VOL. 89, NO. 6 CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, FEBRUARY 28, 1969 FIVE CENTS

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The WeatherMostly cloudy, not so cold or windy

High temperature in low 30'sWinds from North at 15-20 mph

20% probability of snow

March 4 growsBy Joe Kashi

Dean Wadleigh's appearance atBaker House Wednesday night con-firmed the existence of a very wide gapbetween West Campus residents andthose responsible for the managementof the MIT Commons system.

Speaking at a "Buttery" on thevarious factors affecting both economicfeasibility and the average quality ofcommons, Dean Wadleigh said that it isinconceivable that MIT could go on ana la carte meals system. However, thoseresidents who feel that they cannottolerate the meals being served in theirown house (Burton, Baker, or McCor-mick) will be able to go on a "clubsystem." This system, which will beexperimented with this term, willcharge a student a basic fee of $145.00

In addition, all of the students'meals purchased in the dormitory willhave to be paid for on an a la cartebasis. The price of the a la carte mealswill be lower for students on the clubplan: $.50 for breakfast, $.75 forlunch, and $.95 for dinner. If thesefigures are added for a term, a student

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i wors enslandlords" have imposed rent increasesranging from 25 per cent to 115 percent over the past year; typical in-creases have been from $65 to $140,and from $280 to $350. He also pointsout that the recent MBTA fare hikehas, in many cases, added considerablyto the cost of living in Cambridge. Hefurther warns that the situation isbound to be even further aggravatedsince the city's tax rate is expected toincrease at least 10 per cent and pos-sibly as much as 20 per cent- and thisincrease will undoubtedly have a cor-responding effect on rents.

Although a certain amount of theblame for the present crisis must fall tothe landlords who are taking financialadvantage of the situation, the overallproblem lies in the considerably re-duced level of new housing starts inthis area. Partly because of the Viet-nam. war, it has become increasinglydifficult for builders to finance newconstruction.

this effect has been especially ap-parent in the suburbs, for the normalmovement of young couples with grow-ing families into the suburbs from thecity is not taking place. Such familiesare remaining in the city, andcomplicating the situation for the pro-ducts of the war baby boom who arenow marrying and seeking housing.

al beginscall Davis. Davis then watches thesituation closely and confers withKispert. Between them in the weehours a decision is reached and theCampus Patrol is alerted. Davis alsocalls the radio stations.

From there, the real work falls onabout forty men of Physical Plant whoare responsible for clearing the snow.They are drawn from the grounds crew,moving crew, and the truckdrivers.They are responsible for all but severalout-lying parking lots that are handledby a contractor. The work involved inclearing the snow in a storm such asTuesday's is immense, and the crewgoes on sixteen hour shifts to handle it.

Small armyThe arsenal used to fight the snow

is quite large. In addition to shovelsand snowblowers, the Institute has sixtrucks, about 10 small tractors, twobulldozers, a caterpillar-like vehiclecalled a "bombadier", and a snow

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(Ed. note: The firsr statement has been ployed either for the betterment or tocirculated among the faculty by Dean the detriment of society. But, we doof Engineering Raymond Bisplinghoff not believe this justifies our giving upand Prof. Warren Rohsenow (II). It hasa number of faculty signatures. Tche such research or stopping it for even asecond statement has been circulated day in protest against the uses whichby a group of graduate students led by society nmy later make of it.Richard Kline fX) . MIT derives its uniqueness from a

The undersigned members of the,, long tradition of unusual effectivenessfaculty of the Massachusetts Institute in the application of science-~Md.tech-of Technology have watched with in- nology to social needs. Sponsored re-creasing dismay the plans of a small search, including that supported by thegroup of colleagues for a work stop- Department of Defense, -interwovenpage on March 4, 1969. We are op- with the educational process, has beenposed to such a work stoppage and are at the heart of these activities. It maydistressed by the unfavorable light in be a popular misconception that gov-which the MIT faculty as a whole has emient support of research has beenbeen cast by the action of a few of its detrimental -to the universities. The'members. facts overwhelmingly refute this mis-

We share with all'thoughtful citi- conception. In the past two decades,zens the belief that the benefits of this support has strengthened the edu-science and technology must increas- cational environment of the universitiesingly be focussed on the mounting by giving faculty members new foundsocial and environmental problems of freedom to initiate research of theirour time. Indeed, we and our students own choosing and by prqviding everhave always devoted our efforts to increasing numbers of graduate stu-these ends. During recent years, the dents the financial opportunity to dorising tempo of research in such activi- graduate work. It is our strong convic-ties as urban systems, medical care, tion that as longr as the defense andartificial limbs, aid to developing na- security of our nation is a compellingtions, transportation, education, world social need, the resources of greatfood supplies and control of pollution universities should be devoted to this asis a clear illustration of our committ- well as other social needs.ment to the solution to the problems Finally, we affinr that thoughtfulfacing society. A rededication to the explorations of ways in which betterimportant work now underway would, balafice and improved effectiveness canin our view, be a far more meaningful be achieved in the application ofand responsible action than a work science and technology to the solutionstoppage. of mankind's problems, are welcomed

Members of the MIT faculty, in- by every signer of this statement. But,cluding those planning the March 4th we would insist that they be donfe in anwork stoppage, propose and undertake atmosphere of quiet and thoughtfulresearch of their own choice. It is examination, divorced from the regret-unclassified research of a fundamental table publicity and confusion whichnature, regardless of the source of its characterizes the planning for thesupport. Certainly the most important March 4th, meeting.'results of such research can be era- (Please turn to page 3)

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x Photo by Joe KashiStouffer representative Terry Moore, Baker president Dariush Ashrafi,and Dean Kenneth Wadleigh lead discussion of food problems atWednesday night Buttery in Baker House dining hall.

City housing crisisplaced hardships on students and staff,and has forced many of the city'selderly and poor to leave the city, isgraphically depicted in the survey'sdata.

There is a definite trend toward'fewer units available in the lower rentrange, and more costing in the higherranges.

For instances 70 per cent of theunits listed for the late 1967 periodwere below the $150 monthly rentrange, whereas last month only 26 percent of the available units were belowthis figure.

Today, the 70 per cent figure isreached at the $225 level. Only 29 ofthe 340 units of the earlier period wereabove $200, but today 74 of the 203are above that. figure. Eight of the unitsin the recent survey had rents in excessof $400, a level exceeded by none ofthe apartments in the 1967 analysis.

To dramatize the demand for hous-ing, Mr. Herrey reports that there were1,245 'visits. to the Housing Officeduring the recent December-Januaryperiod, as opposed to 763 during thesame period a year ago. Those visitingthe office recently sought 795 units, ascompared to 379 for the previous

Getting worseMr. Herrey relates that even those

whom he knows as relatively "good

The housing crisis in Cambridge hasdefinitely worsened in recent months,according to data compiled by InstituteReal Estate Officer Antony Herrey.

The situation is basically one inwhich a much larger number of apart-ment-seekers are competing for a de-creasing amount of available units. Mr.Herrey relates that his office carriedlistings for 340 apartments in Novem-ber 1967, but had only 203 in January1969.

The brutal rent spiral, which has

meferenduP election

living-group oriented General Assemblywhich will be the focal point forexchange of information between thestudent body as a whole and thosestudents who represent student inter-ests in dealing with the faculty andadministration. Most current studentcommittees will continue, with theaddition -of a few special committeesdesigned to facilitate better student-faculty relations.

After. months of inaction, there willfinally be a'referendum on the formstudent govermment should take. It isscheduled in conjunction with the UAPelection on Thursday, March 13. Onthe ballot will be three proposals, all ofwhich will be run in a special supple-ment to next Tuesday's The Tech. Thefirst two proposals came out ofInscomm's revision committee, chairedby Steve Ehrmann '71. One providesfor a structure very similar to thepresent Inscomm, including an om-budsman. This is the so-called "SenateProposal."

The second proposal, known as the"Assembly proposal," provides for athirty-man group to have "all legisla.tive, executive, and judicial powers and Iresponsibilities. It too includes a provi- i

sion for an ombudsman. This constitu-tion was worked out in conjunctionwith the Graduate Student Council andis designed to interface easily withthem.

The latest entry, is the HAC (namedafter its authors, Peter Q. Harris '69,Carson Agnew '70, and Steve Carhart'70). This proposal is intended to inter- sa

face with the faculty-administrationdecision-making process in the fol-lowing ways:

A structured process for nominatingstudents to serve on faculty commit-tees,

Paralfel student and -faculty corm-reittee structures,

New means to communicate theactivities of faculty committees to thestudent body through the students onfaculty committees.

New means to make students onfaculty committees more representativeof student opinion,

Provisions to enable student govern-ment to represent the student body indeliberations with the administration.

'The heart of the HAC proposal is a

Record snowfall -

ofBy Greg Bernhardt

All activity came to a halt at theInstitute Tuesday, -even though thescience strike was yet a week away.We.l, 'not all activity- the elementskept a number of men busy digging theplace out, while a couple of administra-tors with whom the decision to closerests, spent the day and night listeningto the weather reports.

The decision to close is a compli-cated one that is made at about four inthe morning. The decision itself restswith Vice President Malcolm Kispert,but the process includes Director of theOffice of. Personnel Relations RobertDavis, the Campus Patrol, and a privateweather-forecasting service.

The RoutineBecause the MIT weather facilities

don't operate on a twenty-four hour aday basis, the Institute subscribes tothe Northeast Weather Service. Whenthings begin to look bad, the servicecalls the Campus Patrol who, in turn,

Photo by George FlynnProvisions to make it possible to The snow piled up eight feet deep as physical plant men worked 16

quickly set up student input for new~hour shifts to clear the walks and driveways. With forty men andopportuniies to participate in deci- equipment to match, the removal barely kept pace with the storm.sion-making,

Connons remains compulsory;fCl ULU tenz wlt Ibe started

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Dear Mr. Galvin:

One mysterious-aspect of business todayis the mind-bending talent of theadvertising agency. Increased advertisingsophistication and an indefatigable questfor originality have produced campaignswhich subordinate the client'schance of future profits.

Advertising theorists maintain if thecampaign is Cieative, the product willautomatically sell. Thus, ads today shockrather than sell, stimulate emotions rathlerthan.discuss the product. What is sellingmercha'ndise today is not the advantagesof the product but the ingernuity of the ad.

The omnipresence of television hasreplaced other media in importance. Thus;TV commercials have to be more excitingthan the programming; commercialbreaks cannot bore the viewer.Consequently, heavily advertised productshave developed distinct personalities: theVolkswagen, the Lay Potato Chip, theCoca Cola ads all have-distinguishablecharacteristics. Alka-Seltzer'sintrospective conversations between aman and his stqmach, Excedrin'sdocumental analyses of the headache andGoodyear's tire for the woman with noman around are advertising marvels. But isselling the product the ultimate purpose,or is that purpose proving thead-man's creative genius?

Thus the question: are today's adcampaigns designed to shock amedia-controlled public into buying or toprove the creative splendor of the advertising business? I contend businessis being trampled upon by the adagencies' quest for crbativity; and,therefore, if the product does sellit is strictly accidental.

Sincerely,

Arnold ShelbyLatin American Studies, Tulane

Dear Mr. Shelby:

Advertising is one of the most oftencriticized and least understood professions.It is also one of the-most complex,involving consumer needs and desires,market economics, tastes, semantics, thearts,. persuasion, and a host of otherfactors. In advertising, as in many otherfields, there is a constant quest fororiginality and creativity. Today'sconsumer-more sophisticated and bettereducated than ever before-demands it.

Different advertising techniques areneeded to sell different products.Audiences must be carefully evaluated.Advertising that sells soft drinks could notbe successfully used to sell-say-heavymachinery, surgical instruments ortextbooks. Effective techniques must bevisually or graphically arresting- andaugmented by carefully chosen language-to express the salient features of theproduct or service to the listening,viewing, or reading audience. A '"creative"ad that merely displays ingenuity, orshocks, without presenting the productinsuch a manner as to persuade its purchaseon the basis of merit, as well as itsintangible benefits, cannot be consideredreally creative.

Advertising is never an end in itself; itsgoal is to communicate knowledge so.thatthe consumer may 'exercise his freedom ofchoice, his intelligence, and his desire tobuy or not. However, even the mostcreative and persuasive advertising willnot sustain sales of inferior merchandisefor very long.

Television has not replaced other media inimportance; While the impact of televisioncannot be denied, use of print advertising,billboards, direct mail, and other mediaare at an all-time high.

Like you, I deplore pedestrian and tastelessadvertising, Likewise, I deplore "trashy"books, inferior movies, poor plays.Advertising has the complex task ofappealing to ali tastes, all Intelligencelevels, all ages, and both sexes. A person issubject daily to over 16,000 advertisingmessages. Many- are informative,entertaining, motivating, precise, practical;many show a lack of creativity, poor taste,and over-use of gimmicks. In the finalanalysis, judgment is passed by each ofus in our buying decisions.

In our sensitivity to that which we mayfind objectionable, we should also notethat the advertising business donates some$260 million dollars' worth of publicservice advertising each year ... Smokeythe Bear, the Peace Corps, Keep AmericaBeautiful, the Red Cross, the UnitedNegro College Fund, Mental Health,CARE, UNICEF, Radio Fwee Europe,and many more worthwhile campaigns.

From what I know of advertising firmsand their people, I believe the professionoffers one-of the most challenging,fulfilling careers available. Keen youngcritics like yourself are needed toconstantly upgrade the quality of itsservices, and shape them to fit the precisefuture needs of society. This will continueto assure responsiveness to the needsexpressed by the consuming public.

WHO CARES ABOUT STUDENJT

BUSINESSMEN DO.

OPINION?

Three chiefexecutive officers- The Goodyear Tire &Rubber Company's Chairman, Russell DeYoung,The Dow Chemical Company's President,H. D. Doan, and Motorola's Chairman, RobertW. Galvin-are responding to serious questionsand viewpoints posed by students aboutbusiness and its role in our changing society ...and from their perspective as heads of majorcorporations are exchanging views through.means of,a campus/corporate Dialogue Programon specific issues raised by leadingstudent spokesmen.

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Here, Arnold Shelby, in Liberal Arts at Tulahne, isexploring a point with Mr. Galvin. Keenlyinterested in Latin American political and socialproblems, Mr. Shelby toured various countries inthe area last summer on a 'shoe-string" budget.He plans a career in journalism.

In the course of the entire Dialogue Program,Arthur K/ebanoff, a Yale senior, will probe issueswith Mr. Galvin; as will Mark Bookspan, aChemistry major at Ohio State, and David G.Clark, in graduate studies at Stanford, withMr,. DeYoung; and similarly, David M. Butler,Electrical Engineering, Michigan State, and StanChess, Journalism, Cornell, with Mr. Doan.

Sincerely,

/e-* j. S..Robert W. GalvinChairman;, Motorola Inc.

All of these Dialogues will appear in this.-publication, and other campus newspapers acrossthe country, throughout this academic year.Campus comments are invited, and should beforwarded to M/r; DeYoung, Goodyear, Akron,Ohio; Mr. Doan, Dow Chemical, Midland,Michigan; or Mr. Galvin, Motorola, FranklinPark, Illinois, as appropriate.

Mr. Galvin:

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"If I were starting life over awin, I am inclined tothink that I would go into the advertising businessin preference to almost any other. This is becauseadvertising has come to cover the whole range ofhuman needs and also because it combines realimagination with a deep study of human psychology.Because it brings to the greatest number of people,actual knowledge concerning useful things, it isessentially a form of education... It has risen withever-growing rapidity to the dignity of an art. It isconstantly paving new paths...The general raising ofthe standardsof modem civilization among all groupsof people during the past half century would havebeen impossible without the spreading of theknowl-edge of higher standards by means of advertising'

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'Work--intunity to perform classified or defenserelated research is a source of pride anda visible commitmert of conscienceevery bit as valid as the pacificistoriented projects of iheir opponents. Ifthe university is not to degenerate intoa lobby or a propaganda mill, the rightof all these groups to meet, speak, andwork in the academic environmentmust be firmly upheld.

The strike must also be consideredan implied slur of the moral compe-tence of President Howard Johnsonand the other members of the Admini-stration to maintain a balance in theacademic and scientific pursuits of theMIT community, and a reflection onthe professional ethics of the thousandsof us who are members of the com-munity.

' plannedIn view of this, a WORK-IN is being

organized for Tuesday, March 4, touphold the principles of academic free-dom and express our confidence in theMIT administration. This effort is in, conjunction with a nationwide WORK-IN being co-ordinated by ArgonneNational Laboratory, a center for thestudy of peaceful uses of atomicenergy. Those of us involved pledge towork a compensatory 16 hour dayonMarch 4 (generally -from 9:00 am to1:00 am) to maintain the reasearch of

,IIT at its usual high level.

Budget hit hardas .record stormmnundates campus

(continued from page 1)melter. The melter is an oil-fired devicethat is used to get rid of the acculmu-lated snow by melting it and runningthe water down the sewer.

The money for all this comes froma $25,000 a year snow budget. VicePresident of Operations and PersonelPhilip Stoddard explained that "wewere making money like crazy" thiswinter until the two storms hit. Al-though the cost figures were not in yetfor the first blizzard, Stoddard saidthat that one, as well as Tuesday's,would be very expensive.

Another victim of the storm wasthe Coop. The General Manager's officereported that closing for a day usuallymeans a loss of about $10,000 in salesvolume. What the profit loss in closingfor a day is unclear. The policy,however, is to remain open if at allpossible, but there weren't enough peo-ple who were able to make it in to manthe registers Tuesday.

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On Tuesday, March 4, a group of'researchers at MIT are planning a"strike.'" (Being salaried, they will getpaid whether they work or not, so theyare not sacrificing much.) Their statedultimate aim is to force research groupsat MIT and other universities to ceasetheir work on projects related to thenational defense. This effort is similarin spirit to the nationwide attempt'topurge college'campuses of ROTC andrelated courses, and to the use of forceto prevent students from interviewing-employers of their choice on campus.It is a blow at the principle of academicfreedom.

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Chairman ....... Greg Arenson'7Editor . ............................ Steve Carhart '7Business Manager . .-. .... ... ....... .... Julian James'7Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . Reid Ashe '7Editorial Associates ... . . . . . . Carson Agnew '70, Robert D ennis '7Production Managers ..... Jeff Gale '70, Bruce Weinberg '7Night Editors ........... Randy Hawthorne'71, CarlissBaldwin'7News Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Geg Bernhardt '7 1, Jay Kunin '7Features Editor . .: . ............ ... .... . . .Karen Wattel'7SportsEditor . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Ron Cline '7Entertainment Editor ................... .. Steve Grant '7Photography Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Craig Davis '7 Advertising Editor . .. . . . . . . . . . . . ;. . . . . . . . Dave DeWitte '6

Editorial Consultants ............ George Flynn '69, Tony Lima '6Tom Thomas '69, Mickey Warren '6

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Second-class postage paid at Boston, Massachusetts. The Tech is published everTuesday and Friday during the college year, except during college vacations, bThe Tech, Room W20-483, MIT Student Center, 84 Massachusetts AveCambridge, Massachusetts, 02139. Telephone: Area Code 617, 876-5855, c864-6900, extension 2731. United States Mail subscription rates: $4.25 for onyear, $8.00 for two years.

ICurrently, the level of radical-

administration. communication seemsto have reached'an impasse, whichcould prove highly inconvenient in' thenear future. The example which bringsthis to mind is the meeting of theCorporation Visiting Committee onStudent Affairs held several weeks agoand informally chaired by Dean Wad-leigh. As usual, the meeting was sched-uled for two hours, and didn't getstarted (in terms of tie quality ofdiscussion) until it was one hour and59 minutes old. However, leaving thatpoint aside, there were several ques--tions raised by the few people presentwho could be called radicals whichwere dodged rather than answered.

The most notable concerns thelegitmacy of the corporation in makingdecisions which affect the wholecommunity. Various parallels havebeen drawn in other universities toabsentee landlords, with varying de-

^grees of accuracy. However, it cannotbe denied that the men who make upthe corporation are not directly con-cerned with the MIT community, nomatter how well-intentioned theyappear.

This point is raised because it isprecisely the one which was not dis,cussed at the corporation meeting. It isinteresting to note that the motionspassed by the faculty:.begin with thephrase, 'The faculty recommends tothe corporation..." It appears that dpenfaculty meetings and minutes havemerely pointed out another place fromwhich students are excluded in thedecision-making process.

At the meeting of the corporationheld during the falt term, one of'TheTech's rival publications attempted toobtain entrance to the corporationmeeting by a request to PresidentHoward Johnson. This request was notgranted. It leads one to speculate exact-ly how many times students must re-

. IVery little incentive exists for the average

student to particpate in the decision-making processat the Institute. It is difficult enough merely tocomplete the requirements for an MIT degreewithout trying to complete a critique of the processby which this is accomplished at the same time. Yetthis participation is absolutely necessary if Thestudent body is ever to be considered to be anintegral part of the Institute community.

The student who sets out to improve educationalpolicies here is likely to be discouraged by amultitude of difficulties not encountered in anyother extracurricular activity. One such difficulty isthe different time scales seen by faculty andstudents. If the faculty makes a major curriculumchange in two years, it feels that it has moved withhaste. Yet for the student, it has taken half his"lifetime" at the Institute to accomplish thischange. This may not justify the impatience ofstudents who seek to change immediately whatthey feel to be wrong with the Institute, but itcertainly explains the origins of that impatience.

Even if a student succeeds in changing theprocedures of the Institute, it is .most unlikely thathe will ever benefit from the changes. Most newpolicies take effect beginning with the class whichenters the fall after policy decisions are made, notwith the students who were instrumental in bringingabout the new policies. The members of SCEP whoworked on freshman pass-fail are the outstandingrecent victims of this problem. This difficulty isfurther exacerbated by the fact that those studentswho have been around the longest and will, ofcourse, be among the next to graduate.

Another hazard lying in wait for those studentswho seek to improve the educational policies of theInstitute is the fact'that change never takes placewithout opposition. In the process of bringing aboutwhat he considers to be a constructive change, aconcerned student may antagonize powerfulmembers of the faculty or administration who could

adversely affect his future. It is much safer to turn in problem sets on time and not concern oneself;

with such controversy.

It should also be pointed out that a student

'attempting to bring about constructive change facesthat handicap that he must spend most of his time

as a social security number attempting to enter

graduate school; he can only be concernedpart-time. The opposition he is likely to encounteris from experienced men who work with the

problems the student is' interested in on a full-timebasis' It would be very-difficult for a student

interested in bringing about voluntary commons, forinstance, to undertake a financial analysis of the

food service-of sufficient magnitude to have a

well-documented financial case (if indeed such acase could be made). Often concerned studentsmight be dissuaded from their views if they could

have the perspective available to full-time

administrators; yet one cannot help wondering

whether a full analysis by' students of the

alternatives open in some issues might not yield aconclusion different from that reached by theadministration.

Finally, it should be noted that students in

technical disciplines-the students most typical ofthe Institute and therefore those who should

participate-are the most likely to find themselves

handicapped in applying to graduate school due to

participation as an undergraduate. Technical

graduate schools are likely to show little interest inan activity which does not contribute to a man's

ability to study in the department to which hedesires admission.

Despite these hazards which await the concernedstudent, student participation in Institute decisions

must expand; long-term student-faculty work on

common problems is the best way to establish the

student body as the junior component of a

community of scholars rather than a separate classof people "different from" as opposed to "less

learned than" the faculty.

peat the cycle that went into openingfaculty meetings before the under-standing is. reached that- the MITcommunity is exactly that, and there-fore, the concept of a closed meetingshouldbe foreign to it

The legitimacy of the corporation isan interesting topic for 'discussion,however. Should any group which isnot connected with the day-to-dayaffairs of MIT have ultimate controlover most of /he decisions which aremade there, ao matter low good theirintentions? Should any group which soobviously represents business interests(in a solid majority) have any controlat all over the affairs of thisinstitution? And, more important thanthat, should that group have anymore'say in controlling the institution thanthe students, who are certainly con-cerned with what decisions are made,but are more directly affected?

It can be argued, and often is, thathaving such a detached viewpoint givesthe corporation a long-range viewwhich people involved in the institu-tion simply cannot have, by virtue oftheir involvement. Conceding this ar-gument, it still does not answer thequestion of vested interests. Since theuniversity is supposedly concernedwith education, why is the corporationnot made up entirely of retired collegepresidents, deans, and other individualswho have experience directly relatingfo the life.of the institution? Why,instead, does it represent people whohave what might be termed the know-ledge of the educated layman?

These questions are precisely thesort that would have been brought upif the total question of legitimacy hadreceived a reasonable response ratherthan being dodged. It remains to beseen exactly what effect this will haveon the total communications structurebetween the students concerned withthe questions and. the -administration.

plished with very little disruption ofservice. While this will not completelysolve the problem, it will go a long way

t-. to reducing the cost'increase. ,e However, the big problem is coping

n- with ithe rise in per-person costs.foris small changes, or the rise left over afterg equipment changeover .on largeY- changes. In this case there is only one

e person who can bear this cost: thete commons user himself. Dean Wadleigh

e thinks that this would be "infair." Itor seems strange to - consider "fair" a

system whereby students are forced tot eat a set meal, and are forced to.spendit

a minimum sum per year on food inr order to let other students get food

r- especially cheaply. Leaving aside the,n question of quality, everyone will agreee that the pay-as-you-go dining rooms,at

which is the most commons could be,vi- are stll cheaper than any nearby com-e mercial eatery (I don't consider Elsie's

-) "nearby"). Why sacrifice some studentsso that others can get extra discounts?

Since I eat all my meals at my fra-ternity house in Back Bay (which, bythe way, manages to work an a 40-man,non-compulsory commons!), 1 have no

Y financial interest in the issue but, as anc- observer, I can only say that if this isr the Administration's idea of "fair," I

he hope I never come up for a hearing onanything.

T' Michael P. Cohen '72;h.

as . .Thievery6r To the Editor:he Theft is not only illegal, it is im-a-- moral. Last weekend there were stolenof from the Electrical Engineering Depart-di ment several crucial pieces of videots recording equipment. This equipment3f was used for recording and reproducingno lectures for our undergraduate labs andrs some of our classroom subjects. We andie the students have found the videoa taped lectgue to be an extremely flex-ne ble and useful learning aid, and it ist, used by almost 400 students each year.it The loss of-this equipment is a- direct loss'to the students who would

a have used it this semester. This equip

rnent was purchased out of specialfunds and can only be replaced bygetting similar funds or grants. If wereplace it out of departmental funds wewill not be able to hire one teachingassistant' Thus, this thoughtless ormalicious act will be paid for in differ-ent ways by many members of thecommunity.

In these days of concern for "rele-vance" and for the "good society", canwe ask our students to protect theirown society here at M.I.T.?

Very truly yours,

Louis D. SmuinHead of the Department

Bad reporting?

To the Editor:The Tech's, account of Dr. Edward

Teller's performance last Wednesdaycontains some startling errors, both ofcommission and omission.

Commission: the audience was not"largely hostile". Far from it. Itappeared to be (frighteningly) duped,by his tactics of "cutting questioners?short" and "doidging technical points",into thinking that he was making sub-stantive counterarguments.. Omission: you mention Teller's

position on the ABM, scientists' re-sponsibility, and "Freedom of Speech"·versus "Freedom of Advocacy" (hereaccurately reflecting Teller'sconfusion). But what about (in hisspeech) his lyrical praise of Israel (nointernal dissensions, common goals,etc.), with its implication that the idealcondition for a nation to be in is one ofperpetual-readiness for war? Or (in thequestions) his refusal even to commenton the ghettoes and poverty "becausehe -didn't know anything about it".

It was a stunning (in the worstsense) meeting. What a pity your reportfailed so completely to capture its fla-Vor

Tim Heyman

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ter in the February 11 issue of ThTech indicates that the main reaso

70 that The Tech is not distributed free i7070 your fear of losing second class mailin

privileges. If this is the case, then wh70

not adopt the solution used by sornFO other student newspapers (such as tht01 Columbia Spectator): distribute th

paper free on campus, but charge fot2 off-campus subscriptions.'1 Herbert WeinblattrO Graduate studen

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away. IfThe Tech were given away freon campus, that would be a sfficieni99 portion of our total circulation tdeprive us of second-class mailing prinIO leges, regardless of whether or not w

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by Commonsor To the Editor:ie Thank you for publishing the articl

ton the commons boycott. Now wknow the real reason for compulsorcommons. It isn't the problem of fluctuating demand, or any of the oth{excuse we have been given. It is thinescapable problem of per-persocosts rising if a smaller number of pesons are on commons. Dean Wadleigexplained that only 45% of common-costs are for the actual food, which haa constant per-person cost. The othi55% is for physical equipment, thnecessary quantity of which is reltively independent of the number ¢persons served. This is true for smaA"ctuations in users, but I question iiveracity in large cases. If one-third cthe students decide not to take conmons, only two-thirds the hamburgeneed be cooked. Therefore, th6-burner gril can be replaced with 4-burner one, The same can be donwith most other pieces of -equipmenand with the staff. Since the equipmen

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Any student interested in join-ing a group studying the use ofcomputers in education, please con-tact Dave Burmaster, X 3203, orGary Gut, 232-3258.* Candidates running for the Classof 1972 Execom positions plan to dotheir campaigning visits as a group.Schedules are being made to visitevery living group. Dorms shouldcontact Richard King, X 7560 toarrange a visit. Gerry Tolman,X3216, will handle arrangements forfraternities. The visits will beinformal.i

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Those seeking nomination for classpositions are: Mark Mathis PLP, forpermanent class president of the Classof '69, Dick Moen, SH, for permanenttreasurer '69, and Mike Ginzberg, forpermanent executive committee.

Pam Whitman McC, is seeking nomi-nation for president of the Class of '70.Bob Dennis Bak, and Laura Malin McC,are seeking executive committee posi-tions. For the Class of '71, Ray HueySPE, and Louis Tsien BTP, are runningfor president. Tom Pipal SPE, ZaneSegal ZBT, Jack Goodstein Bur, DianeFeldman McC, Howard Siegel TEP, andHal Moorman DTD, are competing forpositions on the executive committee.

Freshman candidates for presidentare David Slesinger Bak, Leonard SigalBak, Jose Plan McC, Alex MakowskiDTD, and Dennis Lynch LCA.

Centa lized: kitchen may go up Who forUAPafter West Campus renovations Student politicians cop out;

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I nree -newcomers runnl ng(- connnuea lrom page 1/ were directed at Stouffers' representa-tive, Terry Moore.

MIT will not subsidize its diningservices, for this would be unfair, inDean Wadleigh's opinion, to those stu-dents who do not live in dorms. If aperson objects to living in a dorm oncompulsory commons, he can moveout. However, kitchenettes similar tothose in McCormick Hall may eventual-ly be installed in Baker and Burton,enabling residents to cook for them-selves on the weekend.

A la carte infeasibleAn a la carte plan will not be of

much use iftreither raising the qualityof food allowing them to be optional,for this system would-put Ashdownand the undergraduate dorms in com-petition for Institute staff during theday, causing each to lose money.Moore said that Ashdown's business isnow good because Lobdell closed downduring breakfast and lunch.

Stouffer Food Corporation managesthe entire MIT food system, but MITpays the bills and collects the revenue.However, for the present, economicreasons dictate that compulsory com-.mons remain compulsory.

buying all 15 meals under this plan willhave to pay about $70 more per termeven though he will be ineligible forunlimited seconds.

West Campus changes

A long-range plan for the develop-ment of West Campus was mentionedby Dean Wadleigh. Burton House willbe renovated, eventually accomodatingabout 325 people. With the addition ofMacGregor House, each West Campusdorm will average about 350 residents.This number is about the break-evenpoint for dorm kitchens. However, alarge kitchen may be built; the econo-mies resulting from centralization en-abling substantial changes to be madein the structure of Commons. Dean,Wadleigh emphasized the desirability ofeach living unit retaining its own diningfacilities.

Declining qualityApparently some confusion existed

as to whether the brunt of studentprotest concerned compulsory Com-mosn or the declining quality of themeals. Most of the operational com-ments, especially against the menus,

With the date of the impendingstudent government elections less thantwb weeks away, only three peoplehave drawn petitions to enter theirnames in nomination for UAP.

First to enter was Harold FederowEC, who has been active on theStudent Center Committee. The secondpetitioner was'Daniel Wiener, also ofEC, who has entered on a platform ofabolishing Inscomm, electing a king,and ceremoniously throwing him in theCharles each year.

The third man to take out apetition was Dick Evans SPE. Evans is amember of the Student Committee ofEnvironment and is next in line to beits chairman. He has stated that he isentering his name only to give thestudent body a viable alternative to aone candidate election.

Notable absentees from the list areJoe Bisaccio, Baker House, who is'thepresent Class of '70 president; GeorgeKatsiaficias SPE, who opted to run forChairman of the InterfraternityConference and won it; and SandyHarlow PDT, who decided against run-ning for personal reasons.

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CLASSIC SERIES.(Sunday Evenings)

CONTEMPORARY SERIES(Friday Evenings)

Feb. 28 How to Save a Marriageand Ruin Your Life

Mar. 7 Doctor FaustusMar. 14 PetuliaMar. 21 I'1l Never Forget What's

His NameApr. I1 For the Love of IvyApr. 18 Paper LionApr. 25 The Biggest Bundle of

Them AllMay 2 Rachel, RachelMay 9 The Boston StranglerMay 16 BenjaminMay 23 Barbarella

ENTERTAINMENT SERIES(Saturday Evenings)One Million Years B. C. 26No Way to Treat a Lady 26Secret War of Harry Frigg 26Half a Sixpence t26Prudence and the Pill 26The Sound of Music *26A Dandy in Aspic 26To be announced 26Lady in Cement 26The Producers 26I Love You, Alice B.Toklas K

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"Solutions to the problems: Processes and Goals for Change" will be the topic ofa panel discussion sponsored by the Pan American Society of New England andthe Joint Center for Urban Studies. Moderating the discussion will be HarvardProfessor Fernando Belaunde Terry, former president of Peru. The program willbe held Wednesday,March 5, in the Kresge Little theatre.

Professor Edward K. Morlock, Department of Civil Engineering, NortheasternUniversity, will speak on "A Goal Directed Transportation Network, Generationand Evaluation Model," at a Transportation Systems Seminar to be held at 3:30pm on Friday, February 28, in Room 1-350.

AT HARVARD:

Albert Fein, Director, Urban Studies, Long Island University, and author ofLandscape into Cityscape will deliver a lecture Tuesday, March 4, at 8 pm in HuntA, Harvard Yard. The lecture is part of the spring series of the Joint Center forUrban Studies.

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Cleverness wears thin in 'Re/earsa/By Robert Fourer

In The Rehearsal, Jean Anouilh hasdecided to use a clever device. Hischaracters are staying in a mansionwhere they will give a party in a fewdays; at the insistence of the head ofthe household, they have been gathered'together to rehearse an 18th centuryplay to be performed as part of thefestivities. The characters of the play-within-the-play, however, are exactlythose of the play itself, and they Findthemselves in the same situation. Inother words, everyone is playing him-self-the performance is taking placeduring the rehearsal.

Certainly the possibilities are intri-guing. Actors have to speak lines and

feel emotions they did not invent, andwhich they can change only little; andmodem society often forces peopleinto the same position. The realizationof the part one is really playing, and ofthe disapproval he will draw if heattempts to change it, can be the great-est shock of a person's life. If the plotwere handled right, this shock might beconveyed to the audience, especially ifthey, too, were only to realize the truestate of affairs after a while. By helpingto make the point, the device wouldjustify itself. /

A letdownIn fact, Anouilh has adopted such a

topic: the evils of materialistic society,and its coercion of anyone who tries toescape it. Inexplicably, though, he givesup on the device. After the play withifiis set up in the fist act, its possibleuses, except as a random fact in thesetting, are entirely ignored; the playitself is left to carry the message in atraditional, straightforward manner.And even in that, it fares badly. Nei-ther the staging nor. the plot is veryclever; the dialogue, while often witty,is not exceptional. With everyone wear-ing antiquated costumes, the produc-tion resembles a run-of-the-mill 18thcentury play more than an inspired20th century one.

So, by the end one Finds himself, ifnot cheated, at least let down. First the

clevet. seeming device comes to noth-ing; and then what is left fails to satisfythe anticipation the device has created.-It's almost as if Anouilh created theplay-within-a-play solely to permit him-self the luxqury of writing a period playabou't still current problems. The vali-dity of such a plan in general is unclear,but certainly it needs more justificationthan it gets in this case.

-Well-acted, dirctedWhat pleasureg there are in the play

come in the'huniorous dialogue, espe-cially when the confrontations arewell-acted. As usual, the Charles Play-house company 'tums in a competentjob, though perhaps a bit too stiff. Thedirection (by Michael Murray, alsodirecting MIT Dramashop this term)emphasized the humorous side, perhapsthe best course; but continuity ofevents may have suffered some, makingthe play look worse constructed than itdeserves. The translation, too, mightlend faults-but of that it's impossibleto tell.

It's especially unfortunate that thispresentation follows immediately theCharles' production of Albee's Every-thing In the Garden, which, on muchthe same topic, did an enormouslybetter' job. Successive plays on thesame subject become tiring, anyhow,but especially when the quality goesdown.

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Thle show wasn't without faults,though. Roger (nee Jin) McGuinn istoo infatuated with his new-found C &W style to make oldies like- "Mr.Tambourine Man" and "Tum! Turn!Turn!" bearable. The third song in themedley, "Eight Miles High," typifieddrummer Gary Parsons' perchant forhorsing around with the oldies, butmanaged to conjure up some excite-ment, anyway. Ther6e were others- theByrds' Greatest Hits as played by BuckOwens- country riffs in "Goin' Back,"'Chimes of Freedom," "Bells ofRhymney,""My Back Pages," and thetwo above-mentioned hatchet jobs thatjust don't make it.

But when the Byrds jump headlonginto their country material, watch out.They did some material from their twolatest albums Sweetheart of the Rodeoand Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde and, forthe most part, it was mean stuff.McGuinn went through a second child-hood, with the swivel hips and gracefultwang Style, proving once again that nobard can create audience level of rap-port higher than their own concern for

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The MIT Humanities Seriespresents

THE PHILADELPHIA STRING QUARTETWorks by Kodaly, Alberto Ginastera, Beethoven

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Tickets: $2.00 M.I.T. students with I.D..

singles are made of. They weren't amatch for the Who or the Yardbirds forsheer energy, but Julie Driscoll's"Wheels on Fire" doesn't seem asuntouchable as it once did. The Band'sversion can almost be forgotten.

(By the way, Jools and her groupwill be at the Tea Party in the nearfuture, and they're not to be missed.She is the chick singer of the day, andthe Trinity are no slouches either. Ifyou haven't got Open by now, go standin the corner.)

The Byrds have come-a long waysince those first albums, partly becausethey've changed personnel so manytimes, and partly because McGuinndoesn't sit still for long with one style.(Surely the two are related.) The headwho got McGuinn into country wasone Gram Parsons, a Boston boy whowent back to the roots. After leavingthe Byrds (he served apprenticeship onSweetheart of the Rodeo and appearedwith the group here last Winter Week-end), Parsons formed the Flying Bur-rito Brothers with Chris Hillman (theoriginal Byrd bassist, and now arhythm guitarist in the new band),Sneaky Pete (also a formner Byrd), ChrisEthridge (the pedal steel guitarist whois on some Judy Collins songs), and JonCorneal (gad, still another Byrd).

On the bill Friday night, along withthe Byrds, they sounded for all theworld like the Everly Brothers backedup by the Byrds, what with Hillmanand Parsons singing their duets, and allthose former Byrds doing the instru-mentals. They even sang "Wake Up,Little Susie." Their ideas on countryaren't so compelling as the Byrds', butParsons is a fine singer whose countrysoul is as pure as can be.

It was arranged to have Parson. joinhis old group for a family reunion on"Hickory Wind." For a city boy, he'sdone a beautiful job on this senti-mental number without making it sac-charine, the way the Lovin' Spoonfulmight have. People who have never

been to South Carolina must even startto feel lonesome for the pine treesthere when Parsons sings this song .(Another set, another night, had all themembers of both groups playing to-gether. Wouldn't it be something if thishappened with some regularity!)

The Byrds and .their remnants havedone a lot to introduce still anotherbrand of music. Those who thoughtthat the -Byrds couldn't do anythingworthwhile after having done "EightMiles High" have. now been provenwrong. As the least distasteful grouparound (have. they ever done a reallybad song or album?), they have givencountry another big push with the verydown-home records they've done late-ly. You can watch the Beatles to seewhat will happen next, but the Byrdsare at least as much on top of thesituation.

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enough to close the gap. Chamberlainscoed six of his seven buckets in thesecond half.

With 1:20 left,'the engineers weredown three, and prospects looked likethey might brighten. However, strategicfouls by MIT backfired-the Wildcatplayers continually made both charitytosses-and jump shots by Tech werenullified.

Cleveland led the scoring with 23counters, followed by Chamberlainwith 16, Rich Lefebvre '71'with 14 andNick Mumford '70 with 13. The erngin-eers enjoyed a 77% free throw perfor-mance, with Cleveland (3-3), Chamber-lain (2-2), Lefebvre (2-2), Captain BobListfield '69 (2-2) and Mumford (1-1)having perfect evenings at the charitystripe.

Despite a 26-point performance byChamberlain Monday night, the Bow-doin quintet which beat last year'sengineer squad 83-76, again defeatedthe Tech cagers. Certainly a factor wasthe lack of high point man Cleveland,who was missing from action.

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The varsity wrestling squad made anexcellent comeback last Tuesday nightin du Pont against the RPI grapplers.The RPI squad had battered and foughta rather severe storm to make it to theconfrontation, entering du Pont to aMIT team who might have been des-pondent at an 18-9 loss to Hofstra lastSaturday. This despondency was defin-itely non-existent as the engineer mach-ine proved to be in efficient form,rolling over RPI by a 30-3 point advan-tage.

Frosh swordsmenCagers downed b3

Because RPI's wrestling conferencedoes not wrestle either 115 or 191 lbs.,the first engineer grappler to nfeet withhis RPI opponent was Joe Aaron '70,who made the best possible use of histime on the mat; Ie pinned his adver-sary in the third period of his match.

Dean Whelan '70, somewhat later inthe meet, was also able to completelycontrol his opponent and gain a pin;Whelan's pin was also in the third,period.

Norm Hawkins '69 (152) added fuelto the Tech machine as he defeated hisopponent by a 10-2 point spread. RickWilloughby '70 (160), after taking hisopponent down twice and just gener-ally throwing him around the mat forsix minutes, won the match 6-2. Inthree more matches, in whnich eachengineer wrestler showed good controlover his adversary, Gregg Erickson '69(130), Jack Maxham '69 (145), andWalt Price '70 (17.7), all decisionedtheir'RPI wrestlers and added threeteam points per victory.

RPI was able to tally only threeindividual points during the course ofthe entire meet. These points camewhen Mike Sherrard '71 (137) droppeda tough match to his man by an 8-3score. And'in what must have been alet-down for many of the wrestling fansat the match, heavyweight Fred Andree'70 did not wrestle Tuesday; RPI didnot have an entry in the unlimitedweight class, so Andree won on aforfeit. There the rout ended, with theTech wrestling complex the 27 pointvictor.

The engineer grapplers get.a chanceto have a repeat performance of theRPI match when they journey toU.Mass tomorrow.

Intramural sports

SA.E enBy George Novosielski

SAE surprised Burton House 4644in overtime to qualify for the IMbasketball ffinals. The game was evenfrom start to finish with the score tied17-17 at the half, 26-26 after threequarters, and 414.1 at the end ofregulation play.

Both teams played zones, Burton a2-1-2 and SAE a 1-2-2. Burton man-aged to grab a number of offensiverebounds, but cold shooting nullifiedthis advantage. SAE shot for a betterpercentage, led by Ken Weisshaar '71,who tallied 20 points.

The SAE's led by nine, 38-29,midway in the fourth quarter. How-ever, Burton switched to a man-to-man

By Ron ClineThe varsity cagers dropped their

final two matches this week, freezingtheir season record at 6-13. Bowdoindowned the Tech five 83-74 Mondaynight at Rockwell Cage, while the UNHWildcats trimmed the young engineers81-76 in another home game.

The UNH encounter, which was arescheduled match left over from theearlier snowstorm, again found theengineers deficient under the boards.Under-the-basket shots Could not bymade by the engineers, and a generallytaller UNH team enjoyed a fairly easytime in nabbing rebounds.

The Tech- five held a slim leadthrough most if the first half, display-ing an impressive team offense. UNHused an intermittent full court press,but failed to stop the engineers fromclinging to a one-point lead at thesound of the buzzer. --

Disaster came with the opening Oifthe second half. UNH pushed throughthree quick field goals in 1 '2 minutes toput Tech down by five -before theengineers could collect themselves. MITnever caught up; previously hot shoot-ing began to ice up, and team play fellapart. Buckets by Minot Cleveland '71and Steve Chamberlain '70 kept MIT inthe running, but their shooting was n6t

By Don ArkinFrosh athletics had a rough week as

the wrestling team lost to RPI 21-11,and the cagers fell to Bowdoin 73-60and to UNH 94-76. Harvard downedthe fencing team, 16-11.

WrestlingThe grapplers were seeking to even

their record at 6-6 when they met RPIin the Armory on Tuesday, but it wasnot to be. Instead, RPI made up anearly deficit and went on to win themeet, 21-11.

RPI started out with a three-pointlead when Paul Hochfeld (123) lost aclose decision despite a fine effort. ButTech, grabbed a 5-3 lead when RPIforfeited at 130 lbs.

Tech held its lead as the scoremoved to 8-6, with the teams splittingthe next two matches. Bill Gahl (137)won in a high scoring but close matchwhich ended 11-8. Marty Leventhal(145) lost a close decision.

Paul Mitchell (152) dominated hisopponent to pick up three points,making the score 11-6. But RPI tied itimmediately when Tech had to forfeitat 160 lbs.

The engineers received a harsh blowat 167 lbs. Monty Robertson was win-ning his match convincingly, but hemade a mistake, his opponent tookadvantage, and suddenly Robertsonhad been pinned. Things did not im-prove in the last match as Bruce Albom(177) was also pinned.

BasketballThe cagers made the mistake of

making up a postponed game againstUNH and were chastized for it. UNHdominated the first half with superiorrebounding and a devastating fastbreak, ending with a 49-29 lead. ,

The second half was a differentstory, although the Wildcats againdominated the boards. Tech's shootingperked up, and the defense crackeddown on the fast break allowing Techto outscore the visitors 47-45. But thiswas much too little and the final scorewas 94-76.

Steve Gass was the high scorer forTech and the game with 24. He wasfollowed by two engineers with 10each, Ben Wilson and Rod Regier.

The Mondaygame against Bowdoinwas somewhat closer but Tech againended up on the short end of the score.Ben Wilson lead Tech with 17 points.He was followed by Roy Setterlundwith 14 and Regier with 10.

FencingThe fencers met Harvard for the

third time, accepting their second16-11 defeat while winning once 14-13.Tech only had a part score forcingseveral swordsmen'to compete in morethan one division. The most successfulof these was Nigk Lazarus who wonthree foil and two epee bouts. JohnAbramson and'Don Wallall were otherbig winners as they chipped in twowins apiece in the sabre. The overallmeet was closer than the score indi-cates as the engineers ended up on theshort end of several 54 scores. Theteam's final season record is 24.

lges Burtsand caught the SAE's at the Finish.Burton was helped by six missed one-and-one situations by the SAElorsquad. Weisshaar scored four of the fiveSAE points in overtime; a last secondtip by a Burton player failed.

This marks the third consecutiveyear the Burton team has been favoredto win, but has lost a close game ineither the semi- or quarter-finals.

Delta Upsilon joined SAE in thefinals by trouncing BTP 56-38. The DUzone, a 2-1-2, proved.very effective asit stopped the Beta inside attack. JeffCove '70, usually the high Beta scorer,was held to just five markers. Walt.Suchon '69 led the D)U's with 25points, and teammate Harry Drab '69

added 14. Leland Bristol '69 swishedthe cords for 16 points, mostly onoutside jumpers, in a losing cause.

The SAE-DU finale is scheduled at8 pm tomorrow in Rockwell Cage. Thegame is a toss-up, even though the DU'sbeat SAE during the regular season.

In the consolations PDT outfoughtPLP 5449 as John Light'70) totaled 18points for the winners. The Phi Deltshad a three point lead at the half22-19, and later fell three behind,before rallying to win. Bob Weinreb'70, with 16, and Mary Jernigan '69,with 15, were the top scorers for the PiLams.

SAM topped SPE 5148 for itssecond straight upset. A well-balancedSAM attack counteracted an 18 pointeffort by Tom Pipal '71. Burton Housecame'back after its loss to outrun SAM77-51 after being behind at halftime bythree. The taller Burton team simplyused the fast break-to a deadly advan-tage and pulled out of range by the endof the third period.

In other playoffs: Chemistry 'A'beat Ashdown 6448 for the grad1ea-gue crown. Sigma Chi came from be-hind to edge Senior House 4643 forthe B league play-off championship.

All hockey action was postponedbecause of the weather.

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