, VOLUME 93 NUMBER 25 MIT, CAMBRIIDG E, MASSACHUSETTS TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1973 FIVE CENTS-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FV ET

_ -A ,By Paul Schlindler

After two years of makingfinancial aid the number onefund raising priority, the MITadministration has succeeded insoliciting a $1,000,000 anony-mous donation to support stu-dent financial aid. "This repre-sents an enormous breakthroughin this regard," Chancellor PaulE. Gray told The Tech.

Leonard Gallagher of the Fi-nancial Aid Office said "This gifteases the loan situation con-siderably." He added: "Withoutit, we would have to continue tosearch for good terms on short-term loans, and probably pay afair amount of interest. Even-tually, we would be constrainedto look at the interest ratesstudents pay."

The gift, which will be madein annual $100,000 paymentsfor the next ten years, will makepossible a "long term loan [ froma commercial bank] ... andtends to stabilize the entire loanprogram," according to JosephSnyder, Institute Treasurer.Stating that the money wouldhave a "marked impact," Snyderalso explained that the contri-bution would be used in such away as to provide $3,00,000 innew loan money over the nexttwo years.

Gray said that the contribu-tion had been "under considera-tion for about a month," buthesitated to say much more, forfear of jeopardizing the donor'sanonymity. He did say that fi-nancial aid has been a "mostfrustrating" fund-raising goal,suggested from time to time todonors who "might perhaps beinterested." The method ofusing the money which sogreatly increases its value is,Gray noted, "an attractive ideathat may appeal to other do-nors.'"

Gallagher further explainedthe uses of the money: "This is

good for us. Presuming we canfind a bank to make a ten yearloan, and we shouldn't have toomuch trouble there, this willallow us to have the capital weexpect to need over the nexttwo years to make up the dif-ference between need and [stu-dent resources]." It will not freeup the unrestricted moneywhich the financial aid office hasasked for in the operating

budget: that money is for schol-arship purposes.

MIT makes loans of abou [ 2.5million dollars per year, much ofit under the National Direct Stu-dent Loan Program, some of itfrom the Technology Loan fund,which has loaned out about$12,000,000 over the years.Most of the new money wouldbe available because of subsidiesapplied to NDSL interest.

By Curtis ReevesThirty-three prizes - and

awards were presented in thisyear's Awards Convocation onlast Wednesday.

Four graduate students andthree undergraduates receivedStewart Awards, in recognitionof outstanding contributions to

-extracurricular life. They were:James Ziegenmeyer G andArthur Bass G, recent presidentand vice-president of theGraduate Student Council; MariaBozzuto '73 for herparticipation on and leadershipof the women's sailing team;Bob Elkin '73, chairman ofVolume 92 of The Tech; S.James Gates '73 for his assistancewith Concourse, Project Inter-face and BSUJ Tutoring Program.

Also, Lee Scheffler G,feedback analyst for Course VI;and Vo Ta Han G of theClassical Guitar Society werehonored. A Stewart was givenjointly to Steve Wallman and theStudent Center Committee, anda Certificate of Appreciation wasreceived by the EnglishConversation Program of theTechnology Matronsorganization.

Winners of the Karl TaylorC o mpton Prize were: GregChisolm '73, crew team, BlackStudent Union, coordinator ofthe Freshman Residence/Orientation Week, former actingUAP; Fred Gross '73, for hispart in MIT recycling and otherecology oriented programs; InezHope '73, coordinator of theBlack Student Union TutoringProgram; Robert Langer of the

other community groups; andRobert Longair of the sailing·team and several student govern-ment offices.

The MIT Symphony Orches-tra was awarded a Compton forthe success of its winter tour.

Beatrice Santos, who worksin Burton-Conner, was the win-ner of this year's MurphyAward.

Two sets of awards weregiven for outstanding teachers.Recipients of the GSC Awardswere Professor of MeteorologyEdward Lorenz, Assistant Pro-fessor of Political Science Chris-topher Schaefer, Associate Pro-fessor of Mechanical EngineeringAin Ants Sonin, Associate Pro-fessor of Nutrition Daniel Wangand Associate Professor of Nutri-tion Robert Wilson.

Baker Awards for under-graduate teachers went toAssistant Professor of Humani-ties Sandy Kaye, AssistantProfessor of Earth and PlanetarySciences Richard Naylor andAssistant Professor of Mechani-cal Engineering James Williams.

Among the sports awards,Dave Wilson '73 received theClass of '48 Award as the out-standing athlete of the year, forhis accomplishments in trackand field; sailor Alan Spoon'73received the ECAC Merit Medalfor athletic and scholasticachievement; the MITAA PewterB o wl for contributions tow o m e n's athletics went toswimmer Sandy Yulke '74.

Other athletic awards went toRichard Charpie '73, LarryDavid '75, Shinichiro Yoshida-'76, and Steve Cocthi '73.

Here's a novel solution to keeping off the grass: Manfred ("Doc")Lichtensteiger, Ascensionist, rose to new heights above Kresge Plaza,as part of the Lobby 7 sCommittee's May Festival Week. Lichten-steiger, a :Sw-iss-born physicist on the DSR staff, now flies thisballoon near his home in Acton.

Photo by David Tenenbaum.

By Mike McNameeThe Faculty will convene its

regular monthly meeting tomor-row, trying to complete the busi-ness of a very busy spring term.With nine major items on theagenda, many members of thefaculty expect that the meetingwill have to be recessed andcompleted next week.

The meeting will open with aresolution of the Faculty on theDeath of Professor Edwin iR.Gilliland, Institute Professor andProfessor of Chemistry. Gillilandpassed away on March 13, at theage of 63.

The next item on the agendais the election of new officers ofthe faculty. The nominations arefor the Chairman, AssociateChairsnan, Secretary, AssistantSecretary, and for positions onthe standing committees of thefaculty. The James R. Killian,Jr., Faculty Achievement Awardwill be presented; this award,which Chairman of the FacultyHartley Rogers referred to as"MIT's Nobel Prize," will desig-nate the 1974 Killian Lecturer,who will deliver two lecturesnext spring. The 1973 KillianLecturer, the first recipient ofthe award, was Professor NevinScrimshaw, head of the Depart-

ment of Nutrition and FoodScience.

The Chancellor will speak onMIT's Affirmative Action planand the progress that has beenmade recently in the report tothe Department of Health, Edu-cation and Welfare. ChancellorPaul E. Gray told The Tethrecently that MIT should hearfrom HEW by mid-June aboutany corrections that should bemade in the plan; the administra-tion has conducted a salaryequity :eview to insure that sal-aries are not biased by race orsex.

The comments of ProfessorPhilip Morrison of Physics andAssociate Professor of Humani-ties William Watson on theMIRV Report, which were post-poned from last month's meet-ing, will be considered, alongwith a motion urging that thereport be accepted. The reportwas first received by the facultyat its February meeting, withoutacceptance (see The Tech,February 23, 1973), and Mor-rison and Watson were asked tostudy the report and make fur-ther recommendations. Theymake two comments about thereport: pointing out that it doesnot express the opinion of thefaculty on the wider issues of

the arms race, and noting that"faculty responsibility may pro-perly extend to a prudentjudgment of the foreseeable con-sequences of MIT research anddevelopment."

Along with the Morrison/Watson recommendations, thefaculty will consider a motionsubmitted by several facultymembers suggesting the forma-tion of a standing Committee onGrant and Contract Assessment.According to the statement ac-companying the motion, thiscommittee should try to esti-mate the impact of K & Dprojects upon national security,physical environment, social wel-fare, and technical and scientificeducation," and make recom-mendations to the faculty ac-cordingly.

The'Committee on StudentEnvironment will report on itsr e co m mendations concerningAshdown Dining Hall, and willpresent its report on undergra-duate housing (the Graves Re-port) for the faculty's approval(see The Tl'ech, April 20, 24, 27,and May 4, for a summary ofthat report).

The last item on the agenda isthe report of the CEP on SpecialPrograms.

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* The Student Committee on Edu-cational Policy and Education Divi-sion Steering Committee present:Bernard Kaplan, University Professorfrom Clark University, who will dis-cuss "Teaching and Learning inHigher Education: Implications ofDevelopmental Theory" on May 15at 2 pm in Room 9-150.

* The first two programs in theABC-TV series, "What AboutTomorrow?" will be showncontinuously on Wednesday andFriday, May 16 and 18 in Room7-102 from 11 am to 1 pm. Themembers of the Institute communityare invited. The two programs are:"On the Side of Man" which wasbroadcast originally on January 22and "Cities: Our Next Frontier"-broadcast originally on February 10.

* There will be a joint MIT-BUGerman House next year in BU'sWest Campus. Further informationcan be obtained from RolandJanbergs, x3-2732.

* The Technology Nursery Schoolis now enrolling 3-5 year old childrenof MIT families for its 1973 summersession. There will be a six-week, 9am to 1 pm program at Eastgate andan eight week, 9 am to 12 noonprogram at Westgate. For bothclasses, a child may attend five days(tuition $75), three days (Mon.,Wed., Fri.-tuition $45) or two days(Tues. & Thurs.- tuition $30). Thenursery school is cooperative; parentswill assist in the classroom onceduring the session. For application orinformation contact Valeria Maslakat 494-8308.

* The MIT Chapter of the Societyof Sigma Xi has voted to fund twoMIT student-run science programs fordisadvantaged area high schoolstudents. The Society has granted$500 to the MIT-Wellesley UpwardBound science program, and $500 tothe Cambridge Group Schoolchemistry program. The awards willhelp purchase laboratory equipment,chemicals, teaching aids, and othermaterial to assist in science teaching.Both programs are directed towardstudents who have to all intentsdropped out of traditional education.In many cases, these programs areable to rekindle enough interest thatthese near, or actual dropouts,complete high school and go on tocollege. The funds for the awardscome from a small rebate the localSigma Xi Chapter receives for each ofthe approximately 350 membersinitiated each year. The Societydecided that support of these highschool programs was best in keepingwith its motto, "Devoted toPromotion of Research in Science."The Chapter intends to supportsimilar such worthy projects in thefuture.

* GREAT BOSTON KITEFESTIVAL, Saturday, May 19 fromnoon to 5 pm (Rain Date - May 20).Franklin Park Golf Course. Kites,people, prizes, music, food,

baloonists, hang gliders, parachutejumpers, fun! Be a kid again! Furthlerinfo call 266-5154. Sponsored by theCommittee for the Better Use of Airand the Boston Parks and Recreationdept.

* DANCE-FREE will take place atMIT every Friday night at 8 pmn inthe Student Center. Take off yourshoes and express yourself.Dance-Free is an experience inimprovisational dance, yoga,chanting. $1 donation with collegeID or Dance-Free ID. For info:491-4195.

* Discussions of the new HealthPlan are being held at noon today(Tuesday) May 15 in the Bush Room,10-105; Wednesday, May 16 in theSchell Room, E52-461 and onThursday, May 17 in Room A-166 atLincoln Laboratory.

* There is a new course in theLiteraturesection, Special Topics inEducation, which consists of aseminar in education andstudent-teaching in a literaturesection course. Students interested inparticipating in this program shouldsubmit a line or two describing theireducational interests, specific courseinterests, and specific faculty theywish to work with. Please leave thestatement in 14N-419 by Thursday,May 17. For more information, go to14N-409.

By Steve Wallman(Wallman was chairman of theSCC during the period involved.He has prepared this summaryfor The Tech -Editor)

Last Wednesday, on May 9,the lights of the old pinballmachines in the room next tothe 24-Hour Coffeehouse wentoff for the last time. The ma-chines were disconnected andcarted away, only to be replacedby ten new machines from adifferent distributor, thus endinga six-month long wait by theStudent Center Committee.

The whole story began inAugust, when the SCC decided-that the machines and the ser-vice which they were receivingunder their old pinball contractwith B.F.W. Enterprises Inc.,were not satisfactory. B.F.W.'spresident, Joe Bissacio, waswilling to negotiate to see if abetter contract could be agreedupon. A new room, more ser-vicing, new machines and dif-ferent mechanics were all dis-cussed as part of the solution.

After a few more weeks oftalking, some of the members ofthe committee felt discouragedwith the pace of the negotiationsand the apparent lack of truecooperation fornom Bissacio.Having had contact with anothercontractor, Roy Turco of Roy'sCoin Co., they invited him tomake a presentation to the com-mittee.

Turco was truly enthusiastic.Having been informed of theSCC's desires, he offered a con-tract that satisfied almost all ofthese wishes plus the bonus of amere favorable division of themoney to the SCC. When B.F.W.was first asked if it could matchthis contract, the SCC was in-formed that it would be im-possible.

At this point, with two idera-tical contracts and two distri-butors, the SCC divided as towhom they should sign with.The question centered aboutwhether or not it would bebetter to sign the contract with anew, inexperienced, small distri-butor, who had enthusiasm and

a cooperative manner that wasunmatched by Bissacio, or ifBissacio's experience and ex-pertise outweighed his attitude.

Starting iia November, amonth of intensive debate andresearch ensued during whichtime the SCC reversed informaldecisions twice. Finally, whenthe discussion ended, a bindingvote was taken and Roy Turcowas awarded the contract by onevote.

In mid-December, a letter ofnotification was sent to B.F.W.by the SCC. The notificationstated that the SCC was initi-ating a 90 day mandatorywarning period at the end ofwhich the contract would beterminated. Legal problemsarose when Bissaclo maintainedthat his contract was with MITand not the SCC and that 1)only MIT could cancel the con-tract and that 2) the cancellationwould have to cover all ofBissacio's locations at MIT andnot just those under the juris-diction of the SCC. After all thepersons in charge of the otherlocations had been contactedand informed of the situation, a.second termination notice wasmailed on February 9 by Vice-President Cusick. This set backthe contract termination date toMay 9.

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By Norman D. SandlerMost college students have

probably thought about suicideat least once in the past. Fewactually go through with theaction, though an associate pro-fessor at Boston University re-ports that on the basis of inter-views with students at BU, asmany as 400,000 students peryear may attempt to take theirown lives or actually consider it.

At MIT, students are toldearly that due to the high degreeof academic stress placed onstudents, the Institute has a highsuicide rate. The truth of thematter is that from ail indica-tions, MIT's suicide rate is nohigher than the national average,and may in fact be lower.

This year has been different.In March, Frederic Sugarman, ajunior majoring in biology wasfound dead in his room in BakerHouse, presumably after taking afatal dose of cyanide. Threeweeks ago, on April 26, RaoulLamp, a sophomore majoring inmathematics, was found on thesidewalk between the two EastCampus parallels, after he hadreportedly jumped from the roofof the west parallel.

Surprising to most people isthe fact that two suicides in thesame year is unusual for MIT,where Dr. Merton Kahne, apsychiatrist in the Medical De-partment recalls there havingbeen only five or six in the pastten years.

In an interview with TheTech Kahne explained that sui-cide rates for young people areincreasing, while those for olderpeople are decreasing, possiblyas a result of better health carefor the aged.

According to Kahne, the sui-cide rate for college age people is20 per 100,000 nationally. Therate at MIT this year would thenbe 26.6 on that scale. However,he warned that suicide statisticsare misleading. "Suicide rate isnot an index of the lack ofeffective communication, norare the statistics which are re-leased."

However, Kahne, as well asmost other psychiatrists, has noreal explanation for the in-creasing rate of suicide for col-lege age people. He explained

that suicide is always highly per-sonal and always has some typeof social context.

It seems improbable that sui-cides at MIT could be causedsimply by academic pressures-Rather, the psychiatrist hypo-thesized that a lack of adequatecontact with the "real world"may lead to problems whichcould eventually result in emo-tional conditions conducive tosuicide.

"There is a serious questionas to whether there is effectivecommunication between stu-dents and other people who arein day-to-day life." Kahne pointsout that there must be adequatesupport structures developed inall living groups to offer "mutualsupport and help."

He emphasizes the impor-tance of a student's environmentin contributing to his or herability to cope with the widerange of problems normally en-countered by MIT students. MITis making attempts at increasingcontact between residents of thedormitories through the house-master/tutor system. To Kahne,the quality of the environment,and the contact which studentshave with faculty members isbeneficial, but he also suggests

that students with problems takeadvantage of the Medical Depart-ment's psychiatric service, "re-gardless of whether they con-sider themselves ill."

Kahne estimates that the staffpsychiatrists see as many as 15%of the total student body everyyear, though he is quick to addthat "the vast majority of thestudents who come to see uscould hardly be considered ill."

Approximately 40% of thestudent body at MIT will visitthe psychiatric clinic before theyleave, according to Medical De-partment statistics. When askedwhy people see the psychiatrists,Kahne replied, students visitthe clinic sometimes to breakout of no-win academic careers,and other times to deal withdormitory or living group orsocial problems... There isnothing to indicate that the classof problems we encounter aredifferent from anywhere else."

When asked about suicidesamong college students, Kahneexplained that it would be diffi-cult to alter conditions at MIT inorder to prevent suicides.

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courses. Yet again, we run into the ques-tion of content, of core curricula, ofInstitute requirements. Does a literaturemajor need to have one'term of chemis-try? Does a computer science major needto know the difference between an elec-tron and an elephant (there are, after all,6.3 faculty who do not, and could careless)?

Finally, there are the cost arguments.These are based on the current concept ofMIT as a learning factory, turning outpedigreed students. Is the highest goal towhich MIT aspires a tidy balance sheet?Accurate bills (which they have not yetattained)? Or is it academic excellence,and the oft-cited yet seldom seen "comn-munity of scholars?" The introduction ofelectives for freshmen (and that didn'thappen so long ago) meant that MITcould no longer just hand each freshmanhis schedule card, already filled out, onregistration day. There were probablythose who felt the ability of a student toavoid ancient greek literature in the fresh-man year meant the end of the world aswe know it.

Yet MIT is still turrning out studentsthat are accepted by the real world, inspite of complicated registration oppor-tunities. Affirmative Action complicates

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an over-crowded agenda. Some of theitems on it will not be discussed untilafter The Tech has ceased publication forthe year. All of them deserve carefulconsideration, especially the CEP state-ment on the experimental programs:ESG, FPY and Concourse.

The existence of these programs, alongwith the currently begun effort to ex-amine grades across the board at MIT, callinto question some very basic conceptsupon which this university is based. Pass/fail, grade inflation, dropping standards,they are all symptoms of a single malaise:the failure of the classic American systemof university education.

MIT with its labs and problem sets wasonce a much more unique place than it isnow. Indeed, mens et manus was revo-lutionary in its day, when it proposedthat people should actually learn sorne-thing useful in a hands-on way at theuniversity: that there should be labs, fieldexperience, and real-world problems. Thiswas tied in with the rise of engineeringeducation, which people thought couldbe taught in no other way. At the timethey were right.

Yet today, even the stodgiest conser-vative in the school of engineering mustconceed, at least internally, that his fieldis changing so fast that current practicebecomes almost useless at an ever-accelerating pace. Electrical Engineeringhas had to face this problem squarely; thecourse's administration is resisting tre-mendous pressure to introduce somemore "practical programming" into the6.3 core curriculum. They are sticking totheir "learn the basics" guns, in spite ofdissension about just what the basics ofcomputer science are.

And it is becoming increasingly true inall the engineering areas that the coremust shrink to basic skills and vocabularybuilding, and that courses should teachproblem solving skills and attitudes, in-stead of aptitude at solving specific prob-lems couched in real world terms.

This is not to suggest learning themethod instead of learning how to get aright answer; the two can and shouldexist together. This is also not to suggestthat anything like agreement on thesepostulations will be reached for another25 or so years, by which time peopleresisting change might be mostly retired.

The "hands-on" component whichonce so distinguished us all has had itsups and downs. Individual labs wererestored on a voluntary basis in 8.01 anda required basis in 8.02 this year, andwhile this is laudable, the trend is clearlyin the other direction. The Institute Labrequirement is a mere residue of what itwas at the time there were Saturdayclasses and no electives for freshmen.Other schools have picked up on parts ofthe "learning-by-doing" concept, but itsimportance has decreased here at MIT.

All of which is meant to show thatthere have already been pretty significantchanges in the nature of an MIT educa-tion over the years. So it should not betoo surprising if more changes are sug-gested, in the context of experimentalprograms. What should be considered isthe difference between these visions andmere "technical tinkering."

Yes, the freshman programs engage ina bit of "technical tinkering;" theychange the nature of both credits andgrades for freshmen. But in these courses,pass/fail is a lot more significant than it iselsewhere in the first year. Conceptually,it makes no difference whether one isgrinding out two problem sets a week fora grade, or for a pass (or for a hidden

grade). Three lectures a week, a reci-tation, a lab or two. Basically unchangedsince 1865.

But some things have changed, or atleast should have. One of them is ourshared concept of the value of freedom.For our current system of education,everywhere outside of the experiments, isone of tyranny. The tyranny of theexpert, as the hippies have called it.

Who says that a faculty memberknows more about what you want tolearn than you do? No one should, just asno one should doubt that Philip Morrisonknows more physics than the entire en-rollment of 8.01. The faculty know moreabout the subject, but not more aboutthe subjects.

A truly free university would allow astudent, outside of a formal structure of"classes" and "departments" to decidewhat he wanted to learn, and how helearned best. He would then just do it, foras long or as short a time as he wished, inas broad or as narrow a field as hewanted. Instead of issuing a single broad,virtually meaningless "S.B." to all stu-dents, the university would be forced (ifcertification remains as important as it isnow) to develop flexible certification,stating that a person had developedknowledge to such a depth in such fields,with such instructors.

"The student doesn't know enough tomake these decisions." "Lectures ale the

most efficient way for an instructor toimpart knowledge." "The complicatedcertification, registration, and admissionspolicies would send costs skyrocketing."These and other objections could beraised to the proposal. Lets consider theobjections raised as representative of thethinking of the opposition.

Obviously, the student does not knowenough, at age 18, to decide betweenbecoming a molecular biologist or a jetplane pilot. But that is as true under thecurrent system as it is under the proposedone, and there is no part of the MITmechanism that performs very well inallowing a student a wide range of inputsto her/his decision process. Pass/fail hasbegun this, and it is one of the statedgoals of the system. But pass/fail merelysupports the current structure. Only inexperinments, or a "free university" canpeople get the wide range of data theyneed to make informed choices. Onlythere are they urged to consider a reallybroad range of fields.

Or a really broad range of learningstyles. There cannot be anyone left whohonestly believes that everyone can learna subject equally well, or indeed in somecases at all, in a lecture-recitation format.Many formats are now being tried invarious courses, even in core courses,including the self-paced aspects of fresh-man physics and calculus (and others),the seminar system, and the extensivetutorial system exemplified by many EE

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By Lee Giguere drowned while on a long trek across aA little over a week ago, on Friday, frozen pond.) Last fall, MiT announced

May 4, a number of MIT students the appointment of a former Uniteddowned buckets of beer and listened to a States Army lieutenant general, James B.neo-fifties rock group called Sha-na-na. Larnmpert, to the post of Institute ViceAs student politicians taLked of a revival President. (Lampert's service record in-of the weekend as a campus social event, eludes not only a term as the Com-the past seemed to be coming alive at mandant [President] of the United StatesMIT. . Military Academy at West Point, but

A few other events of the past year service in Vietnam in the early sixties asoffered a foreboding orf what at times well.)seems to be a 1950s revival: According to The fact that all these events occurreda story in Thae Tech, the old sport of in the same academic year suggests that apledge raids is being revived. (A pledge tremendous change in climate has takenraid, for those who can't remember- and place at the Institute in the last fourthat probably means a majority of MIT's years. In the 1950 Os and early 1960s, noneundergraduates - was a prank that fresh- of these things would have seemed paotic-man fraternity members were encouraged ularly out of place. Yet only three yearsby the brothers of their house to play on ago, they would never have occurred . . .another, "rival" house. It is a supposedly ... It was May 4, 1970. 1500 merm-harmless gag involving the theft and bers of the MIT community gathered ineventual return of some prized trophy. Kresge Auditorium while many moreSuch harmless pranks were part of an era stood outside or listened in the Studentthat included "harmless" hazing as well. Center:Hazing went out of fashion at MIT quite Professor Noam Chomsky was the firsta few years ago when one freshman (Please turn to page 5)

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From: Student Financial Aid OfficeSubject:Meeting Concerning Financial Aid

On Thursday and Friday, May 17 and18, the MIT Financial Aid Office wouldlike to invite all interested students to anopen discussion concerning financial aidprocedures for the comning (1973-74)school year. The purpose of this discus-sion is to highlight the changes that havebeen made in the reapplication process;we don't envision this session as a lectureto students. What we want to encourage,after an introductory statement on thenew procedures is dialogue that wiltmake things easier in the fall.

As you may already know, our officehas made some small but important

changes in the reapplication process toencourage more realism and cooperationin the planning of each student's budget.By mailing financial aid notices earlierthan usual and by asking students toprovide us with a more careful accountingof resources by the end of the sunmmer,hopefully we can bring about the com-munications and pre-planning which willlead to a situation where fewer studentsfind themselves in need of emergencycounseling at the end of the year.

The Thursday meeting wil take placeat 3 prn in Room 10-250. The Fridaymeeting will begin at 10 am in the BushRoom (I 0-2.50). Hopefully this will pro-vide enough flexibililty so that thosewanting to be present can be.

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(Continued from page 4). to address the meeting. Recently returnedfrom an extended trip in SE Asia, Chom-sky described the progression of USefforts in Indochina. By striking intoCambodia, he maintained, Mixon hadcontinued an "internationalization" ofthe war effort. Chomsky dismissedNixon 's arguments for entering Cambodiaas "hardly worth discussion," noting thatwe were shoring up a "tiny, afistocraticelite that wanted to get a bigger piece ofthe action." He closed by reminding theaudience that the struggle for peace hadreached "a rather fatefil moment -- Idon't think we should blow this chance."

Former UAP Mike Albert followedCh o m s ky's address. "What's wrongdoesn't have to be analyzed that muchanymore," he argued. "What is needed isaction... solidarity." While supportingthe call for a massive strike, he inveighedagainst violence, calling for organization,not fighting. "This is the time to reachpeople, not just strike or fight theNational Guard." He lent his support tothe effort to attract everyone - evenWiesner, Johnson, and the faculty - tothe anti-war effort. Albert closed with awarning that riots at Kent State Uni-versity in Ohio had already caused 15deaths. (The Tech, May 5. 19 70)

The strike that followed that meetingwas probably- the last time that thisinstitution has acted in concert on any-thing. And it also seems to mark the endof a rising spirit of activism among MIT'sstudents. The years of that agitation lefttheir mark on MIT: the divestment of theDraper Labs, pass-fail, the Commission onMIT Education, and even the currentUndergraduate Association Constitution,lifeless as it may now seem, were bornout of the efforts that began with Sanc-·tuary, ended with the Strike, and in-cluded May 4, the Agenda Days, twoMoratoria, the November Actions and thetakeover of the President's office.

Since May, 1970, it seems, nothing hasreally happened at MIT. (Although this isnot entirely true, Ecology Action only

(Continued from page 4)our admission process. Would people haveus give that up? (besides ergoists, that is.)

Admittedly, certification wouldbecome more complicated. This is notinherently evil. I will grant some value tothe certification process performed bythe University. It certainly saves privateindustry a bundle, and since it would bepersonalized, it would reveal talent moreaccurately than any quickie test a com-pany could give. Accuracy is desirable, asis personal evaluation in this increasinglycomputerized, "standardized testing"world of ours.

What variable certification would al-low is a differentiation of goals. Cur-rently, anyone who wants credit in theoutside zworld for having been educated atMIT, no matter how little or how muchhe wants to learn of that which is offeredhere, has to complete the institute re-quirements and gain 360 units (as well asPE). Variable certification would makeMiT an educational supermarket. Fouryear programs would probably still bepopular: or at least they should be, forthe same reasons they are now: theyprepare you for anything. People whowanted less could pay less and get less,without the stigma attached to "droppingout" before completion of the degreerequirements.

Maybe an MIT education could evenbe (gasp) free? Perhaps the overhead rate,and the faculty research commitmentcould be changed such that they wouldget their entire salary (instead of justmost of it) from outside sources. Maybethe elimination of peripheral senricewould allow a reasonable overhead ratethat would support a shrunken adminis-tration, and a basically unscathed non-research faculty (faculty in literature arenot much good to American industry).

At this point, however, the argumentsstart to resemble those of the LibertyLobby, which proposes the elimination ofthe income tax by getting the governmentout of private enterprise. Least I bethought a kook, let free tuition stop here.

But the other ideas turn on a basicphilosophical concept you might deo wellto consider: do you believe in freedom?As what is best for us all? At all times?

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began after that year, for example.)People have spent the time betweentrying to catch their breath or just toregain their equilibrium.

It may have been the shock ofAmerica's reaction to the strike - a sensethat this country didn't want to be saved- that stunned students at MIT and easedthem into a state of apathy that theyhaven't been able to shake since then.Sometime after the Sanctuary - thetemporary sheltering of an "angelic"AWOL GI from the grasp of federalpower - people began to believe thatthere was some kind of revolutioncoming. It wasn't so much that peoplewere going to rise up with guns andmolotov cocktails and overthrow thegovernment than that the system, theAmerican system of racism and imperial-ism and oppression, would simply col-lapse due to its repudiation by good,honest people, citizens who finally sawthe truth- of what their government wasup to. And from the fall of 1968 to thespring of 1970, the expectation ofchange, of real grass-roots change, roseand rose. The door to the second Ameri-can Revolution seemed to lie only a fewshort steps ahead.

But something happened. For stu-dents, the experience of 1970 was notonly that the government couldn't betrusted - that realization was hardenedand sharpened by the bullets of theGuard at Kent State, but also that, as faras most Americans were concerned, thesystem was just fine. No matter that theirlives were already running out of control(and even now, as the economy seems tobe gradually shaking itself to pieces, few

To the Editor:I have read with interest the generally

accurate and perceptive article on CourseV1I by Richard Parlker and David Olive inyour issue of May 4, 1973. I wish tocorrect one error of fact.

The authors state that many of thefaculty members of the Department ofBiology do not teach undergraduates.Actually, of the 30 regular faculty mem-bers with teaching responsibility, 21 havetaught regular undergraduate subjects inthe current academic year, and two havetaught undergraduate seminars. Further-more, the department encourages under-graduates to take advanced graduate sub-jects (see General Catalogue, September1972, page 133), and many do. Thus,several faculty members who do notteach undergraduate subjects have manyundergraduate students in their graduatesubjects. For example, 7.26 Animal Vir-ology, taught by Professor Baltimore had18 undergraduates in a total of 44 stu-dents. 7.27 Molecular Biology of Bacteriaand Bacterial Viruses, taught by ProfessorLodish had 27 undergraduates in a totalof 65 students. 7.72 Advanced Bio-chemistry, taught by Professors Brownand Robbins had 78 undergraduates in atotal of 120 students. 7.73 Seminar inImmunology, taught by Professor Steinerhas 20 undergraduates in a total of 40students. Finally, 7.86 MolecularGenetics, taught by Professor Singer, has13 undergraduates in a total of 49 stu-dents. Actually, in the present academicyear only two members of our teachingfaculty have not taught undergraduatestudents.

Boris MagasanikHead, Biology Department

L(The exhibition is closed. These com-ments are still relevant.. -Editor)

To The Editor:I feel that the "Indian Images" which

are portrayed in Fritz Scholder's art showat the Hayden Gallery should be con-sidered critically - in spite of, or perhapsbecause of, the strictly artistic merit ofhis work.

Scholder claims that the "taboos setby the dominant culture" are his targetsand that to him the true Indian imagesare "massacreci moments from a richrecent history, dog delicacies, Kabuki-Hopi maidens, stars-and-striped savages,and Gallup drunk derelicts." t assumethat the "taboos set by the dominantculture" are those which have led to theromantic conception of AmericanIndians. But this is only one of thestereotypes which have been forced upon

had any faith in the Government or in theAmerican system. There has been, as yet,no massive protest, no cries of dissentover the realization that men at the verycenter of the Nixon Administration wereinvolved in illegal activities. That's be-.cause it's not a surprise at all, but rathersomething that "could have been ex-pected." The war, the draft, the urbanriots of the sixties, the murders at KentState, have left us morally numbed.

Another strike isn't the answer. Nor iscanvassing or lobbying. Those activitiesonly serve to ease our consciences with-out forcing us to see the connections inour own lives. Instead, we must beginmaking the connections between privatetroubles and public issues, to use thedistinction made by C. Wright Mills. Theecology movement has begun to pointout the links between private consump-tion and large-scale pollution. In politics,we must forge similar links. If UnitedStates policy is to be shifted, the shiftmust begin in individual habits andactions, with each person committinghimself to a new direction. Strikes andmarches and demonstrations are dramaticbut ineffective. Instead, we must embracenew lifestyles which focus on the sort ofvalues - humanistic, non-imperialisticand non-violent - that we desire on alarger scale in the government.

Apathy and privatism for the indi-vidual go hand-in-hand with secrecy andchauvinism in the government. When yougrease your hair and play good oldrock-and-roll, remember that it's only alittle further back in time to JoeMcCarthy.

them largely as working class people (orwould-be workers), struggling to survivein a harsh, imperialistic land. TheAmerican Indians were victimized in the19th century, just the way the Viet-narnese people are being victimizedtoday. The Indians I have known havebeen poor, decent people, as individualsnot much better or worse than the rest ofus.

Scholder sees them differently. Toquote Scholder, "... stars-and-stripedsavages (sic) and Gallup drunk derelictsare to me the true Indian inzages." This isblatant racism. His paintings compoundthe Indian stereotype - complete withbeer can and feathered war bonnet. Onequarter of Scholder's Indians wearfeathered head dress. To me he is a poorcopyist of 18th and I9th century artists,some of whom portrayed the Indiansmore accurately. It is alright to paint ahorse purple for "art's sake," but to paintIndians scarlet ("Posing Indian" and"Indian Womran") furthers the "redIndian" stereotype. Personally, I havenever seen an Indian wearing feathers,and his "Indian at the Window," withfeathered head dress seems ridiculous tome. The only Indians I've ever seenwearing feathers were doing so for cashfrom the tourist trade. Who ever lookedthrough the window of a poor Indian'shouse and caught him wearing hisfeathers? Scholder's skull-faced Indianhunched over a can of Coor's beer looksto me more like a Hollywood stereotypeof Pancho-Villa or a stereotype of a"Mexican bandit" than an Indian. MaybeScholder is pushing Coor's beer?

Scholder says himself (this and thequote above are in the exhibit's catalogand posted on the wall" that people saythat he hates Indians. He denies it. Maybeso, but several of his self portraits, forexample, "Screaming Artist," "Self Por-trait," and "One Quarter Luseino,"proclaim that he certainly hatessomething. There's nothing in his paint-ings to indicate it is the white, imperialistoppressor that he hates, absolutelynothing critical of the enemy of theoppressed.

For years I've been visiting the HaydenGallery, viewing the exhibits put on bythe Committee on the Visual Arts. This isthe first exhibit I have seen that had anysocial and/or political content. Finally weget something and it turns out to be this.Over the years the Committee on theVisual Arts has virtually ignored theworldwide struggles of oppressed peoplein their exhibits at Hayden Gallery.

William Pinson

seem to realize that the American systemjust isn't going to save them, that they,too, are expendable in the eyes of theircorporate employers) - most Americanstrusted the Government and trusted thecorporations and trusted in themselvesand their votes. In fact, Kent State - themurder of youthful dissenters - was justwhat they wanted. And so, the revolutionground to a halt. Students gave up, insome intangible way, their hopes ofchanging the world's consciousness andworried, instead, about getting themselvesthrough life with a minimum of psychicdamage. Sometime back in 1970, afterthe strike, a lot of people simply gave upon America.

In a way, then, it's not surprising thatthe level of dissent at MIT has declinedover the last three years. For a lot ofstudents it just seemed that nothingwould work. Demonstrations, canvassing,and lobbying congressmen had shownthemselves ineffective. And what was·worse, they had shown that the rest ofAmerica, the people on the outside of theuniversity ghetto, were out of sympathywith the revolution. It couldn't be amatter of simply pointing out what waswrong; people either didn't agree ordidn't care. Apathy was born out offrustration.

Now, even the Watergate, an immensescandal reaching to the heart of theGovernment, leaves students unmoved.How many students were surprised by theWatergate? That is the most remarkablefact of all. I suspect that very few peoplewere startled by the Watergate develop-ments precisely because they no longer

the Indian people; other stereotypes arethose which Scholder regards at the "trueIndian images." The image which is lack-ing in both these conceptions is that of areal, contemporary people engaged in aserious struggle to protect their communi-ties and their resources from exploitationby profiteers. Many American Indianpeople see their material wealth flowingout of their territory, in exchange forpoverty and degredation, and they seetheir cultural and linguistic heritage inperil of obliteration under the onslaughtof a culture offering a system of valueswhich is seriously questioned by many ofits bearers, as well as by those whoactively resist it. The vision of manyAmerican Indians is extremely clear, bothwith regard to the true source of theiroppression and with regard to the sorts ofprograms that would be needed to pro-tect and develop the enormous humanpotential which exists in theircornmmunities. And these people areactively engaged in the struggle to bringabout the changes which will enable theircommunities to survive and progress -this struggle involves, on the one hand,·liberation from the colonial dominationwhich controls most aspects of AmericanIndian life and, on the other, the work ofplanning and implementing the programswhich will achieve the goals they pursue.

Kenneth HaleLingtuistics

To the Editor:The current exhibition of Fritz

Scholde,'s paintings in the Hayden Gal-lery seems to me to be in very bad taste. Icall these paintings racist propagandaagainst the American Indians.

In the April 25 issue of Tech Talk(which I consider to be MiT's officialpropaganda organ), there is a laudatoryreview of Scholder's Exhibition, entitled"A Message Understood at WoundedKnee," by Robert Taylor. I cannot speakfor the Indians at Wounded Knee, but tome the "message" is that Scholder hatesIndians and is engaged in racist propa-ganda against them. To Scholder, Indiansapparently are some sorts of ghosts,monsters and drunkards. To quote thearticle by Taylor, "The paintings areexecuted on a large scale: Indians asrnonsters, victims, comedians, distortions

!of romantic white pieties, mountebanks.bubble gum figures, rebels, etc." Ap-parently to Scholder all Indians are likethese. Well, to me they aren't. I've seen alot of Indians, known a lot of them, andread a lot about them and their history. Isee them as an oppressed people, reducedfrom a population of ten or twelvenmillion to their present half-million. I see

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Plans have been announced toname Westgate II, the newlycompleted graduate studenthousing, after Ping Yuan Tang, a1923 alumnus of MIT. HowardJohnson, Chairman of the MITCorporation, released the infor-mation recently.

Tang, a benefactor as well asan alumnus of MIT, was head ofa major Asian industrial complexuntil his death in 1971. Threegenerations of his family haveattended the Institute sinceTang's attendance.

Dedication of the new gra-duate residence will be held Fri-day afternoon, June 1, followingthe 1973 MIT commencement.This is also the 50th reunion ofTang's graduating class. Severalmembers of the class of 1923will be on hand for the cere-monies.

The new Tang residence hallis located on Memorial Drive,near Westgate I, at the westernend of campus. It provideshousing -for 400 single graduatestudents in apartment facilities.The total cost of the structure,$6.7 million, was financed inpart by contributions from theTang family. However, most ofthe funding came from state andfederal sources, through bondsissued by the Institute and fromloan sources. Besides the Tangcontribution, the Kresge founda-tion provided private funding.

President Wiesner said in theannouncement of the dedica-tion, "The Tang residence hallsymbolizes the very great partwhich our foreign students playin the educational prograrn atMIT." ile added that Tang'sleadership in industry as well aspublic service will "serve as anenduring example for thousandsof our foreign alumni every-where and for generations ofMIT students."

Tang has been active in edu-cation in his homeland, HongKonxg, where he donated funds

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Photo by Dan De Hlainhaut courtesy of Technzique '73By P.E. Schindler, Jr.

With the death of Voo-doo,The Tech has been hard-pressedto find any campus publicationwith which it can carry on along-term feud. Over the years,many a front-page inch wasfilled with softball games, boardelections, and Dean's officecrackdowns on that hapless relicof a humor magazine. After

listing here is not intended todisparage those who didn't workas hard as, say Dan DeHainaut,who took almost as many pic-tures as Ritter. Nearly everyoneon a yearbook staff does theirpart in getting it out, just asnearly everyone on a newspaperstaff does their part. Some justdo more than others.

The book has only one weakpoint: there is very little prose,and most of what there is isweak. I do not say this simplybecause at one time Tech editorswere asked to write the essaysfor the yearbook, but it doesmake sense to have photogra-phers stick to photos, and askwriters to do the writing.

In addition, many of theidentifying cutlines are a littletoo small, a little too unob-trusive. I agree completely withRitter's response to my inquiryabout cutlines: "It's fine to runcutlines in eight pages of a news-paper, but if you tried to runthem in a.-320 page yearbook,they would very quickly becomecutesy." The pictures do apretty good job of telling thestory.

What did Technique '73choose to cover? The strike andthe ROTC occupation, ofcourse; the people who visitedMIT, activities, sports, livinggroups (but as usual, only thosethat bought a page), TalbotHouse, and the usual miscellany(but in sensible proportions)with a special MBTA section.

A word of warning about theMBTA section: there is an oddlittle cartoon at the end of it,drawn in an adequate if notoverwhelming rendition ofmodern underground style. Inspite of its execution, the con-cept is overwhelming to anyonewho has speculated on themysterious depths of subwaytunnels and what they mightcontain. It is imaginative, and adeparture from the usual con-tents of a yearbook.

This yearbook, like anyother, in good years or bad,contains memories in the formof an almost complete,catalogue-style photo list ofgraduating seniors. Any bookhas that. People who are activein student activities will findpictures of themselves in oddplaces. Any book has that. Somefraternities have excellent pages(these are laid out by thepurchaser, not by the yearbookstaff, so don't blame them forthe lousy ones, but don't creditthem for the good ones either);especially PBE, which has a pagethis year that perfectly fits theirtraditional image as a rich man'shouse. Any book has that. Whatthis book has is everything elsethat will make you think ofMIT, and remember what it waslike for you, next week, nextyear, or in the Florida old folks'home after the turn of the nextcentury.

The book is on sale this weekin the lobby of Building Ten.Buy it.

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Voo-doo's long overdue death in1969, some of its remnants fellto this paper, and cast about fora new rivalry.

Technique became a sittingduck at about that time, andseveral caustic reviews of theirannual efforts have appearedsince. They deserved ift. Thebook had degenerated into apretty picture book which borescant relation to MIT, except forthe senior pictures in- the back.Many students felt that it wasnot their function in life tosupport the artistic egos of agroup of aspiring pkotographerson the yearbook staff.

Technique '73 is an outstand-ing change of pace: it is a greatbook this year, and the peopledown the hall have sounded thedeath-knell of a rivalry based ontheir lack of quality.

Education Division Steering CommitteeS

Here we have an MIT year-book, artfully done, filled withthoroughly viewable, well-shotphotography, that is for themost part about MIT, and is-virtually entirely about the MITexperience. Those pictures thatare not of the campus itself,activities, or sports, are of Cam-bridge, or in the case of onespecial section, about the MBTA(which for any of us who grewup in a town without subways isan important part of our ex-perience in Boston). This is ayearbook that does what a year-book is supposed fo do: providea pictoral record capable ofevoking , the 1972-73 campusscene.

One of the first pages is thecredits page, and one must as-sume that most of the creditbelongs to the man at the top ofthe mast, who, I am told, "setsthe tone for, and in this case,took many of the pictures in,the yearbook:" J, Alan Ritter,editor-in-chief.

Others identified by insidesources as the hard workers in-clude Suzanne L. Robidoux,Robert J. Dubner, James E.Smith, Louis J. Stuhl, Daniel P.Dern and Milan J. Merhar. For-mer The Tech business managerJohn H. Miller was businessmanager for the book, and asone staffer put it, "Anyone whoruns money for this groupdeserves credit." The partial

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Worcester Saturday for the 28thEastern Sprint Rowing Cham-pionships. Although the Techcrews did not win any of thegrand final races, a great deal ofpromise was shown by all boats.

The morning heats startedwith the lightweight freshmen.In their heat, the Penn eight wasfirst off the line and was neverheaded. With the top three fi-nishers from this race to qualifyfor the finals, the MIT and Yaleboats had easy going behindPenn as they were never chal-lenged. The qualifiers in theother frosh light heats were Har-vard, Princeton, and Navy.

The next set of heats wasthat for the heavyweight fresh-men. The first of three heats waswon by Harvard, with Dart-mouth surprising Wisconsin tofinish second.

MIT rowed in the secondheat. Coming off the line last,the Tech boat settled once to a35 and again to a 331/z. At thispoint, they began to gain on theother three boats, and with I000meters to go, only Yale stoodbetween them and first place.Never breaking their stride, theMIT frosh heavies outpoweredthe Elies to win their heat. Theother qualifers for the finalswere Cornell and Northeastern.

The light junior varsity heatsfollowed. In the first heat, MITqualified for the finals, finishingin third place behind Navy andPrinceton. With Yale far behind,none of these three crews werechallenged for their final spots.The second heat saw Harvard,Princeton, and the un-seededRutgers beat the sixth seed,Cornell.

The heavyweight junior var-sity heats were next. The firstheat saw the eighth seeded MIT'JV almost four lengths behindthird place Cornell. First seedHarvard and last week's victor,Wisconsin, were first and secondin this heat. In the second heat,

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PAGE 8 TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1973 THIETECH

By Diane McKnightand Sandy Yulke

The NEAWRC (New EnglandAssociation of Women's RowingCo'leges) Eastern Sprints wereheld at MIT this past Sunday,co-hlosted by MIT and Radcliffe.With 14 crews originally entered,(Trinity scratched) this was thelargest women's regatta held todate. The thirteen teams whichcompeted were: Barnard, BostonUniversity, Connecticut College,MIT, Middleton, Princeton, Rad-cliffe, Syracuse, URI, Wellesley,Wesleyan, Williams, and WPI.

The weather conditions werenot at all favorable, and thestrong winds made the waterchoppy. As the winds were crosswinds, there were favored lanes- those that were protectedfrom the wind and nearer theshore -- and this was a deter-mining factor in at least onerace.

As there were so many teamsentered, heats were held todetermine the entrants for theGrand Final races to determinethe eventual champions in boththe fours and the eights events.

The first two heats of the daywere the fours. In the first heat,Radcliffe, Wellesley and Syra-cuse fours qualified. with Bar-nard and Connecticut Collegegoing to the petite finale (theconsolation race). The secondheat was extremely exciting, asBU pulled out ahead of the fieldand looked like they were easilygoing to win when, with about250 meters left, they caught acrab and barely managed to holdon for a third place finish, be-hind MIT and Princeton.

There were also two heats ofeights, the first of which waswon by Princeton, followed byWPI and Conn. College. MIT wasfourth, over a length out of thirdplace. This left MIT's only hopesfor a first place finish with thefour. The second heat wasn'teven a contest, as Radcliffe wonhandily, starting out at 40 andsettling down to a 36. They werefollowed by WilLiams and Mid-dleton.

The first of the afternoonfinals was the petite finale forfours, which was won by Boston

University with MIT second. Thegrande finale was started twice,the referee called the race overagain when Radcliffe indicatedequipment failure as their bow-man popped an oar lock. Oncethe race was started in earnest,BU again pulled ahead; MIT andRadcliffe then battled it out,with MIT pulling ahead at thefinish. BU finished well ahead ofMIT, partially due to the factthat they were in the protectedlane. After the race, MIT pro-tested the questionable re-starting of the race. The race wasfurther complicated by the factthat Syracuse collided withWellesley in the last 1 00 meters,and referee Harry Parker of Har-vard, after disentangling theshells, had them race the last 20strokes. Unfortunately, theboats which had already finishedhad started to turn back, andwere in the way, and Wellesleyhad to steel around them inorder to finish. Wellesley pro-tested, and Syracuse was dis-qualified.

The eight petite finale wasunexciting, as Wesleyan won,followed by URI, MIT andWellesley. The final event of theday was the grande finale foreights, which Radcliffe easilywon, while Connecticut andWilliams fought for second.'Thefinal order is shown below.

Women's crew is on the risein the northeast, and the largeturnout for this, the secondwomen's Easterns, was en-couraging.

FINAL RESULTS

Petite Finale, Fours1. Williams 5:21.1; 2. Middletown

H.S. 5:32.7; 3. Barnard 5:38.2; 4.Wesleyan 5:45.0.

Grande Finale, Fours1. Boston U. 5:02.1, 2. MIT 5:12.0;'

3. Radcliffe 5.12.5; 4. Princeton5:14.2; 5. Wellesley 7:12.0; 6. Syra-cuse 7:16.0.

Petite Finale, Eights1. Wesleyan 4:29.0; 2. UR1 4:43.0;

3. MIT 4:56.0; 4. Wellesley 5:12.0.

Grande Finale, Eights1. Radcliffe 4:00.0; 2. Conn. Col-

lege 4:05.1; 3. Williams 4:06.0; 4.Princeton 4:15.8; S. WPI 4:27.1; 6.Middletown 4: 30.0.

Penn, Brown, and Northeasternqualified for the final.

In the lightweight varsityheats, MIT's fifth seeded boatwas edged out of the finals bythe Cornell crew they hadbeaten two weeks earlier. Aheadof the unseeded Big Red shellwere the first seed Princeton andthe third seed, Navy. The otherqualifiers for the lightweight var-sity grande finale were HarvardPenn, and Rutgers.

The last heats of the morningwere those for the varsity heavy-weights. In thee first heat, fourthseeded Wisconsin was first by sixseconds over favorite North-eastern. In the second heat, Har-vard and Penn, the second andfifth seeded crews, qualified asDartmouth and MIT finished farto the rear. The last heat's quali-fiers were a surprisingly fast Cor-nell and third seeded Brown.Sixth seeded Navy was edgedout of the final.

In the afternoon finals, theweather conditions played a vitalrole in the outcomes of most ofthe races. The inside lanes, oneand two, were shielded from thewind, while lanes five and six onthe outside had rough water.The freshman lightweight grandfinal had Harvard in lane threewinning in a time of 7:17.2 asMST in lane five came in fifthwith a time of 7:38.5.

In the junior varsity grandefinale, the Crimson eight againtook top honors, with a time of7:18.2 as the Tech crew couldonly manage a time of 7:32.4and sixth place.

The lightweight varsity petitefinale (a consolation race) sawMIT finish second behind Dart-mouth in times of 6:31.9 and6:33.0. By this time, it hadstarted raining and the windshad dropped, making the lanes asfair as they had been all day. Inthe grand final of this class,Princeton's upset of a week agowas proven not to be a freak.With a trip to the Henley RoyalRegatta in England riding on thisrace, Princeton got on top by a

length half way through the racand held off Harvard the remairing distance to the finish. It issure sign of strength in a crewwhen they can understrokanother boat and still continuto pull away from the compettion.

In the freshman heavyweighgrand finals, MIT had its besshowings since 1964,. the iasyear any MIT heavyweight cre-,finished in the top three place-This year, in very rough wate-MIT finished second to Dar:mouth, who had the shelterelane two. With 500 meters gonin the race, MIT and Dartmoutwere even. At this point, thgood water for Dartmouth began_ It lasted for the middl1000 meters of the race. Wit500 meters to go, Dartmouthad a 21/2 length lead; in the las500, the Tech boat narrowe-that lead by over a length. Thwinning time for the race wa7:22. 1. The MIT time wa7:26.6.

The varsity and junior varsilkhaving been elirminated from '.finals in the morning heats, corrpeted in the petite finales. iboth races, the Engineer crewfinished second. Counting thfirst six places of the granfinas, this means that overaithe varsity and JV both finishe:where they were seeded, eightplace.

In the varsity heavyweighgraznde finale, NU, last year's witner, repeated its triumph as thepowered past the rest of thfield in a time of 5:54.6.

The Eastern Sprints markthe end of the season for th_lightweights. The heavyweigh'hope to get badk on the winnintrack as they go to Hanover neyweek to row for the PackarCup against Syracuse and Darmouth. The frosh heavies arespecially looking forward tthis race to avenge their twlosses to the Green. Two weellater, the heavies will travel I

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