NEWSPAPER OF THE UNDERGRADUATES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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ctiviti es A visory Councl Aea S hoolsI rea n G reet Sovie Ed iorThe student-faculty-administrationadership conference, held last Sun-aV at Endicott House, arrived at theroposal for a single faculty advisoryard for all the activities, to pre-

ent them from making mistakes in0oicy.The consensus of the meeting, as

elated by Dick McDowell '60, w-as a:aiization that activities badly needa administrative advisory council,ince niost activities are "short-sight-

~" in that they cannot recall mis-akes made as recently as five yearsio. This is due to annual turnovers

staff. The advisory board wouldmind activities of past errors, and

ould provide some continuity.Three Functions ofStudent Government

The meeting was entitled "A Re-feat to Clarify the Realm of Studentovernment Action and the Authority

if Student Government." It intendedo discuss five questions dealing withhe limits of student government's re-

onsibility, but was sidetracked intoJiscussion of the advisory council is-We. Ani "Hypothesis concerning Stu-;Ct Government" was suggested,khich stated as functions:

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"1. Communciation link betweenstudents and administration.

"2. Governing all extra-classroomactivities and bodies."

The conferences felt that it wasnecessary to add a third function,namely, that of furnishing advice toany activity that seemed headed fortrouble, but with no assurance that ac-ceptance of this advice would not bemandatory.

Card File of TroublesAnother suggestion to implement

this idea was that of a cross-indexedcard file which would list all the re-current problems experienced by ac-tivities. During all of this discussion,there were two definite factions inconflict at the meeting. One maintain-ed that students must learn by mak-ing mistakes; the other felt that mak-ing mistakes was just too expensive.The latter view predominated by theend of the meeting.

Another result of the conference,as expressed by McDowell, wvas "therealization that student government,faculty and administration are allstriving for the same thing, and thatseeming conflicts are only differentpoints of view on the same matter."

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The Tech's mighty Enginder Journalist squad is a strong pre-game)vorite in the Annual B-Ball tiff with the VooDoo good humormen. Boast-nz a large crop of veterans and a strong rookie crew, the newshawks wereebbed a large edge by betting commissioner, Frank Costello.

Player-manager "Stout Steve" Samuels is as yet undecided on his start-g line-up; but unofficial sources indicated a likely squad of Samuels atiortstop, Alberto (the celebrated cask-man, Alebertle Turtle) in center

field, John "Motor Scooter" McElroy~sh Study Enters ~at third, "Guzzlin' Glenn" Zeiders atosh Study Enters second, "Sipping Stew" Vilson (of

the well-known drinking club) at first,~econd Phase with "D-inkin' Moose" Dave Packer in

right, "Lou the Lush" Nelson in left,"Bunk the Drunk" Manchesteir catch-7ewv Questionnaires oing, and Jack."'Booze Ball" Friedmanon the mround.

Two hundred members of the Class The bench (or ba, as you will)''61 are being interwiewed in a con- Tebnh(r hla o iil61 are being interviewed in a con- is equally strong with three-year vetuation of the Freshman Student and Hall of Famer "Unquenchableudy begun this year by Dr. Leila Lee" HTolloway, Helmut "Often Highussmann. A staff of two full-time but never Dry" Weymar, Alfredo

ciological interviewers, assisted by "Two-Keg" Kniazzeh, "Patrician A1-.e part-time workers, is conducting len" Langord, and Robert "Shylock"testiag. E(aiser, the Mickey Mantle of the left~Dr. Sussmann says that the pur- bank. Bill "the Wild Booze-hound"of this part ofs the report is to Daly will serve again as scorekeeper.

f tis of the reportis to The rookies include Ken "Slug'n'-a picture of the experiences of chug" Reinschmidt, Don "only Vod-chug" Reinschmidt, Don "only Vod-

Ndents during their freshman year ka" Wilen, Abe "Manischewitz" Fein-.d hov they have reacted. The berg, Jon "Teetotaler" Wigert, Gusestions for this interview, which Pettit (the Birmingham strong boy),age over a wide variety of subjects, Ray "Corkscre" Waldmann, ManuelRay "Corkscrew" Waldmann, Manuel"Gay Paris" Moreno, Jeff "'Iogenere composed after Dr. Sussmannre composed afte Dr. Sussmann David" Steinfeld, Bob "no license"rd M. Gene Levine conducted an Solem, All-Star Bison Peter "Council-haustive series of twenty interviews lor A.M. and F.M." Silverberg, Rayleaselves. These interviews were -re- "Pinch-drinker" Landis and Eric "one-ded on tape, and those points which at-a-time" Arena. With this aggie-

respondents themselves seemed gation, the line-up of the V. D. humor-mongers is hardly of any significance.f mt..

t-he preost were useca to makethe present form.

11he two hundred subjects were se-ated at random from an alphabetical

s list. In accordance with standardSting procedure, the names of the:bjects will never be revealed in

ncction with their answers.Dr. Sussmann will keep Institute

ramittee informed of any correla-ns or conclusions that may occur

[ing the analysis of the data thisrAme. A complete report on these

~ierter'iews will be forthcoming aboutend of this year.

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The American Airlines flight fromNew York touched down at LoganAirport at noon yesterday bringingsix student editors from the SovietUnion. Their age ranged from 28 to 38years, since they were not studentswho were editors, but seasoned journ-alists who had worked their way upthrough party ranks to become editorsof publications for youth. The sixhave been described as "card-carry-ing party members," well versed inthe Soviet ideology.

Among the greeters at the airportwere Arnie Amstutz '58, ex-17nder-graduate Association President, andJerry Stephenson '59, present UAP.Stephenson brought with him one ofthe two MIT students who have vol-unteered as interpreters. The two areAlexei Vergun '60 and Alexis Bara-toff '60.

Will Stay at Burton HouseThe six Russians will reside at

Burton House during their week inBoston. During the five days, theyhave been given a busy schedule. Yes-terday, immediately after landing inBoston, they went to a luncheon inthe Fabian Room at the MIT Gradu-ate House. Afterwvards, they held apress conference at Harvard, andspent the rest of the evening withprivate families in the area. JerryStephenson brought them back toBurton House at night, where theyhave been assigned rooms for theweek.

Today, the Russians are touringHarvard, including a stop at theHarvard Crimson. Tomorrow mnorningthey are scheduled for a breakfastwith Mayor Hynes of Boston at theParker House. In the afternoon, theywill hold a press conference for col-lege newspapers at Simmons.

To See Local SlumsThursday morning, the Boston

United Fund will conduct the Rus-sians on a guided tour of the Bostonteneminents and slum areas. This willbe followed by a luncheon with theBoston Chamber of Commerce at theAlgonquin Club, and a meeting withGoverntor Furcolo of Massachusetts athis mansion. Friday morning, therewill be a tour of Boston industry.

The evenings have been planned tomake the Russian editors feel verywelcome. In addition to visiting at pri-vate homes, student representativeswill take them to Boston's foremostrestaurants, including the Cafe Mo-zart, Durgin Park, Jimmy's Harbor-side, and Blinstrub's Village. Amongthe sights they will see here are thebargain basement at Filene's Depart-ment Store, the Museum of Fine Arts,the Boston Pops, and a band concertin Harvard Yard. On Friday, they willappear on the Louis Lyons show onWGBH-TV.

They will also be guests at recep-tions by a number of Slavic and Rus-sian societies at colleges in the area.There is very little in the way of for-mal programs planned for them at

Coeds RecognizedRepresentatives from the wonien's

dormitories have been placed on Dor-miitory Council. In a meeting lastMonday, DormCon voted the represen-tative of Bexley Hall to a seat. TheBexley representative will representthe interests of the coeds in both Bex-ley and the freshman dormitory at120 Bay State Road.

Linda Greiner '60, president of theAssociation of Women Students, saidthat details of voting procedure areyet to be worked out. Such detailsmay come into question when issuesarise affecting either the coeds orthe men exclusively.

MIT, although some meetings andseminars here may be announced lat-er this week.

Nationwide PublicityA great deal of publicity is being

attached to the visit. At present TimeMagazine and Life Magazine, in ad-dition to all the local newspapers andseveral broadcasting stations andwire services are covering the visitsand the press conferences.

This publicity has followed the

Russians wherever they have visited.They came here from New York, andwill leave here for Chicago on Satur-day; this week in Boston is but a partof a major national tour. The entiretour was arrangedl by the Interna-tional Commission of the UnitedStates National Student Association,implementing the national policy ofcultural exchanges with the SovietUnion and other "Iron Curtain" coun-tries.

The Russian youth editors descend from the plane that brought them from New York. Theycame in at Logan Airport at noon: and were immediately taken to a luncheon at the MITGraduate House.

State to nvestigate Trustees

W 7TBS Plans IncorporationWTBS, "The Radio Voice of MIT," will become a legal non-profit corp-

oration next year. Working through the firm of Smith, Farley, and K(etcham,who are the Institute lawyers, WTBS is submitting an application to theCommonwealth of Massachusetts this June. They hope that it will be ratifiedby September.

Incorporation is a necessary stepComnmunications Comminission and applthis immediately upon receipt of themittee appointed a committee of four

Fourteen Elected toMembership in Key

The names of fourteen sophomoreswere added to the Beaver Key rosterSunday night when the junior activ-ities honorary elected the nucleus ofnext year's group. The new men werechosen primarily on the basis of theiractivities record and personalitiesThose chosen were:Jaime H. DeSola........Phi Kappa SigmaWilliam J. Nicholson ......Burton HouseCharles R. Conn.....................Sigma NuJohn B. Edwards ....................Sigma NuJoseph A. Verderbher..Delta Tau DeltaSidney Altnman .................. Baker HouseDonald j. Weaver.... Phi Gamma DeltaHoward M. lMacDowell....Burton HouseRafael A. Torrens, Jr.

Sigma Alpha EpsilonRichard L. McDowell .............. Theta XiWeldon D. ]urson..Lambda Chi AlphaGeo-rge S. Stivers........Phi Delta ThetaDonald F. DeReynier

Phi Gamma DeltaDaniel N. MIichaels ......Delta Tau Delta

Missing election by a single votewas Richard Brinkly, a lad with a fineactivities record and an outstandiingpersonality. However, it was discov-ered-almost too late-that this fineexample of young manhood was but afigment of someone's imagination.

Aside from simply being an honor-ary group, the organization special-izes in such activities as the promo-tion of sports events, and the careand feeding of visiting athletes.

before WTBS can go before the Federal.y for an FM license. WTBS plans to (docharter. Last Thursday, Institute Coin-to approve the incorporation. The mem-

bers of this committee arie LarryBishoff '59, Paul Ekberg '59, HowardKaecpplein '59, and Adul I'insuvana'59.

Another advantage of incorporationwill be the fact that, should WTBSever be sued for libel, neithen the stu-dents nor the Institute will have topay the lawsuit. The WTBS Corpora-tion will be a "Chapter 180" type, andwill issue no stock.

Rule to be InvestigatedThe trustees of the corporation will

be the same as the present Faculty-Administration advisory board. As apart of the procedure of incorporation,the Boston Police wvill investigateeach prospective trustee for personaltrustworthiness and character. Thepeople to be so investigated includeDean John T. Rule; Volta Torrey andJeff Wiley of the Public RelationsOffice; Robert Briber, AdministrativeAssistant; John Wozencraft, Professorof Electrical Engineering; and Wil-iiam Radford, Associate Director ofthe Lincoln Laboratories.

35 YearsThirty-five years of track history

at MIT end this June when coachOscar Hedlund retires. One of thegreatesst contributors to the MITcommunity, Oscar has been thebest known member of the Ath-letic department during his yearshere.

For the full "Oscar HedlundStory" see page three. Other sportsnews will be found on page four.

ERIRATU3IMr. Courtland Randall was incor-

rectly named - in our May 13 is-sue - as General Chairman of thePhysical Science Study Comnmittee'sconference held here on May 10 and11. Mr. Randall attended the con-ference as a member of the I'SSC;the conference was actually headedby Dr. E. P. Little, Professor J. R.Zacharias, and IProfessor WalterMichels of Bryn Mawr.

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BRILLAT-SAVARIN

The Brillat-Savarin Annual Banquetwill definitely be scheduled thisSpring. Further announcements willbe published in The Tech.

HAVE YOU FOUND OUT?

If not, DialKE 6-4050RI 2-0224

IMANAGING BOARDBruce P. Bardes '61

BUSINESS BOARDDavid M. Silverman'61Robert A. Soler '61Raymond J. Waldmann '60

EDITORIAL BOARDEric S. Langford '59Allen C. Langord '58Henry Okun '60

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Suemmer Night, probably the best of recent Swedish irn-ports and a Cannes Grand Prize winner, is the feature andAn Alligator Named Daisy, an up-to-par British comedy,is its companion.

Unfortunately, a great many of what are probably Smiles'wittiest and raciest lines are in untranslated and unsubtitledSwedish-the titles are, nonetheless, far above average andhardly prudish. But if Swedish is incomprehensible to mostviewers, sev is not and sex is Smiles' long suit, if not its

only one.A LaRonde-like plot involving three couples and a well-

endowed servant girl for good measure, it is filled withwise and witty lines about love; the theme, if there is one,being the complete superiority of women.

Lawyer Egerman, the uniquely bearded central character,is-he thinks-in love with his child-bride of two years,Anne. He, however, mutters in his dreams of Desiree. hisold actress-mistress. Egerman has a problem; Anne is veryfond of him, but unfortunately only as a father and he isunwilling to press upon her virginal unwillingness; so,he goes to consult with Desiree. Enter the Count, Desiree'spresent lover and winner of nineteen duels. Egerman exitsin a most undignified manner, and Desiree decides she stillwants him. Hence, she goes to visit her mother, w.,ho inbenign courtsenility, is ensconced in her country escape-obtained of course by no moral means. A plot is hatched,and Egerman and wife, Count and Countess are invited,together with Egerman's son-a contemporary of his wifewho is troubled reconciling his theology studies with hislibido, and Petra, the servant girl who is no less solidlyconstructed than her name will imply.

To make matters short, Desiree gets Egerman, the Coun-tess wins back the Count, Anne goes off with the son (thewilling source of her former unwillingness) and Petraromps in the hay with the coachman-but the accomplish-ment takes some time and a good deal of excitement isproduced in the meantime. All in all, it makes for intenselytitillating enjoyment.

Alligator, not to be outdone produces Diana Dors, nostringbean herself, and the whole regular British color-comedy gang, among whom are none less than the inim-itable Stanley Holloway (in a hilarious but unfortunatelyall too limited role) and James Robertson Justice (of thehuge beard and gruff voice). There is an alligator namedDaisy; and she provides the excuse for the hero's choicebetween Miss Dors and a red-headed animal-lover (whounfortunately also sings two singularly inappropriatesongs). Mr. Justice is Miss Dors' father and the richestman in England, and he provides the premises upon whichthe alligators and Britishers run riot.

Entered as second class matter at the post office at Boston. Massachu-setts. Published every Tuesday and Friday during the college vear,except college vacations, by THE TECH-Walker Maemorial, Carn-bridge 39, Mass. Telephones TRowbridge 6-5855-6 or UNiversity4-6900. Ext. 2731. Twenty-four hour answering service: TR 6-5855.

Stephen M. Samuels '59 ................................... ChairmanJohn J. McElroy '59 ........................ ................................... Managing EditorAlberto Velaochaza '59 .. ...................... ... Business ManagerStewart W ade W ilson '50 ..................................... ........................ ............EdirorGlenn W. Zeiders '59 ..................................... ................ News DirectorDavid W . Packer '59 ................................................................ Sports DirectorLouis R. Nelson '59 . ... .................... ..... .. Photography Editor

Alfred Kniazzeh '59 ........................................... Associate Managing EditorJohn B. Stevenson '60 ................................... ..... Associate Managing EditorKenneth F. Reinschmidt '60 ........................................ Advertising ManagerDon J. Wilen '60 .................................. ............................ Circulation ManagerPeter M. Silverberg '60 ................ ................................................. .... TreasurerJon P. Wigert '60 ............................ .Associate EditorWalter F. J. Crewson '60 ..................................... Associate News EditorGus A. Petitt, III '60 ..................................... .... Associate News EditorAbraham Feinberg '60 ................................................ Associate Sports EditorJerome H. Milgrim '60 ................................... Associate Photography Editor

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MIT SympohonyMIT Symphony Orchestra: John Corley. Conductor, Robert Goep-fart, piano soloist, Kresge Auditorium, Saturday= May 17; Over-ture-"The Marriage of Figaro" K492. Mozart; "Petite Suite" (EnBateau, Cortege. Menuet Ballet)-Debussy; "Dance of the Come-dians" fromn the Bartered Bride, Smetana; "Piano Concerto No. 2in C Minor", RachmaninofF.

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Undoubtedly the Rachmaninoff was the high point ofthe program. Soloist Robert Goepfert performed with tech-nical agility and unusual mastery of the keyboard for anadmittedly avocational musician; however, his interpreta-tive skill was immature and unconvincing. For a young manto keep up with the rigor of the MIT Graduate School andat the same time practice not only the piano, but also theorgan and violin is certainly an accomplishment. lThrough-out the work the orchestra performed in the true Russianspirit-smooth yet at times wonderfully gruff strings, tell-ing and sonorous horns, and, except for a slight tussle be-tween cello and oboe in the Adagio, melodic woodwinds.Your reviewer questions, though, the placement of thepiano-and with the top completely remrnoved ?-behindthe conductor. It was difficult indeed to hear the piano inmany instances. The concerto was enthusiastically receivedand Mr. Goepfert was recalled four times for recognition.

Among notables spotted in the audience was the eminentmusicologist Dr. Wehrner Komploff.

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John Epstein '61Dennis E. Kelly '60Manuel A. Moreno '60

Philip E. Beach, Jr. '59M. Dixon Browder '59Thomas S. Doherty '57J. A. Friedman '57

NEARKENMORE SO.

41tiisY Mae OFY&I vkiveThere is a, growing body of opinion which holds that the

tassel should be worn on the samne side you keepl) your MarlboroCigarettes on. Thus a quick glance will show you where yourMarlboros are and save much time and funmbling.

This makes a good deal of sense because when one wants aMarllboro, one wants one with a miniunlil of delay. One doesnot relish being kept, even for a second, fromn the heaps of joy,the barrels of pleasure, the scads of content, the loads of glee,the lum)ps of ecstasy, that one grets froml that filter, that flsavor,that fliIp-toI) box.

There is anllothler group, small but vocal, lwhicl insists thetassel should hIang over the .back of the cap. Thile tassel, they say,is a sylmbol like the bullfighter' s pigtaii, signifying honor andcourage.

They are wrong. Bullfighters wear pigtails for onely (llereason: to keepl) thie lacks of their necks warml. I)o yottu ha1:ve a: lidea what 'l draft a bull Imalkes when he rushles past yoli? A

plenty big one, yvtl may be sure.

In fact, upper respiratory illfections, contratietl ill the wakeof lpassing bulls, is the largest single cause of utll-ring f:aktlities.I have this interesting statistic fromll tile BIullfiglhters Nl1t1l:dl

Insur:anc e Compllany of Hartford, Conllnectict. Illcitlel:lly,Hartford, the insurance capital o)f AmericaL , is a deligtf l cityand well worth ; visit if you are ever ill New England:lll, als n(,rtll-eastern Unllited States is Llughingly caLlled. Try to ln:lke' ,(ltrvisit ill sprilng! wben the :actturies :lr e ill I)Ioon1.

Btiut I digress. WVe *ere :talking airlout whllt sidle to (wea.r 11('ta:ssel ()l. An ilngelnious sollutioll to this l)ro)iemlll wv:s p)rol ) (s"'('

not lolg :ago )y Humlloldt Sig:lfoos, p)erhlap)s t)ett(er kllo():n :as'"Thle (uoit King )f l)el:tw:lre." An early forl)ealrof Ir. Sig:afc,wa:s granted a: m(nowly hy King (;(,orge 111, mi all (luoits manu-f:cttlred in l)el'lware. Solloelnc vw tlis roy:l 1):It(lt was noierrescinlded :lld frml tlllhat (lay to tlhis, every (Illoit im:t(le ill 1)-1.ware hals )Pella : Sig:tfo')s Quioit.

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The nmrakers of Marlboro have no opinion about what sidle tohangyour tassel on. But ttitlh cigarettes;tltel say firmly: Stayon fthe liglht, mild, tasty side... with Marlboro, of course!

Not so long ago your reviewer predicted in this columnthat if the MIT Symphony Orchestra grew and maturedwith the speed that was already evident, it would be anorganization of which MIT could and should be justlyproud. Last Saturday's concert was surely a realization ofthis prediction.

From the Mozart through the Rachmaninoff director JohnCorley's discreet molding of the orchestra was everywhereapparent. Armed with an array of solid strings, Mr. Corleyopened with the brisk overture to the Marriage of Figaro.Marked by somewhat timid entrances and overplayed ac-cents, the reading, none-the-less, was a fine example ofprecision playing.

Director Corley next performed Debussy's "Petite Suite."Unfortunately, this piece marred an otherwise commendableconcert. Here, playing was below par and sections werenot together. Not so in the Smetana where Mr. Corley nowrelied on his battery of brass and met with surprisingsuccess.A Matter of Economnics

With the recession and inflation, it had to happen andit finally did. Friday, May 16 will go down as BlackFriday in Boston; the day the prices went up at Durgin-Park. It's probably a good thing. Students are the res-taurant's best customers; and although they auto buy,they don't. Jim Hallett is a patriotic man; but prices aregoing up, and the market is going down. With threehouses and a yacht to support he just couldn't buy all heknew he should. Now, he'll be able to buy more andthe recession carn go ahead and bottom out. It probablyis a good thing.

-Adam Smith

Swedish Sex and British HumeorFor those jaded by pre-exam jitters, the Kenmore The-

atre has a pleasant and diverting double bill. Smiles of a

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drinking honorary, regretfully announces that, since all good thing,must come to an end, no regulanmeetings will be held during the e.mainder of the term. However, greetpleasure is taken In announcing thefirst annual convention, to be heldi mrnid-July at Chatham on CapeCod, the birthplace of the fratern.ify. Almost anything desired fo.-amusement will be available fhere o ,in the general vicinity.

LFV CONVENTION -Preliminary meetings have been

scheduled for mid-June and the foltlowing months in preparation fortih:LFV conference this September:L, F. V and V, will meet at the sum.mir during the week of Septembe-12. The agenda is to be decided!during the summer pre-summit mee¢ings. Overseas communications areexpected to keep the negotiatorsup-to-date on the pertinent issues d.

the crucial summit session nears.

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KENMORE

A Case of MyopiaYesterday's arrival of six Russian student editors and

youth leaders brings to MIT undergraduates an exceptionalopportunity for personal contact with representatives of asociety totally different from our own. If the Russians arereceived with genuine curiosity and friendliness their visitwill be rewarding for all involved. On the other hand,should elements on campus prove inhospitable little mutual"understanding" can be expected.

Credit should go to UAP Jerry Stephenson for his forth-right offer to house the Russians here. Since the six willtour several area colleges during their stay, we have thPere-fore gained a chance to meet them on a more informal-and more congenial-basis than might otherwise have beenthe case.

The undergraduate attitude toward the Russians, as shownby Stephenson's gesture, differs markedly from what ap-pears to be the lnstitute's position. Administration officialsare worried over the Russians' visit for several reasons.Fear exists that heckling and demonstrations might breakout such as occurred during Soviet Ambassador Sobolev'sappearance at the Ford Hall Forum a number of weeks ago.There is also apprehension that being too gracious towardthe Russian visitors might mean bad publicity for the Insti-tute. As a result, plans for greeting the Russians officiallyhave been arrived at slowly and hesitatingly. Informationregarding their schedule was hushed up until yesterday.In contrast to events which put the Institute in a betterlight, and which the Administration was at pains to takethe initiative - and publicize, news about the impendingRussian visit was scant.

The Administration was perhaps justified in withholdinginfornmation-from a purely precautionary point of view.But, the riot risk question aside, have they really acted inthe spirit of the Lacey-Zaroubin agreement? Can one expectsincerity at the diplomatic level when it is not forthcomingin the universities?

Hopefully, representatives of the Institute will not shirkmeeting the Russians. They are essential to our showingthe visitors the best parts of an Institute education, tostating our strongest case. The risk of riot is small com-pared to the risk of gambling that the Russians will failto sense the timidity with which the Administration hasapproached their visit.

THE GREAT CAP AND GOWNCONTROVERSY

It will soon be cap and gown time again, so let us, without deity,take up the vexing question: which side of the cap should thetassel hang on?

For many years the practice was to hallg the tassel over the

front of the capl). This practice was abandoned in 1948 when theentire graduating class of Northwestern University, blinlded bytassels hanging in their eyes, mnade a'wrong turn during colm-mencement exercises and ended up at the Great Iakes S.NvalTraining Center where, all unwitting, they were inducted intothe submarine service for five-year hitches.

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ill recognition of his great interest ilsp)orts. He also was .! founder and(p)ast plresidlent of the M'LassachusettsTrac-k and Field Officials Association,a -,-.(up devoted to the continuationan11d plromlotion o f aImIIIateur ti-ack

thr-oulghout the state. This .~roup pre-sented Oscar with a g'ift lust Firidayin *( rn 'iti4m of the lead(ership andhelp h(' has; I-iven the'i ,roIup and

track in lasrachusetts.Coach Hedlund is re-la(ted nIs the

tOp statistician an(t exper t 011 indoortrack il Xew Eng-land. P)re('edin,- the

indoor- tr-ack .eq'anes each wvinter, the

Bloston newspapers seek his opinion onthe possibl( winners in each r ace. Atr-opily is presenlited allnually ill his

name at the Boston A. A. Games, nl,.st

impi(-tant of the New England ino(lor

nlets, to the winnihl_ pr-ep school re-lav team. This tiophy is in recognitionof Oscar-'s interest in New Er.,-l,'landtr ack and ill pi-ep school Comnpetition.

Honor-ar-y Alumnus

A few yeairs zio'0 Oscar Hedlund

wXilS lllll(]Oe .1l honorary' hillllllllS of

MIT, a gestuie of alppreciatioln re-selrve(d for only ex(el)tional. individuals

w thin the Instituto.

After' thils year Oscar wvill contillue

wvithl his su(cessful insur-ance businessand will be active Mt an official inboth New England andt collc."e tr-ackmeets. He -will, of couIrse, t)alti;ul1.llYlook fo-rward to the Teeih nmeets andwve expect to see him at every one for

.lily yeC2's to colle.

New CoachThe man replacinm Coach Hedlund

has an excellent backfground for his

newv position. Coach F11a,'nha1m is at'ra-duate oif Sp in'-field College .1an(

has had several year-s of (oa(.hin.-expelrienlCe, the most recent att Wash-

ill-toll jI-'ing HiM'h Sc.hool in Tarr-y-

townv, N. Y. For the past six yarzi shle ha s also been Associate CamIll pDirector at Camp Namequoit. a boys'sumllilnlPe camp oln Cape Cod. Coach

Fai'nhliam has alreaidy made many

friienids at AMIT and looks forward toproviding th(' kin d of COat(']ir that-

was exempt)lified in Osc.ar tiedhlnd.

The New Track CoachArthur E. Farnham, Jr., of WaTy-

land has be(en appointed Varsity

Trac'k Coach at MIT, it was announ('edtodiay by Athletic Director I'chllard L.Balch.

Farnham, 35, a (1'r)ss ounlltry .rddistai(' rutnner at Springfi~,l(l be for'e

his ,-rad{uation ini 1954, coac(h(: threeyearls at Washirigtoin Irvtiltg High

School ii Tamrrstown, NeNv w York be-f'or e C-'o1-mill, to Tech a<S freshmanr

track cowmh last fiall. I-He is also *tKorean veterani, his ed('uatiol, heing'

interrupted by a year's active dutyat Carmip LeJeune, N. C.

!tE TECH, MAY 7, 1924: Oscar Hedlund, former world's chamipion in the mile, a member of the912 Amnerican Olympic team and the present track coach at Boston University has been secured to0ach the Technology track teami. Dr. A. W. Rowe '01 announced the fact that Mr. Hedlund hlad ac-oepted tlae offer to come to Technology last night . . .ATURDAY, MAY 17, 1958: Today on Briggs Field, Oscar Hediund, track coach at ATIT for thirty-ve years, put the MIT team through its paces in a dual nmeet here for the last time. Friday n/ght, at aestimonial banquet in Oscar's honor, his retirement from the -MIT coaching staff was announced. Anrain-3I!T athletics ends as Oscar leaves; he has 13een not only a fine track mentor, but also a firmeliever in the spirit of MIT athletics and a friend and advisor to countless hundreds of students.

Award to "His Hinid"Last Friday Dan Oliver '(;(), one of

Oscar's present runners, sug<-pestedthat an aw'vard be g-iven each yorirto "Oscar's khind of athlete." This isnot tie chamnl)ion, but the fellow wxhohas the spirit to w in and is willingto wvork toward that goal. The re-sponse expressed by the g-roup assuresthat such an award will be begunin the near future.

MIT has watched many other col-leges, hoping to gain quick prestige,develop a few top teanis at the ex-pense of a well-rounled athletic pro-gram. The result wvas usually eitherscandal as the result of "profession-alism" on the part of the athletesor a mockery of academic standards topermit a few of the athletes to con-tinue in these schools. The Institutehas avoided this by maintainin,.z a

firmn belief ini their athletic prliniplesand seekin- men such as Oscar He(l-lunrd to coaell their teams, These arecoaches that w'vant to win, yet realize

that the purpose of oUI' sports pro-g'ran is to offer athletics to th} stu-dent as part of his education anid notas part of a publicity or fund-raisingca m pa ign.

Plaque in New CenterA plaque will be plhced in the new

DuPont Athletic Center recogniizingOscar Hedlunid's influence on the his-tory and the future of our athleticprograni. The plaque reads:"Oscar F. Hedlund

As a friend to each mnan he en-couraged the full development of char-acter and athietic potential. By givinmzso much of himself he has set astandard of coaching excellence forMIIT athletics and won a place of af-fection in the heart of every trackman.

The Tracki. Squads 1924-1958The plaque wvas unveiled at the (din-

her by Richard Balch, Director ofAthletics, who said that this plaquealso expressed the opinion of thosewho never ran under hinm, but real-ized Oscar's great contribution to threideals of our athletic program.

Paul Ekber- '58 A.A. President,awarded Coach Hedlulid a Straight"T" for his devotion to athletics at",iIT. Philip Bianchi '53 presented him%with a perpetually runnmillng .loc'k,another gift fromt Osear's ruinners,both past and present.

Olympics, RecordsThe retirement of Oscar Hedlund

marks the end of his long- activecareer as both a coach Ind rLunIner.It began 52 -ears ago w hen Oscarwas an active nineteen year-old boyjust out of high school. An elderlygentleman (his name is long forgot-

ten, but he must have been a Tech-nman) suggested to Oscar that he tryrunninlg for recreation. Ile did anzd,niuch to his surprise, won his firstnine races. Six years later he brokethe world's indoor mile record in4:18.4 only to have it disallowed be-cause the track measur-ed twvelI eyards too lon~. Finally in 1913 he seta newv indoor world's record for themile in 4:18.8 in the Old MadisonSquare Garden in New York City.This race, as wvere all in(leor rac1'lesof the day, wvas run on a small tra(ckwithout banked curves.

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Net Squads Split 1While the fresh netnmen were

downing the Dartmouth yearlings 6-3on the Walker Memorial courts lastThursday afternoon, the Big Greenvarsity was drubbing the Engineers8-1, on the new courts on BriggsField.

Beaver Co-captain Bob Renefick '58was the only winner for the varsitywhen he breezed through his secondsingles match 6-2, 6-3. The other co-captain, first singles man, Jeff Wini-cour '58, battled for over two hoursbut was outlasted 8-6, 9-7, after sav-ing three match points in the four-

Varsity Nine TakesEarly Lead, LaterDrops game to Colby

The Varsity baseball team took avacation from campus on Saturdayonly to drop a decision to Colby Col-lege on the latter's home ground. Thescore was 11-5. In losing, Tech pickedup seven hits paced by senior BobWitte's single and double. T'echjumped off to an early lead collectingthree runs in the first inning. A sin-gle by Hecht, '58, one by Witte be-hind him and a walk loaded the bases.A double by Goodnow, '59 and asingle by Shaw brought in all three.

Colby overtook the visitors in thefourth inning. lHaving scolred one runin the second they added five moreand brought the score to 6-3.

The Beavers narrowed the gap inthe top of the fifth with a pair oftallies. That ended their scoring butColby w-asn't to be denied as theyadded four nore in the seventh andone in the eighth.

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WithDartmou& ;Fteenth game of the second set. Theyearlings' victory was sparked bkthe 6-2, 6-3 first singles tlriumph b'undefeated Raul Karman.

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Windham, SaturdayA spirited Freshman baseball teami

lead by the pitching and hitting ofiright hander John Blinn trounced~Windham College 14-5, on Saturday -to take their first victory of the sea..son.

Blinn, who gave -up six hits in go.0-ing the route, was also the pitcheriof record in the Tufts game a NveeHearlier when he worked 13 innings .His three hits against WindhamjFcoupled with three safeties by ljis~battery mate Tex Ritter led the Bear.=er attack.

Scoring for Tech started in theysecond inning when Billy Scanlon!walked. Blinn then belted a double to0left center field. A single by JackeRosen, playing right field scored Scan-'iIon and Blinn. An error by the shorti-stop put men in scoring position andfa single by John Vlcek, shortstop forlthe victors, brought two more runs iacross. A single by left fielder Bob=Schutzman scored ¥1cek a moment lat-,ell s

In the fifth inning a few errors,a-adouble by Ken Singer and a single by'Ritter helped bring three more runseacross the plate. In the seventh a five:run outburst brought t-he total t0,fourteen. Windham scored one run iaethe fifth, two more in the seventh and!two in the ninth.

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"We just got a memo from theHarvard AA - w we've got fourteentickets to Henley," shouted a Crimsonclad oarsman at the MIT Boathouse."That was the story of the day. TheCantabs swept the lightweight spintson the Charles Saturday winning thefrosh, JV, and varsity races. TheMIT eight, vastly improved from pre-vious showings, came in ahead ofColumbia, Penn, and Dartmouth in thedays racing, but managed to placeonly fifth out of a field of six in thelate evening finals.

The Tech varsity was the only MITboat to suivive the morning heats inwhich both the frosh and JV's wereeliminated.

In the heat, the varsity finishedthird, close behind last year's Henlychampionship Princeton crew. Cornellhandily won the heat, but third wasenough to put the Cardinal and Grayin the finals.

The MIT boat Nv-is never out of con-tention in the mile and five sixteenthsfinals race. At the bridge, with aboutfive-eighths of a mile left, it wasanybody's guess for the third posi-tion as MIT, Princeton and Navystayed even. Cornell and Harvardwere out in front by a length andDarmouth trailed the rest of the raceby the sanie margin.

Then Princeton, always rowving inbeautiful style, picked up the strokeand started moving up. Navy also wentahead of Tech by two seats, as theBeavers failed to find the sprintingpower to keep up. Settling to a 32after the start, MIT stepped it up toabout 37 in front of Baker, but failedto gain on the Princeton and Navyboats.

Out in front, Harvard and Cornell,both Towing over 40, battled down tothe line, with the Crinson puttingthe flag down in 7.25.8, one-tenth ofa second ahead of Cornell.

MIT stayed in fifth, twvo seconds be-hind fourth place Navy, and downseven seconds to the Tigers, finishingin 7:37.8.

As for next season, coach Val Skoesaid "It looks hopeful; we lose threemen, but should be able to fill theplaces from the frosh."

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Heavies Eliminated at PrincetonThe heavyweights ran into tough

competition in all divisions at thelEastern Association of Rowing Co!-leges annual meet held at Princetonthis Saturday.

The Junior varsity finished secondin its first heat to qualify for theconsolation round. In the finals forthe runner-ups Tech placed third be-hind Cornell and Navy to take a sev-enth place in the afternoon's races.

The varsity, rowing against Harv-ard and Wisconsin in its first round,was quickly eliminated; the froshsuffered a similar fate.

The Sunday after final exams theheavies will go to Dartmouth wherethey i'.:ill spend a week working outand finish off with a race against theBig Green. The following week most

of the top creats in the country willgather at Syrracuse for the annualIRA meet. This will not include Yaleor Hal.rd Wvho have their own com-petition a week before. The race looksgood for the varsity which has sixmen from the Cardinal and Gray froshteam that finished second last year.

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