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Reservations have been made forthe Tech Cabin for every weekendfrom now until tlle second of March.It has been reserved during the en-tire week following examinations andfor *Neeklends in April and May.

certain candidates have been admit-ted by popular vote at club meetings,this custom has been abolished, andan) one who wishes to join the Dra-mashop this term will have to attendthe scheduled try-outs.

The committee on new miembersconsists of Robert W. Pastene, '39;chairman; Ruth G. Raftery, '38; Mar-garet Whitcomb, '39; and George A.Moore. '39. Further information

Iabout the tr.-outs may be obtainedby calling at room 2-176.

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Prlilce Th121 ee UentsCAMBRIDGE, MASS., TUESDAY, JANUARY 19,1937Volume LVI. No. 59

T. C. A. Is Again Conductingr I

Semi-Annual Textbook Drive

The semi-annual drive for usedtextbooks is being conducted byPeter N,. Bernays, '39, for the T.C. A. Book Exchange. Studentshaving textbooks they no longerneed may leave them with theT. C. A. to be sold for two thirdsor less of the price paid forthem. There are approximatelytwenty demands for each bookthe T. C. A. is able to supply.

Richard G. Vincens, Jr., '38

Compulsory mlilitary- training, in the schools of Massachusetts may beabolished if a bill recently introducedin the legislature is passed.

Tile proposed bill contains separ-ate provisions for public schools andfor colleges or Universities. The billspecifies that military training shallnot be giv en in the public schoolsduring regular school hours, and that " no pupil-- shiall be required to takepart in any military exercise orcourse of military drill or militarytraining without the w ritten consentof his parent or guardian."

The bill also provides that "neithershall any student in any college, uni-Iversity, or institute (excepting essen-tially military schools) be requiredto enroll in any course of militarytraining or other military subject un-less he voluntarily elects to do so,and no student shall be deprived ofhis diploma or degree or otherwisepenalized for not taking military drillwhen the samne is offered."

The latter provision, it is an-nounced, was included because of therefusal of the authorities here togrant a degree to an honor studentwho did not take the required twoyears of R. O. T. C.

Tech Cabin GetsNew Water System

Reservxationls Extend From NowUntil End Of February

All the comforts of home are beinginstalled in Tech Cabin by the T.C. A. Latest w ill be a system ofrunning wrater to be finished this Will-ter.

The State Departmnent of Healthhas approved w ater drawn from anew wvell sunk in November and awater pipe is now being laid betweenthe cabin and the well. An electricmotor weill be installed to pump thewater.

The pipze will be self-draining.When a switch in the kitchen isclosed the pump sends water up tothe cabin. When the current is shutoff the water drains out from thelowser end of the pipe. This plan isnecessary to prevent the pipes fromfreezing during the cold w eather.Previously, it was necessary for par-ties at; the cabin in the wintertimeto go dow n to the lake and chop ahole" in the ice to obtain their water.

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at the Institute's annual dinner atthe Columbia University FacultyClub, January 28.

Graduated from Technology in1924, Professor Taylor has held po-sitions with the Public Service Cor-poration and the Wright aeronauti-cal laboratory, returning to the In-stitute as an instructor in 1927. Hehas held the rank of assistant profes-sor since 1929.

In 1934, some consulting researchfor the Wright laboratory in an ef-fort to solve problems concerningmotor vibration and increasing theoutput of the Wright cyclone en-gines. His solut~ion of the problemwas the dynamic balancer, now usedon all Wright engines installed inplanes of the American AirlinesTranscontinental and Western Air-lines, and Eastern Airlines.

M. I. T. A A. RefusesBaseball Recognition

At a meeting of the M. I. T. A. A.last night, a motion to make baseballa recognized Institute activity was amade and failed to pass, Perry Craw-ford. publicity manager of the As-sociationl said last niglit.

M. I. T. Men Defend AffirmativeOf Debate On Social

Security

Avenging two defeats suffered atthe hands of first-year Holy Crossorators in previous years, a Technol-ogy freshmen debating team won acontest on the question: "Resolved,that the Social Security Act is tothe best interest of the Americanpeople," held Friday evening in theEastman Lecture -all.

The Holy Cross team which upheldthe affirmative included John J. O'-Day, George W. Ogar, and John J.P. Wilkes. The Institute men, mak-ing their first appearance of the 1937sseason, argued the -negative of thequestion.

The next freshman debate will beheld at Boston University on Friday,February 26, when a team composedof Divo Tonti, Theodore Edwards,and Russell Werby will argue thenegative of the question: " Resolved,that Congress should be granted thepower to override by a tw~o-thirdsmajority an adverse decision of theSupreme Court". Teclnology menare cordially invited.

"'6Sweetheart Of SiVoo Doo Staff

Tommy Blanton And OrchestraSupplies Swing Music

Two hundred couples danced to themusic of Tommy Blanton's orchestraat the annual Senior Dance held Sat-urday night from nine until twngo inWalker Memorial.

The dance was free to all seniorsand fourth year students, no othersbeing admitted. No tickets wereused, arrangements for admission be-ing made at the door. Expenses ofthe affair were met with funds drawnfrom the senior class treasury.

Ushers From Beaver ClubUshers for the function were pro-

vided byr the Beaver Club, Juniorhonorary society. They were the fif-teen members of the organizationinitiated last spring.

The committee on arrangementsfor the dance was under the leader-ship of G. Richard Young, '37.

Faculty Club DancesTo Claff's Orchestral

The Faculty Club danced to themusic of Phil Claff and his orches-tra in the North Hall of Walker fromnine until twelve last Saturday night.About thirty couples attended thedance.

Major Fisken, bead of the dancecommittee, said that the Faculty Club,Nould hold two more dances next se-niester. The first will take place onFebruary 13 when it is believed thatmore couples will attend than werepresent at the last one.

Verbal fireworks flew thick andfast and Miss Rita Elliott, Voo Doosecretary, came close to being firedlast night when she dared to rebukeseveral members of the staff at an in-formal dinner conducted by Phos-phorous.

While reports from the scene ofthe fray are scarce, (Six The Techreporters were hidden in variousparts of the room), it is believedthat the injudicious wench proceededto recite pieces of poetry she hadcomposed about certain staff mem-bers.

But these seemingly astute gentle-men, willing as they are to splatter

other people's shortcomings overtheir pages, simply couldn't appreci-ate the joke on themselves.

A meagre attempt at retaliationcame from G. Edwin Hadley, whobranded the naive stenog as "Tlesweetheart of Sigma Nu".

That was too much. Miss Elliottleft the dinner. Now the falteringfelines are trying to decide whetherto fire their ering aide for insubord-ination, or to fire Hadley for insult-ing her.

As usual, the secret parley endedin a warning: "Don't breathe a wordof this to The Tech."

Heh-Heh.

Vincens, Levick,Esperson, KatzHlead Tech Staff

Managing And Associate BoardAnnounced At Banquet

Saturday

F. G. Fassett, J. R. KillianTalk At Formal Dinner

J. F. McNamara, of Radio,A. W. Norton, '21, Are

Guest Speakers

The new Managing Board of Vol-ume LVII of The Tech was announcedlast Saturday night at a formal ban-quet held at the Parker House.

The new Senior Board is made upof Richard 'G. Vincens, Jr., '38, Gen-eral Manager; Dudley L. Levick, Jr.,'38, Managing Editor; Robert E. Katz,'38, Editor; and Douglas G. Esper-son, '38, Business Manager.

At the same timne the followingpromitions to the A ssociate Boardwvere announced: Edward P. Bentley,'39, assignments editor; Walter N.Bro,,Nm, Jr., '39, advertising manager;George D~adak-is, '39, associate adver-tising manager; Edwin K. Smith, '39,desk editor; Andrew L. Fabens, '39,personnel manager; David R. Bart-lett, '39, treasurer; Leonard Mautner,'.39, circulation manager; Ralph S.W\oolett, '39, filing editor; MauriceA. Meyer, '39, sports editor; and Wil-liam A. MVerritt, '39; Samuel L. Coh-en, '39 and Ida Rovno, '39, featureswriters.

(Conztinued on Page 2)Banquet

Freshmen DebatersOvercome Holy Cross

Earthquakes TalkGivpra Sunday By

Prof. L. SlichterColossal Forces Responsible

For Tremblors DiscussedBy Geologist

Slides, Movies Illustrate Talk

"Earthquakes: Their Significance

to the Engineer, Prospector, and Stu-

dent of the Earth," was the subjectof the second of this season's Popu-lar Science Lectures by ProfessorLouis B. Slichter of the Geology De-partment. The talk, which was il-lustrated with lantern slides and mo-tion pictures, was presented Sundayafternoon in Room 10-250.

Professor Slichter first discussedthe causes of earthquakes. Describingthe earth as "the wreckage of a plan-et which has many times been crushedand broken," he stated that for mil-lions of years it has been constantlychanging. The effect of these changeson the outLer crust of the earth, whichis mnostly composed of granite andbasalt rock, is a constant c rackingand sudden fracturing, whili c] onsti-tute earthquakes. Each year thereoccur over 15,00(0 of these fractures,lie said, but most of them are soslight as to be imperceptible exceptby delicate instruments.

Tremendous Energy ReleasedIn describing the tremendous

amounts of ener gy, Professor Slichl-ter stated that energy equiv alent tothat contained in a billion tolls ofdynamite wsas often released, aboutequal to the power output of Niag-ara Falls for fifty years. "Or," saidlie, "if -you:---an imagined a- cube ofgranite one mile on a side raised toa height of ten miles and allowed s~ofall on the earth, that is the impactof a big earthquake."

The operation of the seismograph,used for detecting and recording

Learthquakes at a distance, weas -next.explained. The principle of the in-strument, he stated, is a body, such

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Annual Senior Dance.Draws Four Hundred

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Eviction Of Two ResultOf BB Firing On

Window

Msen Deny Paper's Statement,Admit Unintentional Damage

Fir ed Twice With Slingshot,Thley Say, Protesting

Misrepresentation

Special to the TechDeny ing accusations levelled at

them. in Friday's Dorm Rumor, two

freshmen recently ousted fromt the

dormitories claimed last night that

the Rumor's story had mnisrepl esented

the facts of their eviction.Tile twco men. Richard W. Force

and Dav id E. Swvenson, whose dor-mitor,- leases wvere cancelled lastMonday, were reputed in the dormi-tor- paper to heave been caught''knocking out w indow panes in thebuildings across Ames Street, anddeliberately aiming at a man withBB guns."

Althloughl they admitted breakingone wvindowT unintentionally, the ac-cused men denied last night thatthey had used a BB gun or that theyhad deliberately, aimed at a man.

Used a Sling Shot"W~e used a sling shot and BB's",

Force said and explained that theidea had occurred to him and Swen-son after they had seen numerous BBholes in the windows of the dormi-tory and its vicinity. "We thoughtthat the BB's would rebound fromthe windows. After the second shot,however, we noticed that the BB's

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Dramashop Will HaveAdditional Try-OutsFor Club Membership

All Members Must Be ChosenBy Committee; tryouts

Held On Feb. 16

Additional try-outs for memnbershipin the Dramashop Nvill be held onTuesday, February 16. At this time,anyone who wishes to join the clubshould report to the colnmittee incharge.

Try-outs for actors wvill be heldin room 2-190, from four to six o'-clock. Candidates wsill be given cop-ies of an un-announced play whenthey- arrive. They Mwill be assignedparts in it according to the types ofrole thley are able to play.

Students interested in the technicaland business branches of the club areasked to leave their -names in theDramashlop, office, room 2-176 anytime the first week of next term. Noapplications wsill be accepted afterFebruary- 16. These candidates willbe notified at the same time as theothers.

There w ill be only one set of try-outs this term. Although in the past,

Professor TaylorGiven Reed Award

Certificate Will Be PresentedAt Institute's Dinner,

January 28

Prof. Edward S. Taylor of the De-partment of Aeronautical Engineer-ing has been chosen to receive theSylvanus Albert Reed award for thegreatest achievement in Aeronauti-eal science during 1936, it was re-cently announced byn the Institute ofAeronautical Sciences. A4 certificateand $250 is given annually- by thisorganization for the most notablecontribution to Aeronlautics.

Professor Taylor wsas selected bythe -754 -fellows of the Institute forhis invention of the dynamic vibra-tion absorber for aircraft engines.

Legislative ActionOn R.O.T.sC BegunBill Ending Enforced R.O.T.C.

Heard By LegislatureYesterday

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WISHFUL THINKINGTHE ROAD TO NOTHING

5XjrISHFU3L thinking is a kind of mentalNV Y conduct which has resulted in the

world's greatest achievements, and at thesame time is responsible for most of ourwasted mental energy. It sometimes goes un-der the name of "day-dreaming": Lincoln,Steinmetz, Galileo, Newton all must have in-dulged in it.

But to believe that it was wishful thinkingthat made Newton the greatest scientist ofhis age is not only too sweeping but untrue,yet without it how could he have speculatedon cause and effect, the apple and its fall?

It remains, then, to distinguish betweenthat wishful thinking which will make us alltwentieth century Newtons and that whichwill leave us on the sidelines still wishingthat we were. But psychiatry is not suffici-ently advanced to permit objectivity in per-sonal analysis; we must choose an alterna-tive.

At the risk of cutting down our chances atgenius-ship, it would be for our welfare toexamine carefully our mental processes andeliminate from them all semblances of wish-ful thinking when more useful thought shouldbe carried on. Dreaming and speculation onthe might-be are better relegated to thosetimes when the mind might otherwise be en-tirely unoccupied.

Since the normal span of life is necessarilylimited to less than 70 years, the number ofthought-hours is likewise cut to a mere mini-mumn and the gaeater part of these shouldbe devoted to activity which will yield immed-iate results. A mind completely filled withwishful thinking is of use only to the writerof Jules Verne stories.

And remember that the maniac who be-lieves himself Napoleon, is only a wishfulthinker, who las lost touch with reality.

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General Manager ...... .......................... Walter T. Blake, '37Editor ..................... ......... Arthur M. York, '37Managing Editor ................................... Leonard A. Seder, '37Business Manager ................................. ........ Ja Loder, '37

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FINE ARTS: - The Ski :ends tonight after six weeks and tmorrow sees the opening of Elizbeth Bergner in Shakespeare's imortal comedy As You Like.It. TEpicture was shown at the Majestfor several weeks last year.

PARAMOUNT AND FENWAY:The Plainsman features the acting 0Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. Easto Take is also shown.

ally. This 'marked -difference of opinion comesfrom a difference in goals. The President'scommittee is trying to make the executivebranch more efficient, more able to meet thechallenge to democracy of which the Presidentspoke at some length in his recent messageon the state of the Union. The committeeformed by Congress to investigate the samething feels that economy is the primary aimand plans to attain that economy by cuttingout many bureaus. Their aim is not neces-sarily efficiency of operation, but rather econ-omy.

In this respect it would be well to considerthe fact that if the various agencies of thegovernment were consolidated, as the Presi-dent suggests, while the immediate economywould only amount to about 1 percent of theFederal budget, as the executives of the de-partments found that certain groups wereuseless, or duplicated some other agency, orwere composed of more men than were neces-sary to carry out their functions, then theaim of the congressional committee, the elim-ination of superfluous groups, would be ac-complished. The only difference would be inthe manner in which this paring down wouldtake place. In one case legislative acts wouldbe the agency, and in the other executive dis-cretion. Certainly the heads of departments,those in closest touch with the activities ofthe bureaus, would be best qualified to passon their merits. And all agencies except thosewith quasi-judicial functions, such as the I.C. C., will be incorporated into departmentsunder the proposed plan.

METROPOLITAN: - Sonja Henieis on the screen this week in Onein a Million. Included in the sup-porting cast are Adolphe Menjou,Jean Hersholt, Ned Sparks, Don Am-eche, Arline Judge, and the RitzBrothers. As a genuine athlete whosecapabilities have been adapted to thescreen, Miss Henie seems to do anadmirable job- of acting. The storyis all about amateur success of afigure skater and the complicationsoffered by professionalism througha typical high-powered publicity man-ager in seek of a pretty penny. FredWaring is on the stage again thisyear. with his Pennsylvanians and abill of headliners. Although thereis nothing outstanding in the show,it offers good all-round entertain-meiit.

KEITH MEMORIAL: - ThreeSmart Girls features Deanna Durbinwho reached face on Eddie Cantor'sradio program. Binnie Barnes andAlice Brady also appear in the pic-ture.

JANUARY 19, 1937 No. 59Vol. LVI.

Herbert K. Weiss, '37

lard G. Vincens, Jr., '38Ruth G. Raftery. '38

ohn R. Summerfield, '38

Frederick J. Kolb, '38

Leon L. Baral, '38Harold James, '38Dudley A. Levick, '39

Douglas G. Esperson, '38Joseph R. Krenn, '38

ManEdward P. Bentley, '39Samuel L. Cohen, '39Andrew L. Fabens, '39William A. Merritt, 39Maurice A. Meyer, '39J. Gerald Murphy, '39

David R. Bartlett, '39Walter N. Brown, Jr., '39George D~adakis. '39

Robert E. Katz, '38Associate Board

Assistant EditorsRich

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nagerial Assistant

Staff Assistants

James C. rohnweU. '38Allan E. Schorsch, '38

Ida Rovno, '39Irwin Satalyn, '37

Edwin K. Smith, 39Harold H. Strauss, '38

Ralph S. Woolett '39Joseph G. Zeitlin '39

Robert L. Hadley,'38Ralph L. Hegner, '39

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Com:7nentIt was in a Structures class. Two

of the boys at the back of the roomwere having an intense little argument about Something Vital (orsomething), and consequently wereoblivious to the flood of informationthat was clamoring to get into theirconsciousness.

Said the Professor, "if you havean overstressed member, you makeit smaller,." Which our Senior Ad-visor says is correct practice. Butfrom the back of the room camethe insufficiently subdued and clearlyaudible voice of one of the arguerssaying "Oh Yeah?'" The Professorsmiled in a strained sort of way.

CopComing in from Kendall late one

recent night this same Senior Advisor of ours saw one of the Cambridge,finest peering intently through thetwire fence across the entrance to an alley between a couple of factories.Scenting the possibility of a break- in, he paused on the other side of,the street. Just then the cop turnedEaround, started at sight of the wit-ness, buttoned up his coat and walked -off.

Banquet .(Continued fTom Page 1)

Professor Frederick G. Fasset, Jr.,and J. R. Killian, Jr., of the Publi-ecations Advisory Board each gave a--short talk, following which A. W.-Norton of the Boston Evening Tran-script and John F. McNamaxra ofWBZ-WBZA spoke of the problems:and policies of a newspaper and radiostation respectively. Commented Nor-ton, "Cultivate everybody you can,from the president of the companyto the man who sweeps the floor-you never know when the positionsmay be reversed."

McNamara, program manager ofWBZ-WBZA, told of the manner ofmaking up the daily program and theconsiderations necessary in so doing.

Leonard Miautner, '39Special Photographer, Iaiwrence R. Steinhardt, '37

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Night Editor: Robert S. Hess, '40

RKO BOSTON: - Sally Rand doesabout the same routine with her fanand bubble dance which she did herelast season. The only differenceseems to be that she has put on alittle avoirdupois during the year inspite of her affirmation that she is ona diet and takes nothing but grape-fruit juice on a couple days eachmonth. Yet she does still defy theBoston censors by appearing in littlemore than God gave her. BennyFields, the minstrel man, divides hon-ors with Sally on the stage in theVogues and Vanities rev-ue. On thescreen is the Luckiest Girl in theworld with June Wyatt.

UNIVERSITY (Cambridge):-The big feature at this theater is itsseries of "Review Days" during whichit will show the 10 best pictures of1936. There will be one shown eachweek, beginning on Wednesday andcontinuing for three days. Over 523critics of the country's leading news-papers participated in the poll whichpicked the 10 pictures including suchmammoths as Mutiny on the Bounty,The Pe-trifled Forest, Ah, Wilderness,Anthony Adverse, Naughty Marietta,Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, A Tale ofTwo Cities, The Great Ziegfeld, TheStory of Louis Pasteur, and Dods-worth. The first of the list, Multinyon the Bounlty, will start tomorrow.The present bill includes Rembrandtwith Laughton, and Hideaway Girlwith Martha Raye.

BEACON: - On Wednesday andThursday the bill will include kath-erinle Hepburn in A Woman Rebels,and an all star cast in Holiday Boule-vard.

EXETER: - The coming bill forthe latter part of the week includes

January 16, 1937

Editor, The Tech:Many of my classmates and I have been somewhat

amused by the letter which appeared in the OpenForumn by Mr. J. B. Traylor, '38. That someoneshould make himself deeply interested in our in-competency to judge for ourselves whether or notwe should take two years of compulsory goosestep-ping is an honor our class will not allow to go un-recognized.

Mr. Traylor has expressed a number of opinionsrather forcefully and I'm inclined to think he likesR. O. T. C. Aren't you ? Now from a practicalstandpoint, the compulsory campus goosestep is asilly and expensive gesture. During the WorldWar a regular arm sergeant in Texas was askedwhat he thought of the men in his outfit who haddrill at college. In very eloquent and explosivelanguage (which I cannot reproduce) he said inpart:

"W~hy the ......... apes! Honest, it takes mea whole week to knock the conceit out of those............ .....campus cadets."

A psychologist of repute maintains that the so-called "discipline" learned by the student cadet hasno bearing at all on his other activities. The merefact that he meekly obeys a military command doesnot mean that he can discipline his mind to concen-trate on his studies or discipline his emotions tocontrol his conduct.

R. O. T. C. is wasteful, it is a tri-weekly inter-ruption in heavy curricula, it is expensive in themere matter of uniforms, guns and- paid instruc-tO1rS.

Mr. Traylor believes that we don't know our Na-tional Anthem. I'm sure that if he tried his patriottest on his own classmates or on many other groupsof older citizens in the LT. S. he will find that theresults are even more "shocking".

I wish to assure Mr. Traylor that in case of na-tional emergency, our actions would be no less noblethan his. But simply because today the nations ofEurope look at each other with the envious eyes ofa thousand cannon, they create no necessity forforcing all lower classmen of M. I. T. to drill.

If compulsory R. O. T. C. wsere needed in viewof the European situation, I'm sure that all the col-leges except M. I. T. (and some others) would berequested byi our War Departmlent in Washington toIgiv e all students Military Science instruction.

I hope Mr. Traylor giv es us the w rong impr es-sion by his letter (I read it once but remember hisw ords "rotten" and "ridiculous"). Thlougll I has-enever met him he has given me an idea of him-self. I easily imagine hliml as a Freshmnan proudlyshining the brass buttons on the khaki uniform andprobably sleeping with it close to his bed. Arid I cansee him leave Tech in 1938 waith a diploma, a coupleof stripes and a strut.

Only a person svho is puffed up in his own-I (m2ili-tary) pride can look dozen on. Freshmell whro hat ethe courage to stand by their convictions waith rea-SOlI. We realize there are other "Traylors" Butin the spirit of good sportsmanship 1 wsill call M~r.

lTraylorN's attention to the advice which is containedi in the following observation: that the human race is|so stubborn, cussed and contrary it would start going;to church the minute it wras told there wasn't any.

Do you see what I mean Mr. Traylor? '

I ~~~~~~~~~Very Sincerely-,I ~~~~~~~DIVO TONTI, '40

EXECUTIVE CHANGESEFFICIEN-CY V-S. ECO'ONiOT

T | BHE relport of tle committee investigating

"T a reorg-anization of the executive br1anchof tile Fecdelal gov enrnment burst upon sur·-

prised Conigress like a bombsllell even thoughits appear·ance X as expected. Tle sweeping

changes *llich it proposed wlas the reason foi-the sulise. aild also for tlhe lack of extendedcomment f ont Congo essnien which usually

followvs closely up)on thle pZublication of any-thino of this n1aturee. Tie legislators needed

timle to lead the lengtlhyT report il detail. Nows-,Lloy esver, definite olppositiozz to the mzeasur ehas formed.

Wllile there is, of cour~se, opposition to v-ar-ious details of the prlolosal, an important blocof Cono-ressi-en are opposed to the idea b~asic

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Eastern sports are conservative. Especially so in New England. OutWest, where men are men etc., the cash customers demand a wide openperformance in every competetive sport. Am outstanding example of thismay be found in basketball. Although the rules are supposed to be nationalin scope there are several different interpretations of them to be foundthroughout the country. Out West, (the other side of the Muddy Waters)play on the basketball court;might well be called rough. The referees, atthe insistance of the fans are in favor of the 'slow' whistle. The amountof body contact, which sometimes reaches gridiron proportions ,is approved.Whereas in the East personal contact is shunned and if the official on thefloor thinks that he can stop a foul from being committed by blowing hiswhistle, he goes ahead and blows it.

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The difference in interpretations and methods of attack were firstbrought out by a game played in New York's Big Barn betweenN. Y. U. and a Middle Western school. The Westerners played asthey had always played, but the conservative Eastern officials calledevery slightest foul on them. As a result the visitors bench wasalmost denuded of eligible players. At the end of the half N. Y. U.was very much in the lead and the worried Western coach spent therest period explaining the Eastern view of the rules to his charges.During the second half the visitors ran away from their opponentsand took all kinds of long shots. Still the referees found excusesto penalize the out-of-towners.

The crucial point was reached in the last quarter when the referee madea questionable decision on one of the five Western survivors. The visitingcoach leaped off the bench and demanded a reconsideration... He added thathe might take his team off the floor... The referee was to say the least,astounded, and after a hasty conference with his fellow arbiter penalized thecoach for coming on the floor and forgot about the personal. After thatthe game was wide open and New York was treated to a new form of bas-ketball. The N. Y. U. players entered into the spirit of the thing and play

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Tufts Contest Comes Tonight

In one of the most exciting basket-ball games seen at Durham this year,the Tech varsity tean, playing aflashy brand of basketball repeatedits last year's victory last Fridaynight over the Wildcats from the Uni-versity of New Hampshire. The finalscore was 36-31. Tonight at 8 P.M.the team, greatly encouraged by thedefeat of the Green Mountain boys,will battle a strong Tufts team inthe Hangar Gym.

The marked feature of the NewHampshire game is the fact that theEngineers built up their winning mar-gin from the accuracy of their foulshots. They scored twelve pointsfrom the free throw line, while beingoutscored from the floor by two bas-kets.

The first half was very closely con-tested, the lead changing hands everyfew minutes. A short while after thebeginning of the second half, Han-son, a Chelsea boy who starred forthe Green Mountain boys, caged twobaskets to put the Wildcats out infront by the margin of 22-19. Techregained the lead at the' midway markof the second half when Kangas sunka basket making the score 29-27.From that time on the Engineersnever relinquished their lead. PaulSchneider, lanky Sophomore centerwas high scorer for Tech with a totalof sixteen points. The star of Tech-nology's defense was little Hy Katz.

Barring mishaps, the lineup forthe game with the Jumbos will bethe same as the one with New Hamp-shire. Except for a few minor bruisesthe team is in good condition.

Tufts has played two games thisseason winning from American In-ternational College 41-26, and losingto Rutgers 28-35. With four letter-men back, the team promises to beas good as the team which last yearbeat Technology by a 39-30 score.The line-up will be as follows: for-wards are Spath and Galuszka; Col-lier and I(yrios are guards; and Woj-ciechowski is center.

The freshman team which will en-gage the Tufts' freshman team to-night before the varsity game, lostto the New Hampshire frosh 41-29.

The summary:TECH NEW- HAMPSHIRE

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Flying rings-won by Lee Hall (T); second,Abbot (S); third, Scholv (S).

Tumibling-Xon by Abbot (T); second, Mixie(S) : third, Scholv (S),

Higs bar--won by Mixie (S); second. Scholv(S) : third, Flint (S).

Parallel bar--won by Mixie (S) ; second,Scholv (S) : third, Noble (S).

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Hockey Game Called OffBecause Of Lack Of Ice

Owing to a lack of ice, thehockey game which the hockeyteam was scheduled to play lastSaturday with Williams Collegeat Williams has been postponed.Negotiations are under way fora renewal of the date, but noth-ing yet has been announced.

Rifle Team Loses ToSagamore 888 to 905

Fulfilling their own prophecy, theVarsity rifle team lost Saturday onthe Technology range to the Saga-more Rifle Club by the score of 888to 905. High scorer for the hometeam in the two-position, shoulder-to-shoulder match was Thomas R.Kinraide, '37, with 187, closely fol-lowed by David C. Whitaker, '38, andCharles H. Maak, '38.

H-Iigh score for Sagamore was 192.

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Gym Team Defeated18 36 By Springfield

Squad In First Meet

Varsity Men Take Three Firsts;Freshman Team Stages

Exhibition

Despite three first places, the M.I. T. Gym Team lost its first meetof the current season Saturday af-ternoon to the Springfield team atSpringfield by the score of 18-36.

The meet was considerably moreexciting and closely fought than thescore indicates. Coach Forsell's boystook three firsts out of six, althoughthree of the best men on the teamwere prevented from competing bya scarlet fever quarantine. Also theTech team had no man on the ropeclimb.

Besides the team competition therewas also a touch of intrafraternalstrife in the meet. Each of the teamshad on it anr Abbot brother; Mathewwas on the Tech team and his broth-er John was on the Springfield team.Between the two of them they hauleddown two firsts and a second.

After the varsity mneet was over,the four members of the freshmansquad wvho bad accompanied the var-sity, put on an exhibition meet inconjunction with the Springfieldfreshman team.

The summary:Rope Climb--von by Abbott (S) - Mixie (S).

Squash Team WinsIn Game At TrinityVarsity Team Exhibits Punch

In Hard Fought Match;Summers Loses

Exhibiting a punch that pulledmatches out of the fire consistently,the Institute squash team defeatedTrinity Saturday afternoon, 5-0.

Nearly every match fwas hotly con-tested, most of them ending with suchscores as 15-12, 18-13, and 18-16.

Tile team was badly in need ofpractice in its earlier matches, butseenls to hlave found its feet, andwith the enthusiasm shown at thelast match promises woell for the restof this year.

Coach Summers -who had gone toPittsburgh to compete for the title':n the seventh annual professionalsquash raquets tournament was elim-inated last week in the second round.

H~adley High ScorerIn Handicap Events

George Hadley, '38, was the indi-vidual high scorer in the varsity han-dicap track meet held last Saturday.With most of the varsity stars con-centrating on time trials over the 390yard distance in competing for placeson the one mile relay team, Hadleygained top score by getting firsts inthe running broad and the high jump.The freshmen too, competed in sim-ilar events.

Mile relay teams of the varsity andfreshmen will be picked on the basisof time trials, to compete in theKnights of Columbus Meet to be heldJanuary 30 in Boston Garden.

Swimming Team LoseTwo Times On Trip

With three of their best men sick,the Technology swimming team wentto Connecticut last weekend and cameback with two defeats. The first,from Connecticut State, was to thetune of 59 to 18, and the second, withWesleyan, 62 to 15.

In spite of the absence of HaroldChestnut, '39; Charles Small, '38, andFrank S. Gardner, '38, the team putup a .stiff fight, and the contests were hard fought all the way.

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CALENDAR aTuesday, January 19, 1937

12:00Tau Beta Pi, Luncheon, Silver Room, Walker.7:00-Varsity and Freshman Basketball vs. Tufts, Hangar Gym.

Wednesday, January 20, 19376:00-Graduate House, Dinner, North Hall, Walker.6:00-Boston Post Army Ordnance, Dinner, Faculty Room, Walker.7 00-Sponsorship Group Dinner. Fabyan Room, Walker.

Thursday, January 21, 19376:30-Plant Engineers CIub, Dinner, Grill Room, Walker.

From left to right.-Robert E. Katz, '38, Editor; Dudley L. Levick, Jr., '38; Managing Editor; and Doug-las J. Esperson, '38, Business Manager. With the General Manager they make up the Senior Board of thenext volume of The Tech.

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had pierced a window and we immed-iately stopped shooting."

Discovered in the act of hurlingthe pellets, the freshmen stated, theywere reported to dormitory officialsby an executive of the Central Sci-entific Company whose window onAmes Street was injured.

"This was on Tuesday night (Jan-uary 5) at about ten o'clock," thelboys explained. "Friday afternoonwe were called before Professor Ham-ilton, chairman of the DormitoryBoard, and told that we were guiltyof intentional disorderly conduct, andthat our leases at the dormitorieswould be terminated."

"We admit that we are in thewrong," Force said, "but beside therecent vandalisms occurring in thedorms our offense does appear ra-ther insignificant.

"We do not wish the story whichappeared in the Rumor to be acceptedas fact. Since it has appeared wehave noticed that we are being heldresponsible for more than wre de-serve."

The men have been informed thatthey will receive a bill for damages,but they hope to be permitted to re-ente~r the dormitories next year. Noofficial statement concerning the deedor the nature of the punishment met-ed to the offenders has been issued.

lengthy articles such as "Winged

Sticks," "White Death", and "Danc-ing", which seemed to dribble off atthe end, but the one thing whichcaught our attention was the sampleof surrealist art which they are pre-senting. We mean the one whichfeatured the drooping watch and thenude hanging upside down in onecorner. It is the best attempt whichwe have seen to date of this phaseof art. We might say that it "fairlydripped of genius".

Professor Bigbug's latest Thrill-Time graphs were also fascinating.To us they are striking examples ofthe multitude of fields to which theengineering mind may be profitablyapplied. We would disagree with theProfessor on the graph of the Techco-ed. It is our observation that thedegree of thrill derivable from a co-ed is never very large and that it rap-idly approaches zero as an asymp-tote. It is doubtful if it ever is ac-tive enough to oscillate (to say noth-ing osculate).

We find the page on recordingsvery enlightening. The stories onthe pieces and the orchestras seemto piece together those loose endswhich we pick up here and there viaradio, the theater, and sink-spout gos-sip. Too bad they have to be printedin such small type that they are moreor less inconspicuous.

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as a heavy pendulum, which remainsstationary with respect to the earthas a whole. The minute vibrationsof the earth, must be magnified, aprocess which was formerly done bymeans of a lever. The modern seis-mograph, however, uses a beam oflight which is recorded on a photo-graphic film. A study of distantearthquakes by means of this instru-ment shows that the central core ofthe earth is liquid, he stated, andthat rocks grow denser as the depthincreases.

Earthquakes, he went on, occurmost frequently in regions surround-ing the Pacific Ocean, the UnitedStates being relatively free fromthem. Only 1000 people have beenkilled here by quakes since the coun-try was settled, and 700 of these losttheir lives in the San Francisco catas-trophe. "Our automobiles account foras many as that on any good holi-day," he said.

In discussing the work that hasbeen done to lessen damage bydquakes, Professor Slichter mentionedthe research that is being carried outat the Institute in designing earth-quake-resistant structures. He de-scribed how models of buildingsplaced on shaking-tables were used tostudyzthe effects of quakes in minia-ture.

Professor Slichter then took up thesubject of seismic plotting, which isused to study underground layers ofrock and to locate oil deposits. Thereflection of small artificial tremors,caused by explosives, from hard stra-ta underground is recorded on seismo-graphs, said he, and gives much valu-able information on the depth and na-ture of the rock.

Graduate House HasSecond Tea Of Term

A Graduate House Tea, the secondof the term, was held Sunday after-noon in Crafts Living Room and Lib-rary, with Professor Avery A. Ash-down and William R. Hawthorne incharge of arrangements. Among theguests present were Treasurer andMrs. Horace S. Ford, and Dean andMrs. Harry M. Goodwin.

Infirmary ListArchver N. Ahmadjian, '37; Prank-

lin N. PBent, '39; Chao F. Cheng, '40;Theodore H. Halpern, '38; MillardB. Hodgson, Jr., '39; Frank J. Kear-ny, '38; J ohn C. H. Lee, Jr., '39;Oscar B. Mapua, '40; Thomas H. Mc-Conica, G.; Roman L. Ortynsky, '37;Hans F. Schaefer, Jr., '38; NormanE. Sparks, '39; Jack B. Speller, '39;John A. West, Jr., '39; Abner White,'3 7.

Voodoo Out Today;Is Mildly Amusing!

Voo Doo is on the stands today,

but The Tech was given an oppor-

tunity to peruse one last night in or-

der that it might size up the maga-zine and give its readers an insightinto Phos' latest finds in the humor

realm.The column called "Voodooings"

starts the new issue well with some

slants on things which happen about

us everyday and which seem funnierthan ever just for that reason. To

their story about the two who bring

their lunch into Walker to eat, we

might add an observation which we

made the other Sunday. Three

Frosh entered the dining room each

with a quart of milk; which they de-

posited on one of the tables while

they went out in the cafeteria to ac-quire crackers, bowls, tumblers anda couple of doughnuts apiece. Theyproceeded to sit at a table while eat-ing crackers and milk, and dunkingtheir doughnuts, after which they re-placed the caps on the unemptiedbottles and took them from the room.

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