Vol. XLVI No. 2 CAMBRIDGE, MASS., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1926 Five CentsI, I.... -. . .

I . .le -I-.-

---- .-- ...... . . .~l . I

· B----- �C I

FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES

HE annual mid-year competition for positions on-the staff ofT THE TECH opens tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock with ashort meeting in the West Lounge of Walker. We can trainthe number of men set forth in the following list:

News and Spoots Department -.-.----..--.--.-...-..- 10Editorial and Features Department -.-.-..-.--.---- 8Business Department ------------.--.---------. --... ..----- 12

The work is interesting and the.training will prove inval-uable. If you -want to gain first hand experience in businessor :he ability to express youarself clearly in writing, come tothe, meeting and let -us tell you about the. competition. You needhave had- no experience. Come oult!

I

I I

11

tFENCING TEAM IS|TO MEET HARVARD

TODAY IN WALKERSeveral Veterans Are Back

To Help Team in FirstContest of Year

SHAVE BEEN MINUS COACH

I Second Meet Will Be Held|With Bowdoin Nexrt| ~~Saturday

After practicing faithfully practical-ly all of the first term, althoughthey have been without the services ofa. coach for the majority of the term,the fencing team open their schedulethis af ternloon, meeting Harvard inNorth Hall at 4 P. M. This is the first-of two meets this week, the second-on~e being with B3owdoin on Saturdayafternoon in North Hall.

These two meets will be about the,only opportunity that the Technology

t supporters will have of seeing the' fencing team in action, as the remain-der of the meets are away. ManagerWilson has arranged a stiff schedule-for the duelling foilsmen, with sev--eral lonng trips, during the middle ~ofthe season.

For vetel ans the team is in good-shape this year with Captain Sam ColeI> veteran of three years, former cap-tain Joe Levils, winner of second placein the intercollegiates last year. Haw-thorne, another man who has been onthe Varsity several years. With thesemen as a nucleus around which tobuild the team, the Tech men despitetlle f act tnat they have no cocah will'b le able to give any team a hard bat-

Xtle.To meet Harvard in the first contest

-of the season is rather a hard nut forthe Engineers to crack but they a-rein good condition because of their long-session of -practice. Th~e crimson col-lege always have a good set of fencers,and this year's team is no exception.iThe Technology season culminatesin a quadrangular meet betw-eenl Har-vard, Yale, Dartmouth and Technologyto be held in Cambridge on the 20th of

Mach. The two winning teames intziS competition and the first two in-dividual winners will go to New Yorkwhere they will participate in the In-tercollegiates. The intercollegiate areheld the first of April.

Since negotiations for a coach fromBelgium have failed to, materialize illthe, arr ival of a fencing mentor, the' foils team has been coachless but the

fiveterans on the team have been do-ing their bit in the developmnent of

ithe team by instructing the new men.

START COtMPETITIONiFOR ME:DAL DESIGN

A competition open to all graduateand undergraduate students in theInstitute is to be held to secure a

Rs uitable design for a medal to be o f-fered as a prize for work in a-eronau-tics.

fiA prize -of $25.00 will be awarded forthe best design and $10.00 for thesecond best, and in case any one of

Xthe designs is accepted and a diemade from it a replica of the medalin bronze will be given to the stu--dent submitting the design. The win-

%ning designs wll be selected by a com--mittee composed of Professur William'Emerson, Dr. J. H. Means and Profes--.sor E. P. Warner.

All designs must be submitted toProfessor Emerson or Professor War-ner before 5.00 o'clock, Tuesday,"February 23rd, when th-e competitioI],closes. Rules and suggestions areg-iveAn nn poste-.rs of "'Medal DesigEnCompetition" posted in the halls.

BELGIAN PHYSICIST| WILL LECTURE HERE

Professor Th. De Dondeer, professor of Mathematical Physics at theUniversity of Brussels, is coming tothis country under the joint auspiceslof the Commission for Relief in Bel-:gium Educational Foundation and theInstitute. He will be here for tenweeks to deliver two series-of lecturesCommencing March 22.

"The Theory -of Relativity" is thesubject of the first. series§ and the,other is the "Mathematical Theory ofElectricity." One lecture of each se-ries will be- delivered eah week, themeetings being- open to all interested.

Profesor DeDondeer, together withMdd~Ington of England, is-one of theeoutstandin~g authorities on the Ein-ztein Theory, of Relativity.

Vr;III,

I

1

Continuous News ServiceFor 45 Years

Competition Opens

For A. A. Managers

There is a wonderful oppor-tunity for freshmen to win posi-tions in the managerial depart-ment of the M. 1. T. A. A., with

competition 'leading to a mana-ger's position in the junior year,now open. Besides the follow-ing list of freshmen, Sophomoresalso are needed for Basketbaliand Golf manageral competiton.

Report at A. A. office any af-ternoon this week at 5 o'clock.

Freshmen needed:Basketbal I... ....... 1 Gymq ............ ".......3Boxing a............. ....2 R ifle ........... 3Crew ........ .... 6 Track ........... 3Fencing ......... 2 Tennis .......... 3Golf .......... ..... ..... 2 Hockey 2

all were quartered at the homesthe Alumni or in fraternity houses.

Of

Annual competitions in all de-partments: business, editorial,New and Sports, of THE TECHopen at a mass meeting to beheld in? West Lounge, Walker, to-morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock.All men interested in enteringcompetitions leading to positionson the Associate Board, shouldattend this meeting. No pre-vious experience Is necessary.

Itomolirow at 12:30 o'clock.I

In response to a demand for someform of chapel to be held at the In-stitute, this series of services is beingstarted, this term under the directionof ethe, T. C. A. Prominent business,educational or religious men will de-liver short addresses and short devo-tional exercises will complete the ser-vices, which will be held every Thurs-day during the! noon hour.

CALENDARWednesday, February 10

4:00-Aeilonautical Society ManagingBoardl meeting, room 3-312.

6:00-U. S. Chemical Warfare Societydinner meeting, Nrorth Hall.

Thursday, February 1112:30-T. C. A. Devotional meeting, East

Lounge.1:00-Chemical Society Trip to Revere

Sugar Refinery. Meet at Chemical de-maItment headquarters.

5:00-Institute CSonlmittee meeting, F,4c-ulty Dining Room.

r riday, 'February 125:00-Sedgewich Memorial Lecture, Hunt-

ington Hall, Rogers.5 :00-Chemical Society officers meeting,

room 3-312.5:00-Meqcing of Song book Committee,

Walker 'Committee Room.5:15-Chess Club meeting, Walker .Li-

brary.6:00-N. E. Section, American Chemical

Society, Supper, North Hall.

Sunday, February 144:00-Popular Science Lecture, Prof.- Prankflin, room 10-250..

''.0 , Official

Undergraduate News Organ

ofTechnology

TECH SHOW TRIPIS ENLIVENED-BYGENEROUS ALUMNI

Dinners, Dances and Recrea-tion Facilities Provided

By Graduates

INSPECT UNION COLLEGE

Statements from members of thecast and management of 1926 TechShow all indicate thtat they were wellreceived and royally entertained by,the Alumni on their trip last week. AsM. A. Collins '27 puts it, "The enterTtainment was just plain lavish."

While in Hartford a party for thecast and management was arranged at-the Cadawaller home in Manchester,Conn. From Hartford they traveledby special train to Pittsaurg.

In Pittsburg a supper was given tothe entire company at the UniversityClub and recreation was provided inthe nature of a swim at the PittsburgAthletic Club. After the show a dancewas held which was attended by manyfriends and relatives of the alumni;music was furnished by some of theTech Show orchestra and some spe-cialty acts were put on by the showmembers, impromptu. This party wasvroted the best of the trip.

In Buffalo lunch was served at theBuffalo Athletic Club and a tea dancewas held in the afternoon at the Dan-forth hoane, the entire company in at-tendance. After the performance inthe evening a dance was given forthe company in the Consistory Thea-ter building.

Dinner in Schenectady was fur-nished by the Alumni at Union Gol-lege after which an inspection of thecollege was made. After the show

DORM DANCE TO BEHEL D NEXT FRIDAY

Morey Pearl's orchestra has beensecured to furnish music for the in-formal Dorm Dance to be held Friday,February 19 in the Main Hall, Walk-er, from 8 to 12 o'clock. Matrons forthe affair will be announced in a fewdays.

Tickets will be put on sale tomor-row and Friday lin the Main Lobbyfrom 12 to 2 o'clock, and the sale willcontinue throughout next week. Thecharge will be $2.00 a couple.

The same orchestra played at oneof the earlier dances of the year. Inthe previous engagement they ren-dered a good account of themselves,and they are expected to give a goodprogram next Firiday.

During the remainder of the year,arrangements for Dorm Dances willbe in charge of junior assistants ofthe'Dorm Dance Committee. All de-tails for the coming event are incharge of E. R. Hayes '27.

Professor LewisTo Be Speaker At

Minnesota School

Will Speak at University of

Minnesota-To Address

Duluth Alumni Also

Professor W. K. Lewis '05, Head ofthe Department of Chemical Engineer-ing will address the students of theSchool of Chemistry, University ofMinnesota, on Fe;bruary 16th. In theevening he will speak at a meetingof the Faculty of the Chemistry andPhysics Departments and Graduatestudents.

"A New Wethod in En-inecring Ed-ucation" will be the subject of thestudent address. Professor Lewis willtell of the methods employed in theSchool of Chemical Engineering Prac-tice of the Institute and the systemof having students at the various sta-tions at industrial plants. With thissystem, graduate students and someunder-raduates are sent to certain des-ignated plants and there work underthe supervision of Institute instruc-tors, usually for a six mnonth period.

At the evening meeting ProfessorLewis will discuss the "AmorphousState of Matter," and will also give abrrief resume of the morning address.A film will be exhibited showing thework of Technology students at oneof the stations.

The Technology Alumni at Duluthwill hear Professor Leiwis on F'ebru-ary 15, and at that meeting he willtell of the work of the School ofChemical Engineering practice.

LECTURES ON ATOMIC| THEORY TO BE GIVEN

Dr. Darrow to Deliver ThreeLectures in March

|T~hree lectures on "C-ontemporaryAtomic Thelory" will ibe delivered ibyDr. Karl K. Darrow of the Bell Sys-tem Laboratories, the first on Friday,|March 5 at 2 o'clock in room 10-275|and the remaining two at the samehour and, in the same room on March12 and 19. These lectures are open toall interested and are to be attendediby graduate students and Seniors in|Course VIT4C, Dnepartment of Elec-trieal Eingineering.

i'Mr. Darrow is a graduate of theI niversity of Chicago, University ofParis, University lof Berlin, and re-Iceived his Ph.D in physics at the Uni-versity of Chicago in 1917. Mr. Dar-row was formerly engaged in pre-paring studies and analyses of putb-lishbed research in various fields ofI hysics for the W;estern Electric Com-pany. He is now reviewing scientificliterature -for the Bell System Lafbora-tories and is the author of a series of|papers on "Some Contemporary Ad-vances in 'Physics" which have ap-|peared regularly in the Bell SystemT~echnical Journal since October 1923.These papers are icomprehensive "ab-stracts and reviews of such recentresearches in physics as appear tohim of special interest."

After the lecture the speaker willbe glad to answer questions or to-confer with those interested in rele-vant rproblems.

CONCERT SERIESIS PLANNED FOR

STUDENT BODY

|Will Be Under The Direction ofMr. Arthur Whiting of

Boston

THREE CONCERTS IN ALL

First of Series To Be GivenNext Tuesday at the

Institute

Co-operating with the Corporation ofthe Institute, Mr: Arthur Vhiting, wellknown Boston musician, will present aseries of three concerts Felbruary 16,March 9, and -March 30 at 8:15 o'clockin room 10-250. All members of the,staff of the Institute and their fam-ilies, as well as the students, are in-vited to attend.

These concerts are taken from aseries which Mr. Whiting has beenpresenting at Yale, Harvard andPrinceton Universities, and areplanned to give a brief insight intoseveral different periods of musical his-tory. Mr. Whiting wilI preface eachconcert withia short outline of theparticular period under discussion, andhe and his associate artists will followhis comments by the playing of il-lustrative numbers. The programs areoffered as an informal addition to theseries of general studies given as apart of the class room work.

WVhiting Well Known in Boston

For a number of years Mr. Whitinghajs presented a series of 18 concertsat the leading Eastern universitiesunder the auspices of the music de.partments of these schools. As it haslong been felt that there is a lack ofmusical appreciation at Technology,the Corporation decided on this series-of concerts, and, through the co-oper-ation of Mr. Whiting, secured him andhis associates to present the three pro-grams.

Mr. Whiting was for many yearswell known to the older generationof music-lovers in Boston as one ofthe leading interpreters of the musicof Brahms. He is an accomplishedpianist and also plays the clavichord.Besides this Mr. Wlliting has alwraysbeen noted as an ardent advocate ofmusical education.

FIRST OF RELIGIOUSSERVICES TOMORROW

Christian Association CompliesWith Chapel Demands

Professor Soamell of the EnglishDepartment of the School of BusinessAdminihstration of Boston Universitywill be in charge of the first of theweeldy religious gatherings to be heldthis term in the East Lounge, Walker,

FROSH-LACONIADEBATE PUT OFF

World Caurt Action in SenateCauses Delay-Varsity

To Meet Tufts

.Word has been received from thedebating officials of the Lacania HighSchool that they desire to postponeindeiinitely their World Court debatewith the freshmen, scheduled for Feb-ruary 13, because the recent action ofthe Senate has made this a settledmatter and thus not of value as asubject for debate.

It is quite probable that the ;word-ing of this proposition will be chang-ed to fit the new conditions now ex-isting, that is, the teams will debatethe Nvisdom of the Senate's ratifica-ti ion of this measure. However, noth-ing de-finite has been decided upon atpresent, either as to the new propo-sition or the date of the meet.

Negotiations are now being madewith the freshman debaters of BostonUniversity for a debate in the nearfuture, and the plans for this meet,*ill be announced shortly, accordingto D. M. Fuller, the debating coach.

Tufts varsity debating team willmeet the Institute team Friday even-ing, February 19, in room 5-330, to de-bate the question, Resolved: Thatthe United States 'should enter theLeague of Nations.

The visiting team has had two de-bates with Bowdoin on this question,taking a different side each time, andhas won both debates. To counteractthis, Coach D. M. Fuller of the Tech-nology te~am will use a team made upentirely lof men who have had a greatdeal of experience in debating.

Two members of the Institute teamhave already been chosen, there beingJ. W. W. Sullivan G. and H. H. Burt'29. The other man will be decidedupon very shortly, and will be an-nounced later by the coach, togetherwyith the names of the judges and themembers of the Tufts team.

FRATERNITY COUNCILTO HOLD TEA DANCE

-On Friday, February 20, the Inter.Ifraternity Council will hold its firsttea dance of this season. The dancewill be held from 4 o'clock until 7o'clock at the Fraternities Club at 397Commonwealth Avenue.

The social committee of the Inter-fraternity Council has obtained "TheTunesters," well known to Technologydancers, to play. Tickets will bethree dollars a couple, and all ta'blesare reserved.

IPROFESSOR WARNERI WRITES FOR REVIEW

Tells of Airplane Travel OverEurope Last Summer

Ali "Aeronautical Engineer Abroad"by Professor E. P. Warner '17, Headof the Aeronautical Course, is one ofthe features of the February issue ofT he Technology Review, the Alumnimagazine.

Quoting the Review, the story gives"views on many more phenomena in| u,rope than those merely seen fromthe air." The article is accompaniedby a number of photographs takenduring the trip. Of interest is thefact that Professor Warner usedairplanes whenever- possible as anmeans of tranlsportatio.ll Not onlyd~o-es he discuss aerollautical oondi-tions in Europe, but comments on thepolitical and economic situation inseveral countries are made,

Professor R. E. Rogers has writ-ten the story of the annual banquetof the Alumni Association held lastmonth in Boaston. On the first pageis a wo~odcut by Kenneth Reid '18, ofMr. D. W. Morrow who was -the prin-cipal speaker at the banquet. Thecover design is another of the pencilsketches of the series of the Ilstitutebuildings by Samuel Chamberlain '18.

- -a I .GD .. _--: * . r !~ ,. 2- -I.s. -A -1, .

- Is . T E --E.. 11i1

I

. ! I . I

I

I~ ~~~otn otOfc

In charge of this issue John Lovejoy '29

Shoe Problems Solved

M. P. TOOHY13 Dunster St. Cambridge

NEWT LOCATION

L A

IS OPEN TO ALL TECH MENWALKER MEMORIAL DINING SERVICE

SCOTT'S REDUCTION. i~~~n

Young M~en's ClothesA choice selection of Young College and Bus'iness

Alen 's suits and overcoats at substantial reduetions. |

These garments, made in our own workrooms from selected materials, are quality values without competi- -tion.

(Youing Mlen's Dept. 2nd Floor).

336- to 340 'Washington Street, Boston

I

I -

I

i

40 Years Ago This WeekA professor recently described optics

as fascinating. Many found it so illthe recent examinations if the defini-tion given by Webster is accepted.Fascinating: hard to get away from.

The gentlemen's indoor meet whichhad been planned and was to includesparring, wrestling, and fewcing wasgiven up because of the lack of genl-tlemen.

25 Years Ago Th is Week

I"LOYALTIES"

The instinctive tendency of a classto clannishly hang together in defenseof one of its members is powerfullybrought out by Galsworthy in his playof racial differences: "Loyalties."With brilliant lines that remind one-of "Disraeli" he gradually builds upan atmosphere Of criticism against arich young Hebrew who has set him-self outside the pale by accusing afellow guest at a country house.

Though fearing the accusation truth-ful, the fellow club members stand

firmly on the side of one of their -race,and staunchly try to refute the damn-ing evidence of the Jewr. The audiencesided with the former officer whosecraving for excitement had lead himin a hasty moment to commit a crimeunworthy of a gentleman, and wasquite disappointed at the rather unfor-tunlate ending, concurring with theBritish idea that "the greater thetruth, the greater the libel."

De Levis, the wealthy Jew, whoproves himself such a thorn in theflesh, is an interesting bit oif charac-ter study. Racial characteristics, sub-merged by a desire to climb socially,are annoyingly apparent when he findsevery one siding against him in selfdefense.

Though a trifle too emotional ipspots, where the actors were a 'weemite too distressed, the play was mosteffective. The loyalties to family,race, and club wvere exceptionally wellhandled. Taken as a whole or bit

lby bit, "Loyalties" is of the highestq uality, well worthy of Galsworthy.

W. A.

"JOHN BULL'S OTHERISLAND"

Appropriately introduced by a mied-ley of Irish airs, George BernardShaw's 4-act comedy, "John Bull'sO ther Island," opened at the CopleyTheatre Monday evening before ahouse filled to capacity. To be frankx-e were somewhat disappointed in

this much heralded production-it didnot seem to reach the usual Shaw

standard. To the reviewer it appearedthat the play was written in a greathurry and sent to the producer with-out revision.

In the first act we meet a typicaland likeable Irishman, and just aswe reach the point where we expectand desire to see more of him, he iscrudely banished from the story. Thesame unfinished element is apparentin 'the love scenes, where, although thehero and heroine alre finally mlarried.one does not knowe whether or noltheyr are in love.

Very little action takes place andlthe "life" of the play depends upoi)the conversation and the Irish witthat permeates the production. Fewbut Shaw can keep all audience almostspellboundl for an entire evening lis-tening to the prattle of the characters,indi. as in the case of this play, giv.ing them little to think about. Thephlilosophy ulsually expounded in aShIIaxwial play is not so obvious here-Aisteadl there is a, bather depressed,pe'ssimistic, attitude pervading: theI) for c mance, zhichl to some extent

1111ifies the comedy effect. There isio hope for Irelaild, and the case of1:~',glaiidl is just as bad; the Englishl:fle fools and asses, the Irish are toovision ary to succeetl. Even thne priest,whlo loss 11one "mad."' is used to intro-duce the idea that the earth is hell andthe inhabitants are here as a penancefor their former sins.

=\laii Mnovbray, as Thomas Broadl-bent, the conceited, blithe-ring, blundi-ering- Engllishmlan. travelling in Ire-l1and offer s some very fine -acting

elnce. Norllagn Ca~nnon as LawrenceDoyle, Broadbhent's Irish partner, isalso a vrery sincer e character. Weare inclined to doubt if all the Irishlassies are as sad, downcast, and pen-sive as Nora Reilly, ashose part wasplayed by Miss Newscombe.

F. :E. A.

OTHER PLAYS

CASTLE SQUARE: "Abie's Irish Rose.}--In its 19th wveelz.

COLONIAL: "Music Box Revue."-Theusual musical shows

HOLLIS: "The Poor Nut."-The brownbagger goes a fraternity.

MAJESTIC: "The B~ig Parade."1-A rip-pving good moving picture.

NEW PARK: "Rain."-I-urrah forJeanne ECagles!

PLYMOUTH: "'Rainbow Rose."1-Ratherentertaining.

SHUBERsT: "Gay' Paree."1-3Eevue thatone praises until one goes.

TREMONT: "No, No, Nanneite."1-Oneof our old favorites.

WILBUR: "Is Zat So"--A very amus-ing show.

-I

I

Offiicia Newsvsorgan of theUndergraduatesof Techlnology

aL Record of

ContinuousNkews Servicefor -45 years

OFIE OF TH T ECHMVANAGI NG BOARD

G. C. Houston '27 ............ General ManagerJ. D. Crawford '27 ................ EditorF. E. Anderson ' 27 ........... Managing EditorW. H. Reed '27 ............ Business Manager

ASSOCIATE BOARDD. R. Knox ' 27 .............. News EditorA. S. Richmond '28 ............ Sports Editor0. W. Rideout, '28 ......... Features EditorE. V. ]Lewis ' 28 ................ TreasurerW. E. King '28 ........... Circulation ManagerP. E. Ruch '28 . .......... Advertising Manager

Newvs and Editorial-Room 3, WalkerrMemorial, Telephone, Univ. 7029

Business-Room 302, Walker MemorialTelephone, Univ. 7415

SUBSCRIPTIONT PRICE, $2.50 PER YEARl

Published every Monday, Wednesdayand Friday during the College yearE'ntered as Second Class I'Iatter at the

ReportersPaul Keough '29 ! .J. A. Russell '28R. H-. Blair '294 G. R. Taminosian. '27

WI. Br rimb rg '29 A. . S. Waton '27'E. A t. Michelman '29 R. T. Wise '28

BUSINESS DEPARTMENTAdvertising DivisionAssistant Managers

D. N. 1.Sturzn-iikle, 28 Rene Simard '28Staff

ClR. R.Oleson '28 C.. J.Hurd '29D. LL. Dunklee "'3

Circulation DepartmentAssistant ManagerC. . W.Taylor '28

StaffD. R. Donovan '28 J. W. Palmer '29

D9. S. Parsons '29Treasury Division

Assistant TreasurerJ. '1. Farnui "'8

Staff

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTEditorial Board

Whitney Ashbridge '26 F. L. McGua-ne '27J. H. Melhado '27 R. A. Rothschild '26,E.RC. E.Smith '26 E~ . L.Welcyng '27

W. . H.ossie ' 28Features DepartmentPhotographic Editor

H. A. Willoughby Sp.Features Writers

V 1. S. Fago '28 H. T. Gerry '29Cartoonist

L. Seron '29NEWS AND SPORTS

DEPARTMENTSN ight Editors

Andrew Anderson, Jr. '27 E,. J. Gohr '26C. A. Bartlett '27 'J. :B. Goldberg '26A. J. Buckley '27 A. D . Green '26

NewswritersG. I. Chatfield '28 E 1. D. Lissner '26A. L. H-. Darragh '28 John Lovejoy '29

Sports WritersC. J. Bernhardt '28 J.- G. Sullivan '29

Four hundred American collegesand institutions of higher learning areto have representatives at the pres-idential inaugural next month. Al-though there is still some doubt, Tech-nology will pro'bably be represented.

A new chemical society has beenformed whose membership is restrict-ed to seniors only.

10 Years Ago Th is WeekAt the annual Banquet the chief

topics of discussion were the dedica-tion of the new buildings to take placenext sulmmer, and the need for an ade-

qluate dormitory. The entertainmentwas furnished by undergraduates andincluded a military drill by memibersof the R. O. T. C.

Professor Would

I

"WE SHALL~~

AS OUR new organization assumes the responsibility for7 the reo-Aular appearancec of TIIE TECHI, wAe 'arc reminded by the firmpressure of established precedent that we are expected to make. af ormal statement of a definite policy. We realize that wne are expectedto jump up,> squlare ourl shoulders anld give. an account of what weexpect to do; to clenounce the things that will draw our editorialfire, to announce a crusade for the reform of some portion of Institutelife. But, we are going to sidle-step precedent and merely state afew vague arid minor ideas that we shall try to embody in VolumeXL~VI of THIE TECH, leaving our stand on individual issues to bedecided as they arise.

In our nrews columns, wae shall attempt to present the informa-tionl concernina Technology happenings, accurately and with due re-gard ford the unwritten lases o~f journalism as we interpret them. Weshall attempt to place before. Technology, both student, graduate andFaculty, those everyday events which are classed as "news." Oureditorials will ass-Lme a constructive attitude toward everything thatwill makc for a better Technlology. We shall try to furnish stimula-tive editorials that are consistent but fair amnd open m~indedl treatmentsof affairss as wvc sele them. Thoughl zwe should like to be consistent,we shall not feel ourselves arbitrarily bound to a single viewpointand shall feel free to express discordant viewes without fear of com-promising, ourl dignity.

W~e have promised nothing more than THE TECHI has alwvaysstood for, because we are aware that each new volume vainlly hopesto build upon the successes of the previous organization and desiresto pro-fit b~y its mistakes. Of course this is impossible candl wie realizeit fullyr. As George Bernard Shaw says in the preface to "Back toMethulselahl,' "WXhenl your son tries to skate, or bicycle in his turin,he does not; pick up the accomplishmellt where you left it any morethan he is born six' feet high with a board and a tall hat. We some-day hope to acqulire the "beard" and the, "tall hat" of otlr pre-decessors.

The most notewTorthy thing ab~out the trip taken byJt Techl ShowY

%iarcs thgenerl~losity <llld cordiali~ltX shown I to them lby Technology-Alumlni ill the various cities visited. All men returnlin- fromt thetr ip have spokell mor e of this thing- than any other; it is evidentthat ;al1 of them A\Jr1' emphatically and -Lnmistakabuly impressed.

Thlis expelrience is indicative of twoQ things: Thc Showv mustlhaae} b)(ee. ill persolie~ll and~ conldut,~t pleasingo to tile ALllumnli. IEt islo-,ical to dieduce thcat they merited the wvholehearted attention they-receivedl. Anl ,seconllcyl, it is obvious that the Alumn-li alre. vi-or-oulsly cand actively interested in the Institute. The Showe trip broughtto light some1 impressive facts.

SHOPPING

HtE shoppin1g' SsIaso1 lreoelns.. T1e sc'iiii-anul.ll~l conlte-t to avld' ~TI Pi-of essor Bore or01 to malkc sure} of b eider in Pr of essor Easv-inarke 's, section is again under way.

This "shoppinlg" for instructorss is the despair of course heaels.There lenis one case last vear in a mathematics course, at the be-ginlning of -\iil~ic, three instr lltol s found themselves weith tell ortwelve stuclelts each -and a fourtll w\ith over sixty; the official sec-tion assi-iiiienlt hadl divided the( gr'oups evenly. In the fr eshmanandl Sophomore p hysics cour1ses, tllele is usually a crowdced corridorabout the doorl of the office of the popullar instructor, waiting to see\which class lie, is to take.

Of cour'se, it is hard on1 a man w^ho has figured with niathe-matical. exactitude just howerto divide the burden of teaching evenlyarniong the instructors in any subject to find the personal popu-larity or unpopullarity- of an individual setting his plans at naught.But -when any particu~lar instructor finds himself ignored in the,rush for favorites two or three terms in succession, it is certainlya hin.t. that there is something wrong with his methods.

"Shopping" therefore does some good inasmuch as it suggeststo certain of the Faculty the possibility of improvement of theirteaclhin-. It does to some extent, -what the European system of free-ly exchangillg universities (getting credit at any one of the 'groupfor stork done at another university) does for the Faculties of Eu-ropeanl schools: it points out the best and the "weak sisters" andthlls tends to improve the quality of the teaching stabf.

Science

II1 a recent interview in the YaleDaily News, Professor Hall of Wiscon-sin expressed his views on the placeof science and the scientific methodin government. "The two subjectsthat seem to affect human happinessmost vitally," says Professor H~all,"are -religion and politics, and it is pre-cisely these two subjects that hold outagainst the scientific mnethod. Whilethere are exceptions, and some ofthem brilliant, it remains true in gen-eral that in these two vast domains -ofhuman interest, humanity still approxi-mates the jungle type of civilization.Prejudice, superstition, and ignorancestill hold sway.

Modern material science has applieditself directly to the problems -ofthe human lif e about it. It hasachieved wonders ill creating enginesand instruments of destruction, for in-stance.

To apply the scientific method to astudy of judicial procedure is nothingmore complicated than to think upsome way of finding the actual facts.We look past the arguments of thosewho attack the courts. We do notlisten to them when they say thecourts -are guided not by legal princi-ples judicially applied but by theirown reasons of public policy or classprejudice, or economic theory, -or per-sonal bias. Nor do we listen to thedefenders of the courts, who say deci-sions are invariably arrived at by theapplication of pre-existing principles,in which bias, prejudice, or economictheory plays no part. We do notlisten to these dictums, because theyare opinions unsupported by facts."

-

.c0I1mmm0

mmamm

0m

iIImm

I0

m0

m

wmffr.icI6

mm

0F

Iam0w

m

-11

Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1926-,THE - E--- i ,-- XI-Page Two

-~~~~~~~~ a- %w M/- /

a\\ \ Em ///~~~~~~~~~~~~~

no~~~----As W e- Lke 'It WVANTED

Several live wire Tech men for

steady and profitable work after

classes.Tel. Porter 0410 for an ap-

pointment.

Hotel KenmoreBarber Shop

496t C0OMMONWVEALjTH AVE.:A rende~zvouls for Tech men.

Seven barbers with a smile.

BRAIDED CORDS andCOTTON TWINES

Trade Mark

Samson Cordage WorksBoston, Mass.

LET ACUSTOMSHOEMAKERREPAIR YOUR SHOESInject

Into Government

TUXEDOSFOR , HIRE

S S

S

"Quality Always"Special Rates to Students

READ & WHITE111 SUMMER STREET, BOSTON

- - II

_ ,- _ ____ ___ I -a I -- --

Such a state of affairs however wasWnot long to trouble the Cambridge teamfor the players agreed to rise earlyand practice before school hours ifManager Carroll could secure the useof the Arena for such a time. Throughthe courtesy of George 'Brown, ownerof the Arena, the ice was reserved forTechnology players each morningfrom six o'clock to eight.

In the beginning there seemed tobe little or no form to the team andthey were soundly trounced in theirfirst two matches by the Boston Uni-versity Terriers and the Boston Col-

- -- ''-L -- - - - -- - - --

Distinctive Dress ClothesilTo Rent for All Occasions

Full Dress, Tuxedos and Cutaways, Silk Hats,Shoes, Shirts, etc.

SPECIAL RATES TO TECH MEN

Edward F. P. Burns Co.125 SU1MEB ST., BOSTON

.3 eU YIIES !Nf 7 N WEDur large, up-to-date plant is work-ing day and night to serve youefficiently. Come in, look us over,ind leave a job, small or large.

ANCHOR LINOTYPE PRINTING CO.144 High St., Boston

The LeadingSTUDENT TOURS

to EuropeAll Expenses Afloat and Ashore

$2SO Up

RAVEL Student fashion, with us,! the only organization having the

entire Tourist III Class of two OceanLiners reserved exclusively. Find outthe reason. Our greatest Student Sail-ings, with special orchestras and enter-tainments:

S. S. ANDANIA ------------... -- June 30M. S. GRIPSHOLM ---------------- July 3Over Ioo colleges represented on ourI92-5 tours. Write for illustrated book-lets of the leading I926 Student Toursto' British Isles, Continent, Egypt,Palestine, North Cape.

Afloat and ashore, all arrangementsare inade according to the intelligent

demand of tMeyoth of today.

Students Travel Club1440 Broadway New York

I - I I _b -Ylbl--�C� I-I- I- _ _~~~~~~~~~~

- ---- - -- -- I- - -- - ·r - -�----·11 -- -

ANHEUSER)BUscH ST.LoUISS. S. PIERCE CO.

Disfributors F, Bostona, Mass.

I

�

,I

,,

:·i

,

I

4I

I

I

I

I

IiI

III

I

I

I

l.4I

p

I

I

I

I

:

-erla:

-f S

in

>''l

-d

6 -

I

Practice every morning at the Boston Arena before the rest ofthe world has finished dreaming has earned for Coach Bill Stewartand his Technology hockey team the unique name of "The MerryMilkmen." Other colleges are able to practice afternoons becauseof comparatively short hours in classes, but the embryo engineers arenever able to gather afternoons before five o'clock.

Coach McCarthy's basketball men areback ready for action. Action is verymuch in evidence in the Hangar gymevery afternoon this week and therest over the recess seems to havefurnished renewed vigor to the squadto quite a large extent.

At the present writing, the Cardi-nal and Gray quintet have played halfof their games. Of the eight encount-ers played so far this season, the En-|gineers have earned an even break in|the number of games won and lost,|winning four and dropping as many.In the opening engagement the In-

|stitute court team snowed under the|New Bedford Textile five by au over-|whelming score in the Hangar gym.}A week later the team journeyed to|Hanover where they met their first de-feat of the season at the hands of the|big Green team of Dartmouth by a|38-21 score.

|During the next week, the Technol-Iogy five played two hard games, los-|ing both tussles. Tufts had a four

v)oint lead over the Tech men and aday later Brown after being behindduring the greater part of the gamecame to the fore to win by a baremargin of one point, the final socrebeing 21-20.

After the Christmas vacation, theCardinal and Gray took the LowellTextile five into camp, winning by a4S-26 score. Harvard turned the tableson the Institute basketeers in theHeminway gym outclassing them tothe tune of 28-23.

In the two remaining encounters,the Engineers had little trouble inw~innling over Rhode Island State andNortheastern, respectively holding thelead all the way through in bothgames. Although the team has by okeeven in the win and lose column, th~eteam is considered a success takinginto account the fact that three ofthe four losses were decided by acouple of points.

Saturday the Cardinal, and Grayplay Northeastern in a return en-gagemen't in the Huntington avenue-,ym and look good for another tri-almph over the "Y" boys.

I IC

lege Eagles. In both of these encount-ers the players failed to team up andwere told so in no, gentle terms byBoston sports writers. Starting withthe Harvard game however the sextetsuddenly came to life and gave NedBigelow's charges an unexpected bat-tle, outplaying them for two periods,only to weaken slightly in the lastfew minutes. They lost by only twogoals.

It was not until the team journeyedto Amherst to meet the MassachusettsAgricultu al College that they brokeinto the winning oolumn. The Scien-tific Farmers were blanked by a 3-0score. Next, a return game wasplayed with Boston University and,to the surprise of nearly every hockeyfan, the Technology team rushed theTerriers off their feet, winning by a2-1 score in fastest and hardest playedcollege game of the year.

Since this game, the team has beenobliged to cancel dates because ofthe term examinations. Now that theseare over, they are ready to take uptheir sticks where they left off. TheEngineers have a better chance thisyeaT than ever before in the WindsorCup Series. The Bates game at Lew-iston, Maine, on Saturday should putthe team on edge, for their cominggames.

Freshmen Showing Up WellOn last Saturday the Frosh team

was unexpectedly beaten by the An-dover sextet. Fairly good hockey wasdisplayed by both teams during thefirst two periods. At the end of thistime, the Cambridge team broke upslightly and allowed the prep schoolboys to slip the puck into the cagethree times. Poor ice handicapped theteamwork of both outfits, so littlecould be judged by the score,

Crosby at wing, and Palmer at cen-ter, showed up exceptionally well, andit is about these two that Coach Bill-Stewart hopes to to build his team'Cullinan also displayed considerablespeed at right wing. When Richardsonacquires a little more experience atthe cage he should develop into areally good goal guard.

After reading the first editorial inMonday's issue of THE TECH andharking back to certain specific in-stances where. the Boston papers havefailed to give a Technology team duecredit for a victory, we come to thel onclusion that there is more truththan poetry in it.

A good example of the attitude itak-en by the metropolitan journals waslast Sunday morning in a certain Bos-ton daily. The headlines on the sport-ing page contained statements of therestllts of several minor relay races,which were run at the B. A. A. games,but failed to mention the defeat ofthe Hafrvard team by Technology. Itseemed evident that they consideredthe Technology win more or less of afluke or mistake, but such was not theease.

This opinion is also true regardingTechnology athletes who excel in,any particular branch of sport. Theyhiave to be almost world beaters be-rore they win any recognition fromthe press.

This attitude probably, comes to acertain extent, from the old beliefthaft brains and brawn do not go to-gether. As this school is not one ofthe so-called athletic colleges, does notoffer monetary and other inducementsto crack prep school athletes and doesbecause of its reputation for cham-pionship teams,,sports writers get theidea that ve are only a bunch ofgrinds, when such is not the case.

Perhaps another reason for this alt-titude is the fact that we have not afootball team here and since the ar-rival of college football to its promi-nent place on the pages of a paper.the athletic ability of a school isjudged by the success of its footballteam.

{WILLIAMlS IS NEXTFOE FOR SWIMMERS

Greatly strengthened by the additionof last year's star dash man, Arm-strong, who has returned to school thisterm, the swimming team meets theWilliams team at the Cambridge "Y"on Saturday night. Since practically allof last year's team are back on thesquad this year the Tech team willgive the Williamstown water men ahard battle for honors. This is thelast, chance to see the Technology'team in action as this is their final ap-pearance at home.

Williams will come to Cambridgewith a strong team, even more polw-erful than before the Christmas vaca-|tion. The freshmen become eligibleefor the Varsity team after the firtterm and as there are several stars o|the Williams yearling outfit, they willbe a welcome addition to the sqiuab

As far as can be learned at thepresent time there were no mea lostto the -swimming team' by the f .lltyruling, all men returning in fin(_- teale_.

SIMIPLEX+4Simplex Wires andl Cables, insulated with rubber, paper or varnishedcambric andl covered with braid, lead or steel armor, are renderingsatisfactory service in many of the larger power stationls of *e -country.

Dr.&E`@Manufacturers

rI

(9WJHEN hoop skirts and the

)VN7Virginia Reel were invogue, and loving hands at

home fashioned Grandfather's home-spuns for the prom .... even inthose days, Anheuser Busch wasnationally known to good fellows.

And today .... when feminineheads are bobbed and shinaled, andwe dance the Charleston in expen-sively tailored clothes to the stir,ring strains of a jazz orchestra ....

BUSCH(A-B)

PALE D RY

is the favored drink of college menbecause, like the college man, BuschPale Dry is a good mixer every-where and every time.

Keeps the facelike velvet

\5771lIND and weather can't hurt the skinr r protected by WYJilliams Aqua Velva,

the new, scientific after-shaving prepara-tion'. Aqua Velva keeps the face all dayjust as supple and soft as it is at the endof your shave with Williams ShavingCream. Big 5-oz. bottle 50c; at all cealers'.

FOR BBETTER SHAVING-& WIL i'A M 'SL

-Page Thiwew-eant> Veb.;,. "a; -, cik AlT... af .t Dt -C

.~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .!l,

H~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' tG >C "-E , -- T -&.AMt- ,;^ EARLY; ~~~~~~. -- " K `O -I

Improvement Is Shown Hedlund Pleased|Wth Showing of

Mile Relay Team"Considering the fact that the av-

erage -of the quarters run by the Tech-nol0ogy relay men in the B. A. A. meetIvas 52 I-5 secondis, which dis excep-tional for a board track and that theywere up against Harvard's best il the|short distance runs, the boys didthemselves proud in that meet on Sat-urday night," is the way Coach Os|Hedlund expresses -his opinion on theresult of the showing made lastxweek.

52 1-5 seconds on a cinder track isstepping right along but to circle a12-laps-to-the-mile track, three timesin that mark is a very credible show-ing for any team. Cy Meagher in hisrace against O'Neil ran one of the pret-tiest races he has run in a longtime. Meagher, if he comes as fast inthe next year or two as he has in thepast yeaTL will be a worthy successorto George Leness, who receives hissheepskin this June.

Manager John Collins of the fresh-inan team reports that arrangementshave been made for a dual meet withNortheastern to be run the 20th ofthis month. There are some fast run-ners on the frosh outfit. Althoughtheir relay team took a defeat in theB. A. A.'s on Saturday light, this ishardly -a discredit to their runningability, as the field was so large thatthe tean getting the breaks on thepasses was pretty sure to come out inthe lead.

Things are beginning to look prettybright over at the track house justnow with such men as Jack Wiebe,Hank Steinbrenner and Marv Rickdonning their xunning togs every dayto work out on the board track.

AMcCarthy's Mfen BackReady For Hard Practice

After a good ten days' vacation,'M.- -1

As Season Progresses

Sports Desk

BOSTONI| 201 DEVONSHIR:E ST.

L~- -- , -- -= - , I I I I --.

" '''�' ' �`f

NOTICES'. _. ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I I -- ----- k- I -� -- --- ------- 1 ---- 4--I

- -- -- --- ---- - - - -= C------7n�.,

- -`---�-- I---~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-_ -LIGGETT-& MYERS TOBACCO CO._

i

I

I I

I -.

I

11I

31

I1

t

II

.1IIIAI

11

1

I

31t

s8t

1.I

L.

s

3de

s

iy Ix 1,

II

I

I

L,,__._ _..__~~,_,___~.. ~ _ _._._~.~ __ ._~...1.:__._·~ ._~_ ___-~~_~L~:'_~.:. ____... I_~ ~_~ ~__ _~____________~____

Lieutenant Commander ReginaldByrd, U .S. N., who addressed a Largeaudience of Technology December21st, telling of his experiences dur-ing the National Geographic SocietyArctic Expedition last summer, is go-dIg to attempt again to reach thePole. He has been ,notified by theNavy Departmejnt of his appointmentas commander of the Wilkins Expedi-tion which will leave this coming sum-mer.

It has not yet been announced whatpart airplanes will play in the expedi-ti-on but the appointment of an experi-ence'd man as Lieutenant Byrd, ma~kesit appear probable that the atttemptwill be made to fly to the Pole. Prep-arations for the trip are now underway and Lieutenant Byrd is supervris-Ln~g the preliminary organization ofpersonnel and equipment.

CHESS- CLUB WILLDISCUSS YEAR PLANS

At its firstx meeting of this term tobe held Friday evening in the Walkerlibrary at 5:15 o'clock, the Chess Clubwill discuss the time and place forithe regula metngs.

On Saturday afternoon at Annapolis

the Varsity gym team will meet the

Navy in the first meet of the year.

Technology has a number of veterans,

but will experience difficulty in win-

ning as Annapolis always has a fine

team.Five men will make the trip: Cap-

tain Smith, Newcomb, Waller, Bur-

gess, and either Hudson or Stevens.

Smith is an expert on the parallels,while Newcomb and Waller have hadexperience on the rings. Waller isalso a veteran tumbler and Newvcumb,is adept at rope climbing.

The Varsity have been holding prac-tice all of the fall in Walker gym andlook about fit to give the Navy a goodbattle. There are about 25 men -whoare reporting regularly on the squadwhich is composed of both Varsityand freshmen.

AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY

nautical Engineering Society willmeet today at 4 o'clock in room 3-312.

Three series of free lectures arebeing given 1by the Lodwell Instituteduring Feibruary and March. -One ofthese is 'by Oliver Elton, late Pro-fessor of English Literature in theUniversity of Liverpool, who is givinga series of six talks on "Some Eight-eenth Century Writers." 'They are tobe given at Huntington ;Hall, begin-ning February 15 and continuing untilMarch 5.

Henry M. Bigelow, Curator in theMuseum of iSComprative Zoology atHarvard is delivering the second ser-ies which will fbe on "Recent Studiesof the Northwestern Atlantic, Phy-sical and Biologic." These also willbe given in Huntington Hall and be-gin tomorrow, contiuing until ;Felb-ruary 26.

A third series is being deliveredat King's Chapel and is divided intotwo parts. The first, by Alfred NorthVWThite~head, Professor of Philosophyat Harvard, is entitled "Religion, ItsPassng Form and Eternal Truths,"and consists iof four -talks, the first of-which was delivered February 1.

S UCC ES S

·:�;·

·:

WeCdnesday, Feb. 10 1926T H E T E C HPBace6 Four

LECTURE SERIES ARE NAVAL AIRMAN WILLOPEN TO THE -PUBLIC COMMAND'EXPEDITION

Elton, Bigelow, and Whitehead ILowell Institute Speakers

GYM TEAM.PREPARESFOR NAVY CONTEST

I

STONE a& WEBSTERINCORPORATED

DESIGN steam power stations, hy-dro-electric developments, trans.mission lines, city and Interurbanr a I I w a y s, gas and chemicalplants, Industrlal plants, ware-houses and bulldings.

CONSTRUCT either from theirown designs or from designs ofother engineers or architects.

OPERATE public utility and In.dustrial companies.

REPORT on going concerns, pro-posed extensions and now proJ-ects.

FINANCE Industrial and publicutility properties anrd conduct anInvestment banking business.

NEW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO

OFFICIAL

CHORAL. SINGING G58

~Mr Tow~nsen~d will meet the class inChoral ISinging (58) for the first ex-ercise at Ifive o'clock on February 12in room 5-380. The class -will meeton Mondays and Fridays throughoutthe second semester at the same hour.

AIR SERVICE SCHEDULES

iSchedules for this term's Air Ser-vice class'es have been posted onthbulletin board in room 1-080.

U. S. NAVAL AIR SERVICEGRIOUNDS SCHOOL

There will be two lectures per weekIn this subject, every Tuesday andThursday evening at 7., in room 5-226. The course will run until May11, 1926.

E21 REPEAT

Students desiring to take B21 dur-ing the current ter~m should meet Mr.Copithorne in room 2-278 at fouro'clocck on Thurss~day. The hourswhen the course will meet are to befinally determined. Bring scheduleand tabular view. The text book forthe first part of the term will be Mr.Rolberts's "Introduction to Politics."

1 6G-3, INTERNATIONAL LAW

Students of courses VI and XV,members of the ROTC and Seniorswho take this course by special ar-rangement on account of conflictsshould leave their registration cardsat Professor Tryon's office, room 3-107.

UNE~DERGRADUATEUBT

T. C. A. EMPLkOYM~ENT BUREAU

To enable this Bureau to functionefflcciently it wTill .be necessaryr for allcmen lwith appplicatio~n cards -on file topunt ·their new scheddues Ithereon. Ittwill (be difficultJ to igive assis~tance toany man whose second term scheduleis unlislted.

SENIOR ELECTIONS

Nominations for the Senior Wieek

Committee and Class Day ·Marshall

are due in the In-formation Office on

February 20, before 1 o',cl~ock. The

elections for these offices ~will be held

Wednesday IFebtruary 24.

AIMERICAN CHEMICAL SOC=IETYS

There will be a meeting of the So-

cielty Friday evening February 12, In

room 10-250, frocm 6 to 10.

WNANDERING GREEKS

Wand~uering Greeks nlay obtain tick-

,ets for the Interfraternity Confer-

,ence Tea Dance by aPPlYiD9 to John

R. Norris, S. A. E. house, 484 Bea-

con Street, Boston.

CHEMRnICAL SOCIETY

'Thel'e will be a meeting of thee

sffMcers of the Chemical Society in

room 3-312, on Fr·iday, February 12, at

five o'clock.

TEXT" BOOKGj

students having saleable text books

,on hand and wishing to dispose of the

samie xt twso-thirdls their original cost

may leave them for sale v.t the T. C.

A. Boo01 Exchange.IOMPLIMENVARY TICKETS

COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A

The Social Division of the T. C. A.has received 2S complimentary ticketsfor the Recital of Myra Mortitnier atJordan Hall, Saturday afternoon at 3P. M. These tickets may be obtainedby the first students calling for thesame.

GYM TEAM PICTURE

Thursday at S:30 A. 3M., Notman'sStudio, Harvald Scuare.

CHEMICAL SOCIETY TRIP

Melmbers of the Chemical Societywho wish to visit the Revere SugaxRefinery tomorrow ivill meet in building 4 at 1:00 P. M.

BOXING

Coach Rawson aill be at Hang-aGyml at 4: 00 P. M. evnery day thiEweek. Everybody come out for practice.

INSTITUTE COMMITTEE

There will be a regular meeting othe Institute Committee tomorrowv atternoon at five o'clock in the FacultQDining Room.

L-ASTING UST BE DFEP,.. VETO B E

Exactly as it holds its old

smokershesterfield wins-its new olles-on taste alone