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landing two years ago, MIT sci-entists have taken a large part inthe study of samples returned bythe Apollo crews.

Study has been done at theInstitute in the fields of physicalproperties, electrical and dielec-tric properties,' the age of thesamples, and examination forthe presence of organicmaterials.

Professor Gene Simmons hasled a group of scientists that'includes Professors D. H. Changand Nafi Tbksoz in an examina-tion of the seismic velocity, ther-mal conductivity, and thermalexpansion of the lunar samples.Their work was made more diffi-cult than might be expected bymicrocracks found in the rocks.These small cracks made con-tamination by water a possibleproblem.

This means of testing seismicvelocity is a transducer at-tached to a cube hewn out ofthe rock. By timing the vibra-tions as they travel through therock, an accurate velocity can bedetermined. Furthermore, velo-cities at different depths of themoon can be analyzed by simu-lating the depth with appro-

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sity president in active politics,Wiesner stated that the universi-ty-has suffered from a retreatfrom responsibility in the lastdecade. "One can't have respectfor intellectual institutions thataren't prepared to take any intel-lectual leadership. And this fo-cuses right on the president ofthe institution." he said.

On recent trends in educa-tional reform, Wiesner made thefollowirig remarks:

"The movement toward flexi-bility and freedom of choice is agood one. I think total permis-siveness would be totally des-tructive of higher education, butI don't think it exists... Everystudent ought to develop differ-ent cognative styles. They haveto learn to be logical. I think weare trying to be more sensitive tothese issues, while at the sametime trying to be intellectuallyrigorous and honest."

Further, he said, "If onedidn't have to make the assump-ntion that four or six or sevenyears was your total experiencewith learning, you wouldn't tryto jam so much in. The experi-ence would be very different ifyou could make the assumptionthat there was going to be somecontinuing intellectual learningassociation."

By Curtis ReevesPresident Jeronme Wiesner a-

ppeared on television Sundaynight to discuss the problemsthat confronted him as he'en-

teped office and his outlook forthe coming years.

Interviewed along with Dr.Wiesner on the show, "The NewPresidents," were _PresidentsDerek Bok of Harvard Universi-ty, John Silber of Boston Uni-versity, and Robert Wood of theUniversity of Massachusetts. Theprogram was aired by WGBHand was arranged by The BOstonGlobe .

Wiesner's first response was inansweir to a question on hisbiggest worries at the start ofthis academic year. He statedthat MIT is in a difficult situa-tion "because it's an institutionfocused on science and technolo-gy in a moment when thosethings are in-particular question'in society."- The problems, hesaid, were in maintaining themomentum and quality of sci-ence and technology at theschool. As in the case_ of theother presidents, Wiesner tookthe problem of fund raising al-most for granted.

On the issue of fundingAmerica's private colleges, allfour presidents were in agree-ment on the need for federal aid.Commenting on this, Wiesnersaid, "We'll just have to recog-nize the important, needs forcontinued -higher education forlarge varieties of youngsters whohave not had the opportunitybefore."

Wiesner pointed out, how-ever' that the answer to Ameri--ca's educational problems didnot necessarily deal with enroll-ing more students per school andfurther diversifying curricula."My own view is that too manyinstitutions have become toolarge," he said, indicating that10,000 to 12,000 was, in hisopinion, the maximum size for amanageable university.

PoliticsEmphasis shifted from fi-

nances to politics, and Wiesnersaid of the student turmoil oftwo years ago, "I think it hasmade the university a stronger

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place fundamentally, intellectu-ally."

On the question of executiveand faculty participation in gov-ernment, Wiesner's commentwas, "I think that people shouldcontinue to'take an active role.As I look back on my owncareer in government I have onlyone deep. criticism of. myself,and: that was I separated myacademic role and my govern-mental role too much." Whenpressed'on the role of the univer-

priatelyl.pressured nitrogen gas.The importance of this test isthat it shows the scientists howto interpret the data sent backby the seismometers left on themoon by astronauts.

The electrical and dielectricproperties of the lunar samplesare tested by running pulses ofelectricity through the rocks. Inthis experiment, both tempera-ture and frequency of pulse areused as variables, with trends incapacitance noted. The results ofthis study indicate 'a similaritybetween the dielectric propertiesof the lunar materials and earthbasalts. This information shouldbe extremely usefulin inter-preting future Apollo electro-magnetic depth-sound experi-ments.

The age of a group of Apollo11 lunar samples was determined

-at MIT by Professors Hurley andPinson using the rubidium-strontium isochron method ofdating., A problem developedwhen the samples were deter-mined to contain fifty times lessrubidium than was originallyexpected. If the sample was con-

.taminated by as much as one-one-hundreth of a nanogram offoreign rubidium, the results

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By Walter MiddlebrookAlthough the gongs were loud

and long, only a small number ofBurton-Conner House residentswent through some type of em-ergency exit procedures whenthe house fire alarm system wentoff early Saturday morning.

The alarm, which sounded atapproximately 6: 1 5' am, was de-scribed as three rounds of aseries of four gongs. Still un-known to the residents and thepeople in th- Physical Plant,however, is the actual cause ofthe alarm.'

It is believed that of the morethan 350 residents of the houseone-half of. this number werearoused by the early-mOringblasts. Yet only 20 to 30 resi-dents went through' some typeof fire emergency procedure.There have been; no detailedexplanations of emergency pro-cedures, and only a few Burton-ites knew anything about thealarm system and the meaning ofthe gongs.

When it became evident tothose responsible for the upkeepof the house that it was only afalse alarm, they tried to contactsomeone Ln Physical Plant tofind why the alarm was sounded.No answer for the alarm hasbeen given as yet except thatPhysical Plant workers had beenworking on the system all nightin an effort of straightening outbugs already known to be in thesystem. Kenneth C. Browning,Assistant to Dean of StudentAffairs, and Howard Miller, Dir-ector of Housing, both showedsigns of amazement when con-tacted by The Tech over theweekend concerning the falsealarm; with Miller, at least, feel-ing that he should have beencontacted earlier.

According to those in Burtonthe alarm and call systems of thehouse are not fully operable atthis time, but are intended towake someone - behind twoclosed doors. When asked whyall the residents had not been

awakened by the alarm, DanielBloom '72, past president ofBurton-in-Exile, stated that sincethe alarm did not sound longenough and some of the alarmnboxes had been cycled down, allthe house residents were notawakened.

·Although uncertain, Bloomalso stated that the four gongssignified a general alarm, but thesystem is set up to make itknown from which fire alarmbox the emergency was report-ed. He also showed a state ofconcern about the alarm system,feeling that if conditions con-tinue without change a numberof residents would learn to: ig-nore future alarms.

Resident attitudes toward thealarm system were typified byone Burton coed who wasawakened by the.. alarm. Shedeclared, "It's so cold in here;

.maybe the fire will warm thingsup a little," and turned over andwent back to sleep.

Simplex photos by David Tenenbaum

Razing near completeat MIT's Simplex site

announced that the propertywould be '"'commercialdevelopment in the best interestof the residents of Canmbridge."Members of the CorporationJoint Advisory Committee(CJAC) assured residents andstudents that the Simplexpurchase was "not conceived asa financial venture" and that itwould not be used for academicexpansion. Before MIT's acqui-sition of the plant, which movedto North Berwich, Maine, Sim-plex employed a total of about1100 people.

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- By Norman Sandler-Though razing -of several

buildings on the Simplex factorysite purchased by MIT over twoyears ago is nearly complete,plans for re-development of thearea are still not formalized,according to Institute officials.

The property in questionformerly housed the SimplexWire and Cable Company andwas acquired by the Institute inJuly of '1969. Located threeblocks northwest of the 'MITcampus, it is approximately thesize of Briggs Field in total area.

At the time of acquisitionthen-president Howard Johnson

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In outlining CIAC's currentposition regarding the Simplexproject, Professor Hermann A.Haus, a member of the JointAdvisory Committee, said -that -"CJAC's role is one of advising"and that it "periodically reviewsthe Planning Office's study ofthe feasibility of supporting a-housing project, with a push.towards commercial andindustrial development.",

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Simha, Institute PlanningOfficer, the Planning Office is"'still in the middle of studywork which begin last spring."He added that his office's study"is not a plan forre-development, but rather anexploration of the feasibility ofCJAC's original goals for -thearea." Those goals, announcedby Johnson's office shortly afterthe Institute acquired theproperty, included raising thecity of Cambridge real estate tax

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By Peter L. Chu"This term the Technolog)

Community Association (TCA:will initiate the first Institutewide course evaluation to beundertaken in the last twentyears.

Questionnaires will be distri-buted to all MIT students, with ;portion of the Institute's com-puter facilities being used toprocess the student feedback.The resultant -output will bemade available to departmentheads, and -individual professors

i::s for examination, in the hope- that it wiil result in an upgrading

of the interest -and educationallevel of MIT courses. TCA is alsohoping for some improvement in

t classroom presentation by thefaculty as a result of the eval-

'or Student ainFor tech, The announcement of the

i about a proposed survey was made byBob Churella, TCA president, tonew and prospective TCA mem-bers in a meeting held last Thurs-day night. Churella also outlinedthis year's planned activities and

21¢j;> projects. TCA - is a volunteer,student run organization which

nsUco~ At initiates, organizes, and executesiucted by major service projects for ther. Murphy MIT Community.

1 of them Besides the course evaluationsults. The program, TCA plans two othersamples in new projects for this year. Aforty-five s social information center is thethem for first,_intended to provide stud-

thing Was ents with information about lec-tures, mixers, plays, and other

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work. A well-known Assistant Dean fAffairs, when pressed for comment bywould only say: "What can you sacrosswalk?"

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he small amount of rubidiumresent made it necessary tochieve a precision of one-ten-ousandth. The only way to do

his was by computerizing theass spectrometer and all data-

landling.Once all the equipment was

ready, the soil sample wasdivided into many different sizeand density fractions. As thefractions varied from the coarserand heavier broken local rocksLo the breccia, fused rocks and

soil. in the middle fractions, tothe soil, made up of glass beads30 microns or less in size, theage varied from 3.6 to 4.6 billionyears. The breccia in the mid-,regions seemed to be the fusedproduct of some local impact.The glass beads were probablycreated by the tremendous heatof some distant impact whichthen ejected them to the area.

Organic materialsSeveral tests for organic

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lVUW~ To register to vote:

Cambridge: register at Election Commis-sion, 3rd floor, 362 Green St. (policeheadquarters bldg., Central Sq.) from 8:30to 4:30 Monday through Friday; and Tues-day and Thursday evenings, Sept. 21 and23, 7-9 pm, at City Hall, 795 Mass. Ave.Bring proof of residence since May 2, 1971(lease, listing in old phone book, letter fromlandlord, utilities bill). Pending court rulingyou must also demonstrate self-support(ring a paycheck), and intent to remain -inthe city after your studies are completed. Ifyou are rejected. you may request an appealimmediately. For further information oradvice call Cambridge Committee for VoterRegistration, 661-8661.

Boston: register at City Hall (Govut.Center). Proof of residence (details same asCambridge) and statement of intent toremain in the city indefinitely are onlyrequirements.

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what for? -ilmnanities majors -around. The emphasaIs on preciseness, etc. This typelattitude is prevalent in spite of gdifferences between the diffef-subjects.

The expectation of meeting Bigpeople from different nationalitie s a-backgrounds is also.frustrated: min0orgroups tend to be'clannish; the majofn-of MIT students have middle class orZ- and for the freshman, forced 0oo01'sharing with persons of different life sty~may be more stress-producing ~-enlightening.. - f

All of this suggests that one of tbmost narrowing experiences for hlstudents is that of living exclusively wiyother MIT students. It may be supporfiv,but it is also competitive, since everyo01is in the same game. Sexual segregatiol-despite the gradual spread. of coed ivi-remains and will continue to ber~significant problem, especially for ~dormies who, arrive here intellectuall-precocious but socially retarded. Left to-rot on the MIT campus, chained t0l`rigorous academic schedule and separatedby distance and water from the womens-colleges and BU, many may not overcomeadolescent shyness for years, if at all.

Sexual segregation is at least beginnikto crumble; segregation by, age, socialclass and intellectual caliber is preor.-dained by admissions policy: MIT admik-few of the wealthy and correspondingl)yfew of the poor - and of course, no one!who doesn't score in the upper perce>tiles of the SAT. Such an elite (elitist?)-environment is not likely to foster theiability to communicate and live with ther"ordinary" people who inhabit the "real"-world. (But then, in a technologicalbureaucracy, that's the idea ... )

The Baker House sample indicatedthat the housemaster-tutorial progamifailed to carry out most of its explicitkobjectives. About half the students saidithe system did not increase thei-interaction with faculty or gradual-students; most of those who expressed '

positive sentiments about the system,when queried, responded that theypersonally had little interaction with the'housemaster and tutors. Most studentsprefer to seek academic help from-peers or upperclassmen.

Nor is it surprising that in a houseof'i360 men only a few developed any degreeof intimacy with the housemaster, al-though he -was universally liked. More.over, these few tended to be studentsinvolved in the operation of the house.The tutors were principally valued for;their social contributions, rather thanacademic. No one was very much satisfied with. the success of faculty dinners inimproving personal relations with facultymembers. (Such relations, when theyoccur at MIT, almost always revolvearound shared academic interests.)

Only ten percent of the studentsreported significant involvement withstudent government. Moreover, these tenpercent tended to be more management,social science and humanities oriented-a representation that is also reflected henlby_ many extracurricular activities. TheCSE report does not mention it, but theapathy of students can be linked with the:very fact that the dormitories -are supportive environment. The student,lhe desires, is sheltered from-the necessityof cooking, buying food, hassling wi-landlords, washing his sheets, and payingthe rent on time.'Far from encouragingself-reliance, this cocoon can delay theacceptance of responsibility. Hall ivigand single rooms, as in East Campus andBaker (and the old Burton), furtbe-reduce the demands for social conPe

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psychic "R & R" away from the intensepressure for high performnnance in theacademic sector.

In terms of these expressed goals, theMIT residence system, especially itsdormitory component, must be adjudgeda qualified failure.

This is one conclusion that can begleaned from a close reading of March,1971, Report to the Committee-on Stu-dent Environment, entitled "Educationand Student Residence: MIT's Undergrad-uate Residential Program Reconsidered,"by lngrid N. Sommerkorn, postdoctoralfellow in sociology.

This document is based primarily oninterviews conducted in April and May,1970, with seven groups of students froma variety of living groups, and a represen-tative sample of Baker House (36 stu-dents, or 10o of the residents of thehouse).

The study takes a question as its pointof departure: "Can a dependent sub-setsuch as student housing elevate the huma-nistic element within a technologically-oriented university structure?" (Ironi-cally, or perhaps appropriately, thequestion is phrased in the un-humanisticlanguage of the social "sciences.")

The answer, of course, is no, becausethe dominant system inevitably forces itsvalues on all the subsystems. MIT stu-dents are not stupid; everyone quicklyassimilates the demands of the "hiddencurriculum" and, despite a number ofexperiments such as pass-fail and a lot ofrhetoric the past few years, "these re-forms have not changed the basic climateof the institution" (Benson Snyder, TiheHidden Curriculum, 1971, p 66)- whichis the ethos of performance.

The residence thus becomes not somuch an alternative as a supportive envi-ronment in which students develop thevarious intellectual strategies that enablethem to survive the academic struggle.These coping strategies are facilitated bysuch things as pledge trainers, houselibraries of old quizzes, use of upperclass-men who've taken courses as tutors, andthe passing on of a body of lore aboutprofessors and their styles, demands, etc.,toughness of courses, ways to dodgerequirements, etc. (Some of these copingstrategies have even been'institutionalizedand given official imprimatur in the apt-ly-titled publication, "How to GetAround MIT.")

That the housing system helps producepeople well-adjusted to the demands ofMIT should not surprise anyone; if itstarted turning out misfits you can betthe administration would start sweating.But what about all that "broadening" and"enrichment?"

The students interviewed - especiallythedormitory residents - were skeptical.As one might expect, fraternity menreported more active social lives, moreparticipation in house government andoperation, more extracurricular activity.This, of- course, has been observed in ageneral Way by many people on collegecampuses, and mjay not be so much adirect 'result of the fraternity environ-ment as of the fact that people whopledge fraternities are generally moregregarious to begin with.

Dormitories, then, come in for thebrunt of criticism. Over half the BakerHouse sample were not positive thatdorm life was in any sense "broadening";though most agreed it was supportiveacademically. Apparently the studentsfelt that interaction between studentsfrom different disciplines was not verybroadening because of the bias towardscience: .

The courses are very much the same;they are science. There are not too many

By Bruce MartenIn a technological ethos, all things-

must serve a purpose, preferably morethan one, and as efficiently as possible.Appropriately enough, MIT intends thatits undergraduate residence system serve 'several functions beyond the obvious oneof housing its students.

The expressed goals of the Institute'sresidence system are reiterated year afteryear in reports and handbooks, never veryconcretely, with words such as "enrich-ment," "self-realization," "sensitivity,""creativity," "wholeness." No one seemsexactly sure of what these words mean,but the language threads its way throughhousing and President's 'reports goingback twenty years and more:

We want to develop an environment atMIT which performs in the broadestsense an educational function itself, notin a passive way but in a dynamicway . ..

-James R. Killian, Jr.dedication speech for Baker House, 1949

... a powerful non-curricular agencycan be utilized to facilitate the realiza-tion of the full purpose of education ...This agency is the residential system.

-report of the Faculty Committeeon StudentHousing, 1956

,.. and I include, too, the sensitivityand understanding that come from closerelations with other students and thefaculty.

Dr. Julius A. Stratton,President's Report, 1960

It is clear that a living environment...can be a strong instrument with whichMIT may pursue the task of educating itsstudents.

-1963Interim Report of the CSE

The philosophy embodied in thesestatements has its-roots in the concept ofgeneral education and the liberally educa-ted rian, and their lack of stature in theformnal curriculi of the Institute. Thehousing system like the humanities pro-gram, has traditionally been viewed hereas. an ameliorative and complement towhat was lacking in the academic offer-inrgs - the non-quantifiable elements ofeducation labeled ''humanistic," qualitiessuch fis those mentioned by Dr. Strattonin hiis 1960 report; "character... judge-ment, fortitude,-integrity - the virtuesthat mark men as civilized .. "

In other words, if the students spentmost' of their' tinme in class mastering abody of information and cognitive skills,but very little learning how to interact associal beings, the housing system wouldremedy that shortcoming in their educa-tion- through a smorgasbord- of socialactivities. If they developed little rapportwith faculty in those classes - if theprofessors dashed for their labs or their-homes in Newton or Winchester afterclass - students could always drink in thewisdom of their housemasters. If theInstitute seemed cold and alienating, thedorms would be. homes. If the range oftopics covered in an individual.student'scourses was narrow, his horizons wouldbroaden when he talked with his peers. Ifhis courses demanded primarily individualWork, hours of lonely effort, he coulddevelop cooperative working skills byparticipating in the governing and main-tenence of his living group.

In short, the housing program was toproduce what the academic programcould not: weli-rounded people withthepractical and social skills, sensitivity andawareness that would enable them to notonly get through life with some facilitybut perhaps to enjoy it as well. Thehousing system has also been viewed as aplace where students could find a kind of

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* There will be a Welcoming Banquet forIncoming Foreign Graduate Students andtheir wives or husbands, Wednesday, Sep-'tember 22. The Sherry Hour will begin at 6in the Mezzanine Lounge of the StudentCenter followed by dinner at 7 in the Salade Puerto Rico. Presideit Wiesner andothers will speak. All new foreign graduatestudents and their wives or husbands .areinvited. R.S.V.P. Foreign Students Office,x3795.

* MIT Rugby Club practices are Tuesdayand Thursday, 5 pmr, on Briggs Field.Everyone invited. For information - callWayne Bonr x5095, or Ron Prinn, x2452.

* A Meeting to form a chapter of ZPG(Zero Population Growth) at MIT will beheld Thursday, September 23 at 7: 30 pm inW20-49 1.

* First fall meeting of Corporation JointAdvisory Committee (CJAC) will be Thurs-day, September 23, in the Bush Room(10-105). Agenda will be discussed. This isan open meeting - everyone is welcome toattend.

* Haute Saone Priory, Order of Knight-hood for Massachusetts, will hold anInvestiture and'business meeting on Sunday,September 26, 1971 at 1 pm, in the FencingRoom in the Armory `W31 on the floorabove the lobby). Initiation and Life-Membership is ten dollars and affiliation isthree dollars - candidates are expected tobring this with them. The meeting is open toany member of any Priory, any DeMolaywishing to join, and any Mason. For moreinformation or questions contact Prof.Vitale at x4910 or Fred Duncanson at387-7694.

* Members of the community interestedin singing choral music--in an informalsinging group (mixed.-chorus) should calldormline 0990 for furtherinformation. -

* An open Convention of Cambridgeresidents will be held this weekend,September 25-26, in Rindge Tech Auditori-um, Broadway and Irving Streets, beginning10 am. Participants will form workshops towrite a platform,. and there will be a chanceto endorse candidates.

* Registration for English ConversationClasses for Foreign Wives at MIT will beehdl on Thursday, September 23 from 10am to 12 noon in the Emma Rogers Room(10-340). Classes will be available at alllevels of ability. Child care will be providedfor pre-school -children. If you havequestions,,call Mrs. Rei-ties (484-3595) orMrs. Meissner (729-5323).

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* The introductory meeting of the Staff &Key Society, originally planned for Septem-ber 20, has been rescheduled for Monday,Septembei 27, 8 .pm at the First BaptistChurch, 90 Mt. Vernon 'Street, in the heartof Winchester Center. Plans and productionschedules for the forthcoming Gilbert &Sullivan production (most likely Yeoman ofthe Guard or The Mikado) will be -discussed.

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By now, most MIT fraternities inducted a new freshmen-(pledge)and are beginning. their attempts tograte them into their social structure.

The aim of molding "good brothers"out of the new class implies a view of thefraternity as an end in itself. The pledge isexpected to strive to become the idealfraternity brother, t: learn respect fo: thetraditions and ideals of the house he haschosen to join. (Admittedly, few frater-nities here still put it so bluntly, yet thisis what pledge training means.) In otherwords, the fraternity has come to seeitself as an end for its members. Being a"good, brother" in the tradition of thefraternity is held to be the ultimate goalof every new member.

This isn't necessarily as bad as itseems. Some of the attributes of the ideal

brother would certainly be considereddesirable traits by most people: consider-ation, responsibility, willingness to assistone's fellows. The traditions of the Amer-ican fraternity have in fact been drawnfrom the Christian ethic, although inmany cases this origin has been forgotten.

The ideal of being a "good brother,"however, is flawed, in that it may super-sede one's aim of becoming the best"person" one can. The attitudes of the"good brother" - towards his '"brother,"while being commendable, do not alwaysextend to people outside of the frater-nity. Until quite recently, many housesspecifically banned Sews and Blacks fromtheir membership, and even non-WASP'swere somewhat suspect.

Still, this problem is becoming increas-.ingly insignificant. The real danger is thatbeing a "good brother" will become anend in itself, stifling the human growth ofthe brothers.

When examined in the' context' inwhich it is found in this country, thecollege fraternity can be seen to be not anend, but a means through which itsmembers seek to develop their humanpotential. Young men enter the fraternityjust as they are making the final breakfrom their parents and are beginning toestablish their identities as independentpersons.

Normally, one can assume that thegoal of a student who is living in a collegeliving group is to prepare himself to moveout into the world on his own. The livinggroup should serve as a sort of "half-way'house" between his home-life with hisparents and the establishment of his ownhome. Further, it should enable him todevelop his personality more fully thanhas been possible for him up to that time.

All this means that the fraternityexists in order to provide something to itsmembers, and that when it becomes ahindrance to them, either it shouldchange, or they should leave it.

As each new member enters the group,he should be free from any conditioningby the brothers in an attempt to makehim into the kind of person they wanthim to be; there should be no concertedeffort to make him into the "idealbrother." Instead, he should find peoplewho are ready to help him explore hisown person; people with whom he canwork out his own identity without thefear of rejection. Essentially, this meansthat the fraternity must provide theinsecure- person with "acceptance" sothat he can begin to establish the securityof his personality.

Unfortunately, this gives rise to somepractical problems: if the group refrainsfrom dictating to its members the kind ofperson they should become, it may findthat some will choose to follow modes ofaction that -are not conducive to thewell-being of the group as a whole. Forexample, someone may feel that "con-sideration for others" is not an attributehe wishes to develop. Such a person maybecome nearly impossible for the groupto deal with, yet a concerted effort toprevent the development of such attit-udes on the part of new members mightabrogate their right to develop as theychoose.

In conclusion, the college fraternityshould be an outward-looking group. Newmembers should be directed outwardsrather than inwards, they should see thefraterlnity/living group as a means bywhich they can attain their development,but not as an end to --which they canattach themselves.

The ultimate goal of the fraternityshould then be for its members to moveout. As each person attained the highestlevel of development open to him withinthe group, he should see the logic ofleaving and should be able to do sowithout regret, and with some measuresof satisfaction at what he had foundwithin the group.

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"Pledge training," as this process is.called, most often aims at inculcatingcertain values which, in the view-of thefraternity, will make the new members-"good brothers." Placing fraternities inmthe context of their members' education-al development during their- un-dergraduate years, however, suggests thatthere may be a major fallacy in the waythey view themselves.

tence. Suite living reverses this trend, butsuites may prove disastrous for freshmenwho don't get to choose their suitematesand who are denied the ease ofacquaintance which is an advantage ofhall living.

The living conditions fostered by thenew suite systems have yet to beexamined 'MacGregor and Burton are theonly dormitories developed since thespate of housing reports that began in1949; they are not analogous to theapartment-like suites of Bexley since theycontainrmore than twice its three or foursuitemates. Empirically, however, observr-ers have noted that any residence,apartments included, made up solely ofMIT students to some extent exhibitsphenomena described earlier - a certainamplification of typical Institute hangupsand neuroses when all your problems arecarried home.

Burton and MacGregor are the firstdormitories entirely built under theHousing philosophy. Senior House andEast Campus were built before the war;Baker when the policy was still in itsformative stages; the old Burton andBexley were stopgaps, converted apart-ments. In light of this it is amusing to askhow the new dorms might foster a qualitysuch as creativity, as compared with theolder dorms. One considers the imagina-tive decoration that formerly adorned thewalls of Burton and which still runsrampant on the Senior House plaster;then one contemplates the endless scab-colored ceramic of Baker House (notunexpectedly, this was a major beef inthe CSE sample) and inviolate panelingand formica in the new dorms, and asks

how much room has been left forcreativity in interior design?

At least; with porter service andcompulsory commons gone, students inthe dorms can cook and clean forthemselves.

Whatever one might say about theresidence system, in the end an over-whelming fact asserts itself. Neitherdormitory nor fraternity maintain theirappeal for upperclassmen, who moveoff-campus in ever-greater numbers asthey grow older - 13% in the sophomoreyear, 30% in the junior year, almost half(48%) by senior year. Perhaps they areseeking- more privacy, greater psychicdistance from the Institute and itsworries, more independence. It would beinteresting to find out how many live,exclusively with other MIT students; Isuspect that would show a gradual shiftaway from such an arrangement tomixing with other, non-MIT people.

One conclusion is obvious. Housingpolicy and housing reality at MIT do notcoincide. The system achieves other thanits stated goals; the people responsible forits planning and maintenance do not fullyunderstand the system. Furthermore, it isridiculous to expect it to act as acompensatory educational agent for whatthe academic program leaves out ordeemphasizes. The values endorsed by theresidence will change only when thevalues of the dominant system, theInstitute itself, change: The CSE reportcriticizes the MIT Commission Report forfailing to deal at all with housing issues inits attempt at "Creative Renewal"; andthe question still remains to be answered:Housing - and education - for what?

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record labels, and musicians havecome and gone. The group as ifappeared at the Aquarius overthe weekend has changed since:~~~~~~-rthe group's last album, BringMeI ED JHome. Tracy Nelson is still onvocals, Karl Himmel's on drums,They'v bassist is Ste moved to Nashville,

new lead guitarist is Jack Lee,and Andre s M cMa hon plays key-boards. And there is a sixth

memb er of the group, referredto (vaguely) as "Toad" and saidto play "tooth." Sadly, he was-absent, just having had hisappendix remo ved.

The band showed a fairlywide r ange of material, rangingfrom rocking 'numbers like "il InSatisfied" and "TemptationTook Control of Me And I Fell"to slow blue s as in "HomemadeSong" and "Mother Earth" toreally beautiful songs such as"Tonight, I Feel the Sky'sAbout to Cry," "Long Gone:'(written by- Boz Scaggs) andtheir new single, "Down SoLow". (featuring T racy Nelsonon piano).

Unfortunately, there was justsomething missing. Tracy Nelsonhas an incredible voice, and hersinging ranks her, along withGrace Slick, among the bestfemale vocalists going. On a songlike "The Sky's About to Cry,"her falsetto at the end of eachverse is great, and she belts ablues song as well as anyone .Friday night was no exception,as she actually sounded a bitbetter than she does on record.Andrew McMahon was excellenton organ, piano, and electricpiano; Jack Lee was somewhatbetter than average on lead.Especially on the blues-rocknumbers, the band seemed quitetight, though essentially playingback-up for the lead vocal.

But the electricity just wasn'tthere. Maybe it was the skeletalcrowd, although the few thereseemed to be really into it;,maybe it was just a little of |Tracy Nelson's coolness orfatigue or boredom showingthrough. Whatever, MotheriEarth put on a very good show, ialthough failing just short of,exciting. But they are go0d'eiough to -deserve a much better:deal than the one Boston handed,them Friday night.

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Before the show, I had achance to talk with Mother

By Neal Vitale"I don't know if Mercury

screwed us or not . . . all I knowis that they didn't do nothingfor us, our records weren't in thestores and there weren't any ads,the average person didn't knowwe were alive."

Tracy Nelson, Mother EartFhThough Mother Earth has

since moved to Warner Brothers/Reprise records, the turnout atthe Aquarius Theater last Fridaywould seem to indicate that

Earth's lead singer Tracy Nelson.I found her, not the "toughchick" who's on the albumcovers, but a kind of low-keyed,baby-faced James Taylor freakwho'd offer you Jello (and did).She came on very soft, almostnaive, not the type who wouldhave eaten squid (and hasn't).

The following are a few ofher random comments that mayprovide some insight into her,the group, and their music.

"There were... things thatmade me decide to leave SanFrancisco. The first time we everplayed at the Avalon..· afterthe set, they came up and said,'You're- pretty good, but you'renot Janis Joplin.' . . . I kept get-ting people coming up almosthostile to me, like where are youat, who do'you think you are,trying to sing when there's aJanlis Joplin. I thought that waskind of a snotty attitude.There's room for more than-one . ..

"We got the same thing fromWarner Brothers. . . 'Why don'tyou make a more commercialalbum?' -

"I don't smoke anything atall.

"I really dug The Band, andJames Taylor's beautiful -there's not too many peoplecurrently I like very well. I thinkYou've Got a Friend is justexquisite, it just kills me everytime I hear that song.

"I'd like to produce; I'd liketo produce Irma Thomas, I'dlike to do an album... She'snot signed with anybody rightnow, she's not recording to thebest of my knowledge, she'sjusta great singer. Musically, most ofmy energy is taken up with whatwe [Mother Earth] are doing.

"I like dogs; we have a lot ofdogs. They're wonderful dogs.They're all mutts and they'rejust great.

"'[Linda Ronstadt] has anincredible voice, so pure, and sostrong... She was sitting on asofa, all kind of scrunched up inreal bad posture, and 'hit thishigh note, way up there, so pure.I couldn't hit the note in amillion years if I was standing upand somebody goosed me.

"Well, I'm working on a dogsoap opera.

"I just did an album with EarlScruggs; he had Linda Ronstadtand Arlo Guthrie and myself andJohn Hartford was supposed todo it .. and Randy and GaryScruggs.

"Carole King's not a very

good singer.. she's not a devel-oped singer.

"You're trying to make inyour owvn thing, and when youlisten to what everybody else isdoing, you really get distractedfrom what. you're doing. Younaturally think that what you'redoing is better than what any-body else is doing. If you didn'tthink that, you wouldn't be do-ing it. So why listen to anybodyelse, except for the people whoinfluence you, who are rarelyyour peers in terms of time. So Ireally don't listen to -hardly any-thing. I haven't even heard thelast two Beatie albums."

Mother Earth has undergonethe usual personnel changes overthe years, that have come to becommon among most rockgroups. Tracy Nelson is the onlyremaining member from theoriginal group, as it-was con-ceived back in the "psyche-delic," "acid-rock" craze of1967. Being from San Francisco,and having a female lead singer,they attracted more than theusual share of attention andmore than the usual JeffersonAirplane/Big Brother compari-sQns. Whether or not the albumwas actually good, their firstLiving With The Animals, sold tosome degree for whatever thereasons.

Another major production willhit the boards inrlate April, witha set of one-acts intervening be-tween the major plays. AllDramashop productions takeplace in the Little Theater.

The first production was castlast night ,and will be presentedFriday and Saturday nights, Oc-tober 1 and 2, as part of inaugu-ral Week. The plays.are LanfordWilson's The Sand Castle, direct-ed by Philip Bertoni '73, andOut at Sea, by SlawomirMrozek, directed -by Paul Pan-garo '73; As is customary, theywill be presented free to thepublic. '

·The Musical Theatre Guild,which absorbed three predeces-sor groups (Gilbert and SullivanSociety, Tech Show, and thesummer Classical Musical Socie-ty) plans two full-scale produc-tions on Kresge's main stage.The first is Gilbert and Sullivan'sPirates of Penzance, scheduledfor November 1 1, 12 and 13,directed by Nancyr and Mickey

-Rainier.Auditions ae being heldthis week through Thursday.

The Guild's sring productionwill t'e an original Tech Show, amus:.cal (probably comic) writ-ter, compo.ed and directed by.Cuild members. (Anyone canjoin the Guild.) A call for scenar-ios will go out to MIT writerssoon, probably within threeweeks, a.ccording to'Meldman.

Tech Show '72 will be thefirst original one since 1969.Lack of ambitious writers causedTech Show to present The Fan-tasticks (a finamcial success) in1970; lack of interest resulted'inthe organization donating itsfunds last spring to the Pot LuckCoffeehouse for a token produc-tion of Jack and the Beanstalk,and, ultimately, its merging intothe Guild -'which, it is hoped,Will foster a revitalization ofmusical theatre at MIT.

By Bruce MartenMIT's two student theatre

groups - Dramashop and thenewly-organized Musicail TheatreGuild - held organization meet-ings this past weekend and an-nounced their schedules for thecoming year.

Dramashop, headed by Pro-fessor Joseph D. Everingham,met Friday night in Kresge LittleTheater. About 40 people, manyof them new to the' club, at-tended.-Following remarks byProf. Everingham and Drama-shop president John-Vandermeer'72, they were entertained witha mime presentation of SamuelBeckett's Act Without Words,performed by former club presi-dent Jay Toimey. Afterwards,refreshments were served.

The Musical Theatre Guildattracted :about 80 people toMcCormick's Country Kitchenwith a program including slides,tapes, singing and refreshments.Musical Theatre Committeechairman Jeff Meldman, G, saidthe Guild was pleased with thelarge turnout, and reported that150 freshmen had indicated aninterest in musical theatre, thelargest representation in severalyears.

The turnouts for both groupsindicate considerable theatricalinterest among members of theClass of '75.

The Dramashop schedule this:year will feature four sets ofone-act plays and two full-lengthproductions. Reflecting the con-tingencies of MIT's academic cal-endar, the fall term will containthree of the four one-act produc-tions, often called "ninedaywonders" since -they are pre-sented nine days after castiig.Dramashop will mount a majorproduction over IAP (last year'sIAP project was a highly-success-ful Merchant of Venice) for pre-sentation in early February.

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book fo end all anti-war books,and now it is a film. If you likedthe book, you'll love the movie:

.and if you haven't read the bookyet, you should see it anyway.

It is the first film directed byDalton Trumbo, who has madesure that the cinematic adapta-tion is perfectly faithful to theauthor's original intent, becausehe is the author. This film is amoving experience, photograph-ically crisp, and well played byalmost all of the actors. It maybe a reflection of the kind ofemotional pain Trumbo wentthrough when he was blacklistedduring the witch-hunt of theearly fifties.

Johnny Got His Gun has al-ready received international ac-claimn, and has collected severalawards, including three atCannes, making it the first movieever to be so honored.

This is easy to understand: itis probably the best anti-warfilm to date, and considering thenumber of recent entries intothat genre, that is no easy dis-tinction to come by. The film'sgreatest departure from the beat-en path is its worthy efforts topaint the focal character, JoeBonham, as a real human being,before it goes on to show whatwar turns him into.

The movie focuses on a quad-ruple amputee: a man with noarms and no legs. His face iscovered with a mask; he breathesthrough a tube; is fed intraven-ously; even has his body wastes_removed by tubes. He is assumedto be a complete vegetable, butwe are privy to his thoughts: ashe looks back on his family, hislife, and the fortunes of warwhich put him where he is to-day. The content of Joe'sthought-aloud "speeches" isworthy of' the sensitive treat-ment that cinematic newcomerTimothy Bottoms lavished onthem.

The movie clearly and finallyestablishes, as if any more evi-

dence were needed, the ultimateand complete absurdity of war;yet it does so subtly. Perhaps themost telling statement in thewhole film comes during thesequence in which Joe Bonhamis imagining what it would belike. to be on display as a freak.His thoughts went something-like this:

"Just think of how peopleflock to see freaks in a freakshow. But the thing is that thesefreaks are born that way. No onedid anything to them: it was anact of God. But I am a freak byan act of war; I was made abasket case by friends and neigh-bors, and the folks next door.Just think how they would flockto see that."

Joe's flashbacks alternate bt-tween actual events of the past,and real events of the presentand future:- they involve hisfamily and his girl-friend in hisattempts to maintain his sanityin an insane situation. His mindstill functions, but he finds him-self totally unable to communi-cate with the people who arecaring- for him. Finally, he isgiven the clue he needs, by hisfather, in an imaginary scenethat never occured: he is re-minded of his Morse code exper-iences during a brighter day, andadmonished to "use his head."

Although it's slightly unlikely,Joe establishes his communica-tions link with the outside worldby nodding his head to sendMorse code. Army officers arebrought in, and Joe relays hisirequest: "Put me in a freakshow, to let people see what wardoes. Or kill me." His request isdenied on both counts, ofcourse, and the movie ends witha very long, slow fade-out, andJoe's whispered voice saying,"Kill me."

Kathy Fields, who playsKareen, the "girl he left behind,"is.under 5' and weighs less than80 pounds. She was in Bostonfor the preview showing of

Johnhy Got His Gun, to speakto the Boston area film critics.At the press lunch following theshowing, in Joseph's, there wasthe customary free lunch in ascreened-off portion of the res-taurant, in order that we mightbe more kindly disposed to thefilm.

In this case, it wasn't reallyneeded. As a matter of fact,several of -the critics stated thatanyone's appetite could be re-duced by the emotional stressinvolved in viewing a film asmoving as this one. Fortunatelyfor this reporter, he recovered intime to take advantage of boththe free food and the immediateproximity of the beautiful Ms.Fields, who was, unfortunately,dressed more sedately in personthan she was in the film.

Kathy explained that shecould, in a way, speak to motiva-tions in making the film, as thecrew had been very close, whileTrumbo had been very open,during the rocky two-yearcourse which led up to the finalperson cast as Trumbo began hislong search for backers withsufficient courage to put theirmoney behind a film as contro-versial as the one he was propos-ing to make. Trumbo finallymanaged to line up enough capi-tal from various private sourcesto make a go of it.

The film was an emotionallytrying experience for Trumbo,she said, as so much of it isau to-biographical. Kareen isdrawn after Trumbo's own child-hood sweetheart, and many ofJoe Bonham's experiences areactually those of Trumbo'schildhood. His style is very

open, compared to most direct-ors, she said; he is willing notonly to listen to suggestions, asare most, he is also willing tofollow them.

He invited members of thecast to his home when locationshooting brought them nearby;this enabled most of them to getto know him pretty well. Heoften wore a black velvet jumpsuit, and monogrammed slipperswhich, taken as a whole, make astunning outfit.

The conversation then turnedto a matter closer at hand: Ms.Fields herself.. At 24, this is herfirst 'break in- films. If the filmcontinues to duplicate the veryrespectable gross it attained inNew York City during themonth after its release, she couldbe on her way to a bright career.

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MIT's saiing team opened itsseason this weekend with a busyschedule that included the NewEngland Women's Singlehandedchampionships, a dinghy invita-tional, two varsity sloop regat-tas, and the first freshman eventof the year. The weather wasextremely variable, as were thebreaks that came the sailors'way, and the Tech mariners'finishes ranged from good tobad.

On Saturday the winds werevirtually nonexistent, and a din-ghy invitational at Tufts wascanceled, but the qualificationtrials in the women's single-handed were held in very lightair conditions here on theCharles River. Lynn Roylance'72, Shelley Bernstein '74, GallBaxter '74, and Martha Donahuerepresented the MIT women,and Lynn and Gall both quali-fied for Sunday's finals. The pairfinished seventh and eighth re-spectively- in Sunday's heavierbreezes, as the event was won byCandy Curtin of Newton Collegeof the Sacred Heart, followed byKathy Boynton of Connecticut

University of MainelPortland.Cucchiaro won his division, andonly a questionable protest inB-division prevented Hart andLacy from putting the regattaunder wraps for -Tech. CoastGuard won the event, with theother three schools tied forsec-ond place.

A singhy invitational at Bos-ton University on Sundayrounded out the weekend's varsi-ty action, and the MIT skippersfell victim to some rough going,as they finished back in thepack. Sandy Warrick '72, withKim McCoy '74 crewing, sailedin one division, while SteveShantzis '72 skippered in theother.

MIT's freshman squad won itsfirst regatta of the year, as theTech frosh took top honors inan invitational event at Harvard,finishing ahead of Coast Guardand Tufts.

Next weekend features anoth-er full slate, as the varsity willcompete in two dinghy invita-tionals and the season's firsttrophy meet, the Danmark Tro-phy Regatta at the Coast GuardAcademy in New London, Con-necticut.

The women's team will sail inthe Captain's Cup regatta atJackson and a Novice Regatta atMIT. The freshmen are slated tocompete in an invitational atTufts.

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College and Barb Grant of Rad-cliffe. Maria Bozzuto '73, MIT'stop woman skipper and a primecontender' for the singlehandedtitle, was unable to sail in thetrials on. Saturday and thereforecould not compete-on Sunday.

On Sunday, coach HatchBrown and eight memnbers of themen's varsity -squad traveled tothe Maine Maritime Academy inCastine, Maine, to compete intwo sloop events, one in Shieldsand the other in Mercurys.

Tom Bergan '72, FranklMiller'72, Al Spoon '73, and LarryBacow '73 co-skippered theTech entry in the Shields regat-ta, and won easily over the otherthree schools, 'which includedthe Coast Guard Academy,Maine Maritime, and Bowdoin.Good upwind work and finespinnaker handling were majorfactors in the MIT victory.

Steve Cucchiaro '74 withRandy Young '74 as crew, andthe Co-skipper team of seniorsBob Hart and John Lacy repre-sented MIT in the Mercury e-vent, sailing-against a field com-posed of entries from MaineMaritime, Coast Guard and the

Shown below, the fleet maneuvers prior to a start in one of the races

of the New England Women's Singlehanded finals at MIT on Sunday.Above, Lynn Roylarnce '72 heads for the dock after finishing arace. Photos by Brad BiletdeauxI qj, .

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The freshmen heavyweight oarsmen pictured above were the-first

frosh to row on the Charles this fall. Coach Don Saer (standing) had

his men out in the teaching barge, a large flat-bottomed-boat that

accomodates 16 oarsmen. The barge is handy in the early stages ofspeaks their winning season last,spring. Frosh lights coach FraserWals. is also back for his secondyear at MIT.

teaching rowing, as the coach can stand beside each man and closely

supervise his technique. Below, frosh light coach Fraser Walsh

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ore the rowing simulator. Photos by Brad Billetrdeaux

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One of the things that charac-terizes fall at the Institute isboatloads of freshmen crew can-didates splashing around on theCharles River, learning the fun-damentals of MIT's traditionalsport. Both crew coaches reportheavy turnouts of enthusiasticClass of '75 men. -

Don Saer, frosh heavyweightcoach, has almost four full boatsof eight men each competing forseats in his first shell. Saer is inhis second year of coaching, andas MIT's frosh heavies haven'thad experienced coaches too of-ten in the past, this year they arestarting out with an advantage.

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