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Alpha Tau OmegaThomas AL-in, '38William Chandler, '37John Cleworth, '38Ralph Cobb, '38W\endell Jacques, '38(sgood Saunders, '38Charles D. Small, '38Irving Watson, '38

Beta Theta PiJames R. Craig, 136Robert Eddy, '38Adam Gamble, '38Frank Gardner, '38James Gilliss, '38John H~agerman, '37IN. Leroy Hammond, '38Rtobert Harvey, '38Lloyd Hiier, '38Frank Kearny, '38Ira Lohmuan, '38Bernard McKeown, '38Dale Morgan, `38

Chi PhiRobert Ailder, 138Jay Au W-erter, '38C. Frederick Bell, '38F~rank W. Brown, '38Charles Campbell, '38Harold Cude, 'c8James Emery, '38Kenneth Gunkle, '38Sinclair Scott, '38WVell's Worthen, 38

Delta Kappa EpsilonW'illiam Benson, '36ROsec0e J. Cooper, '38Rebert K. Cummnings, '38Robert Flanagan, '38Ciranville R. Jones, '38Walter HI. Page, '38Ward J. Rafferty, '38Wilbur C. Rice, '38

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GOOD" SAYS RAW-SONa

Manly Veterans Retur n to SchoolConfirms Coach Rawsons's

Declaration

The boxings season got off to a1 f ly-ing start last -night whlen ten var-sity team aspirants reported to CoachlTommy Rawson at the Hanlgar Gym.NnAccording to Rawvsoji. judging froin.the numnber of veterans returning, andtheir respective punching ability, the

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ill the Maill Lobby today, tomorrowvand Thursday from 11 to 2 o'clock.

Chiaperones for the occasion areProf. and Mrs. Carle R. Hayward, andMr. and M~rs. John M. Nalle.

Since the organization of the Com-muters' Club in 1932 the associationhas sponsored several successfuldances. In June of the past two yearsthe club has 'been on a moonlight sailand dance down Boston harbor aboardthe Mayflower.

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The second Freshmaii Dormitory-Dinner took place Monday night inthe North Hall of Walker. In accor-Idance with the custom followed inthese affairs, attendance of the first-year men flas compulsoriy. Knowxingthat the ovay of the transgressor isapt to be roughs the class of '38's dor-mitory representatives where all pres-ent.

Robert Scribner, '35, chairman of theFreshman Dormitory Committee, act-ed as toastmaster. He commented onthe astonishing manner in which thefreshmen havte organized. He cau-tioned them, "Don't wvin Field Daytbefore the twrenty-sixth.`

The chairman introduced the lead-ers of the several dormitories in the

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Volume LIV. No. 35 CAMBRIDGE, MASS., TUESDAY, OCTrOBER 9,1934 Price Three Cents

i Latest Freshman Styles |I

Marcelle Poirier, NBC Radio Star,Who Will Sing at Commuters'

Barn DanceLloyd Ewing, '38

season outlook is very- bright. TheIte 5:15 Club.. They will be on saleschedule however, is the stiffest andlongest in a number of years waith alpossibility of including Syracuse andlWestern Maryland, the wlinner and~runner-up respectively of the EasterIntercollegiates last y ear, and alsoHarvard, West Point, the U. S. CoastGuard Academy, NewT Hampshire,Springfield and Vlillanova.

As yet llo freshmen have come out,probably because of their interest in

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Rtichard. K. blochl, '38George A. Mloore, '38Hormer 1%t. Oldfield, Jr., '38Edlward C:. Peterson, '37Newtton II. P~ayton, '38Robert Riester, '38Albert A. Sarl-ent, Jr., '38Irving N. Smitll, '38Frederick E. Strassnler, '38Jimmy Touton, '37

Sigma NitDuncan M. Emery, '37James L~ivingood, 38Frederick M\orgenthaler, '38John J. Wallace, '38

Theta ChiWresley Cilly, '38Robert R. Fisk, '38Fred Forman, '38Walter Godscheaux, '35William Harcum, '37Thomas Heath, '38Richard Ihmels, '38Frank Kemp, '38Edward True, '38Fred Werner, '38

Theta Delta ChiRichard Berry, '38John R. Conover, '38Joseph R. Fischel, '37Arthur F. Goulld, '38Winthrop A. Johns, '37James Ki. Gilmore, '38Jonathan R. Roerig, '38Philip E. Sellers, '38Irving Tourtellot, '37Harlan Tulrner, Jr., '38John A. Wilson, Jr., '38John G. Wheale, '38

Theta XiSamuel Biorkmanrn, '37Thomas Biorkmann, '38Arthur Douz~las, Jr., '38James Mc~lellan, 138

Abner Ai. Toweris, '38Allan J. W ilson, '38Richard B. Young, '38

Delta PsiHarry E. Draper, '38D~avidl E. Irving, '38Brainard T. AMacomber, '38Geoffrey M. Martin, '38William W. Preston, '38

A. Eliot Ritchie, Jr., SpecialAugust H. Schilling, '37john Mt. Whittaker, '38

Delta Tau DeltaRalph G. Adams, Jr., '38Hale P. Benton, '38Robert C. D. Dawe, 538John Ferris, '38Francis A. Fisher, '38Irving W. Forde, '38John F. Glacken, '38G. Edwinl Hadley, '38Hub~ert M. Haynes, '38David A. UWright, '38

Delta Tau Delta

Delta UpsilonDavid Beeman, '38Arch Copeland, '38Harold Heere, '38Edward Hlitchcock., '37Howard Milius, '38Morgan Rulon, '36Daniel Suter, '38

Kappa SigmaCleon Dodge, '37Norris Barr, '38Stewart FitzGibbon, '38Conrad Hon. '38Edmnund Nalle, '38

Lambda Chi AlphaReed Bonney, a37Alfred Hale, '37Donald MacI~arg, '38

John Michlel, '38Casper Stacey, '38Richard Stresseau, 938

Phi Beta DeltaLewis B3achman, '38Robert Eng~lander, '38Raymond Epstein, '38Theodore Halperll, '38Harold James, '38Allan E. Schorch, '38Ira Sedwitz, '38

Phi Beta EpsilonJohn Craig, '38Edward Germain, 138John Lindsay, '38James Longwell, '38Frederick Reater, '38Robert Robbins, '38Edgar Tafe, '38William Terry, '37

Phi Delta TRhetaJohn G. Burke, '38John Bethel, '38Thomas A. Kerry, '36Edward J. Kuhn, 38Abbott S. Maeder, '38David J. Torrans, '.38Wenzel M. Wochos, Jr., '38

Phi Gamma DeltaLloyd Bergesson, '38John Cook, '38Douglas E~sperson, '38Gordon Foote, '38Harry Hollander, '38Robert Harris, '37Robert Johnson, '38John Lees, '38Harrison Phinizy, '38Paul Shirley, '38Walter Schwedes, '38Samiiel Steere, '38

Phi Kappa SigmaRobert Church, '38

Stephen du Pont, '3 8

lRichard Kaulback, '38Archie Main, '38Daniel Philips, '38Robert Smith, '38

Phi Mu DeltaJohn Bitteld '38Charles Bullwinh-le, '38Franklin Burditt, '38 ....Harold Butler, '38Dempster Christensen, '38Roland French, '38Ralph Slutz, '38Theodore Timbie, '38James Viles, '38L~ewis Wolf, '38

Phi Sigma KappaRichard Maybe, '37Jack Mohser, '38Harold Tabbut, '38James Warburton, '37Relan~d Westgate, '37David Whittacker, '38William Woodwardt '38Robert Williams, '38

Sigma Alpha EpsilonArthur Christgau, `38Ernest Neumann, '38Reed Freeman, '38George Morrison, '.38

Sigma Alpha MuBurton Aaronson, '38Bernard Brod, '38Lester Cornblith, '38Lewis Fireman, '38Maurice Gordon, '37-Alvin Mendle, '38Robert Solomon, '38

Sigmia ChiKarl Bausch, Jr., '38Allan R. Cherry, '38Robert Iredell, '38James H. Kettering, 138Hlarry C. Kittredge, Jr., '38

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Massachusetts Instituteof Technology

DRAMASHOP SEEKSTRYOUTS FOR SHOW

Hentschel, Graduate Student, toDirect This Fail's

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Tryouts for the Dramashop's fallpresentation, "The Tavern," were held11Monday at five o'clock, in Room 2-190.It was announced that further trialsw sould take place tomorrow in the sameroom and at the same time, in orderthat everyone might havre a chance toattend.

Robert A. A. Hentschel,, graduatestudent of the Institute and formerGeneral Manager of Dramashop, willdirect that organization this year in-stead of Professor Dean M. Fuller.

Results of the-tryouts will probablybe announced towards the end of thisweek, at which time the managementwill have seen and heard all the avail-able material.

PROFESSOR MORRIS TOTALK OVER THE "AIR"y

"Depths of Time" to Be Subjectof Address Rendered

Frederick K. Morris, Professor ofGeology at the Institute, will give anaddress on October 12 at 8:15 P. M.,mnthe subject "Depthls of Time" over

ithe Yankee Network and under theauspices of the Northleastern Sectionof the American Chemical Society.

Lectures will be given weekly bythe Amzerican Chenmical Society overStation NVAAB and its affiliated sta-tions. Lectures on subjects of scien-tific importance still be delivered eachFriday evening at 8:15.

Instituted several years ago as anactivity of the division of ChemicalEducation of the Society, and co-operating with the several advisorycouncils for radio education, the

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IN GUEST SOLOISTM~arcelle Poirier Has Broadcast

on Cleercoal Hour WithAndrew Jacobson

MUSIC BY DUKE CHARLES

With a guest soloist in the person ofMarcelle Poirier, and Duke Charles'dance music, the Commuters' 5:15Club will bold its first dance of thisseason -next Thursday eveninlg, thlenight before the holiday, from 9 to2 o'clock in Walker Memorial.

Miss' Poirier, whose picture is re-produced elsewhere in this issue, hasrecently completed a twenty weeksengagement at the Metropolitan The-ater 021 the program of the Collradstyle show. This soloist has sungover the radio with Andrew Jacob-SOII on the Cleercoal Hour, and as afeatured guest artist, she has broad-cast from every Boston -station. TheCommuters feel fortunate to hlave se-cured Miss Poirier to singr at theirdance.

Walker Memorial wvill be trans-formed by the use of cornstalks andlpumpkins to give a rural atmosphere.D~urin- the evening- there will be anovelty elimination dance, aboutwhich George A. Petersoll, '35, chlair-man of the dance committee, refusesto dlevulg~e any furtller details.

Tickets are priced at .$1.50 for nonl-member s andl $1.95 for 'members of

lCLASS RIVALRY ISMOUNTING HIGH AS

FIELD DAY NEARSTurn-Outs for Both Classes In-

dicate'Teams Are EvenlyMatched

PRESIDENTS EQUALLYCERTAIN'OF VICTORY

Frosh Crew Confident; ThomsonSayrs 70% of Sophomore

Class Represented

According to latest field day statis-tics, this year's engagement, whichwill be held on Friday, Oct. 26, 1934,will be a real fight to the finish.

Both the Junior president, MichaelA. Kuryla, and James R. Thomson, theSophomore president, feel quite confi-dent in the freshmen and Sophomoreclasses, respectively. However, Kury-la feels that the Freshmuen "are doing70%o of what they really could do."Thomson, in all possible confidence,says, "The fellows are doing a good jobon the teams; they are showting a greatdeal of class spirit."

The following will sbow wshetller ornot these men have a right in feelingas they do. At present, the Sophomoreclass tur'llout is: 35 men for Football,with an average weight of about 180pounds; Tug-of-War, 40 men, averageweight, 185; Crew, 9 men., averageweight, 1;50; and Relay, 20 i enl. Thlefreshm-en class turn-out is as follows:Football, 38 men, average Freight, 165;Tug-of-War, 16 men, average weight,150; Crews, 56 men, both lights andlhea-vies, and Relay, 29 men.

Freshrmen a-re at this time to be in-formed that more managers and manymore men for Tug-of-War are neededbadly.

Although the Glove fight is givenonly one point, to the -winner of it goesa moral victory, because the pohole classengages in this fight, whereas only a

lsmall portion of it participates in theother events.

ALL DORM FRESHMENPRESENT AT MEETING

Attendance Perfect At SecondCompulsory Dinner

FRUTATERNITY PLEDGE LIST

Vol. LIV OCTOBER 9, 1934 No. 35

MANAGING BOARDGeneral Manager ....................................... John D. Hossfeld, '35E ditor ........................................................ Paul Cohen, '35Managing Editor ....................................... Hamilton H. Dow, '35Business Manager ........................................ 3 ohn D. Loomis, '35

EDITORIAL BOARDPhoenix N. Dangel, '35 Perry H. Ware, '35

Milton B. Dobrin, '36

ASSOCIATE BOARDAssistant Editors

Anton E. Hittl, '36 Ralph D. Morrison, Jr., '37August V. Mackro, '36 Richard L. Odiorne, '36Robert J. Marks, '36 Francis S. Peterson, '36

Harry N. Tichnor, '36

Business AssociatesElwood H. Koontz, '36 Benjamin B. Dayton, '36Robert F. Driscoll, '36 James F. Notman, '35

Staff WritersArthur A. Carota, '36 Charles J. Rife, '36Jackson H. Cook, '36 Charles W. Smith, '35Louis C. Young, '36 Francis H. Lessard, '36

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Furthermore, the locale of the institutionshould be taken into consideration when deal-ing with student expenses. Should the schoolbe located in an area where, for economic rea-

_sons, prices are always high, the expenses ofOthe student are bound to be large. Lack of_competition in the neighborhood of many col-_leges which are comparatively "far from civ-

ilization" has this effect. Since students at5the Institute live either inl or near Boston,5where competition keeps prices within a rea-6sonable range, their expenses are lower, on the_average, than those of the students in the

other institution.6Figures connected 'with this subject have

_been collected, and they tend to show the in-validity of any notion that expenses at the In-stitute are large. To give one comparison: ithas been found that the expenses of the av-erage student at the Institute amount to but$1,05 0 per year, whereas the average studentat Dartmouth expends more than $1,700 perannum.

OUT OF CHAOSAN ARMED PROPHET

ITis hard to realize that no longer are weapioneer country expanding in a raw,

crude land, but an ancient nation with one ofthe oldest governments in the world, and withhoary political traditions that have beenhanded down for Generation after Generationin marked contrast to the shifting politicalPhilosophies of what we quaintly call the OldWorld.

But whether or not our political dogmas re-main stable, economic conditions change asfast or faster in the United States than in Eu-rope. For that reason our ideas as to man'srelations to society are often sadly out of jointby a-few score years.

Man is still man, but he seems to be chang-ing his function from that of an independentunit, a rugged individual if you please, to thatof a cell in a new organism; one of his owncreation, the industrial state. And the proofof this statement is that, in contrast to theonly rugged individual, the frontiersman, hecan exists only as part of the state and on noother terms.

Consider the engineers. Mainly throughmeans created by him, through functions per-formed by him, but motivated by forces whichhe does not control, the division of labor hasreached such a pitch in the countries mostremoved from barbarism that natu~re's ideaof a completely independent man, sufficientunto himself, has been destroyed.

If the engineer were accused of social ;rre-sponsibility to the group of men, machines,skills and institutions which alone are capableof continued being without breakdown, hewould be taken aback.

His basic philosophy has been to obey or-ders, to carly out with utmost efficiency theprojects deemed desirable byv those in controlof the economic system. If he is told to builda railroad in Costa Rica, his sole purpose isto create the best possible system with thematerials available. Thle social effects of tilerailorad or power plant or machine are outsideliS consideration.

Is hle ri-ht? Is his attitude the only onepossible under existing circumstances?

An answer is perhaps presumptuous illview of the tremendous obscurity and impor-tance of thle prob~lem, bout stepping boldly illwhere -angels would no doubt bog down, we saythat there is no good reason why the engineershould -not extend his fields to include states-manshzip and sociology. His present trainingwould do him no good except as a background,b~ut his methods of attack should chew awayat this question as they havte at many anotherknotty problem.

ThRe issue can be evaded by saying that theengineer does hsis duty in response to an ex-isting economic order, that to change his du-ties would be to change the system.

Perhaps. But imperative need demandsthat there arise some mnan who is an engineer,that he may understand industry, a states-maln that he may undel stand man; and aprophet that he may lead us out of chaos.

R~ememboer what Machliavelli said: "Allarmed prophets have conquered, and the un-armed ones hav~e been destroyed." The en-encineer is at least armed.

For some time the youthful soulscontinued to pour forth their ecstaticexuberance into those pieces of metalor wood which, somehow or other,failed to convert their enravis'imentinto any kind of endurable sounds.

In fact, such was the quality of thecharivari exuding from the depths ofthe Friendship Lodge that wry grimnaces began to come from the more irr-poriant members of the Faculty whohad now arrived and were wondering,in perhaps more respectful language:"What the h-."

The thoughts of their audience, howv-ever, seemed incapable of being trans-mitted to the minds of the young vir-tuosi, who, never daunted, continuedtheir soul-haunting cacophony with re-markable self-assurance.

This sort of thing could not go onforever. After a particularly distorted

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.\iceolo IMachiavelli, 1469-1527, diplomat, historian,statesman. "Nothing is snore difficult to take inhand, more perilous to conductor more uncertain inits success, than to take the lead in the introductionof a new order of things, because the innovator hasfor his enemies all those who have done well under theold conditions, and lhikewarrn defenders in- th-ose whomay do well under the new."

George Boaz. "In proportion as one tries to makethe world better, one incurs the opposition not onlyof those who stand to lose something by the change,but of many who havte little tangible reason for re-sistance."

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It happened at Freshman Camp.During the recreational period in theafternoon, all freshman aspirants tothe Musical Club's orchestra wereasked to display their talents at agroup rehearsal. The meeting washeld in "Friendship Lodge," outside ofwhich members of the Faculty werebeginning to congregate at the time toparticipate in the "official welcomes"

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

ADVICE TO THE GOBLIN

THE DORM RUMOR

DROBABLY the dominating feature of allP college activities, fr om th'e hig-hest to thelowest, is the constantly shifting personnel.Nor is the change gradual. A whole class de-parts and another, with only the scantiest oftraining, steps into its boots.

This means that a poorly Performing man-agement can botch its work for only a yearwhen it is replaced bay a group of men who, wehope, are better. But in the strength of thissystem lies its weakness. Just as difficult tosustain as the crudities of an inferior group,are the ambitious and capable efforts of anoutstanding management.

The reason for the above reflections is thefirst issue of this term'sDormz Rumor whichsets some form of record for puerile and vitu-perative liter ature. Instead of those littleitems which "razzed" well-known charactersin the dormitories in a rough but good hu-mored manner thtereappear expressions whichalre metrely vicious. Good humor is oftenbroad and earthy but iiever offensive.

Here is an example of the phraseology usedlby tile editor to instill spirit into the twolow~er class. "4 . . . ... the present feelingsa1mong u~pperclassmen seems to be that boththe frosh and Sophs are a bunch of punks,piker so ors what have you ?" All of Chiclh is <ap-parently calculated to put <a loyal feeling intoevery lowereclassnilan ill the doramitoraies.

Wie advise the editors of The MonoT), if theyCca1 tahe advice, that they are missing an op-portunityr to uinite ca body which of the threeat Technology h~as thle lbest featurtes for uni-SOI1. Ai-d tile virtues of good taste and re-stlraint whill glowe cas brightlyv ill a RuvrO7 ASthey wvill anlywhere else.

THE COST OF LIVING

COLLIEGTES EXPEN SES

01Z sevelcal y~ears students at the Instituter Slave been il litated b~y a tuition fee

WNi,-.Ch seemhed fa1' in excess of the sum de-maiilded by the aver age educational institu-tion. Thlis irritcation weas in most cases rathertrarnsiellt because of the very f utility of giv-in- it much thought. H-ad the students inquestion stopped to recason, they should havefoun~d that their exp~enses during their yearsa-wt ille institute did -not exceed by muchl theexpenses of the average student at othler rep-r esentat'Eive Amel ican colleg-es.

Tlle general term "expenses" is used becauseof t-heir nature. -In some of the institutionsof learning in this coulntry, a certain part ifnot the whlole of the student body is requiredto lisle in the dormitories maintained by theschool. With this requirement, the expensesof the averca-e student approach nearer tothe amount paid by him to the school thanthey do at the Institute. Since this amountis variable, a student of that school would bein a worse position should that school have toenlarge its income, than a student at the In-stitute under the same conditions, for the lat-ter has more choice as to his manner of living.

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OPER, P37, DARKIORSE M1AKES AN

UPSET SATURDAYrLo College,. Northeastern

Stares Defeated DuringM~eet with Italians

LY WELL REPRtESENTED

ugene Cooper, '37, practically un-vn in intercollegiate track com-

ition, provided the biggest upsetthe Italian-American meet at Har-

dlast Friday. Shunned by track

cials and not even mentioned aspotential threats Gene upset theles on tile knlow-it-alls by defeat-| cKee of Boston College andl El-Of Northleastersl, considered theobest American entries ill aly'

nt. Cooper, whlo wsas last year'seshmian track captain, and who this

is fighting for a position on the

sity cross country teami, was con_

tto allow Poma andt ficei to setpace, following them a few yards

ind all the way to the last lap.fing down the home stretch,per put on pressure and passedthe bewildered Italians with atsprint, being clocked in at 2Lues 4 1-5 seconds. Although

per is practically unknown in in-ollegiate circles, he is certainlyLfash in 'she pan. He has shown hisitle by winning places on theLhman cross coulntry and trackus, and also by establishing a new

Ritute record of 2:01 in the half

[e only other Tech man to placethe meet was Mort Jenkins, whosforced to trail the more experi-

ed Luigi Beccali of Italy, in the0 meter event. In this race, Bec-

was to attempt a new world rec-in order to regain his title 1from

ithron of Princeton who just thisEler lowered th~e time to 3 min-Zs48.8 seconds. In running thisstBeecali had no trouble in lead-the field and at frequent intervals

bed around to size up his lead. Atsuch time while running too closete boards, he tripped and he was

Led almnost head over heels. Theme little Italian immediately eded up and continuied'on his way,Ing a bare three or four seconds infall. Another mishap to mar his

emPt to regain his title occurrede, coming down the end of thetto the last lap, one of the specta-Jsrani out into the track to take histre. 13eccali liter-ally had to pushn

iadmirer off th~e track to continuethe last lap. In the meantimetins was fighting to close uip theidthat separated him from thenPic champion, but the best heWddo was to trail him about fiftydsini the rear."mong the other Tech men Nvbo

At to the Stadium, Jim Thompson,he high jump cleared the bar at

gbut failed to place. The event be-lg won by Spitz, clearing 6.3. II1

javelin, Tommy Brown placedwrth.

,U~ndergraduate Notices

ilhere are still a few official Tech-L$gS' blotters left at the T. C. A. 01.-i Anyone who has not yet receivedUnlay do so by calling at the above

With Field Day only twvo and a half weeks away, it appears that theSophomores will have to show more class spirit than has been evident todate if they expect to see freshmen displaying the traditional cardinal andgray neckwear after October 26th. From our viewpoint wte believe that thefrosh have put it all over their rivals up to the present time. Dormitoryfreshmen in particular have banded together very strongly. However, wevcan't salute the yearlings in too many sweet words, for they too, are chargedwith lack of support of some of their Field Day teams. We have especialreference to the tug-of-war crew, which is sadly undermanned at the presentmoment. W~hat do you say, frosh, are you going to let your commendablespirit go unrewarded by not supporting your teams to your fullest extent?

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Meanwhile what does the Sophomore side of the ledger say?First and foremost is the rumor that the Sophs are anticipatinghaving to use a four-oared shell in the pull dowvn the CharlesRiver on the morning of October 26th. The reason for this expecta-tion i-s the fact that the usual turnout for a Sophomore crew work-out these days consists of froin six to eight oarsmen and a coxswain.Other teams are being supported fairly well, but not sufficiently wellto warrant a winning score two weekis from Friday. Added to thisis the deplorable lack of spirit among a large percentage of the sec-ond-year men. The slogan coined two years ago with reference tothe then freshman class in connection with an entirely differet mat-ter might well be applied to the Class of 1937, namely: "A&re youmen or pansies? "

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So much for the annual bra-wl; nowe to turn to a subject which is notstrictly sports but nevertheless is very closely connected with them. Werefer to the problem of manning the sports department of TINE TECH. Thisyear we are faced with the necessity of struggling along waith only askeleton staff. None of the freshmen wcho have come out for THE TECHthis year have signed up with the sports department. To anyone interestedin athletics we can think of no mnore enjoyable activity, outside of the sportsthemselves, than that of reporting the games and meets. A sports reporterin collegiate circles sees many important athletic events in the courseof his reportorial duties meets outstanding coaches and athletes. If thereare any of you who would be interested in work on the sports department ofthis newspaper we will gladly -,welcome you in THIE TECH newsroom. Op-portu-nity for advancement is plentiful, so let us hear from you.

Coach Al Dllnning wvho has been tu-toring the freshman crews for thepast four years, expressed the opinionto a TECH reporter yesterday morn-ing that he was confident that -hischarges would win on Field Day.

Eugene Cooper, '37,

Crew B: bow, Preston; 2, Hutchlins;3, Livingstone; 4, Ehmils; 5, Foote;6, Morrisson; 7, Branning; stroke, Dol-ben; cox, Ray.

lightweights won out in the time trialsand consequently rowed on field day.It is quite possible for the little fellowsto repeat this year. In any case, thecrew that will represent the freshmenthis year will be a real first class outfit.

At the present time, crew A of theheavy squad is made up of the follow-ing men: bow, Wilson; 2, Germain; 3,Bausch; 4, Alder; 5, Underwood; 6,Dunlap; 7, McLaughlin; stroke, Dra-per; cox, Smith.

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Soccer Schedules AreAnnounced by MaFnager

Manager Hardman announcesthe following varsity soccerschedule.

Oct. 13 Yale at Yale.20 Tulfts here.27 Dartmouth here.31 Army at W. P.

Nov. 3 Brown at Brown.17 Harvard at Harv ard.24 Clark at Worcester.

The following is the freshmanschedule:

Oct. 13 Watertown at Water-town.

17 Andover at Andover.27 Harvard freshmen at

Harvard.Nov. 3 Dean Academy here.

Ishould report to the Coop Field at fiveo'clock this afternoon or tomorrow.Members of the freshmen team receivetheir numerals for playing on theirclass team.

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Wins 800 Meter Run Expects Frosh Victory

VARSITY BOOTERSREADY FOR YALE

Eight Veterans Back on Team;-Freshmen' Meet Watertown

in Their Opener

With a nucleus of eight of last year'svarsity men about which to form, pros-pects for a good year in soccer are verybright. The total squad numbers abouttwenty-five and has been practisingsince the start of classes this term.Forsberg will captain the team thisyear.

The opening game comes on Stur-day at Yale and should prove very, in-teresting. Last year the team lost toYale by one goal. With eight veteransin fhe lineup, the Beavers should comethrough this year.

The freshmen open their season onSaturday also, playing WatertownSenior High School at Watertown. Notmany freshmen have as yet reportedfor the team but it is not yet too late.Any freshmen interested in the spor't

FRESHMEN BETTERSAYS AL DUNNING

Predicts Victory for FreshmenOver Sophomore Boa ts

on Field Day

For the first time in five years, a vric-ory for the freshmen field day crewseems assured. Al Dunning is very en-thusiastic about the prospects of thefrosh, for they have six full crews outpracticing every morning. They areshowing some real spirit and unless thesecond year men get going, there willbe no doubt about the winner on fieldday.

The material for these crews is ex-cellent on both the heavy and ligllt-weight squads, and the men are re-sponding wonderfully to the intensivetraining and. instructions being giventhem by both coaches. Thle hleavy-weight crews are by no mneans havingthings all their owvn way, for the ligllt-weights are giving them a real run fortheir nioney. In fact last year the N~~~~owlER:9

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See the Sports Editor Now in Room 3, Walker Memorial

at a dance until twelve on Saturd&lnights, but in any case awere never allowed to go ill ourlcort's car.

"Never?" we exclaimed. I"Oh," she said, laughing at our t

experience, "but-we seldom wentz![other way. It was quite amusing. l-V'were obliged to vouch for escorts~all particulars. His name, addre::_Ntelephone number, his fratermity. hiprevious dates at the school, hisaTand practically everything but hgenelogy was duly recorded."

Quite exciting, gentlemen, BUT-l Enever is going to be married. TQBAD.

COOP PAYS MEMBERS _$56,000 IN DIVIDEND

56,000 dollars in dividends willtpaid to members of the Techn]010branch, it was announced today atoffices of the Harvard Cooperative&Zciety by Mr. G. E. Cole, the manaThe checks will be ready for distfb:`-tion on October 13. The dividendst7% on charge purchases and 95 icash purchases. The Co-op wvill ace~the checks in payment of this monbills. Previous to the Fall of l1933 the dividends were 8%yc for chumaccounts and 10% for cash purchaI

UNDERGRADUATE N)TICE -The Technology Dames ill h"

their first meeting of the y-ear ilcday, October 15th at 2:30( . IP'lthe Emnma Rogers Room. ' The $nother, or sister- of any registe

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other, and we both have planned tocome here all through Latin School,we made our decisions quite inde-pendently."

Chemistry seems to be the mostpopular field for coeds because Pearlis the only one of the freshmen, be-side the architects, who is venturinginto another course.

Jeanette Pollack, 1447 Blue HillAve., Dorchester, a graduate of Rox-bury Memorial; Anne 'Schwek, 10Homestead St., Roxbury, a graduateof Latin School; Ruth Raftery, 819Broadway, South Boston, a graduateof Brighton High, and Jeanne Kiten-plon, 426 Marlborough St., Boston,are registered in Courses V and X.Everyone of the girls except Jeannecame to the Institute because of herinterest in Science and her desire tomake it her life's work.

Quite the most novel and startlingpiece of information we gleaned wasthe fact that there was actually onecoed at the Institute who is here outof no choice of her own. That younglady is Jeanne 'Kitenplon from Au-rora, Illinois. Tech was of her fa-ther's choosing, but now that she ishere, Jean thinks Tech the only placeto attend.

For one year, Jeanne attendedStephen Junior College. When askedhow she liked it, she said: "It wasI rand fun for awhile, but one got sotired of seeing the same faces twelvehours a day for seven days a weekfor six weeks that at the end of thattime it took great control to keepfrom throwing things. -

We had so little frebed'lom. If wewere very, very good we could. stay

"And why did you come to Tech?"we said quite innnocently to one ofour freshman coeds who was dashingmadly about in the general 9:04 rush.She stopped abruptly and faced us re-sentfully. "What ? Et tu, Brute! Well,not to get a man at any rate," sheflung back at us and was gone before·we could satisfy ourselves.

"Well, I don't blame her," remarkedanother young lady who seemed tothink that upperclassmen ought to beput in their places without furtheradieu. "That sounds justjike a for-mula to me now. Every one of thoseholy males does condescend to ask usthat in either a very sceptical orsubtly insinuating tone, "she de-clared with some heat. The next per-soin who asked me that I'll "

"Wait a minute," we intervened,somewhat abashed and very sub-dued, "all we wanted was to tell themonce and for all." Every one admittedthat once in a while upperclassmendo get bright ideas. So gentlemen,here you are:

It seems that our architects, Bar-bara Eaton, of 205 Beacon St., Wai-tham, Mass., and Ann Person of ElI'asco, Texas., both came to the de-cision that Tech was the finest schoolof its kind in the country. We wereunder the impression that a very dif-ferent superlative would be in orderbut we tactfully overlooked the fact."

"But aren't you a bit lonesome sofar from home?" we asked charming|

little Ann. "Oh," she replied quitenatively, "I'm thinking of havingDaddy and Mother come and live withme in Boston," Editorial "we" de-cidely nonplussde!

"But aren't you a bit lonesome solar from home ?" we asked charminglittle Ann. "Oh," she replied quitenaively, "I'm thinking of havingDaddy and Mother come and livelwith me in Boston." Editorial "we"decidedly nonplussed!

"But from El Paso, Texas!" we fi-nally stuttered.

"I don't mind being so far fromhome," was the reply. "Besides itwouldn't make any difference toDaddy, because although we went toTexas from California, we came orig-inally from Boston. I was seven yearsold when we left Boston, but I'm|afraid I'm not a very loyal citizen be-cause I don't like Boston very well."Later, however, we managed to gether to admit that perhaps it was be-cause she was a little lonesome.

A light began to dawn on our be-fuddled brains, another only childsure enough! In fact there are quitea number of freshmen coeds that canbe classed in that category.

"And now that you are here, do youthink you like the Institute ?"

"We most certainly do!" chorusedthe freshmen. Evidently it was unani-l mous. .

" Wutwhy?" came the question. Hadwe sounded as enthusiastic as that in

those dear, dead days?"Well for one thing, we hav e so

much freedom compared to that ofhigh school days. Why in one of 'ourclasses the boys actually bring theirradios with them," said Barbara.

"That's all very well, but not suffi-cient reason for coming to the Insti-tute."

"Well, suppose we came for thesame reason that the boys do-tolearn something" suggested Pearl Ru-ben-stein, the practical lady of thegroup. We begged to express ourdoubts as to the validity of that rea-son as far as the boys were con-cerned.

In talking to Pearl, one wonders ifshe hasn't made a mistake and thatshe is really "Deb" Rubenstein. (Mrs.Dauber to you.) This is the bane ofPearl's existence. "No I didn't comehere because Debbie did," assertedPearl. "I'm not taking the samecourse. I'm going to be a physicist,if (doesn't that sound familiar?- Ican make the grade.

"I'm so tired of being told I 'should.be clever because I'm Debbie's sister.I heard that- all through Latin School,and so now I hope I can be Pearl Ru-benstein and not just somebody's sis-ter." Pearl, by the way comes from4 Denison St., Roxbury.

"And I didn't come here becausePearl did," averred Ann Schwekeven- more emphatically. "Althoughwe live only' a few streets from each

THE TECH

ESTES, MATHEMATICSINSTRUCTOR GOES TO

UNIVERSITY OF N. C.

Was One of Most Versatile Menon the Staff of ';he

Institute

One of the most versatile instructorswho has ever been at the Institute, Mr.James G. Estes, mathematics instructorfor the last two years, has left Tech-nology to become an assistant professorat the State College of Agriculture andEngineering of the University of NorthCarolina.

Mr. Estes, who was born in Texas,graduated from high school while work-ing in the summer on an ice wagon, anddoing numerous odd jobs around homeand school, in true "Frank Merriwell"style. He then attended Texas Chris-tian University, where he was the firstletter man in athletics to become vale-dictorian of his class.

Stars at FootballMr. Estes won two letters in football,

missing a third because of a foot in-fection. In his junior year he waswidely selected as an All-Conferenceguard. He also starred at basketball,and played on an Intramural team thatwon the school championship four timesin succession. When he graduated, Mr.Estes became an instructor at T. C. U.,and was later a part-time instructor atthe University of Illinois, while work-ing for his master's degree, which hereceived in June, 1927.

With a friend of his, Mr. Estes thenwent to Chicago, "determined," as hesaid, "to make a go of it in the big city."The two got jobs with the Yellow CabCompany, and had many interestingexperiences as taxicab drivers.

Mr. Estes then returned to T. C. U.as an assistant Professor. While atthe University of Illinois he had prac-ticed boxing. In 1927 he entered atournament in Fort Wayne under anassumed name, in order to avoid pub-licity. By the time his identity wasdiscovered, he was well on his way tothe finals in the heavyweight division.

The final bout ended in a draw, andan extra round was also even. Mr.Estes' apponent is now one of the lead-ing professional heavyweights in thesouthwest. Mr. Estes had many offersto turn professional, but turned themdown.

While a councillor at a Colorado sum-mer camp in 1930, he did a great dealof mountain climbing, including threepeaks over 13,000 feet high, one of themover 14,000. He had previouslyclimbed Pikes Peak, and so arduouswas the ascent that four of the six inthe party passed out.

Mr. Estes has been at Technologysince 1930. He received his Ph.D. de-gree in 1933. While here his only ath-letic activity has been to play on achurch basketball team.

AFTER EVERY CLASSIT RINGS THE BELL!

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IICHEMICAL SOCIETY -TO.FiMy KINSPECTION TOUR

Will See Making of Sulphidies,Acids,9 and Salts

Inspection of the Merrimac Chemi-cal Company, the only manufacturersof heavy chemicals in the immediate vi-cinity, will be made by the ChemicalSociety Wednesday afternoon.

Plants which will be seen will prob-ably include those making hydrochloricand nitric acids, Glauber salt, sodiumsulphide, acetic acid, and lacquers.

This is the first of a series of simi-lar trips to be taken by the Societyduring the coming year at the rate oftwo a month. Wednesday's group willleave the Main Lobby at 1:15 o'clock.

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securities than as so stated by him.5. That the average number of

copies of each issue of this publica-tion sold or distributed through themails or otherwise to paid subscribersduring the six months preceding thedate shown above is (This informationis required from daily publicationsonly) .

JOHN D. LOOMIS,Business Manager.

Sworn to and subscribed before methis 27th day of September, 1934.

WILLIAM JACKSON,Notary Public.

(My commission expires Oct. 31,11935).

one each from Japan, India, and Tur-key, while Europe, more diversified,sent over five men, one from each ofthe following countries, Italy, Switzer-land, Belgium, Germany, and Syria.

South America contributed only twomen to the Institute freshman popula-tion, one form Argentine Republic, theother from Brazil.

Canada, oni our North, is responsiblefor three men, one each from Quebec,Ontario, and New Brunswick, while onestudent in this year's freshman classcomes from Newfoundland.

Othler freshmen now at the Institutehave come from Havana, Cuba, PortoRico, British West Indies, and Mexico.

Here in the United States, many ofthe cities and towns from which someof the freshmen come have quite inter-esting and amusing names. One stu-dent hails from. Romeo, Michigan, whileanother arrives from Iron Mountain, inthe same state. The early Indian in-fluence is manifested in the namesof many of the towns, a fewt Of w~ichfollow: Wawatossa, and Kewaunee,in Wisconsin; Keokuk, Iowa; Skow-hegan, Maine, and Bozeman, Mon-tana.

STATEMENT OF O)WNERSHtIP

Statement -of the ownership, man-agement, circulation, etc., required bythe Act of Congress of August 24, 1912.

Of THIE TEcii, published semi-weekly at Camnbridge, Massachusetts,for September 15th, 1934, State of Mas-sachusetts, County of Middlesex.

Before me a Notary Public in andI

General Manager, John D. Hossfield;Editor, Paul Cohen; Managing Edi-tor, Hamilton H. Dow; Business Mana-ger, John D. Loomis, all of Cambridge,Massachusetts.

2. All equipment owned by theTech Trust Fund, Cambridge, Massa-chusetts, and rented by the current vol-ume. Officers: Mr. H. E. Lobdell,M. I. T., Cambridge; Mr. Stanley G. H.Fitch, Boston; Mr. J. R. Killian, Jr.,M. I. T., Cambridge; Mr. A. W. K. B3il-lings, Jr., Boston, Massachusetts.

3. That the known bondholders,mortgagees, and other security holdersowning or holding 1 per cent or more oftotal amount of bonds, mortgages, orother securities are: (If there are none,so state.) NONE.

4. That the two paragraphs nextabove giving the names of the owners,stockholders, and security holders, ifany, contain not only the list of stock-holders and security holders as they ap-pear upon the books of the company astrustee or in any other fiduciary rela-tion, the name of the person or corpo-ration for wllom such trustee is acting,is given; also that the said two para-graphs containing statements embrac-ing afflant's full knowledge and beliefas to the circumstances and conditionsunder which stockholders and securityholders who do not appear on the booksof the company as trustees hold stockand securities in a capacity other thanthat of a bona fide owner; and this affl-ant has no reason to believe that anyother person, association, or corpora-tion has any interest direct or indi-rect in the said stock, bonds, or other

;for the State and County aforesaid,personally appeared John D. Loomis,who, having been duly swsorn accord-ing to the law, deposes and says thathe is the Business Manager of THETECii and that the following is, to thebest of his knowledge and belief, a truestatement of the ownership, manage-ment (and if a daily paper, the circu-lation), etc., of the aforesaid publica-tion for the date shown in the abovecaption, required by the Act of August24, 1912, embodied in section 411, Post-al Laws and Regulations printed on thereverse of this form to wit:

1. That the names and addresses ofthe General Manager, Editor, Manag-Iing Editor, and Business Manager are:.

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THE TECH1

IINSTITUTE BOASTS OFi )"LEAGUE OF NATIONS"

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Ten Men from Asia, Five fromEurope and Many OthersCompromise the Cosmo olites

Europe, Asia, South America, andAfrica, as well as many other foreigncountries are well represented in the"League of Nations" of which the pres-ent freshman class consists.

From the Eastern countries, Asiaaccounts for ten new men, five of whichcome from China, two from Iraq, and,

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The evil of the credit system seemsto be in its failure to encourage indi-vidual study of self-chosen topics. Forthis a good antidote is an honors sys-tem, which Amherst has. If the planwere more generally followed, by jun-iors especially, the antidote might be-come an antitoxin. Addressing the in-coming class at Harvard this fall, Pres-id'ent Conant declared: "We hope thateach one of you will find somethingthat you may study with enthusiasm."

Extension of honors work is possibleonly if students are intellectually curi-ous. The selection of such men is adifficult task, for admission require-ments may be fulfilled in the same man-ner by which one may obtain an almostmeaningless degree. It appears thatthe alternative is to interview appli-cants personally, which Amherst doesin many cases. The Secretary of theFaculty, in charge of admissions, lastyear saw "from a half to two-thirds"of the freshmen who were matricu-lated; more passed under the eyes ofother members of the administrationand alumni.

The final decision, however, rested onthe preparatory or high school record.Undoubtedly then, the Carnegie re-port's criticism of the existing methodof choosing students applies in a simi-lar way, if to a lesser extent, to Am-herst. The survey substantiates thesuggestion that the College considerfor admission all freshmen who pre-sent the necessary number of units,picking from this group men who arefound in interviews to possess the ad-ditional qualifications which are char-acteristic of students who pursue hon-ors work.

To be sure, the survey on which thesearguments are founded has shortcom-ings. It omits evaluations of abstractqualities, which are beyond the scope

of exact calculation. What is included,nevertheless, gives conclusions, whichformerly were established on supposi-tion, the authority of a factual basis.Herein lies the greatest merit of theinvestigation.

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rendition of "The Old Folks At Home,"Pete Grant, who had been watching theperturbed faces of the Faculty for sometime, finally overcame his better judg-ment and approached the shack.

Pete, however, is a kind soul, andsought to quell the disturbance withthe least possible friction. Tactfullyhe be-an: "You've been playing for twohours now, don't you think you oughtto take a little rest?"'

But these freshmen were endowedwith tile perseverances of geniuses, forthey instantly replied: "Aw, it's only anhour."

After much repartee, Pete finallyobtained an agreement to quit for awhile, only upon condition that he al-low them to convene again later.

Ye Lounger, ever anxious to delveinto the causas belli, sought out thedirector of the aggregation (a musi-cal clubs representative by the way).-

"4The freshmen aren't so bad thisyear," we said, maintaining our com-posure with such an ability as we nevercredited ourselves with having, "butdon't you think there was somethinglacking ?"

And then the reply, uttered with allthe romanticism of the true genius:"Yes, its' only because we didn't haveenough bass."

Ve Hear by de PhonleYup, he's gone and did it again.

Won't he never I'arn ta keep that footo' his'n outa the mud ? Fer be it f'umus'n to tell names but, Tubby, oh, whydidja do it? I l'arned the followin'f'um Sammy Feitelstein as he spoketo som'un o'er the talkin' contraption:

"R-r-r-ring, r-r-r-ring.""Helloi, Semmy tolkin'."Vhat!'""Yea sure, soitinly it's Oncle Semmy,

ken't you see me? I'm stending infront frum de telephon.

"Is dis a feet?""He vent und bawled hout from de

cless Ennie Pollek, Enn Perrson, undBarbera Itton,-4lim, such nice goilstoo."

"I'll gib him yat det Taubby. Eu'vhy he vent und did hit ? :Didn't hesturry sikarlogy? Don't he no det heshood not hev bawled hout de goils infrunt fruml de cless ?

"Hi'll tal 'im mine salf dot its nartgoot ettics, dot-no-gooder."

Yoo DooThe release w~hich follows was sub-

mitted by Voo Doo to us, and findingthat no power on earth can make a

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PROFESSOR MORRIS TOTALK OVER THE "AIRt"

(Continueed from Page 1)series has mnet with exceptional suc-cess.

Rev. Michael J. Ahern, S. J. Presi-dent of Weston College, and a Fel-low of the American Association forthe Advancement of Science, is Chair-man of the Broadcast Committee ofthe Society, and supervises all broad-casts.

BELTING IN MLACHINE_TOOL LAB COUL WITH THE AMERICAN

SURROUND INSTITUTE COLLEGE EDITORS

140 Pieces of Machinery Housed NOW COLLEGES ON THIE CARPETHere Are Valued at More Due for publication in the near fu-

Than $31,000 ture is the Carnegie Foundation'sstudy of the value of higher education,as accurate and comprehensive as its

That maze of belts that you see over- report on college athletics released ahead when you chance to pass through few years ago. Six years in prepara-the Machine Tool Laboratory on the tion, this critical document has inves-third floor of Building 3would measure tigated the progress in cultural at-4,000 feet if connected in one continu- ainment of students from year to yearous piece, a recent inquiry by THE as they have advanced from their finalTECH revealed. This distance is suf- term in high school to a college degree.ficient to surround the Institute on Annual excaminations have tested themthree sides. It is also sufficient to en- thrulyiEnisltear, ocircle Walker Memorial about four choruglay ind Eglishlitratureaticstimes. cabulryalsinde grmoreig mathematics, fn

In this gigantic laboratory, whichars general scinc re,fsoreinlieature foinemeasures 294 feet by 58 feet, are more arscienerautrhsoyadscathan 140 single pieces of machinery, sineestimated at a value of about $300,000. Fromta the conscientiously gatheredPractically all of these machines are data have comre deductions more re-driven by means of a 50 horse power markable for their consistency and defi-engine with a system of belts, which, niteness than for the generalizationsas -noted, measure about 4,000 feet. they establish. The results reveal a

The entire capacity of the engine is mental shallowness caused by lack ofnot utilized, however, since many of reflection, temporarily compensatedthe machines are now motor-driven. for by periodic pursuit of respectable

Thu, oly bou 27of he 0 hrsegrades. Thus the acquisition of knowl-Thsonly arebonutm7ofted.hos edge, in its true sense, plays a minor

powe aifrensumyed. f ahie role in; an experience of routine memo-Atlat16 D ifferent T ypes of Maci -e rizing and time-saving.

chines are included in the 140 pieces lo- Thtsoltiatine-ftecated there. Among these are: engine sort filed in a recorder's office-is notlathes, speed lathes, planers, punch necessarily an indication of culture.presses, drill presses, and machines for It is in part the fault of the credit sys-thread milling, grinding, milling, temn and in part the fault of studentsbroaching, gear cutting, swagging, who do isot intergrate their studies asprofiling, nibling, high speed riveting, that system permits them to do. Smalland boring. . colleges. both highest and lowest in

The tool room, whichl is completely the report, seemingly are not immune,equipped with all kinds of tools from by virtue of their size alone, to thesemonkey wrenches to micrometers, is maladies.valued at approximately $20,000. Herethe attendant delivers the required in-struments to students with the required M

In the course of the work in the lab- *Xsoratory, many kinds of precision instru-ments are used. One apparatus, mak- ,K..R .... *.* .. ..........ing use of light rays can measure a de- .sg .flection of ten millionths of an inch. .. . .>>The supermicrometer and various opti-mcal machines in use there are also cap-..*:... .s...* :-:. ..>.able of very accurate measurement.

80 Students Use Lab Daily According to Mr. Arthur B. English,

instructor in charge of the laboratory, .*gg...*san average of eighty students work D i: g - --

there each day, presenting a scene of s* > Rs ssactivity which is probably not exceed- sed except in the steam lab. ssSS-* sS~*RR sssss*s>>si .

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Becker and Allenwood, of LastYear's Show, to Assist

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Predicting a "bigger and better"Tech Show for this year, General Man-ager Fired A. Prahl, '35, issued a callfor candidates, yesterday.

Handicapped by the absence of Pro-fessor William C. Greene, who coachedthe Show in other years, ManagerPrahl will be assisted by Robert M.'Becker and Arthur E. Allenwood, whowrote last year's Show.

The Show, following tradition, willbe a musical extravaganza featuringthe most shapely and talented of Tech-nology's impresarios. The plot has notyet been determined but three storiesare now being written for ManagerPrahl's approval.

Tryouts for the cast will be held atsome future date, to be announced la-ter. All students who think they have"that certain extra something," areurged to attend.

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Lefthes, the fast-stepping Junior,was the 155 pounder last year, whilethe hard-hitting Gaughan had to con-cede at least a fifteen pound advan-tage to all his opponents in the 165pound class. Other members of lastyear's team include the bantamweights Norton and Goldsmith andRed Brooks.

MENORAH SOCIETY HASANNUAL FALL SMOKER

Professor W7. T. Hall Was thePrincipal Speaker

With Professor W. T. Hall as theprincipal speaker, the M. I. T. MenorahSociety conducted its annual Fall smo-ker in the 5:15 Club Room last night.

After the talk, a program of futureevents was discussed. The program in-cludes informal talks on current eventsby well known speakers as well as so-cials to be held in conjunction withschools and colleges around Boston.

The first dance of the season will beheld Saturday night in Walker Me-morial.

ALL DOERM FRESHMEN-PRESENT AT MEETING

(Continued from Page 1)course of his opening talk. They werepresented in the order of the locationsof the buildings, Donald C. Gutlebenof Walker, William H. Matchett ofBemis, John G. Mooring of Goodale,Alexander R. Applegarth of Munroe,William H. Parker of Hayden, andReid Ewring of Wood, all of the classof '35.

Walter H. Stockmayer, president ofthe class of '35, then spoke on theimportance of participation in extra-curricular activities. He discussed thevalue of outside interests in the de-veloping of personality and in thesupplying of necessary, broadening di-version.

Transfer Students AreAffected by Tie Rule

It has been the practice in thepast for all transfers at the Insti-tute to wear freshman ties.

A new rule which is now goinginto effect is that transfers whohave been to another school for oneyear only and who are takingeighty percent or more of regularfreshman subjects will be requiredto wear freshman ties. All othertransfers will now be exempt fromthe tie rule.

Dudley M. Dunlop, 101 Ree-vere Street

17. John R. CookPaul J. Shirley

18. Frederic A. JenksArnold F. Kaulakis

IntercollegiatesNationally known sports Nreiters and

artists will be featured in the Univer-sity of Alabama football program thisyear.-Crimson-White.

Over 450 students at the Universityof Alabama are being aided financiallyby the F. E. R. A.-Crimson-White.

11% of the freshmen class at Am-herst are sons of alumni.

-Amherst Student.Am investigation conducted at Har-

vard reveals that the average studentcarries 22 cents on his person.

-Armour Tech News.

Freshman Section Leaders

1. Ross B. TealJohn S. Cleworth

2. David D. WeirAdam C. Gambel

3. Daniel N. Phillips, IIGordon L. Foote

4. Dudley A. LevickRobert Flanagan

I. StearnsTalbot

6. James EmeryThomas F. Griffin, Jr.

7. Harry E. DraperFrederic J. IKolb

8. Leland G. CagwinJdhn I. Hoke, II

9. Walter H. PageJohn J. Carchina

10. Paul B. BlackLouis L. Fireman

11. John J. WallaceRobert E. Sessler

12. N. Leroy HammondRobert A. James

13. Norman E. WeeksChester A. Williams

14. David L. SargentNewton H. Peyton

15. Ian M. Mackenzie.Munroe

Samuel Sterns16. Roberts

This release ends with the pre-remptory command, "To be insertedin TIHE TECH." At any rate it is ofgreat interest to observe the radicalchange in the "funny" magazine'spolicy. We hope it does not jest ilsaying that Voo Doo this year will"' . . . present. . . issues which will ap-peal to the greatest number of read-ers." In reality this is an easy task.All they have to do is to take bothreaders aside and straightforwardlyask them what they like.

"SEASON'S OUTLOOK ISGOOD." SAYS RAWSON

(Continzued hi ont Page 1)Field Day. However, according tothe general opinion around theHangar Gym, the first year men whohave not gone out for their classteams could gain some training andexperience in preparation for theglove fight.

Judging from the results of lastyear's freshman team bouts, a num-ber of sophomores are in line to fillin the varsity berths vacated by JackCarey, Intercollegiate champ, ex-Captain Proctor Wetherill, runner-upin the championships, and ElliottBradford. It is expected that Co-Captains Nick Lefthes and Ed Gau-ghan will handle the 145 and 155

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Mr. Robert Kimball, assistant tothe registrar, the second speaker, ex-plained the complicated rating system-of Technology and stressed the ad--antages of obtaining good grades.He pointed out that marks at the In-stitute are considerably lowver thanthose the freshmen may have obtain-ed at other schools; therefore, heurged that each student produce hisbest work at all times.

In concluding the meeting, RobertScribner announced a freshman tea,the first of its kind, to be given onSunday, October 21, in the BurtonRoom. The purpose of the tea is toacquaint the freshmen with somemembers of the faculty and theirwives.

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nexs story out of it, we submit it toyoau with a few minor punctuations.

The editors and staff of Voo Doo',,ill present once more a volume ofthe M. I. T. "comic" magazine, thepresentation this month being, asusual a FRESHMAN NUMBER.

An array of "snappy" jokes writ-ten by "skillful" staff members anddrawings produced by "gifted" artists6ll greet the eye and lighten (?) theheart of many an engineer andl ar-chitect.

This issue wvill be on sale in theBlain Lobby of Building 10 next week.It ,rill be Voo Doo's policy this yearto present to its clientele, issues whichs ill "apeal to the greatest number ofits readers." PHOS would appreciatecommients, etc., ad nauseam.

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Tuesday, October 95:00--Tau Beta Pi Meeting, East Lounge, Walker Memorial.5:00--5:15 Club Room Committee Meeting, 5:15 Club Room, Walker

Memorial.6:00-Society of Automotive Engineers' Dinner, North Hall, Walker

Memorial.Wednesday, October 10

1:15-Chemical Society Trip to Merrimac Chemical Plant. Leave fromMain Lobby.

5:00-Sophomore Rally, Room 5-330.5:00--Dramashop Tryouts, Room 2-178.

Thursday, October 114:30--Physical Colloquium, "Research in Theoretical Physics," by Prof,

P. M. Morse, "Current Experimental Research in Radioactivity," byR. D. Evans, Eastman Lecture Hall.

5:00-Institute Committee Meeting, Committee Room, Walker Memorial.9:00-Commuters' 5:15 Club Dance, Walker Memorial.

Saturday, October 138:00-Menorah Society Inter-Collegiate Dance, Walker Memorial.

Monday, October 156:15-T. C. A. Dinner, North Hall, Walker Memorial.6:15-Dorm Dinner Club, Grill Room.

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VARRIED BUSINESS ANDWRITING TRAINING ISOFFERED BY THE TECH

Men gain Familiarity with Bus-iness Practices and Print-

ing Shop Management

For 53 years THE TECH has been

serving the undergraduates of Tech-nology, yet very few of the undergrad-uate body not connected with the paperrealize what must be done in order toplace an issue on the stands twice aweek. More than 100 man hours arerequired to produce each issue.

In a newspaper the newsgatheringappears on the surface to be the essen-tial part of the work, but it is in realityonly one of many problems. The vari-ous business departments make it fin-ancially possible for the newsmen to dotheir part, and the editorial and feat-ures divisions help make the papermore than a mere news bulletin.

Newsgathering, however, probablyrequires greater alertness than anyother student activity. Some news isforeseen and may be carefully pre-pared for in advance, but a large partof it "just happens." Nevertheless, un-predicted, it is covered as completely

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The unforeseen events are the truetests of a reporter's ability. A chanceremark often leads to an importantstory. Much news is gained throughmembers of the Faculty and from theadministration offices. All materialcollected by the news and sports menis written up on the day preceding thepublication of the issue. Often thereseems to be nothing with which to fillthe paper a few hours before going topress, but as each of the assignmentsis covered the required copy comes in.

The work put in by the newsmen car-ries its own reward with it. Technologymen have been accused of being unableto state an idea either verbally or onpaper. Newspaper writing gives oneample opportunity to say what he hasto say clearly and concisely and one isrepeatedly interviewing fellow stu-dents, faculty members and men out-side the Institute in covering a story.

Closely allied with the news staff inproducinng THE TECH are the edi-torial and feature divisions. Unlikethe newsmen, the writers in these de-partments can put their owv ideasinto their work. The editorial writingis done by upper classmen who haveserved in some division previously,and have been at the Institute longenough to become acquainted with un-dergraduate problems.

There is much going on at the Insti-tute often as routine work, that is of in-terest to the student body, but which isno news. This matter together withsome of the more important events atother colleges -is written up by men ofthe features group. The photographicwork is handled exactly as a news storyis, and offers opportunity for the indi-

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viduality of the photographer to showitself.

All the written material or "copy"coming from the various departmentsis next given to the night editor, whohas charge of the printing, proof-read-ing, and the making up of his issue. Heedits all the news copy, that of the otherdepartments having been previouslyapproved, and keeps a record of the sto-ries and heads turned in.

About six o'clock the first of the copyis sent to the printers where it is setup on linotype mac'nines. THE TECHis printed at a commercial establish-ment so that the undergraduates get anexcellent insight into the printing bus-iness. The novelty of the surroundingsand the number of intricate machinesand presses give an added interest tothe work.

The night editor is usually assistedby two men, a member of the juniorboard and a news candidate. Thesemen read the proofs of the galleys asfast as they come from the machines,rewrite stories or write heads and sto-ries that are late in coming. Odd er-rors are sometimes made through amisplaced letter and have formed thebasis of innumerable jokes.

The proof-readers guard againstsuch errors, misspelling and mistakesof the machine operator.

Meanwhile, in addition to overseeingthe work of the staff members, thenight editor is planning his pages andthe placing of the stories. After se-lecting the important stories he mustdecide whether to cut them, run thementirely on one page, or continue themin order that there be no gaps.

THE TECH is made up from a dum-my composed in the newsroom beforethe type is set. After all the copy isset, the night editor goes to the printerand assists the compositor in placingthe "lead on the stone" to conform asfar as possible with the dummy. He islimited by five standard make-ups intowhich he fits the copy as dictated by

the requirements of the copy. He triesto give the pages an interesting appear-ance, one that will attract attention butyet does not resort to sensationalism.

After the type is entirely in theforms, and locked, a proof of the pageis taken and examined for errors. Ifthe appearance is unsatisfactory thenight editor may alter the entire make-up. When the final proof has been ta-ken and approved, the paper officiallygoes to press. An old tradition of theprinting trade demands that the print-er's devil go to the nearest saloon andget beer for the entire working forcewhenever an issue goes to press. Themen on THE TECHi have modified thisto partaking of a midnight lunch at thenearest lunch wagon. Still despite mod-ern influences on the trade it still hasa degree of agreeable informalityabout it.

Although the work of the businessdepartment does not receive quite asmuch attention from the reader the en.tire paper depends on it. THE TECHis supported by advertising, the greaterpart of which is sold by undergradu.ates.

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