of this year's freshman basketballsquad.

There certainly wasn't a dearth oftalent on the Tech five.' Six-foot-sixAlex Wilson was a terror under theboards as he garnered 209 rebounds in18 games. He-also pumped in 267points by shooting a respectable 49%from the floor.

BJ Davies '71 looks for an opening on way to third in MIT invitational.Davies compiled an excellent 10-2 dual meet record before beinginjured.

came up with a 3.0 goals per gameallowed average. Erilsen's staunch ser-vice and many brilliant games over thelast three years will be sorely missednext year, although Lord definitelyshows promise.

The Sulcs (10 goals, 14 -as-sists)-Barber -(16, 13)-Talalay (11,16)1ine outscored the Neschleba (10,8)-Rhodes (7, 9)-Cadogan (6, 6) lineby 24 points. It was the play of the for-mer line which provided the real scor-ing punch for the team, and which willbe sorely missed next year.- However,the sophomore line of Bill Stensrud,-Andy Jarrell, and- Marc Weinberg,shows promise and may develop nextyear with more playing time.

The only returning defenseman willbe Gary Gibian. He will probably havehis work cut. out for -him, unlessMentor Martin manages to developsome: talent--Ao go -'along--with- the

HABS dto take UNE

The MIT Community HockeyLeague closed out its season last Wed-nesday night as the HABS clippedProject MAC 2-1 in the championshipfinal. It was the fifth consecutive titlefor the HABS as they continue todominate the Community League theway their namesakes- the MontrealCanadians- dominate the NHL.

The deciding contest was close andexciting throughout. Both teams scram-bled through two scoreless periods. TheHABS held a slight edge, but ProjectMAC goalie Stu Johnson repeatedly

retumees.On the whole, this season would

have to be counted as moderatelysuccessful, especially since the teammanaged to win the MIT InvitationalHockey Toyrnament for the first time.

The award for the best (i.e., bestconceived, best planned, besf executed)play of the year goes to Sulcs andBarber for their collaboration on thefifth goal in the 5-6 losing effortagainst Babson. Barber engaged in adiscussion with a Babson defensemanin the comer over who was going ,tocontrol the puck. The discussion endedwith the defenseman flat on his back,contemplating the vicissitudes of cos-mology (it was a clear night). Barberpassed to Sulcs, who had stopped onthe far side of the Babson net toadmire the scenery. Sutcs lit the lampbefore the goalie knew what had hap-pened. .

came up with spectacular saves to keephis team in contention.

With only seven minutes to go in thegame, and wiih the HABS shorthandeddue to a minor penalty, Rolly Hilltipped in a hard slap shot from thepoint to give MAC a 1-0 lead. Shortlythereafter, Wendell Brown tied thegame for the HABS with a slapper fromthe point. With only a minute to go,Franco Rigamonti gave the HABS thegame winner, 'as he confounded thescreened enemy netminder with a shotfrom thirty feet out.

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NRSA won the winner's bracket ofthe IM hockey play-offs by droppingboth Chi Phi and Senior House into theloser's bracket. Senior House war thevictim in the semi-finals falling 4-2. Apair of goals by Randy Martin, NRSA'shigh scorer, and single markers bySteve Prior and Bill Bridge comprisedthe NRSA attack.

Chi Phi was blanked in the finals 3-0as NRSA received single tallies fromMartin, Prior, and Dave Caplan. Thegame was ext/emely rough as NRSAended up playing the final five minutesof the third period with only three menon the ice beside the goalie. The NRSAdefense held, and proved itself onceagain to be the toughest in IM hockey.The loss was Chi Phi's first of the year.

SAE edged Theta Chi 2-1 in over-time to win its third game in as manydays. The game was scoreless until KalLaanemets '69 broke the ice on an un-assisted score at 9:50 of the third per-iod to put the Theta Chi's temporarilyin the lead. Dick Sidell tied it up three

minutes later to send the game intoovertime. Dan Corwin slapped the win-ner in at the 4:50 mark to put theSAElors into the loser's bracket finalsagainst Chi Phi. SAE also beat SeniorHouse 2-1 on goals by Sidell andGeorge Biehl '70, and out-scoredKappa Sigma 5-3.

In previous games, Chi Phi tippedTheta Chi 14) on Jim Kirtley's marker,and Theta Chi downed Burton House4-1 behind two goals by Laanemets.Burton had earlier defeated LambdaChi Alpha.

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SAE lost twice in league 1A; first toBurton 2A 15-6, 15-10, and then toClub Latino 15-6, 7-15, and 15-10.PBE took the lead in league IB by win-ning a pair of close matches. The PhiBetas topped PSK 15-9, 11-15, 15-13and Ashdown 15-7, 3-15, 15-7. PGDtoppledDU 15-11, 15-3.

In leagues 1C and ID, DTD whippedLCA 15-3, 15-10; PDT bested ATO15-7, 15-17, 15-9 and TEP downedSigma Chi 15-3, 15-3.

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