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Dr. J. A. Serralach in Charge ofCourse for Instructors

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Beginning today, a news course inscientific Germian wtill be instituted atTechnology. Lectures will be giventhree timnes a week from five o'clockuntil six o'clock by Dr. J. A. Serral-lach, a chemist and former lecturer atthe University of Frankfurt-Mlain.Students interested in the courseshould apply to Professor Frank Vogelin Room 2-161.

This course is being ar ranged tomeet the needs of professors, instruc-tors, and graduate students who wishto refresh their knowledge of scien-tific German and broaden it so as toenable them not only to translateGerman articles, but to read them,thinking in the original language. Asthis can only be attained with a smallclass, in which the students receiveindividual attention, the size of theclass will be limited.

Course Covers Scientific SubjectsAs the attendants to that course

wvill have their time w-ell occupied inother duties, the method of teachingwhill be outlined in such a wray as torequire little home workT. The wdorkwill cover the basic terms and phra-ses of the followin- fields: inorganicand organic chemistry, phlysics, physi-cal chemistry, chemical en-ineer ing,and biology. Besides this, the funda-mentals of grammar wvill be included.

Short abstracts wvill be prepared byzthe instructor either fromi currentperiodicals or known German text-books on subjects that lrill be of in-terest to all those taking the course.They will be read, translated, and dis-cussed briefly fromt a grammaticalpoint of view. Demonstrations wvillbe given as far as possible. Follow-ing this, slown and easy talks in Ger-man will be held about the matter.The idea of the course is to conveyGerman feeling into the minds of thestudents bay conducting it in such away as to be of practical and descrip-tive nature and so that after a shortwhile they wvill be able to read scien-tific German without too much efforttor wasted time.

Waste Paper IsExsphesive Item

Baling Costs Institute M~oreThan Price Obtained

When Sold

With the vast quantities of wastepaper here at the Institute, it isnatural to suppose that solve revenueis derived from it. This is not thecase, howvever. iEvery year the costsof getting rid of the paper exceeds

by1 fa h rceta tgeso hmarket. There is a vre1 A good reasonfor this. Often the janitors are seenwheeling small trucks around the

basements. These trucks carry largebzales of waste paper, and theyr are allIstored awvay prior to their sale. Thebaling is L-ade necessary onl accountlof the dangerous fire hazard that|loose paper constitutes. Any publicbuilding has to be saf eguarded

Xagsainlst fire, and the Institute build-ings even more so because of the greatvalue of the extensiv~e equipment.!Confr onted with the problem of

waste paper disposal, Major Smithdecided that baling machines xverenecessary, and consequently severallwere installed in the various buildings.The janitors have only to cat ry thepaper to the basement and place it inthe baler, -where a pressure of 125pounds is applied, and it is securelywrapped wvith wtsire. This is as re-sistant to fire as a bool; or magazine,x hereas a large bag, of loose paper-would fall victim to 'he firstcigarette butt.

Thze next proceedure is to call upseveral dealers and ask for bids, andthe paper goes to the highest I)idder.The cost of the baling is usuallyequal to or greater than the price thatthe paper brings.

Not all of the paper woes into thebalers, however. A special incinera-tor is used to destroy all the checksfrom the office of Uncle Horace, soas to prevent any fraudulency.

to Assure Steady Workfor Heads

Inauguration of the new officers ofthe T."C'. A. will take place at a din-ner imeeting in the Faculty DiningRoom tomorrowv at 5:30 o'clock. Thefirst event on the program. will be ther eport of the heads of the differentdepartments and divisions who willgive tho final report covering the ac-tivities during the entire year. Theinstallation of the new officers willbe made bvy Bursar Horace S. Ford inthe absence of Mr. Percy R. Zieglerwho is chairman of the advisoryboard. Follo-win- dinner a tall; byMr. Wilmer J. Kitchener, supervisorysecretary for the New England Stu-dent Work, will conclude the meet-in,-.

Hu-h Hamilton, '29, the formerpresident of the T. C. A., will presideat the meeting until Henry 0. Patti-son Jr. '30 is inaugurated to the of-fice of president for the coming year.Fred N. Dickerman '30 and ReginaldW. Tarr '30 wtill be made vice-presi-dent and secretary respectively. Boththe Advisory Board and the old andnews cabinets wtill be present.

The cabinet svill include the fol-lowing men in charge of their depart-ments: Richard R. Hall '32, deputa-tions; John B. Hutchins ',°1, meetings;and John Lawrence '32, church rela-tions. In the division of social ser-vice there wvill be: Alfred Cavileer Jr.'32, jail wtork; John K. Mi-nami, for-eign students; and Willis S. Hutchin-son '32, boys' wolk. For the studentservice Robert R. Henderson '32, roomregistry and information; Charles V.

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FRESHMAN FUNCTIONPROVES SUCCESSFUL

Star of "Luckee Girl" Presentedas Guest of Honlor

With six pieces from LeQ Riesnian'sorchestra furnishing- the music thefreshman dance at the hotel Somersetlast Friday night was acclaimed baymany to be one of the best socialevrerts of the season. Mliss Dori sVinton's entrance at twelve o'clockwas the hi--h light of the night, wshenshe wras introduced to the (lancers byJoseph B. Paul, President of thefreshman class.

The dance star ted at nine thirtyo'clock and lasted till twvo o'clock witha half hour interm-ission at half pasttwelve. This first entrance of the|freshmien into social activities was at-jtended by about two hundred couples,including a number of upperclassmen.

At tooelve o'clock Miss Doris Vin-tonl, the star of "Luckee Girl" madeher appearance escorted by Paul whointroduced her as the -uest of lionor

|of the evening. About six chorus{Igirls from the east also appeared dur-in- the evening accompanied bay vari-

Iouls members of the freshman class.|Due to several unforeseen chrcum-Istances Miss Vlinton was unable to|present her specialty act.

|CORPORATION XV TO|VISIT EDISON PLANT

|Corpor ation NV has comlpletedIplans for a trip of inspection to the|plant of the Edison Electric Company|at WNeymouth next Friday afternoon.The officers of the society urge thatIall rmembers avail themselves of thisopporulltnity to inspect this -new high|pressure generatin- station.

The best means of transpor tationIfor those wsho do -not havec ars is to|take the 2:3.5 or the 3:55 train. to|Quincy, leaving South Station. AtIQuincy, trolley cars mray be taken di-Irect to the plant. The number talkingIthe trip still be limited to 35, so it islnecessary for all who wish to go to|sign up as soon as possible in RoomI1-1 80.

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LADDER PLAY WILL|START FOR TENNISiCANDIDATES TODAY

Freshmen Spoken to by ManagerWight and Capt. Cleary

at M. S. Drills,

CAPT. CLEARY STARTS PLAY

Ladder play in the tennis tourna-|nient will start this afternoon whenlCapt. Cleary and Tom Wigglesworth

i neet in the first match for the Var-{sity. The freshman play will also{start, the men playing being Semple and Bender. The tournament will{continue throughout the next few -weeks with at leas't two challengesa week being played.l

The tournament is conducted on the challenge plan. The man whose nameX

>appears below on the list challengesQlthe man above him to a match. The|g match is played and the contestants

change places according to the out- icome of the match. The top man re-|

tains his place at the top if he wins.}Otherwise he changes places with the|man under him that he has played.iEY Freshmen Urged To Compete {

Last Friday afternoon, at the end}of the drill period, Capt. Cleary and

P -!-anager Wight explained the sys-tem of the tournament to the fresh-|

i men. Not all of the men were spoken{to due to the talk being unannounced. The rest of the freshmen will be|spoken to today at the end of the Military Science lectures. MoreIfreshmen are urged to come out as}it is to the benefit of future Varsityi

3tWteams if the men get started during their first year in college. It also|gives the men an opportunity to win|their class numerals.IEAll matches for the freshmen are

Eto be away this year and only one of{the Varsity matches is to be on a{home court. The Varsity match to' be played at home is with Bowdoin|on May 10th and will be held at the{Oakley Country Club. If it has not|

1§already been done, all men who ex-ip ect to enter the tournament shouldI-enter their names at the Tennis deski

K in the M.I.T.A.A. office. The names|may be written on a piece of papersand placed on the desk if no one is|in attendance

SCABBARD AND) BLADE|ELECTS NEW MEMBERS

Ten Men Initiated Into NationaliFraternity of R.Q.T.C.

At a dinner held in the Hotel Ken-n1ore last Saturday, ten men wereinitiated into Scabbard and Blade, theNational Military fraternity whichchooses its members from studentsin advanced R.O.T.C. courses. Thenew members are Francis S. Walker|'30, James G. Muir '30, Joseph G.Heuer '30, Charles R. Prichard, Jr.'30, Morell Marean '30, Frederick W.Holt, Jr. '30, Edward S. Greene, '30,Harold R. Spaans '30, Arnold S. Ac-lkiss '30, and Charles E. Hughes '30.

After the initiation, a regularmeeting auwas held at which the -newlyelected officers presided. The officialsfor the coming year are Joseph Har-Timngton, Jr. '30, Captain; George T.Drady '30, 1st Lieutenant; John B.I\ewvsom '30, 2nd Lieutenant; andRaymond G. Rolin '30, 1st Sargeant,Tho next meeting, which will be heldthe first Wednesday in May, will beda, dinner-tbeater meeting.

MUSICAL CLUBS GIVE]CONCERT AT MILTON

Interspersing their program with'numlerous impromptu numbers, the'Combined Musical Clubs presented aconcert before the Milton Club atthat town last Friday evening. Al-though severly handicapped by thesmall attendance of members, theClubs were enthusiastically receivedbyn the large audience, which -wasl

eg ^ncrou:s wtits apmpleause.The two feature acts of the even-

ing were a Specialty Act by the BanjoQuartette and a group of threexylophone soles by Gardner Harvey'32. A flute solo and a banjo duet,wvhich were not originally a part ofthe program, were present ed as ad-ditional features. Contrary to the'usual custom, there was no dancingafter the concert.

Harvard Aviator WearsTechnology }Frosh. Tie

A Cardinal and Gbray four-in-hand tie was worn by one of theHarvard aviators who sought|terra firma in front of the d-ormi-Itories on Saturday, when their|motor went dead over Tech-nology. At first mnany thought|the wearer of the freshman tieIto be from M.I.T., but he dis-claimed the fact and protested

Ithat he did not buyf the tie at|the Coop. The label showed thatIthe frosh tie was purchased inPhiladelphia, and many wondered

|how the famous neck-piece designIhad erred to such remote places.|The aviator, due to the troubleIhe was having with the machine,|wnas allowedl to keep the tie, butwarned to discard it or sell itto the Coop.

|Signup Campaign forTechniqules Extended

|Since three hundred Techniquesignups have not as yet been re-deemed, the management of the

|yearbook has decided to extendIthe time for redemptions asIfollows: desk in the Main Lobby|from nine to three o'clock on|Monday and Wednesday, andTuesday at Rogers Building.During these periods the signups

|may be redeemed for three dol-Ilars, but after that it will be|four dollars. Those who wish toIhave their names printed in gold|on the book should make arrange-Iments for this at once as the list|will close at the beginning of theIweek.

I BERGUCURATE T.C.AI OFFICERS TUESDAY+W{lilme;' .3. 1,s^i.chener, StudentI Work L-acter, WAvi Speak

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HAMIL'TO(N WILL PRESIDE

,Change Number of Departments

°.tII Lectures InaGerman Begins

Plane Forced Dowvn0i On emorialDrive

Harvard Students Make UnusualILanding as Motor F;ails |

Over BridgeX

Much excitement was caused lasttSaturday afternoon when a small air-plane made a forced landing on thegrass strip in the middle of MemorialDrive directly in fr ont of the Tech-nology dormitories. The machine, aTravel-Air land biplane with CurtisOXX-6 motor owned by the HarvardFlying Club, Auas occupied by two Har-vard students, Erhart Muller and Harold Moon, the latter being theIpilot at the time of the mishap.

According to the story told by the aviators, they wvere on their way to|New York, and when over HarvardBridge the motor suddenly went dead.Looking about for a place to land,Moon selected the long stretch ofgreen turf as offering the best chancefor a safe landing. The machineglided down and stopped after a shortrun, in the center of the grass plot.

Word of the plight of the two menwas sent to the East Boston Airport,and a pilot and mechanic were sentIimmediately. The machine wvas tem |porari'ly repaired, and was then flownn off again in the direction of the Air-port, piloted by Crocker Snow, well-known flyer connected with the field.

COMBINED SOCIETIES MEET ON WEDNESDAY

Talk on Transportation WillFreature Dinnler Meeting

Technology's Combined Profession-al Societies will hold a "Transporta-tion Night" on Wednesday evening,accordin,- to the notices recently sentto all members of the society and tofreshmen who are signed up for thevarious eng-ineeri-ng courses. A sup-per wtill be served in North Hall,Walkier Memorial, at six o'clock, ad-mission to which still be by card ob-tainecl before April 9 in Room 1-163.

M~r. George Hannauer, Presidellt ofthe Boston and Mlaine Railroad, is the main speaker of the evening, his sub- ject being the opportunities for tech-nically trained men in the field oftransportation. Mr. Hannauer -hrill belaccompanied by Mr. Lawrence Rich- Xardson, Chief Mechanical Of ficer, and iWilliam J. Backes, Chief Engineer, Iwho will disculss the stork of the dif-,f erent departments of a railroad. The purpose of the meeting is to give thestudents of the Institute, particularlythe freshmen, a first hand picture ofthe details of modern railway opera-tion.

TIGE JEWETT PLAYS!AT MILITARY DANCE

Ilige Jew~ett's orchestra furnished |the music for the annual military ballllthat was held last Friday in the, Ex-hibition Hall of Rogers. Approximate-

rly 200 couples wrere present at the af-fair which was arranged by a commit-

.tee consisting of Jesse W. Billings '30,

.Lowell M. Moses '30, and Myron W.!Ryder '29. Members of the Military

Science department served as chaper-anes.

T. E. N. PresentsPetroleum Numberl

Many Articles on Technical andGeneral Subjects WEil

Feature Issue

"Petroleum" is the general subjectof the April issue of the TechEngineering Newvs, Ewhich will bie onsale Wednesday and Thursday of thiswNeek. Three articles on this sub-ject -are "The American PetroleumInstitute", "Oil Geology and Produc-tion", and "Oil and Gas Well Fires".The titles are self-explanatory, andthe authors are all men of wtide ex-perience in their field.

Among the articles of general in-terest is one on "Traffic Engineering"by the Traffic Engineer of the Com-monwealth of Massachusetts. Thesubject is the activities of the stateand city of Boston in regard to trafficproblems.

"Engineering and M.I.T.", an articleby President Samuel W. Stratton, isa discussion of the engineering pro-fessions and their presentation atTechnology. "Beyond the Classroom"l'is a non-technical article wdritten byLaurence C. Hamlin '29 giving aglimpse of the social side of life atTechnology, with special references tothe varaious activities.

In addition to these articles, thereare several more on both technical andgener al subjects, and the usualeditorials, departmental notes, andbook reviews

RESIDENTS OF DORMSHOLD FORMAL DANCE

Four Colored Spotlights ProduceNovel Lighting Effect

For the fourth time this year resi-dents of the dormitories made merryat a formal dance held in the NorthH~all of Walker Memorial last Fridayevening. About fifty couples attend-ed, a number smaller than usual, due to the large number of social eventsheld on the same evening. The Col-legian Ramblers, wvho have proved sopopular at the previous affairs, fur-nished the music for the event.{

Dancing l-as held from 9:30 until2 o'clock, refreshments being servedas usual at midnight. The commit-tee in charge, headed by Juel H.Lensch '030, had contributed severalnew ideas to the usual arrangements,chiefly an innovation in the lii-lting,

^llich~ ~ ~~~~~~. cossedetrlyo ou acolored spotlights. INatrons for theaffair wvere Mrs. Robert P. Bi-elowvand Murs. Chlarles R. Goss.l

BEAVER CLUB ELECTS|ELEVEN NEW MEMBERS|

Eleven Sophomores were elected to'the Beavrer Club, honorary Junior society, at a meeting held Fridayvnight at the Phi Kappa Sigma

Ifraternity house. The followsing menIwxere chosen: Joseph B. Birdsell, RalphDavis, Robert T. Leadbetter, EdwardH. Mlack~ay, Jr., Fra-nk L. Mc~night,

ILouis S. Morse, Tinsley V. Ruclier.IIII, Edw,,ard R. Sangster, Kenneth E.ISmith, Robert A. Vorce, and RobertIC. Watson. At the samne meetingLieutenant Samuel G. Frierson wvas|elected an honorary member.

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MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

In charge of this issue: J. W. Bahr '31

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SOCIAL INSTITUTIONSThere should be established at all

large universities a College of Bolog--na. There is a greater -need for theestabishment of this sort of a collegethan for the maintenace of many nowin existence. There is no doubt, inthe minds oi many, that fifty per centIof the freshmen attending the Uni-versity of Minnesota, for instance, aredoing so for the specific purpose ofeither findingZ a husband or a wife, orinhaling a bit of collegiate culture.

There are boys and girls who la-ment over coming ea inatos Theyshudder over the marks they expect.The fear does not come from anyr de-sire to remain in a university, but

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the frequency of the vibrations in thelight will be proportional to the energychange.

Like Little MagnetsWhen an electron revolves in an

orbit" it forms a little magnet andthis is true whether the electron ismoving in a small or large orbit.This small magnet will be affected byan external magnetic force applied tothe atom as in the Zeeman effect.So it is that in all spectra the Zeemap.effect is always found with lines dis-placed or split to about the samieextent in all cases.

When electric forces are applied toan atlom the positive and negative por-tion of the atom are separated a littleand this will be greater in the caseof a large orbit, since the electricalforces inside the atom are weaker.Electron jumps from large orbits leadto violet lines in the spectrum, hencesuch lines are most displaced or splitby these external forces in the Starkeeffect. Sometimes, however, the orbitrevolves so rapidly that no measurableeffects are found. The larger effectsare enormous, compared with theZeeman effect.

Tleketn for all thentrex mayr bebought at BNox-Office Prieex fromx thleT.C.A., Walkcer M~emoril2.

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official News Organ of the Undergraduatesof Mj. I. T.

A Record ofContinuousNews Sericfor 48 years.

Investigation>is by Dr. J. S. FosterYield Startling Results

|in Light Research

According to Dr. J. S. Foster, worldknown physicist and noted authorityon light, nature is sending out lightmessages constantly. These elusivephenomena, no more explicable thanis the Aurora Borealis, have been theobject of active research recently.

The "Starke Effect" as this peculiarnatural function is called, has beeninvestigated exhaustively by Dr. Fos-ter. IT, January, three of his paperswere accepted by the Royal Societyof London, and a public demonstrationof the "Starke Effect" was recentlygiven at McGill University.

Simpler Phenomena Studied FirstIn the science of spectroscopy an

attempt is made to analyze thesemessages and find in them as muchmeaning as possible. Since thesemessages are often complex, as inthe Northern Lights, it becomes neces-sary to first devise and study arti-ficial light sources of a more simplecharacter. By this means a fund ofinformation is accumulated whichmakes it possible to better understandthe great natural sources of light.

Light is produced by atoms, thelecturer pointed out, and is in anycase characteristic of the particularatom under consideration, providedthere is sufficient separation to alloweach to act as an individual. This isrealized in flames, in electric dis-charges, through gases, and in arclights.

Color Analyses Are DemonstratedThe manner in which color analyses

are carried out was next demonstratedwith the use of large prisms and agrating spectograph. The specto-graph had six large prisms and gavea very bright and extended spectrumof the iron are. This instrument wasdesigned and built in the MacDonaldPhysics Laboratory for use in re-search on the Starke Effect. The largegrating spectograph gave four spectra:of the carbon are..

Any attempt to examine the colorof a gold atom by reflected light wouldlead to a different color in each ex-periment. "We must realize that weare in an entirely new field when -wereach atomic dimensions," declaredthe speaker.

Dr. Foster described the interpreta-tion of a spectrum of the hydrogenatom which was first given by Bohr.The atom was compared to a clockwhich is wound by raising a weight.The higher the weight is raised thelonger the clock will run, that is, the.higher the energy level of the weightat the start. So Bohr pictured de-finite energy levels in the atom. Thehigher energy levels are produced bybombarding electrons which knock theelectrons in the atom further fromthe nucleus. When the atomic elec-tron returns, light is emitted accord-ing to Bohr's law w hich states that

MANAGING BOAR D

D. T. Houston '30 .......... General Manag erW. }?. Howard '3 0 ............... EditorCl Connab'.e '30 ........... Managing EditorG}. Smith '30 ............ Business Manager

OFFICES OF THE TrECHWalker Memorial, Cambridge, Mass.

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xL Davis '31 ............... News EditorW. N. Currler '31 ............. Sports Editori:. 1B. Hubbard '31 ... Features EditorEB. S;. Worden, '31 Asst. Mnaging EditorG. M. Roddy '31..Advertising ManagerEL J. Truax '31 ................ TreasurerJ. IC. Minamil '31.-.Circulations ManagerI

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NE:WS AND SPORTSiDE3PARTMEN'rS

Night EdItorxJ. W. Bahr '31 M. F. Burr '31J. R. Swanton '31 S. C. Westerfeld '31F. C. Fahnestock '30 E. W. Harmon '30

News WritersA. H. Felbel '32 S. R. Fleming='3K S. Hathaway '32 E. P. Newman '32

O. W. Burtner '31 E. Pd. McLaughlin '32

Pkotog raphle StnffP. R. Bonnet '31 J. P. Elting '31

Sports WritersP. A. Robert '32

BUUSINESS DEPARTMENTTreas~ury Department

IAssistant TreasurersE. L. Krall '30 D. M. Goodman '31

J. B. Tucker '31Staff

W. Holst '32 H. Swachman '32Joseph Valverde, Jr. '32

Circulation Department StaffL. Cianciolo '32 J. J. Winkler '32L. C. Littlefield '32 3B. D. McLeod '32W. M. Moore '32 W. B. Pierce '32

Advertising DepartmentAxsfixtant Advertising Managers

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ReportersEL Kamy '31 S3. G. NordlingerR. McKenzie '32 R. Thomas0. C. Chapman '31 E. W. SchaferB. L. Clark '32 x- E. McConlnellJ. B. Smith '32 R. A. Puller

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OPEN HOUSEOUR DAYIT is the general opinion among Technology undergraduates that

the coming Open House Day is a faculty effort to sell theirwares. Everyone has enjoyed these events in the past, but therehas been far too little interest on the part of the students in giv-ing ideas for the displays and in developing these ideas into fin-ished products.

All of us have experienced the difficulty in producing ideas.Work we may when some one tells us what to do, but to everyonethere is a remarkable dearth of "brain flashes". You who are ex-pecting an interesting day at Open House-what are you doingf tohelp things along ,'? It is a big task that the committee has under-taken, and they require ideas as well as any other humans.

If you are particularly interested in some phase of your workat the Institute, achy not get in touch with some one of the OpenHouse committee and demonstrate your accomplishments for theenlightenment of our guests? If you are doing something whichall would profit by knowing, why be secretive about it-it is justsuch things which go to make this day valuable.

This day is Our Day. It is for us, and should be by us. Toocontent have we always been to sit back and let the faculty do thework. In so doing, we halve denied the guests great opportunities.In our lack of interest, we have lost the spirit of the day-Open.House Day is to increase public interest in the important thingsWe Students are doing at Technology. The committee has hadto limit its work to showing points of interest with which theywere farnilar, thereby missing matters which the individual stu-dent might easily have shown them.

We have always brought our families and friends to OpenHouse Day. We will continue to do it this year. But how muchgreater will be our personal interest in the "show" if each of usmakes certain that nothing which he is doingr or has knowledge ofis left out of the display.

RE:AL INTELLECTUAL AIDTo1 most students., there is a particular phase of the work of the. English Department which is little known. At least, many of

us may learn a good deal from a communication to the Open ForumEditor, which letter, regrettably, was -not signed and therefore cannot be published.

In spite of all the adverse comment on the specialization socommon in most courses, the English Department seems to havethe right idea. At the beginning of each term there are conductedtouers of instruction in the Boston Public Library in Copley Square.From the information wie have had regardiina them, these toursaxe of anything but a nature so musty and dry as to cause stu-dents' shying away from them.

The communicant, who is himself one of the fortunate initi-ates into the mysteries of the Library, writes thaea friend of his,on returning, was enthusiastic in his approval. "From now- on I'mgoing to take a different tack. Simplyogot to. Can't get by with alot of whoopee in my reports now. I saw wagon loads of all kindsof first aid to the ignorant. Why, from the time Mr. Jamisonshowved us by humorouls remarks about the Statue of Science andFrench's bronze doors that Tech students should feel at home intheir Boston Club, I wuas at the mercy of and stepping along withthe r ioht gulide. Ai-d wse all kept 'close uip'."

It is Mr. W5. Wr. Jamison who is this "right guided" For sev-eral y-ears now he has been taking a lucky few far from the realmsof integrals and forrrutlas inlto a news world. From the experiencedmember, wie have the following: "Yes, the right guide introducedhis sophs to the art of the libralry w hich everybody knows-every-body bult a Tech factory man and r obot. The lecture on Socratesand Idealism meant somethin- more after M e gazed on the paint-ing by Chevannes. Incidentally Jamison insists there is no courseSiner for a Techl man than E22 regular and he pi oves it. I'mI

afraid I did not realize how fine a job 'Tubby' Rogers does everySaturday morning. I liked to sleep after the Friday dances. ButI am humbler and wiser nows. The coulrse helps a man to build aphilosophy of life for himself."

For those of us who are prone to malign Institute methodsfor their lack of real intellectual training, the efforts of the Eng-lish department in this line is decidedly -ratifying. To quote againour informant, "The embryonic grad realizes now that there areinstructors at Tech waho are interested in helping us to help our-selves so that when we graduate we won't be file closers bring-ingup the rear ranks."

StageCOLONIAL : "Billlle'

LWast week to see the Cuhanicmasterpiece, Polly Walker, in apleasing musical story of -NewvYork and 'Newr England.

COPLjEY: "The Ring~er'.Edgar Wallace is said to write aplay a week. If he did this onein a week he's a wonder.

APOLLO: 'Luelkee Girls'.Second week, with the honor-guestof the freshman prom taking thelead. Good comedy furnished byBilly House and Harry Puck.

HOL;LIS: "hAll the King's Men".Adequate piece of comedy, chang-ing occasionally into farce anddrama. Concerning the maritaltroubles of a writer of advertise-ments.

MAJEnSTIC: "'The Skull".Thrilling but unconvincing mys-tery in an abandoned church, -w ithskeletons, skulls, stolen jewels,and apparitions making regularappearances.

PLYMOUTH: "Young Lovre".Dorothy Gish of movie fame ap-pears in a E ery amnusing piece ofyoung infidelities before and aftermarri age.

SHUBEl1RT: "Lovely Lady"~.Mi tzi as a harum-scarum heiresswho refuses to be forced into mar-riage. The Albvertina Rasch balletdoes its bit as supporting enter-tainment.

ST. JAMIFS: *'The Chanmipion'.Imagine our hero's embarrassmentwhen they thinky he's a pl ize-fighter!

TREMONT: "The Silver Swan".Beautiful Viennese operetta w-ithapretentious settings and pleasingmusic.

WILBUR: "Tihe Trinl of Mary Dugan"^.If you haven't seen it Yet, forPete's sake do. The final week.

C0r1lNG I; % EXT WEEK: "Three Cheers"and *'Good Boy".

.ScreenLjOEW'S STATE: "Broadway Melody".

Excellent story of the troubles ofa sister act, w~itll a wow of a miusi-cal show to boot.

MIETROPOLI~TAN: "'The Divine Ladly".PReviewed in this issue.

OLYMPIA~ anld FENWA>Y: "Close Halr-mony".

Nancy Carroll and Buddy Roger'sin a very entertaining story ofbackstage life.

MODERN and BEACON: "sThe Qlleenof tile N-%ight Clubls".

The oxie and only Texas Guinanlin her familiar role as "hostess."

KEIT'H 2VIEMORIALJ: "The Leanter-neck."'

William 13oyd appearing again -isa likeable tough.

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METROPOLITANCombining the world renowned love|

~of Lord Nelson for Lady Hamilton,|the French Revolution, the Battle oflTrafalgar and other contemporaryevents in one picture, "The DivineLady," a First National release, issomething diff erent from the usualrun of mnovies. In the dramatizationof E. Barrington's historical novel,Frank Lloyd has done a creditablepiece of work.

Corrine G-riffith stars as the"Divine Lady" herself. From cook'shelper to English Ambassadress atthe Court of Naples is her achieve-ment, and later, as the lover of thefamous Lord INelson, it is she who isresponsible for the success of theEnglish over the French. Evenmovie make-up could not hid-e her agein the role of a care-free girl, butas the diplomat's wife, she is verygood.

The part of the heroic Lord Nelson,played by a comparative newcomer tofilms, Victor Varconi, is a heavy role,carried well to a dramatic climax. AsLord Hamilton, H. B. Warner per-forms as well as he did in "The Kingof Kings."

Used as movie-goers are to lightlove stories or underworld tragedies,the current Metropolitan offering ishard to watch. It is a stupendous pro-duction, with an immense cast, butcontains such a conglomeration of his-torical facts, presented without muchsense of chronological sequence, thatit requires concentration foreign tomost amusement seekers. There isplenty of action however in the seascenes, for the battles of the naviesare vividly portrayed.

Vaudeville-showv producers -would dowell to stick to their calling. Psuedo-opera is not what movie audiencescome to see. The settings are with-out a doubt extravagant and beautiful,but "Pearls of Bagdad" does not as awhole come up to the colorful back-ground. Walzer and Dyer, comedians,bring a welcome note of humor andclever acting to an otherwise heavyproduction.

A ̂way from thae Grinad

The customary patrons of fraterni-ty affairs might have been dissatisfiedwith the outcome of last week's socialendeavo-urs. Not through lack ofquality but lack of quantity. In factthe regular recipients of bids were leftout in the cold. Aside from thefreshman dance, outstanding amongthe undergraduate social activities in-cluded were one tea-dance and threeformal dinners. Howeover all fourwere by good authority each very suc-cessful in its own way.

PHI SIGMA KAPPALearoyd's orchestra furnished the

music at a delightful tea dance atthe Phi Sigma Kappa house on Sat-urday afternoon. At the affair whichprogressed successfully from 4 o'clock'to seven-thirty, there were presentabout thirty couples including themembers. Tea was served at six andthe remainder of the time was devotedto dancing.

DELTA PSISixty-five wvere present at a reunion

of the present members and al-umni ofDelta Psi on Saturday night. Din-

.ner was served at seve-n o'clock andduring its course the participants en-joyed several interesting speeches.The banquet and what ensued lastedtill one o'clock at which time it wasoff icially over.

SIGMA CHIAt a formal dinner in the Sigma Chi

house on Friday night thirty-twvowvere present. The affair was hon-ored by the company of Mr. and Mrs.J. B. McPherson and Mr. and Mrs.Howard Pankiratz After the dinnera good number of couples w ent toswell the ranks of the FreshmanlIdance and the remainder tvho, it issaid had a sense of pride, moved ina stately manner towards the Copley.

ALPHA TAU OMEGAOn Saturday evening at eight

o'clock the annual A. T. O. alurnni re-union was held in conjunction withthe initiation banquet. Two nationalofficcers wsere among the fifty alumniand active members to take part inthe banquet. After an enjoyable din-ner at the Myles Standish Hotelspeeches were the order of the even-ing until the meeting broke up aroundtwelve o'clock.I

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Larus & Bro. Co. June 1, 1927Richmond, Va.GentSemen:

About five years ago, after tryingout many different styles of pipesfrom the Missouri meerschaum to thegenuine meerschaum, including theupside-down style made popular byVice-President Dawes, and experi-menting with just about all the to-baccos then on the market exceptEdgeworth, I finally decided that pipe-smoking was not for me.

For the last year or so I noticed theboys around the office here usingEdgeworth to the exclusion of allother tobaccos and evidently gettingreal pleasure from their pipes.

In April of this year I was in Canadaon a business trip and decided to takeanother whirl at pipe-smoking. So Iinvested a good share of my savingsin a pipe and a few cents additionalfor a can of Edgeworth.

From then on I have been figura-tively kicking myself around the blockabout once each day when I think ofthe five lean years I put in trying toget along without a pipe. However, Iam trying to make up for lost timeand am succeeding quite Xell. WhyI failed to try Edgeworth long ago willhave to go down in history as anunsolved question. But now that Ihave found it, the years ahead lookrosy to me.

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The handicap meet scheduled to beheld last Saturday was unable to beheld due to the fact that work on thereconditioning of the track had notprogressed far enough. It is hopedto hold a number of these meetsthroughout the Spring term and theywill be started as soon as possible.

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"Lacrosse is the oldest knownathletic contest played on the Ameri-can continent and one of the oldestorganized games in the world. Whenthe first settlers arrived in thiscountry, they were impressed by thewarlike Indian game which they oftenwitnessed. That the game was nota new one soon became apparent tothem, for the well organized andexecuted play, the fervor and excite-ment of the occasion and the dignityas well as leadership of the chieftainsindicated tradition for which scientificmen are now finding full evidence.Excavations disclosed that not onlywere the bow and arrow buried withthe dead in order that the de-parted could enjoy the hunt, butthat the stick and ball, also, wereinterred in order that the preeminentgame of the Indian might be madepossible in the life beyond.

War Game of Indians"The game as played by the Indians

was a form of war maneuver, inwhich hundreds were on a team. Thegoal posts consisted of two treesusually several miles apart and anypart of the intervening landscape wasplaying ground. The stick used bythe redskin was very crude and de-cidedly different from that used bythe player of today. A small,naturally curved oak or hickory treewas cut down, thoroughly seasonedand shaped somewhat in the fashionof a golf stick, with the curve sodesigned as to hold the ball whenproperly balanced. The aborigine hadto catch and throw the ball, whichwas about the same size and weightas the ball now used, with this stick,never being allowed to touch it with

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his hand. One can readily understandthe dexterity and polish that wasrequired to properly catch, balance andthrow, as well as run with the ballwhen so limited in playing devices.

National Game in Canada"From such a beginning the game

jhas slowly developed to its presentform. In recent; years the playing oflacrosse has spread by leaps andbounds in the United States, and thisseason twenty-five per cent more col-leges and schools will be playing thegame than did last year. Besides inthe United States, it is played exten-sively in Canada, where it is con-sidered a national game, Great Britain,Ireland, and Australia. The first in-tercollegiate athletic contest inAmerica was a game of lacrosse,played more than a hundred years ago.

"There is -not, in my estimation, amore soul-stirring and scientific ex-hibition of manly grace, enduranceand strength, that the modern athleteis capable of displaying thanis found in this game. There is -notan idle moment once the ball is put inplay at mid-field, while the rulesgoverning action are so plain and theplay so easily understood at firstsight, that the spectator is thoroughlyin touch with the game fromt itsstart. Tearn play and concerted actionare essential to the modern game yetthere is no game in which individualpolish and cleverness is shown to abetter advantage.

Popularity Grows;"In Maryland over three-fourths of

the schools and colleges are now ae-Itively engaged in preparing theirteams for the season which is soonto begin. Unfortunately the schoolsin Pennsylvania have been slow in in-stalling this game and only a smallpercentage of the sport-loving publichas seen the game. Great interest,was stirred up all over the countrylast year and the game was given atremendous boost by a play-off serieswhich was held at; the close of theseason for the purpose of choosing ateam to represent the United Statesin the Olympic Games.

"Lacrosse is a game that will con-tinue to grow in number of particidpants and importance. And whyshouldn't it? Combining, as it does,a great degree of the ruggedness offootball, the quick passing of basket-1ball, the accurate throwing and catch-ing of baseball. the endurance of crosscountry, and tl~e speed of ice hockey noactivity on the college sport calen-dar surpasses lacrosse for the develop-ment of the body, wvhile co-ordinationof the mind and body, quick thinking,and team play are as essential as inthe best of athletic endeavor. Lacrossehas rightly been termed the fastestgame on two f eet."-BBy S. R. M~iddle-ton, Head Coach of Lacrosse at U.of Pennsylvania, in the "Pennsyl-vanian."

INEW VARSITY CREWDDEFEATS JAY-VEESBY THREE LENGTHS

Yarsity Boat Will be Directedby John F. Bennett as

Acting Captain

JAYC-VEE BOAT IS PICKED

Oarsmen Will Go to AnnapolisSaturday for a Week of

Practice There

After having practiced three daysin the new order Coach Haines an-nounced the final Varsity crew thatwill meet the Navy at Annapolis.The lineup of the Varsity is as fol-lows: Stroke, Otis; number 7, McLeod;6, Richardson; 5, R. V. Bennett; 4,Byrne; 3, Holt; 2, Evans; bow, J.Bennett; coxswain, Karas. John Ben-nett is acting captain of the firsteight. This crew is a combination ofthe old Varsity and the Jay Vees, andis much faster than either of the oldcombinations, having beaten the pre-sent Jay Vee crew three lengths inthe tryouts. The average weight ofthe new Varsity is 178 pounds, whilethe Junior Varsity now averages 168.

J. V. Lineup AnnouncedOn the Junior Varsity this season

will be, stroke, Zurwelle; 7, Landon.6, Captain Tittman; 5, Bourne; 4Dolben; 3, Kohler; 2, Rucker; withWells at bov. This lineup will alsorow in the Navy meet against theINavy J. V.'s in two weeks.IBoth crews will leave for Annapolis

|Saturday, and will be guests of theIMiddies for a week before the -race.IThe two races will be held on theISevern River over the Henley distance|of one mile and 550 yards, which isImuch shorter than the course -nowused by the Technology crews. TheVarsity will use the new Davy

Ishell in the race, while the J. V.'s|will race in the old Davy shell, whichIwas the Varsity boat last year. The|party which leaves next Saturday willIconsist of two crews of ten men, in-c luding two spare men, Coach Haines,Pat Manning, and Manager Hawkins.

IOpponents Evenly MatchedIHaving been on the water sinceFebruary, the Middie oarsmen have

I'had considerably more practice than|the Engineers, but due to the vastIamount of material for the TechnologyIcrews, this advantage has beenIpartly alleviated. The race will beIverv close as the crews are evenlynImatched, the Navv having won by

Wanly a half-length last year.IAfter their Navy race, the Cardinal

Iand Gray oarsmen will meet PrincetonIat home, oll the new two mile course|-nowv being laid out for this year'sIraces. On the following week, theoarsmen will race Harvard on the|same two mile, which is also theIHarvard race course.

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In the announcement of awards ofletters by the Athletic AZVisoryCouncil the name of Robert M. Nelson'30 was omitted. Nelson was awardedthe straight "T" for his excellent workon the basketball team.

IDerMarderosian Wins 145 PoundBout in Amateur Meet

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At a meet held on Friday evening inthe Cambridge Y. M. C. A. by theNew England amateur wrestling as-sociation, Nerses DerMarderosian,captain of the 1929 Varsity wrestlingteam, won the New England Amateurchampionship in the 145 pound class.This meet was an individual affair,and the contestants entered solelyupon their own initiative. Though theEngineer captain did not participatein the meet under the colors of M.I.T.,it is of interest to his Alma Materto follows his progress in wrestlingcircles.

} Has Enviable Record |The winning of this new honor is

I but one episode in the career of the|hardworking captain, after a mostIsuccessful winter season. In the dualI|meets of the past season at the In-lIstitute he met defeat but once, in the||meet which the Engineers lost to ISpringfield College. He lost this bout]to Coe of Springfield by a time ad- vantage after a hard match. In the]New England Intercollegiates held re-|cently at Harvard he won the cham-Ipionship in his class among the col-|Ileges of this section by defeating|King of Tufts and Lifrak of Harvard.IDerMarderosian is a Senior at the In-]stitute. He intends to follow up theI

[victory in New England, and hopes Ito enter the National Intercollegiate|lchampionship meet which lvill be heldin the near future.l

| Other M.l.T. Men Enter lThe other wrestlers from the Var-

sity team wvho entered the matches at{the Y. M.I C. A. were Axf ord, Perkins, and Vassolotti. These men xvere all striving for amateur honors. Vas- solotti reached the semii-finals but Wvas|defeated by the opponent of D~er- Malrderosian.I

The changing of the date of the In-terclass Meet to before vacation willno doubt have a material effect on the

| number of entries. Hitherto the meethas been held during the Spring Re-cess in conjunction with the JuniorWeek program.

Freshman tryouts will be held forthe gym team this week in Walker. Inthese tryouts each man is urged tocompete in as many events as he isable to as it gives them a good chanceto get to be an all-round competitor.

In connection with the review ofthe Varsity boxing season which wasrecently published it is of interest tomention the freshmen, many of whom |will aspire for positions on the Varsitynext year. These yearling boxers hada hard schedule and, though they lost Ievery meet, they acquitted them-Iselves well for men of little experience.

One of the freshmen who will be1heard from in the future is Daniels-,who boxed in the 135 pound class dur-ing the past season. In the NewHampshire meet he won by a decision.Another promising freshman is Shultz,who won a technical knockout in thesame meet, boxing in the 160 poundclass. Captain McDonnell, in the 145class will also give a favorable ac-count of himself if he enters theVarsity ranks in the fall. Amongthese men there is good material uponwhich Coach Rawvson can build in thedevelopment of future teams.

After a hot period of competitionthe Varsity crews are well settledand ready for intensive training forthe first meet. The number of menavailable for the Varsity heavy boatsis unusually large this year, and thissort of competition cannot fail tohave a good effect on the crews thatis moulded out of the melee.

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Work on the track is progressingwell. It has been raked and leveled.Rolling is yet to be done but it isexpected that it will be ready by Tues-day or Wednesday.

The first meet that the Varsity willcompete in this year is the Penn Re-Ilays to be held on April 26 and 27 at|Philadelphia. It was origi nally in-|tended to send tango teams, one to com |Ipete in the Medley relay and one to |takse part in the one mile class 13championships. It has been decided ZInot to send a team to run in the Med-Iley Relay. I

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Mr. J. P. DenHartog of the Research Department of the WestinghouseElectric and Manufacturing Company will give two lectures on "TheMechanics of Plate Rotors for Turbo-Generators".

These lectures are primarily for seniors in the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment, but students of the third year or students of other courseswho are interested are invited.

Colloquium. Messrs. J. R. Shea and C. D. HartMonday, April 8 and Tuesday, April 9, 3 P.M., Room 10-275

Messrs. J. R. Shea and C. D. Hart of the Kearny Works of the WesternElectric Company, will present a colloquium on "Manufacturing Problemsarising in the Production of Telephone Cable."

The colloquium is open to members of the instructing staff, graduateand senior students and the junior Honors group.

Hydraulic Experimentation Dr. Ing. Theo)dor RtehbockTuesday, April 9, 2 P.M., Room 5-330

Dr. Ing. Theodor Rehbock, Professor of Hydraulics at the TechnischeHoehschule of Karlsruhe, Germany, will give the last lecture in the serieson "Hydraulic Experimentation". The subject of his final lecture will be "Ex-periments Executed in the River Hydraulic Laboratory at Karlsruhe; andtheir results." The lecture will be illustrated by moving and still pictures.

The lecture is open to students and members of the instructing staff.Police Warn Operators

of Out-of-State Autos

Members of the police depart-ment have been active about theInstitute during the last weekin tagging those cars with licenseplates from other states. Thosestudents who have neglected toobtain Massachusetts registra-tions will find themselves in con-siderable difficulty unless suchregistrations are obtained beforeWednesday, according to the dic-tum of the police. Massachusettslaw requires that a car be regis-tered in this state if remaininghere more than thirty days.

CalendarMlonday, April 8

3:00-Colloquium on "Manufacturing Problems Arising in the Production ofTelephone Cable" under the auspices of Electric Engineers' Club,Room 10-275.

5:00-M. I. T. A. A. Meeting, Committee Room, Walker.Tuesday, April 9

3:00-Continued Colloquium under Auspices of Electrical Engineers' Club,Room 10-275.

5:30-T.C.A. Installations Dinner, Faculty Dining Room, Walker.6:00-T. E. N. Dinner, North Hall, Walker.

Wednesday, April 106:00-Combined Professional Societies Supper, North Hall, Walker.

Thursday, April 1112:00-Faculty Club Luncheon, Faculty Dining Room, Walker.

Friday, April 12All Technology Carnival, Armory.

4:00-Corporation XV Trip to Edison Electric Plant at Weymouth.Saturday, April 13

3:30-Activities 'Tea Dance, Faculty Dining Room at North Hall, Walker.Varsity and Junior Varsity Crewvs vs. Navy on Servern.

INSTRUMENTAL CLUBThere will be a rehearsal of the

,,--strumental Club in the East Lounge,Moonday, April 8th at 5 o'clock.

INTERFRATERNITYThere will be a meeting of the In:

terfraternity Conference at the PhiSigma Kappa House, tomorrow nightat 8 o'clock.

.. CORPORATION XVMembers are invited to attend the

trip to be made Friday afternoon tothe Edison Electric Plant at Wey-mouth. The party will leave the In-,

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rather because of the wrath of par-ents. It is because of parents who in-sist that their children acquire at leasta year's culture in college, that theCollege of Bologna would have a largeenrollment.

The College of Bologna would befilled with students whlo lvish to ac-quire a year's reputation as a studentin a university without contributingany mental effort. The College of~Bologna would refresh the minds ofthese worried students. It would per-mit a freer circulation of socially in-clined students. But without a doubt,the prejudice of Academic minds wouldprohibit the establishment of any sortof an institution at Minnesota.

-MAlinnesota Daily.

SARTORIAL SLAVESAnd nowv at last the collegiate Cati-

lines have abused the sartorial pa-tience just a little too long. Styles aredestined once again to stiffen,, andthe comfortable loose-fitting suit todie on the altar of salesmanship andvanity. Will the eonservtative colle-giate stick to his -uns?Probably not;he may be sensible, but his fig-leafcomplex is too deeply ingrained.

-Cornell Daily Sun

Nearly one-third of the fraternitiesat Southern Methodist Universityfailed to compile a "c" scholastic:average during the fall semester.Throughout the same period sororityrecords were far higher; with the-lowest feminine group ranking justbelowv the highest fraternity in

-acaemicexcellence. Greek- lettersocieties at the Dallas universitywhich do not maintain the requisiterecord, are barred from either pledg-ing or initiating new members untilthey are again on a par with thegeneral all-university average.

stitute at about 4 o'clock. Those in-tending to go must signup in Room1-180 as soon as possible.

POLO PICTURESThose who have ordered pictures

of the Varsity polo team may securethem at any time from Alexis Kon-onoff, Suite 3, 171 Hancock St. Cam-bridge St.

SENIOR ENDOWMENTInformation on the Senior Endow-

ment plan can be secured in Room3-213 at any time.

i Rogers Notes

Three years at Ecole de BeauxArts, three years at the most famousfinishing school for architects andartists in the world, three years inGay Paree are going to the winner ofthe Twenty-second Paris Prize Com-petition. It is the height of ambitionfor most architectural students in thecountry; A Paris Prize man in this fieldranks with a Rhodes Scholar.

Two Technology fifth year men havejumped off the top floor of Rogersand have almost reached that goal,for Wayne F. Koppes and Joseph D.Murphy have designed their waythrough the competition preliminariesuntil they are nosy in the finals. Thefinal problem will be given out aboutApril 2 in New York, and then thefinalists will think-, sketch, draw, randrender for a period of ten wveeks.Let us pray, brethren, that an M. I.T. man may once again walk awayfrom Newv York; w^ith a T-square andtriangle under one arm, and the ParisPrize under the other.

Important social functions havereached their conclusion for this yearat Rogers. But, accordin- to MilesR. Gray '29, president of the Architec-tural Society, the Commons Roomatmosphere will soon become morefoggy than usual with the fumes ofone or two smokers which are beingplanned.

But the first year men are doingsome muttering of their own1 sincethis disgrace; frequent resolutions tostart rendering before the last day onthe next problem are floating around,the Grade I design room. The generalsubject for this new~ opportunity hasbeen revealed and the frosh have beenlaboring industriously in the librarythis week learning about "loggias"in preparation for the preliminarysketch next Tuesday. We understand that prayer meetings will be held'

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Public school and college statistics.as revealed by federal governmentfigures, show that the educational sys-tems of the United States have beenbenefited by prohibition, and theyshow, also, that the increasing nunm-ber of persons in the schools and col-leges afford additional opportunitiesfor the spread of the truth aboutprohibition, contends Dr. Ernest E.Cherrington, general secretary of theWorld League Against Alcoholism.

"School statistics show," says Dr.Cherrington's statement, "that in thecollege year, 1915-16, a wet year, therewere enrolled in the colleges and uni-versities of the United States 164,-075 men students and 95,436 womenstudents, a total of 259,511. In thedry college year of 1925-26 there wereenrolled 509,732 men and 313,163women, a total of 822,895, a treblingin a decade.

300 Percent Increase Shown"A stronger showing is made by

setting down the total enrollment of1912-16, as compared with 1919-26.excluding the war period when manyyoung men and women were abroad.In the wet period the total enrollmentwas 894,373. In the dry period thetotal enrollment was 2,173,675, ornearly three times as great, while thepopulation of the country in the sameperiod. increased less than 25 per cent.The heavily increased enrollmentbrought with it a consequent increasein college officials, professors, tutorsand employees.

"In the wet year of 1916, the totalpopulation of the United States be-tween the ages of 5 and 17, fromwhich public school enrollment isdrawn, was 26,846,976. Of these chil-dren 20,351,687, or 71 per cent, wereenrolled in school. Of those. enrolledthere was an average daily attendanceof- 1,358,927, or an attendance percent of the enrollment of .75. In thedry year of 1926 the, school popula-tion was 30,063,621, of whom 24,741,-468, or 81 per cent, were enrolled inthe schools. The average attendanceof those enrolled was 19,855,881, or83 per cent.

"In the wet year of 1916, therewvere employed in the public schools622,371 teachers; in 1926, dry, thenumber of teachers was 814,169. In1916 there was expended for all costsof public schools the sum of $640,-717,053. In 1926 the amount of moneythus expended was $2,016,813,685, orthree times as much as in 1916.

Pattison Is New

T. C. A. PresidentTo Vote on Incorporation of New

Article in constitutionat Meeting

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Dolan, book exchange; Stanley S.Rudnick '32, theatre service and The-odore E. Riehl '30, freshman service.

Mr. Pennel M. Aborn will remain incharge of the Undergraduate Em-ployment Bureau and the generalmanager of the Handbook will be thepresident, Henry O. Pattison. LouisS. Morse, Jr. '31 and G. Burton Deni-son Unc. will be managing editor andbusiness manager. H. Edward Mar-vill will be in charge of the blotter.

Four cabinet positions are beingcut out and four more are being com-bined to two so that the heads of thedepartments will have steady workduring the year. The theatre serviceis the new department which has beensuccessfully organized this year.

At the first cabinet meeting onApril 23, two of the cabinet memberswill be elected to the Executive Com-mitteo. A new article in the T. C. A.constitution will be voted on. Thisstates that "At the end of each fiscalyear there shall be placed on a plaquethe name of the department head who,in the opinion of the officers, has donethe best work and developed most hisdepartment." This is being done sothat there shall be a permanent noteof the good work done by a depart-me6t head.

Yesterday L. Hsun Lee '32 went ona deputation to the Young People'sSociety of the Reading Congregation-al Church. He spoke, to a group on"Student life in China.

Women of the University of Oakla-homa have accused the fraternitymen of compelling the pledges to mem-orize set lines in love-making compiledby the upperclassmen. They lamentthis production of stereotyped loverand ask for a return to individualityin love-making.-Campus.

T.E.N. MAKES PLANSFOR INFORMAL DINNER

Members of the staff of the TechEngineering News vill held an infor-mal dinner in the Faculty DiningRoom of Walker Memorial tomorrowevening at six o'clock.

These meetings are a regular fea-ture, one being held just previous tothe appearance of each issue of T.E.N.l he purpose of the meetings is tostimulate interest in the publication.At tomorrow's meeting, Colonel F. L.Locke, Personnel Director of the Insti-tute, is to be the speaker. All men inany way connected with T. E. N. arerequested to attend.

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