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Regatta TodaySyracuse, Harvard, Cornell And

Technology Meet OnCharles At 2:30

Tech May Provide Surprise Win

Strengthened by the return of GuyHaines, stroke, a light but spiritedvarsity crew is entering today's re-gatta with Harvard, Cornell and Syra-cuse, with chances about even for avictory. Although critics aroundtown do not believe the Tech boat hasmore than a fair chance for victory,the enthusiasm around the boat houseand the unusually high morale allseem to point to a big upset in thepredictions.

The Tech boat is entering the re-gatta as the most experienced entryof the afternoon, having already met

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Light Beam TransmitsSound in EVEN Display

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Slow Motion PicturesShow Actions Too

Swift for Eye

High Voltage Display WillProve To Be Spectacular

Free Seals Given VisitorsBy the Metals Laboratory

Souvenir Technology seals willbe cast while you wait at theMetals Laboratory in Building 35across Vassar Street behind Tech-nology.

In the Welding Laboratory, is'a continuous showing weldingprocesses, including spot, flash,oxy-hydrogen, A. C. and D. C. arcand name cutting.

There is also exhibitions of hotand cold forgings.

The manufacture of the sealswill constitute the exhibit ofmoulding and pouring in thefoundry.

And Aviation, Marine Models,I Nautical Devices

Shown

Scientific boondoggling. an exhibi-tion of freshman hobbies, will be oneof the features offered at Open Housetoday.

Heretofore, freshmen were not ex-hibitors because they had not been atschool for a long enough period to en-able them to design and demonstrateadvanced displays. This year, how-ever, about 20 individuals of the class

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Stroboscope Makes ObjectsMotion Appear To Be

Standing Still

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A peep show, a beauty parlor, abreath tester, and high voltage dis-plays will feature the extraordinarydisplays of the Electrical EngineeringDepartment in their laboratories heretoday.

Other exhibits will include strobo-scopic representations of various mov-ing objects, the transmission of soundby means of light rays, and visualdemonstrations of the wave form ofsound.

Movies in 10-160In room 10-160 will be found a lab-

oratory where high speed movies willbe shown. These are ultra-slow mo-tion pictures which 'demonstratethings which happen too fast for theunaided human eye to see.

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Varied Features of

Student Life Shown

In Walker Memorial

Whooping It Up At Technique Rush

Tech Show, Tea Dance, Pre-sented Free for TheEnjoyment of Visitors

A Tea Dance in the gymnasium at4 o'clock, the production of three actsof Tech Show at 8:30, an informationbureau in the Technology ChristianAssociation office and the opening ofall undergraduate activity offices forinspection are the features of WalkerMemorial, the undergraduate recrea-

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The Chemical ClockIs Subject of Talk

-Cold Light, Thermite, and manyother subjects wvill be presented in thechemical lectures to be given today inRoom 10-250, from 4 to 5 o'clock, andfrom 7 to 8 o'colck.

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pected to participate in the madscramble for paddles, handed outthrough a slit in the top of a slipperyshanty, each of which represents acopy of the Institute's year book.

Fifty gallons of grease will be(Conztinued on Last Page)

Technique Rush

Five dollars to the man getting thefirst paddle, and a cup to the groupobtaining the most paddles are theadditional prizes which will be award-ed in the annual Technique Rush tobe held this afternoon at 3:30 on theTech field

More than a hundred men are ex-

Crushing, Amalgamation,Separation Included

In Process

And

The process of extracting gold fromits ores will be featured by the Depart-ment of Mining and Metallurgy todayThe complete process beginning withthe crushing of the pieces of ore tothe final reclamation of the mercurywill be shown in Room 8-230.

The ore is first crushed by twostamps working alternately side by

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Machines ExhibitedFor Fatigue Testing

The Dynamics of Materials Labora-tory has as its exhibit two fatiguetesting machines and a MagnafluxItester f~or surface cracks of steel.

In the Magnaflux test the surfaceof the steel is lightly covered withfinely divided magnetic particles andis then magnetized so that the forma-tion of an external field is prevented.I

positions, and tanks are on the table,and located on the map by means ofthe reference points.

The miniature mortar is a brasstube with a firing mechanism consist-ing of a plunger operated by rubberbands. A collar around the tube ad-justs the tension of the rubber bandsto correspond to the number of ringsof powder in the propelling charge.

Shell Shot 15 FeetA release mechanism causes the

plunger to function when a minaturegoshell is dropped down the muzzle. Theshell may be projected for a distance|of from 15 to 25 feet.

This mortar range has been con-structed to train offiers in the obser-lvation and conduct of fire of chemical{weapons used in warfare to screen|with smoke the advance of the infan-|try.

Among the displays in the MilitaryScience section of the Hangar Build-i'g is one which has been constructedfor use in training the Chemical War-fare Unit of the R. O. T. C.

The range consists of a sand tablea screens twvo miniature guns mountedon chemical mortar, observers' tables,aimiing stakes, and a map of the area.

Table LandscapeThe sand table is ten feet wide and

FIfteen feet long, and is loaded with'and which has been modeled into aundscape, with the features of theOzdscape distorted ill size in order;o appear realistic. A railroad, houlses'lid roads and other permanent feat-Ires have been placed on the table tole used on the map as reference

A, systemn of trenches manned by toy"Ilders, machine gun nests, artillery

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N[OST

cience,LatestTo~

En ineeringVisitors Crowd Halls,

Demonstrations,and Labs.

Institute Extends Welcome;Host to Thousands of Guests

Technology In Full OperationTo Present Picture

Of School

Amazed, curious, and interestedcrowds throng the Institute as Tech-nology welcomes thousands of visitorsto its twelfth Open House today.

Footweary groups will reluctantlytear themselves from the multitude ofcompelling displays tonight, as 10o'clock brings to a close one of thefullest days of the year.

Ten million volts rip the atom tobits; infinitesimal currents scan thespectra. Four hundred horsepower en-gines turn in the Steam Laboratory;slender glass knives operate upon al-most invisible cells under the Biologymicroscopes.

Above all, there is the hum andactivity of the Institute in full opera-tion. The latest in scientific develop-

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Geologists ProbeDepths of EarthWith Magnenometer

History Of Institute GroundsFor Past Billion Years

Illustrated

Recent inventions for probing thedepths of the earth will be demon-.strated by the Department of Geologyat its exhibit which consists in partof a miniature landscape with a cross-

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Exact Working ModelShows Falls Project

Civil Engineering DepartmentExhibits Power Company

Development

A complete working model of thefifteen Mile Falls development of theNew England Power Company willbe showvl today in Room 1-345 by the

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Refreshments ServedAt Homberg Infirmary

Lantern Slides Showing HealthOf Students Displayed

Punch and cake are being served tostudents, Faculty members, and theirguests in the lobby of the Richard M.Homberg Memorial Infirmary, the In-stitute's hospital, where students andstaff are examined annually andwhere they are treated for all minorillnesses.

The refreshments have been prepar-ed by Mrs. George W. Morse, wife ofthe Medical Director and is beingserved in two hour shifts by eachmember of the Medical Staff together

,with his wife.Lantern Slides Shown

At 4 and 8 o'clock, lantern slidesshowing statistics on the health ofstudents at the Institute since thefoundation of the Infirmary will beshown together with a lecture by Dr.Morse.

Exhibit FeaturesFreshman Hobbies

Odometer ChecksAutomobile Speed

Device Will Be Demonstrated ToTest Speedometers For

Visitors

People coming to Open House intheir autos will be afforded a uniqueopportunity of checking their speed-omoters. At the Automotive Labora-tories, Building 31, Milton McCleod,'35 and Richard Purcell, '35, studentinventors of the electrical Odometerwill demonstrate their device on visi-tors' cars.

The electrical Odometer consists ofa generator driven by a bicycle wheelwhich is slung on the running boardof the car. Tfhe generator actuatesa voltmeter which is accurately cali-brated in miles per hour.

Other exhibits in the AutomotiveLaboratories include a setup for de-termining the air consumption of aFord V-8 motor -under operating con-ditions and a device for measuring.clutch slip under different conditionsof load.

Ship Models AreShown In Museumn

Portraits, Etchings, Charts,Radio Compass Included

A unique collection of ship-modelsincluding United States war vessels,

{American steamboats, merchant ships|and yachts, British steam and mer-chant vessels, French, Dutch and Ital-

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$5 in Prizes Will go to Winnersof Paddles in 1935 Technique lRush

Extraction of GoldIs Demonstrated By

I Mining Department

"Cold Light" PuzzleShown at Lecture by

Chemistry Students

Phenomenon Produced by WorkOf Complex Organic

Material

The production of "cold light" bychemical means will be demonstratedin Room 10-250, at four o'clock today.

By the use of a complex organicmaterial known as luminol, light canbe produced wit l sufficient intensityto permit the reading of a newspaper.Tlhe strange feature of this source oflight is that there is no appreciablerise in temperature of the liquidchemicals. One cap even clip his handsinto the fiery liquid without the .slight-est injury.

Many instances of development ofvisible radiation are on record, butnone can compare with the brilliancyof the "cold light" to be produced to-day. It is probably the brightest caseof chemiluminescence onl record.

Most chemiluininescence reactionsare oxidations. It is produced by treat-ment of a dilute aqueous alkaline so-lution of "luminol" (3 aminophthal^hydrazide) with both hydrogen per-oxnde and another oxidizing agent.

Miniature Guns, MAortars Displayedby Chemical Warfare Unit ofR. 0. T. C.

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Corps Reviewedand Awards Made

By Miss ComptonChosen As Honorary Colonel Of

Local Chapter Scabbardand Blade

The cadet corps of the R. O. T. C.of Technology were reviewed Wednes-day afternoon by Miss Mary Comp-ton, daughter of President Karl T.Compton, who has been chosen honor-ary colonel of the local chapter ofScabbard and Blade.

Miss Compton was escorted by CadetColonel Elmer J. Roth, of SouthOrange, N. J., and Captain LawrenceW. Sharpe, of Hollywood, Calif., whois also captain of Scabbard and Blade.She was introduced to the regulararmy officers at the review, andColonel Roth theta presented her tohis cadet staff of majors.

After inspection of the various com-panies, the entire corps passed in re-.view before Miss Compton and the-officers in the reviewing group.

The regular army officers who as--sisted the cadets at the review wereColonel Samuel C. Vestal, head of the,department of military science; Col-onel Robert Arthur, Major Oscar J.Gatchell, Major Thomas J. Johnston,Captain Bayard Johnson, CaptainJames P. C. Hyde, Captain Charles EB.Atkinson, Lieutenant George A.Bicher, and Lieutenant W. C. D.Bridges.

Scholarships PresentedDuring the review Miss Compton

presented the army ordnance scholar-ships. The senior award went to Lieu-tenant Colonel Thonet C. Dauphinle,of Faribault, Minn., and the junioraward to Second Lieutenant RudolphJ. Ozol ofe Boston.

Miss Compton was also the guest ofhonor at the Scabbard and Blade ballheld in Walker Memorial on Fridayevening. She led the grand marchunder crossed sabres a colorful mili-tary ceremony seldom seen outsideWest Point.

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Passing in Review Technology GraduateWilns Award in BridgeDesigning Competition

.Jerome M. Raphael, '34 Is GivenFirst Prize In A.I.S.C.

Contest

Jerome M. Raphael, '34, a studentat the Institute, won first prize in theseventh annual bridge design compeltition held by the American Instituteof Steel Construction. AlexanderMatthews, Jr., a student at the YaleSchool of Engineering, won secondprize. First honorable mention wasgiven to David Hiat of New YorkUniversity, and second honorable men-tion to Fred A. Thompson, Jr., ofIowa State College.

The problem was to design a steelgrade crossing elimination bridgwcarrying a highway over a railroadand another highway parallel to therailroad. In addition to giving stu-dents certificates of award, the firstprize carries a cash compensation of$100 and the second prize $SO.

These awards were made from the10 best designs selected in a prelimi-nary competition when 94 studentsfrom 22 colleges in the United Statenentered drawings. The jury of awardconsisted of Dr. Shortridge Hardestyand E. R. Needles, consulting engin-eers of New York; H. Craig Sever-ance, J. Andre Fouilhoux, architectsof New York, and A. Lawrenct;Kocher, managing editor of The Arch-itectural Record.

Raphael is the son of Mrs. GeorgeRaphael of 152 Homes Avenue, Dor-chester. He was graduated from Tech-nology last year with the degree ofbachelor of science in architectural en-gineering, and is now studying forhis master's degree, doing much ofhis work in the department of civilengineering.

and measured: six specimens whichare very closely the same in densityare chosen from those submitted.

Absorbtometer TestThese are remeasured and tested in

the Absorbtometer for their rate ofabsorption of moisture. This machineautomatically records the changingweight of a brick as it soaks up water.Mechanical strength tests such asmodulus of rupture and compressivestrength, are next made. Thin sectionstaken from the broken halves are ex-amined microscopically so as to learnthe condition of the bond layer be-tween the brick and the mortar.

Test of AssemblagesOther brick from the shipment are

made up into assemblages which afterappropriate ageing and curing arebroken by tension, and their bondstrength computed. This afternoon andevening, the men in the laboratorywill demonstrate their methodsthrough actual testing operations onmortar flow, brick density, absorptionand bond strength.

Microscopic SectionsSlices showing microscopic views of

the bond layer between mortar and,brick will be shown to the public. Thecuring room, with its apparatus forcontrolling the humidity and tempera-ture of the atmosphere, will be oienfor inspection.

ITo Lead Grand March At Ball

Miss Mary Compton, center

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InstituteElects

Committeeewr uOfficers

Marking the fina l meeting of theInstitute -Committee of 1934, WalterH. Stockmayer, the retiring chairmanafter wishing the Institute Committeuof 1935 success, relinquished his chairto John C. Austin, the new presidentof the Senior Class.

Subsidiary officers of the InstituteCommittee were then open for elec-tion, Those chosen were Brenton W.Lowe, '36, vice-president, William B.duPont, '36, secretary, and Anton E.Hittl, '36, member-at-large of the Ex-ecutive Committee.

THE TECH

Cape Cod CanalModel Displayed

In Building 20Engineers To Study Ef~ects

Upon Cape WaterwayIf Enlarged

Pr~of. Reynolds Heads Project

Cape Cod Canal and Buzzards Bayare shown in a huge scale model beingbuilt in Building 20, to enable engine.eers to study in advance the effects.of the proposed enlargement of thewaterway.

The model of the canal will showit as it will appear, widened to 700feet on the surface anld dredged to adepth of 40 feet.

To Accommodate LinersThis enlargement w~ki' provide a

waterway capable of accommodatingmoost of the large liners, as well asnaval vessels. The model will be 115feet long and will occupy all of Build-inlg 20, which has been set aside forthis research.

Directed by Prof. Reynolds.The project is under the direction

of Professor Kenneth C. Reynolds ofthe Departmenlt of Civil and SanitaryEngineering, who is co-ope-radung withColonel John J. Kingman of the Unitsed States Army Engineers Corps in astudy of the hydraulic problems thatwill be encountered in enlarging thecanal.

Work to Last Several MonthsLieutenant E. C. Harwood is super.

vising the study for the government,and Donald F. Horton is his repre.sentative in residence at the Imsti-tute. The work is expected to last forseveral months.

The complex nature of the investi-gatio~n is indicated by the fact thatthe average rise and fill of the tidein Cape Cod Day is five feet greaterthan in Buzzards Bay, thirteen milet,distant through the canal.

Difference In Time of TidesThere is a difference of three hours

in the tide times in the bays. As a -result, the tide in Buzzards Bay is ris-ing while the sea is still falling inCape CodBays and the tide in Bulzz-ards Bay begins to ebb several hoursbefore high water at the other end ofthe canal.

Nine Foot Tide DifferencesOccasionally, under unusual condi-

tions of flood tide driven by highwinds, maximum differences in levelof nine feet betwveenI the bays mayocculr.

At high tide in Cape -Cod Bay thewater rushes westward through thecanal to the lower level in BuzzardsBRay. Six hours later the current re--verses and flows swiftly to the east.

Strong CurrentsUnder ordinary conditions the miax-

imum. velocity of these currents ex-ceeds three miles an. 'hour, while dulr-ing storm-, it may reach nearly fivemiles an hfour.

Scale of Nine Feet to the MileTrhe model will be built to the scale

of approximately nine feet to themile, and will be constructed of con- crete and sand to form a channel ac-curately reproducing the curved pathof the canal across the Cape.

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Radio, TelegraphUsed By T he Tech

Day's H~appeniing~s BroadcastedAnd Telegraphed To

Main Lobby

Radio broadcasting through MainLobby of the Institute and WalkexMemorial and the telegraphic trans-mission of all of the news events ofthe day feature The Tech's part in to-day's Open House

The crew race on the Charles River,the Technique Rush, and the trackmeet with Bates College are being denscribed while they happen by maeansof a portable broadcasting outfit con-

.structed and operated by members ofthe staff

Simplcx Machine in 4-138In addition to the broadcasting, The

Tech has had a Simplex telegraphic,outfit installed from its news office toRoom 4-138 through the courtesy ofthe Western Union.

.Visitors Give MessagesBy means of this, it is possible to

send messages backi and forth con.-cerniing the events of the day. Visitorsare being allowed to give messagesfor transmission.

The broadcasters -will be out in alaunch during the crew race and willsend out the account of happeningsto the roof of Walker Memorial whereit will be picked up and relayed tothe Main Lobby and to the Walker

lamplification system.. ~~Sport BroadcastThus, persons in both the main

buildings and in the dining halls willbe privileged to hear a "length bylength" broadcast.

In addition to the Simplex machine,Room 4-138 has an exhibition of oldvolumes of The Tech, and other ma-terial of interest for those curiousabout newspaper work.

Building MaterialsLaboratory Exhibits

Brick, Mortar TestsPorosity, Void Ratio, Density,

Rate Of AbsorptionDetermined

Many eminent professional societiesfrom all types of industries haveshown an interest in masonry researchduring the past few months.

Here at Technology, the BuildingMaterials Laboratory in Room 4-033has been busy testing bricks, mortar,and brickwork since it was establishedthree years ago.

Under the supervision of Walter C.Voss, Professor of Building Construc-tion, and his assistant, Robert M.Becker, many different kinds of -mas-tics, flashings, and wall sections havebeen built and tested.

Properties TestedThey have arranged to show a com-

plete exhibit of the tests made upona lot of bricks during its investiga-tion. Amonlg the properties studiedare porosity, void ratio, density andrate of absorption of water.

Bricks First SortedThe brick are first sorted as they

come from the manufacturer, allbroken and cracked ones being dis-.carded at once. Then they are weighed I

Reveal MaturityOf Cotton Fiber

Polarized Microscope InvolvedIr. Process Which Gives

Better Products

Because of certain structural pecul-iarities of the cotton fiber, it has beenpossible to develop in the Textile Lab-oratory of the Institute a techniqueto measure the "maturity" of thisfiber.

This process will be exhibited aspart of the Open House today. Thistechnique, which involves the use of apolarized microscope, is simplicity initself and yet provides for smootheroperation of the textile mill, and finerquality products.

Bad Fibers Mar QualityThe textile industry has long been

aware of the fact that immaturefibers fail to contribute an adequateshare to the strength of the yarn, andthat they tend to disappear in themanufacturing process causing an un-due amount of waste. They causedifficulties in dyeing and similar oper-ations, since they resist the reactionof swelling agents and do not takedyes to produce a shade similar tothat found on mature fibers.

graded in Four GroupsBy the technique developed it is

possible in the Laboratory and in sev-eral of the mills that have adoptedthe technique to grade cotton into atleast four groups of relative maturity.No particular training is necessaryfor the observer provided only that hecan distinguish between yellow-green,blue and purple.

Micro-MlanipulatorIs New Instrument

Moves Cells Under Microscope;Operates With 0.000025

Inch Accuracy

Ore of the features of tihis eveningwill be the showing of a Micro Manip-ulator. This device, which has recentlycome into use in biological science, en-ables investigators to reach into liv-ing cells placed under high powermicroscopes, and move the differentparts of the organism about.

By the use of capillary needlesmade of fine glass, microscopic part-icles of the cell can be removed, orsubstances can be injected to note theeffect on the living organism.

Accurate to .000025 InchesThe instrument is extremely deli-

cate and sensitive. Fine screws movethe needles with an accuracy of.000025 inch, and by observation underhigh power lenses, its movement canbe controlled to pick out the desiredparticles. This instrument promisesto be of great aid in the study of bi-ology.

Through its use, microscopic ani-mals and living cells can be subjectedto selective degradation in an effortto find what parts of the cell are nec-essary to continued life. Many prob-lems long debated in biological circlesmay be solved by its use.

See Single Celled AnimalsThe Biology Department of Tech-

nology also plans to show numerousorganisms, far too small to be seenwith the unaided eye. By means of amicro-projector, parasites, amoeba,flagellates, and many other singlecelled animals as well as the morecomplex structures will be projectedon the screen.

This enables all to see just whatthe biologist observes under highpower microscopes.

ThirtylInch SuctionOf Centrifugal PumpShown in Laboratory

Water Is Supplied At the RateOf 24,000 Gallons Per

Each Minute

Water supplied at the rate of 24,00(gallons per minute at a height of 40feet is the job performed by a cen-trifugal pump in the basement of theSteam Lab., Building 3, for the pur-pose of studying engineering methods.

Direct connection is made to a 325horse power, angle-compound steamengine. The pump has a 30 inch suc-tion, and a 30 inch exhaust, and oper-ates at 240 revolutions per minute.Because of the intensity of the suc-tion developed, the intake pipe isplaced five feet below the surface ofthe water so that air will not bedrawn in and spoil the operation.

Exceeds Rated CapacityAlthough the pump has a rated

capacity of 24,000 gallons per minute,it has delivered as much as 38,000 gal-lons per minute in tests. All thiswater is drawn from a canal 10 feetdeep, located in the floor of Building 3.

The water leaving the pump is shotthrough a Venturi meter to determineits velocity, and then, knowing thearea of the tube, one is enabled tocalculate the volume of wvater flowing.

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the possibilities in our sports suits for young men.SPORTS BACKS in bi-swing, shirred yoke, ventedand plain back models with saddle pockets.CHECKS and PLAIDS and plenty of blended-rays and browns, TWEEDS AND SHETLANDSthat do wonders to a fellow's wardrobe.

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ed in metal and glass by the action

of water alone-is one of the demon-

strations arranged in the HydraulicsLab. This action which tears water

wheels and other hydraulic equipment

to pieces is produced and explained

in the display.When water flows through a con-

striction in its path, it sometimes hap-

pens that the velocity is too great to

permit it to follow the contour of thepath exactly. It is when this happensthat cavitation occurs.

Low Pressure RegionsIn the "vacant" hollows which the

swiftly moving water is unable toreach, there is a region of flow press-ure, so that water is vaporized veryreadily, and water vapor fills thespace. This "bubble" of vapor is car-ried along, but soon collapses. At thepoint of collapse, the impact of thewater on the container is so great thatpitting occurs .

A "visible flow" Venturi jet illus-trates the conditions causing cavita-tion, while samples show the actual r~e-sult of metal plugs and glass platesexposed to the flow. The pits, whichresemble the work of a "diamond-billed" woodpecker, are clearly visibleon the polished surface.

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In previous studies in the Institute'sRiver Hydraulic Laboratory on asmaller model of the canal, methodswere devised to produce waves rang-ing from slight ripples to the fullserge of the tide. Delicate instrumentsrecord these waves in the canal andsupply data for calculations.

Time as well as physical propor-tions are reduced in these experi-ments, making it possible to producethe complete cycle of the tide, whichin nature requires twelve hours, with-in a few minutes.

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Bubbles Of Water Vapor CauseCavitations That Resemble

Work Of WoodpeckerarBuilding 8, Second Floor

Room 8-201-Color MeasurementsLaboratory: Color Analyzer ex-plained by Professor Hardy. Nota popular exhibit.Room 8-205-Movies on PetroleumProduction.Room 8-210-Leaching of CopperOres. Electrolytic Refining of Cop-per.

Building 8, Third FloorRoom 8-330-Fire Assaying ofMetals.Room 8-308-Balance Room openfor inspection.Room 8-434-Metallography.Room 8-410-Heat Treatment ofMetals.Room 8-405--X-Ray Examinationof Metals.

Building 10, BasementRoom 10-060-Dynamo Labora-tory: Magnetic Frying Pan, Minia-ture Power System, StroboscopicMeasurements.

Building 10, First FloorRoora 10-160-Measzurements Lab-orator: Transmission of Sound onSight Beam, Wave Form of Sound,High Voltage DisplaZI, CathodeRay Oscillographs, Device to Meas-uere Lung Power.

Building 10, Second Floor

Room 10-250-Movies by Edger-ton's High Speed Camera. Time.3-4, 6-7, and 9-10 o'clock. Fresh-man Lectures on Chemistry. Time:4-5 and 7-8 o'clock. Demonstrationof Tesla Coil for High Voltage Dis-charges. Time: 2-3, 5-6, 8-9 o'clock.Room 10-275-Lecture Demonstra-tions by Members of the Sopho-more -Class chosen from the PhysicsCourses.

Building 10, Third Floor

Room 10-338-Differenltial Analyz-er. Computing Machine.Room 10-395-Network Analyzerfor Solution of Transmission Prob-lems.

Room 10-385--Electrical Engineer-ing Communications Exhibits.Means of Electrical Communication.Reaction Time by the ShockMethod.

Building 10. Fourth FloorDepartment of Biology and PublicHealth: Biochemical Action byTWireless, Larvgest Known CoffeeExtractor, -ats and Rickets,Health Education Movies, Germi-cides by 1nvisible ijight, BrookTrout Exhibit, Micro-Projectionof Living Water Animals, Micro-Manipulator.

Building 11, InfirmaryA doctor and nurse are on duty tocare for any illness. Punch served.

Building 3, BasementRoom 3-050-Steam Laboratory.Engines in Operation. MiniatureLocomotive on Track.Room 3-003-Electronics Labora-tory: Radio Tube Manufacture,Photo-cell Selector.

Building 3, First FloorRoom 3-150-Steam Laboratory;Engines in Operation.

Building 3, Second FloorRoom 3-270-Movies on Automo-bile Tests.

Building 3, Third FloorRoom 3-305-Display of SignalCorps Equipment.Room 3-310A-Display of CoastArtillery Instruments.Room 3-370-Army Movies of theFunctions of the Engineer Corps.Rooms 3-311 and 3-315 -TextileLaboratories.Room 3-350-Machine Tool Labora-tory: All machines running Lathes, Grinding Machines, MillingMachines, Profiling, Broaching, andAutomatic Gear Cutting.

Building 5, First Floor

Museum of Ship ModelsRoom 5-129-Movies of the Thorne-Loomis European Tour. Time andMotion Study.

Building 5, Second FloorRoom 5-220-Naval ArchitectureModel Room.Room 5-226-Building ConstructionMovies.Room 5-240-Building-ConstructionExhibit.

Building 5, Third FloorRoom 5-330--Movies by Depart-ment of Naval Architecture; "TheBuilding of a Ship" and lnterna-tional Cup Races. Tir.le: 3-5 and8-10 o'clock.

Building I, First FloorRoom 1-110-Testinng MaterialsLaboratory: Tensile Tests oreRopes, Bending of Beams.

Building 1, Second FloorRoom 1-210 - Testing MaterialsLaboratory.Room 1-223-Display of ArmyOrdinance Equipment.Room 1-235-BuildingConstructionExhibit.

Building 1, Third FloorRoom 1-310-Testing MaterialsLaboratory.Room 1-334-Soil Mechanics Lab-oratory.Room 1-345-Civil Engineering De-partment Exhibit: Designs andApparatus, Model of Fifteen MilesFalls Power Development.

Building 35Welding Laboratory: Oxy-acety-lene, Electric Are, Electric Resist-ance, and Thermnite Welding.Foundry and Forge Shops.

Building 40Refrigeration Laboratory.

Building 33Aeronautical Engineering Depart-ment: Wind Tunnels, Airplane andEngine Designs, Meteorology, andGliders.

Buildings 20 and 21River Hydraulics Laboratories.River and Canal Models with Mlowover Weirs.

Hangar GymnasiumDisplay of Chemical WarfareEquipment, Miniature SandboxFiring Range, Searchlight andGuns on Exhibit.Wr estling, Box27zg, and FencingExhibits.

Charles RiverCrew Races: Harvard, Cornell,Syracuse, and Technology. 2:30o'clock.

Coop FieldLacrosse Game. Technology vs.Williams at 2 o'clock

Walker MemorialWalker Gymnasium-Tea Dance at

4 o'clock. Sports Review at 7:30.Entertainment by Musical Clubsand Tech Show at 8:30 o'clock.

Dining Halls open from 12 to 8o'clockCenter of Undergraduate Activi-ties, with offices of The Tech, TheTechnology Christian Association,The Tech Engineering News, VojDoo, M. I. T. Athletic Association,Tech Show, Musical Clubs, and In-stitute Committee.Explanation of room numberingsystem: Room numbers are dividedin two, parts. The part before thehyphen refers to the building num-ber, while the last three figuresafter the hyphen designate thenumber of the room in that build-ing. The first of these three digitsrefers to the floor. Odd numberedbuildings are on the West side ofthe Great Court, while even num-bered buildings are on tHa eastside. Building numbers higher than11 are at the Ureas of the maingroon. When in doubt, ask a uni-formed guide.

Building 2, Basement

Roams 2-015, 2-019, 2-077 - Dis-plays of Thesis Apparatus byChemical Engineering Students:Cottrell Precipitation, Corrosionand Heat Treatment, Rubber Mill,Dropwise Condensation.

Building 2, First Floor

Exhibit by Architecture Depart-ment; Architectural D e s i g n s,Drawing and Modeling, Painting ofa Fuml-Length Portrait.Room 2-170-Department of Math-ematics: Talk by Proof. Weiner onMathematical Puzzles, Exhibitionof Harmonic Analyzer, IntegratingApparatus, and Other ComputingDevices.Room 2-l 0-Chemical Engineer-ing Laboratory: Slugging, TunnelDrying Leather, Wind Tunnel inOperation, Triple Efect Evapora-tion, Streamline Flow.

Building 2, Second FloorRoom 2-219-Brownian MovementExhibit.Room 2-210-Qualitative Labora-tories.Room 2-245 - Freshman HobbiesExhibit.

Building 2, Third FloorDrawing Rooms - Exhibitions ofWork of Students in DescriptiveGeometry and Drawing.

Building 4, BasementDepartment of Ceramics Labora-tories open.Room 4-007-Electric Smelting.Room 4-041-X-Ray Examinationof Metals.

Building 4, First FloorRoom 4-138-Exhibition by TheTech: Simplex long-distance type-writing machine, Methods of Pub-lication, Public Address Systemwith News Flashes, Short WaveReports of Crew Race and TrackMeet.Room 4-145-Heat MeasurementsLaboratory.Freshman Chemistry Laboratories.

Building 4, Second FloorRoom 4-270AMovies on ChemicalEngineening.Freshman Chemistry Laboratories.

Building 4, Third FloorRoom 4-370-Exhibit and Lectureson Chemistry. Department of Geol-ogy Exhibit including Paleontol-ogy, Geophysics, Minerology, Dy-namic Geology, and Petrography.Rooms 4-304 and 4-310-OpticalMeasurements Laboratory.

Building 4, Fourth FloorLaboratories of the Department ofChemistry.

Building 6, BasementThis building houses research lab-oratories of Physics and Chemistry.Entrance to Spectroscopy Labora-tory in Insulated Building. Exhibi-tions of Diffraction Gratings,Measurement of Spectra and Auto-matic Spectrum Measuring Ma-chine.

Building 6, First FloorModels of Van de Graaff Gener-ator.Room 6-120 - Demonstration ofGlassblowing.

Building 6, Second FloorRooms 6-215 and 6-217-Exhibitionof Gaseous Discharges, Floures-cence, and Photo-Electric Effects.Rooms 6-203 and 6-205-ElectronicsLaboratory.

Building 6, Fourth FloorRooms 6-408 to 6-416-X-Ray Lab-oratories.

Building 8, BasementRoom 8-010-Fire Metallurgy Lab-oratory. Lead Blast Furnace Run.

Building 8, First FloorRoom 8-130 Gold Stamp Mill,Mineral Separation, Settling Pow-er Tests on Minerals.Room 8-105--Pottery Exhibit.

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The reproduction of Buzzards Bayalone, with its numerous inlets andislands, will occupy a space of 35 by50 feet.

Enlargement of the canal is expect-ed to change the sea levels at bothends of the canal and to alter thevelocities of the currents through thewaterway.

At present, water flows through thecanal at approximately 13,500,000 gal-

lons per minute. After the enlarge-

ment the flow is expected to be at

least 75,000,000 gallons per minute.

Tides to be ReproducedScientific devices will accurately re-

produce in miniature the ebb and flowof the tides, and various floats ar-ranged along the canal will record theeffect of currents and wave motion.

The rise and fall of the tide, al-tfhough imperceptible to the eye, isactually. the motion of a giganticwave.

Steam Engine RunsAfter Fifty Years

Bailt In 1885, The Engine Was

Used As Testing GroundFor New Designs

Still in operation, a steam engineinvented fifty years ago that set newrecords of economy at that time andlater became the "testing ground" formodern steam engine design, is beingshown in the Steam Lab., in Building3 today.

Built in 1885Built for the Institute about the

year 1885, this engine is especially de-signed to facilitate experimental oper-ation. The three cylinders develop 50horse power each, running at a speediof 80 revolutions per minute.

[Sizes of the cylinders are 9, 16, andj24 inches, with low, intermediate, andhigh steam pressures respectively.Connections are designed so that anyor all of the cylinders may be usedsingly, or in any combination. In thecustomary operation, exhaust steamfrom the cylinders is admitted to thenext larger cylinder, that from thelargest going to a condenser.

Steam JacketingProvision was made to allow re-

I heating the steam between cylinders.Steam jackets are built around thecylinders, and these may also be usedor not, depending on the operator'swishes. Steam pressure used is 160pounds, in the high pressure cylinder.

mMuch of the experimental work onlsteam engine operation was done onthis engine, and it was the testingground for theories of design. Muchfiof our present knowledge would havebeen delayed if it were not for thecomparison of conditions and resultsmade possible by this installation.

Metal And GlassPitted By WaterDIRECTORY OF EXHIBITS

Dutch Treats WillAgain Be Debated

That novel question of "dutchtreats" will again be debated in anovel debate to be held this eveningat 7:00 o'clock in 2-190 under the aus-pices of the Technology Debating So-ciety. The debaters will comprise P.Vogel, '37, R. ITreat, '38, E. R. Boss-ange, '38, and J. Bryan, '87.

This subject of dutch treats was de-bated to a capacity crowd recentlywith Radcliffe favoring dutch treats.

Philip Scarito, president of the So-ciety, will preside as chairman.

Following the debate, members ofthe freshman class will entertain inhumorous and dramatic readings.

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Radio broadcasting through MainLobby of the Institute and WalkerMemorial and the telegraphic trans-mission of all of the news events ofthe day feature The Tech's part in to-day's Open House.

The crew race on the Charles River,the Technique Rush, and the trackmeet with Bates College are being de-scribed while they happen by meansof a portable broadcasting outfit con-structed and operated by members ofthe staff.

Simplex Machine in 4-138In addition to the broadcasting, The

Tech has had a Simplex telegraphicoutfit installed from its news office toRoom 4-138 through the courtesy ofthe Western Union.

Visitors Give MessagesBy means of this, it is possible to

send messages back and forth con-cerning the events of the day. Visitorsare being allowed to give messagesfor transmission.

The broadcasters will be out in alaunch during the crew race and willsend out the account of happeningsto the roof of Walker Memorial whereit will be picked up and relayed tothe Main Lobby and to the Walkeramplification system.

Sport BroadcastThus, persons in both the .main

buildings and in the dining halls willbe privileged to hear a "length bylength" broadcast.

In addition to the Simplex machine,Room 4-138 has an exhibition of oldvolumes of The Tech, and other ma-terial of interest for those curiousabout newspaper work.

Building MaterialsLaboratory Exhibits

Brick, Mortar TestsPorosity, Void Ratio, Density,

Rate Of AbsorptionDetermined

Many eminent professional societiesfrom all types of industries haveshown an interest in masonry researchduring the past few months.

Here at Technology, the BuildingMaterials Laboratory in Room 4-033has been busy testing bricks, mortar,and brickwork since it was establishedthree years ago.

Under the supervision of Walter CVoss, Professor of Building Construc-tion, and his assistant, Robert M.Becker, many different kinds of mas-tics, flashings, and wall sections havebeen built and tested.

Properties TestedThey have arranged to show a com-

plete exhibit of the tests made upona lot of bricks during its investiga-tion. Among the properties studiedare porosity, void ratio, density andrate of absorption of water.

Bricks First SortedThe brick are first sorted as they

come from the manufacturer, allbroken and cracked ones being dis-carded at once. Then they are weighed

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and measured: six specimens whichare very closely the same in densityare chosen from those submitted.

Absorbtometer TestThese are remeasured and tested in

the Absorbtometer for their rate ofabsorption of moisture. This machineautomatically records the changingweight of a brick as it soaks up water.Mechanical strength tests such asmodulus of rupture and compressivestrength, are next made. Thin sectionstaken from the broken halves are ex-amined microscopically so as to learnthe condition of the bond layer be-tween the brick and the mortar.

Test of AssemblagesOther brick from the shipment are

made up into assemblages which afterappropriate ageing and curing arebroken by tension, and their bondstrength computed. This afternoon andevening, the men in the laboratorywill demonstrate their methodsthrough actual testing operations onmortar flow, brick density, absorptionand bond strength.

Microscopic SectionsSlices showing microscopic views of

the bond layer between mortar and.brick will be shown to the public. Thecuring room, with its apparatus forcontrolling the humidity and tempera-ture of the atmosphere, will be openfor inspection.

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Cape Cod CanalModel Displayed

In Building 20Engineers To Study Effects

Upon Cape WaterwayIf Enlarged

Prof. Reynolds Heads Project

Cape Cod Canal and Buzzards Bayare shown in a huge scale model beingbuilt in Building 20, to enable engin-eers to study in advance the effectsof the proposed enlargement of thewaterway.

The model of the canal will showit as it will appear, widened to 700feet on the surface and dredged to adepth of 40 feet.

To Accommodate LinersThis enlargement will provide a

waterway capable of accommodatingmost of the large liners, as well asnaval vessels. The model will be 116feet long and will occupy all of Build-ing 20, which has been set aside forthis research.

Directed by Prof. Reynolds.The project is under the direction

of Professor Kenneth C. Reynolds ofthe Department of Civil and SanitaryEngineering, who is co-operating withColonel John J. Kingman of the Unit-ed States Army Engineers Corps in astudy of the hydraulic problems thatwill be encountered in enlarging thecanal.

Work to Last Several MonthsLieutenant E. C. Harwood is super-

vising the study for the government,and Donald F. Horton is his repre.sentative in residence at the Insti-tute. The work is expected to last forseveral months.

The complex nature of the investi-gation is indicated by the fact thatthe average rise and fall of the tidein Cape Cod Bay is five feet greaterthan in Buzzards Bay, thirteen milebdistant through the canal.

Difference In Time of TidesThere is a difference of three hours

in the tide times in the bays. As a re-sult, the tide in Buzzards Bay is ris-ing while the sea is still falling inCape Cod Bay, and the tide in Buzz-ards Bay begins to ebb several hoursbefore high water at the other end ofthe canal.

.,me .- oo reTi' ncsOccasionally, under unusual condi-

tions of flood tide driven by highwinds, maximum differences in levelof nine feet between the bays mayoccur.

At high tide in Cape Cod Bay thewater rushes westward through thecanal to the lower level in BuzzardsBay. Six hours later the current re-verses and flows swiftly to the east.

Strong CurrentsUnder ordinary conditions the max-

imum velocity of these currents ex-ceeds three miles an hour, while dur-ing storms it may reach nearly fivemiles an hour.

Scale of Nine Feet to the MileThe model will be built to the scale

of approximately nine feet to themile, and will be constructed of con-crete and sand to form a channel ac-curately reproducing the curved pathof the canal across the Cape.

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Technology GraduateWins Award in BridgeDesigning Competition

Jerome M. Raphael, '34 Is GivenFirst Prize In A.I.S.C.

Contest

Jerome M. Raphael, '34, a studentat the Institute, won first prize in theseventh annual bridge design compe-tition held by the American Instituteof Steel Construction. AlexanderMatthews, Jr., a student at the YaleSchool of Engineering, won secondprize. First honorable mention wasgiven to David Hiat of New YorkUniversity, and second honorable men-tion to Fred A. Thompson, Jr., ofIowa State College.

The problem was to design a steelgrade crossing elimination bridgecarrying a highway over a railroadand another highway parallel to therailroad. In addition to giving stu-dents certificates of award, the firstprize carries a cash compensation of$100 and the second prize $50.

These awards were made from the10 best designs selected in a prelimi-nary competition when 94 studentsfrom 22 colleges in the United Statenentered drawings. The jury of awardconsisted of Dr. Shortridge Hardestyand E. R. Needles, consulting engin-eers of New York; H. Craig Sever-ance, J. Andre Fouilhoux, architectsof New York, and A. LawrenceKocher, managing editor of The Arch-itectural Record.

Raphael is the son of Mrs. GeorgeRaphael of 152 Homes Avenue, Dor-chester. He was graduated from Tech-nology last year with the degree ofbachelor of science in architectural en-gineering, and is now studying forhis master's degree, doing much ofhis work in the department of civilengineering.

Corps Reviewedand Awards MadeBy Miss Compton

Chosen As Honorary Colonel OfLocal Chapter Scabbard

and Blade

To Lead Grand March At Ball

The cadet corps of the R. O. T. C.of Technology were reviewed Wednes-day afternoon by Miss Mary Comp-ton, daughter of President Karl T.Compton, who has been chosen honor-ary colonel of the local chapter of

Scabbard and Blade.Miss Compton was escorted by Cadet

Colonel Elmer J. Roth, of SouthOrange, N. J., and Captain LawrenceW. Sharpe, of Hollywood, Calif., whois also captain of Scabbard and Blade.She was introduced to the regulararmy officers at the review, andColonel Roth then presented her tohis cadet staff of majors.

After inspection of the various com-panies, the entire corps passed in re-view before Miss Compton and theofficers in the reviewing group.

The regular army officers who as-sisted the cadets at the review wereColonel Samuel C. Vestal, head of thedepartment of military science; Col-onel Robert Arthur, Major Oscar J.Gatchell, Major Thomas J. Johnston,Captain Bayard Johnson, CaptainJames F. C. Hyde, Captain Charles E.Atkinson, Lieutenant George A.Bicher, and Lieutenant W. C. D.Bridges.

Scholarships PresentedDuring the review Miss Compton

presented the army ordnance scholar-ships. The senior award went to Lieu-tenant Colonel Thonet C. Dauphine,of Faribault, Minn., and the junioraward to Second Lieutenant RudolphJ. Ozol of Boston.

Miss Compton was also the guest ofhonor at the Scabbard and Blade ballheld in Walker Memorial on Fridayevening. She led the grand marchunder crossed sabres a colorful mili-tary ceremony seldom seen outsideWest Point.

'ThirtylInch SuctionOf Centrifugal PumpShown in Laboratory

Water Is Supplied At the RateOf 24,000 Gallons Per

Each .Minute

Water supplied at the rate of 24,000gallons per minute at a height of 40feet is the job performed by a cen-trifugal pump in the basement of theSteam Lab., Building 3, for the pur-pose of studying engineering methods.

Direct connection is made to a 325horse power, angle-compound steamengine. The pump has a 30 inch suc-tion, and a 30 inch exhaust, and oper-ates at 240 revolutions per minute.Because of the intensity of the suc-tion developed, the intake pipe isplaced five feet below the surface ofthe water so that air will not bedrawn in and spoil the operation.

Exceeds Rated CapacityAlthough the pump has a rated

capacity of 24,000 gallons per minute,it has delivered as much as 38,000 gal-lons per minute in tests. All thiswater is drawn from a canal 10 feetdeep, located in the floor of Building 3.

The water leaving the pump is shotthrough a Venturi meter to determineits velocity, and then, knowing thearea of the tube, one is enabled tocalculate the volume of water flowing.

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Elects New OfficersMarking the final meeting of the

Institute Committee of 1934, WalterH. Stockmayer, the retiring chairmanafter wishing the Institute Committe.of 1935 success, relinquished his chairto John C. Austin, the new presidentof the Senior Class.

Subsidiary officers of the InstituteCommittee were then open for elec-tion. Those chosen were Brenton W.Lowe, '36, vice-president, William B.duPont, '36, secretary, and Anton E.Hittl, '36, member-at-large of the Ex-ecutive Committee.

Reveal MaturityOf Cotton Fiber

Polarized Microscope InvolvedIn Process Which Gives

Better Products

Because of certain structural pecul-iarities of the cotton fiber, it has beenpossible to develop in the Textile Lab-oratory of the Institute a techniqueto measure the "maturity" of thisfiber.

This process will be exhibited aspart of the Open House today. Thistechnique, which involves the use of apolarized microscope, is simplicity initself and yet provides for smootheroperation of the textile mill, and finerquality products.

Bad Fibers Mar QualityTIMe textile industry has long been

aware of the fact that immaturefibers fail to contribute an adequateshare to the strength of the yarn, andthat they tend to disappear in themanufacturing process causing an un-due amount of waste. They causedifficulties in dyeing and similar oper-ations, since they resist the reactionof swelling agents and do not takedyes to produce a shade similar tothat found on mature fibers.

Graded in Four GroupsBy the technique developed it is

possible in the Laboratory and in sev-eral of the mills that have adoptedthe technique to grade cotton into atleast four groups of relative maturity.No particular training is necessaryfor the observer provided only that hecan distinguish between yellow-green,blue and purple.

Micro-ManipulatorIs New Instrument

Moves Cells Under Microscope;Operates With 0.000025

Inch Accuracy

One of the features of this eveningwill be the showing of a Micro Manip-ulator. This device, which has recentlycome into use in biological science, en-ables investigators to reach into liv-ing cells placed under high powermicroscopes, and move the differentparts of the organism about.

By the use of capillary needlesmade of fine glass, microscopic part-icles of the cell can be removed, orsubstances can be injected to note theeffect on the living organism.

Accurate to .000025 InchesThe instrument is extremely deli-

cate and sensitive. Fine screws movethe needles with an accuracy of.000025 inch, and by observation underhigh power lenses, its movement canbe controlled to pick out the desiredparticles. This instrument promisesto be of great aid in the study of bi-ology.

Through its use, microscopic ani-mals and living cells can be subjectedto selective degradation in an effortto find what parts of the cell are nec-essary to continued life. Many prob-lems long debated in biological circlesmay be solved by its use.

See Single Celled AnimalsThe Biology Department of Tech-

noiogy also plans to show numerousorganisms, far too small to be seenwith the unaided eye. By means of amicro-projector, parasites, amoeba,flagellates, and many other singlecelled animals as well as the morecomplex structures will be projectedon the screen.

This enables all to see just whatthe biologist observes under highpower microscopes.

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Time as well as physical propor-tions are reduced in these experi-ments, making it possible to producethe complete cycle of the tide, whichin nature requires twelve hours, with-in a few minutes.

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Still in operation, a steam engininvented fifty years ago that set nevrecords of economy at that time an,later became the "testing ground" fomodern steam engine design, is beinjshown in the Steam Lab., in Building3 today. I

Built in 1885Built for the Institute about the

year 1885, this engine is especially de.signed to facilitate experimental oper.ation. The three cylinders develop 5(horse power each, running at a speesof 80 revolutions per minute.

Sizes of the cylinders are 9, 16, and24 inches, with low, intermediate, andhigh steam pressures respectively,Connections are designed so that anyor all of the cylinders may be usedsingly, or in any combination. In thecustomary operation, exhaust steamfrom the cylinders is admitted to thenext larger cylinder, that from thelargest going to a condenser.

Steam JacketingProvision was made to allow re-

Iheating the steam between cylinders.Steam jackets are built around thecylinders, and these may also be usedor not, depending on the operator'swishes. Steam pressure used is 160pounds, in the high pressure cylinder.

Much of the experimental work onsteam engine operation was done onthis engine, and it was the testingground for theories of design. Mouchof our present knowledge would havebeen delayed if it were not for thecomparison of conditions and resultsmade possible by this installation.

Building 2, BasementRooms 2-015, 2-019, 2-077 - Displays of Thesis Apparatus b.

le Chemical Engineering Studentsw Cottrell Precipitation, Corrosioiid and Heat Treatment, Rubber Millr Dropwise Condensation.

lg Building 2, First FloorExhibit by Architecture Department; Architectural D e s i g n s

e Drawing and Modeling, Painting o{a Full-Length Portrait.Room 2-170--Department of Math-

i0 ematics: Talk by Prof. Weiner ord Mathematical Puzzles, Exhibition

of Harmonic Analyzer, Integratingd Apparatus, and Other Computingd Devices.

Room 2-110--Chemical Engineer-r ing Laboratory: Slugging, Tunnel

d Drying Leather, Wind Tunnel ine Operation, Triple Effect Evapora-

a tion, Streamline Flow.~e Building 2, Second Floore Room 2-219-E rownian Movement

Exhibit.Room 2-210--Qualitative Labora-tories.Room 2-245 -Freshman HobbiesExhibit.

Building 2, Third FloorDrawing Rooms - Exhibitions ofWork of Students in DescriptiveGeometry and Drawing.

Building 4, BasementDepartment of Ceramics Labora-tories open.Room 4-007-Electric Smelting.Room 4-041-X-Ray Examinationof Metals.

Building 4, First FloorRoom 4-138--Exhibition by TheTech: Simplex long-distance type-writing machine, Methods of Pub-lication, Public Address Systemwith News Flashes, Short WaveReports of Crew Race and TrackMeet.Room 4-145-Heat MeasurementsLaboratory.Freshman Chemistry Laboratories.

Building 4, Second FloorRoom 4-270-Movies on ChemicalEngineering..Freshman Chemistry Laboratories.

Building 4, Third FloorRoom 4-370-Exhibit and Lectureson Chemistry. Department of Geol-ogy Exhibit including Paleontol-ogy, Geophysics, Minerology, Dy-namic Geology, and Petrography.Rooms 4-304 and 4-310--OpticalMeasurements Laboratory.

Building 4, Fourth FloorLaboratories of the Department ofChemistry.

Building 6, BasementThis building houses research lab-oratories of Physics and Chemistry.Entrance to Spectroscopy Labora-tory in Insulated Building. Exhibi-tions of Diffraction Gratings,Measurement of Spectra and Auto-matic Spectrum Measuring Ma-chine.

Building 6, First FloorModels of Van de Graaff Gener-ator.Room 6-120 - Demonstration ofGlassblowing.

Building 6, Second FloorRooms 6-215 and 6-217-Exhibitionof Gaseous Discharges, Floures-cence, and Photo-Electric Effects.Rooms 6-203 and 6-205-ElectronicsLaboratory.

Building 6, Fourth FloorRooms 6-408 to 6-416-X-Ray Lab-oratories.

Building 8, BasementRoom 8-010-Fire Metallurgy Lab-oratory. Lead Blast Furnace Run.

Building 8, First FloorRoom 8-130-Gold Stamp Mill,Mineral Separation, Settling Pow-er Tests on Minerals.Room 8-105-Pottery Exhibit.

Building 8, Second Floor- Room 8-201--Color Measurements

Y Laboratory: Color Analyzer ex-: plained by Professor Hardy. Notn a popular exhibit.I, Room 8-205-Movies on Petroleum

Production.Room 8-210-Leaching of CopperOres. Electrolytic Refining of Cop-per.

f Building 8, Third FloorRoom 8-330-Fire Assaying of

- Metals.Room 8-308-Balance Room openfor inspection.Room 8-434-Metallography.Room 8-410-Heat Treatment ofMetals.Room 8-405-X-Ray Examinationof Metals.

Building 10, BasementRoom 10-060-Dynamo Labora-tory: Magnetic Frying Pan, Minia-ture Power System, StroboscopicMeasurements.

Building 10, First FloorRoom 10-160-Measurements Lab-oratory: Transmission of Sound onLight Beam, Wave Form of Sound,High Voltage Display, CathodeRay Oscillographs, Device to Meas-2ere Lung Power.

Building 10, Second FloorRoom 10-250-Movies by Edger-ton's High Speed Camera. Time.3-4, 6-7, and 9-10 o'clock. Fresh-man Lectures on Chemistry. Time:4-5 and 7-8 o'clock. Demonstratiohof Tesla Coil for High Voltage Dis-charges. Time: 2-3, 5-6, 8-9 o'clock.Room 10-275-Lecture Demonstra-tions by Members of the Sopho-more Class chosen from the PhysicsCourses.

Building 10, Third FloorRoom 10-338-Differential Analyz-er. Computing Machine.Room 10-395-Network Analyzerfor Solution of Transmission Prob-lems.Room 10-385-Electrical Engineer-ing Communications Exhibits.Means of Electrical Communication.Reaction Time by the ShockMethod.

Building 10. Fourth FloorDepartment of Biology and PublicHealth: Biochemical Action byWireless, Largest Known CoffeeExtractor, Rats and Rickets,Health Education Movies, Germi-cides by Invisible Light, BrookTrout Exhibit, Micro-Projectionof Living Water Animals, Micro-Manipulator.

Building 11, InfirmaryA doctor and nurse are on duty tocare for any illness. Punch served.

Building 3, BasementRoom 3-050-Steam Laboratory.Engines in Operation. MiniatureLocomotive on Track.Room 3-003-Electronics Labora-tory: Radio Tube Manufacture,Photo-cell Selector.

Building 3, First FloorRoom 3-150-Steam Laboratory;Engines in Operation.

Building 3, Second FloorRoom 3-270-Movies on Automo-bile Tests.

Building 3, Third FloorRoom 3-305-Display of SignalCorps Equipment.Room 3-310A-Display of CoastArtillery Instruments.Room 3-370-Army Movies of theFunctions of the Engineer Corps.Rooms 3-311 and 3-316 - TextileLaboratories.Room 3-350-Machine Tool Labora-tory: All machines running -Lathes, Grinding Machines, MillingMachines, Profiling, Broaching, andAutomatic Gear Cutting.

Building 5, First Floor3 Museum of Ship Models. Room 5-129-Movies of the Thorne-t Loomis European Tour. Time and

Motion Study.Building 5, Second Floor

Room 5-220-Naval Architecturer Model Room.

Room 5-226-Building ConstructionMovies.Room 5-240-BuildingConstructionExhibit.

Building 5, Third FloorRoom 5-330--Movies by Depart-ment of Naval Architecture; "TheBuilding of a Ship" and Interna-tional Cup Races. Time: 3-5 and8-10 o'clock.

Building 1, First FloorRoom 1-110-Testing MaterialsLaboratory: Tensile Tests onRopes, Bending of Beams.

Building 1, Second FloorRoom 1-210- Testing MaterialsLaboratory.Room 1-223-Display of ArmyOrdinance Equipment.Room 1-235-Building ConstructionExhibit.

Building 1, Third FloorRoom 1-310-Testing MaterialsLaboratory.Room 1-334-Soil Mechanics Lab-oratory.Room 1-345-CiviI Engineering De-partment Exhibit: Designs andApparatus, Model of Fifteen MilesFalls Power Development.

Building 35Welding Laboratory: Oxy-acety-lene, Electric Arc, Electric Resist-ance, and Thermite Welding.Foundry and Forge Shops.

Building 40Refrigeration Laboratory.

Building 33Aeronautical Engineering Depart-ment: Wind Tunnels, Airplane andEngine Designs, Meteorology, andGliders.

Buildings 20 and 21River Hydraulics Laboratories.River and Canal Models with Flowover Weirs.

Hangar GymnasiumDisplay of Chemical WarfareEquipment, Miniature SandboxFiring Range, Searchlight andGuns on Exhibit.Wrestling, Boxing, and FencingExhibits.

Charles RiverCrew Races: Harvard, Cornell,Syracuse, and Technology. 2:30o'clock.

Coop FieldLacrosse Game. Technology vs.Williams at 2 o'clock.

Walker MemorialWalker Gymnasium-Tea Dance at

4 o'clock. Sports Review at 7:30.Entertainment by Musical Clubsand Tech Show at 8:30 o'clock.

Dining Halls open from 12 to 8o'clock.Center of Undergraduate Activi-ties, with offices of The Tech, TheTechnology Christian Association,The Tech Engineering News, VooDoo, M. I. T. Athletic Association,Tech Show, Musical Clubs, and In-stitute Committee.Explanation of room numberingsystem: Room numbers are dividedin two parts. The part before thehyphen ~refers to the building num-ber, while the last three figuresafter the hyphen designate thenumber of the room in that build-ing. The first of these three digitsrefers to the floor. Odd numberedbuildings are on the west side ofthe Great Court, while even num-bered buildings are on the eastside. Building numbers higher than11 are at the rear of the maingroup. When in doubt, ask a uni-formed guide.

Ions per minute. After the enlarge-ment the flow is expected to be atleast 75,000,000 gallons per minute.

Tides to be ReproducedScientific devices will accurately re-

produce in miniature the ebb and flowof the tides, and various floats ar-ranged along the canal will record theeffect of currents and wave motion.

The rise and fall of the tide, al-though imperceptible to the eye, isactually the motion of a giganticwave.

The reproduction of Buzzards Bayalone, with its numerous inlets andislands, will occupy a space of 35 by50 feet.

Enlargement of the canal is expect-ed to change the sea levels at bothends of the canal and to alter thevelocities of the currents through thewaterway.

At present, water lows through thecanal at approximately 13,500,000 gal-

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Metal And GlassPitted By Water

Bubbles Of Water Vapor CauseCavitations That Resemble

Work Of WoodpeckerCavitation - actual pitting produc-

ed in metal and glass by the actionof water alone--is one of the demon-strations arranged in the HydraulicsLab. This action which tears waterwheels and other hydraulic equipmentto pieces is produced and explainedin the display.

When water flows through a con-striction in its path, it sometimes hap-pens that the velocity is too great topermit it to follow the contour of thepath exactly. It is when this happensthat cavitation occurs.

Low Pressure RegionsIn the "vacant" hollows which the

swiftly moving water is unable toreach, there is a region of flow press-ure, so that water is vaporized veryreadily, and water vapor fills thespace. This "bubble" of vapor is car-ried along, but soon collapses. At thepoint of collapse, the impact of thewater on the container is so great thatpitting occurs .

A "visible flow" Venturi jet illus-trates the conditions causing cavita-tion, while samples show the actual re-suit of metal plugs and glass platesexposed to the flow. The pits, whichresemble the work of a "diamond-billed" woodpecker, are clearly visibleon the polished surface.

Dutch Treats WillAgain Be Debated

That novel question of "dutchtreats" will again be debated in anovel debate to be held this eveningat 7:00 o'clock in 2-190 under the aus-pices of the Technology Debating So-ciety. The debaters will comprise P.Vogel, '37, R. Treat, '38, E. R. Boss-ange, '38, and J. Bryan, '37.

This subject of dutch treats was de-bated to a capacity crowd recentlywith Radcliffe favoring dutch treats.

Philip Scarito, president of the So-ciety, will preside as chairman.

Following the debate, members ofthe freshman class will entertain inhumorous and dramatic readings.

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Managing BoardGeneral Manager ............................................................ Elwood H. Roontz '86Business Manager ........... ............................. Rl h D. Morrison, Jr. '87Managing Editor . ..............n.......... ...........Anton E. tt. '86Editor ........................................................................... ichard L. Odiorne, '86Associate Business Manager ....................................Benjimt B. Dayton, '86

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studies than the male students. Asthey obviously could not have beenvamping the profs, we conclude thatit is because the boys are handicappedby going out nights.

We have just had a staggeringproof of mental telepathy. We had nosooner started in on this paragraphregarding the co-eds than up came onewho has been typing at the other endof the office and wanted to know whatwe were writing about the co-eds.That's not a coincidence, because ithas happened before. Ah science!Science and the Public

The Department of Mining andMetallurgy, which has the most im-posing name of any department, withthe exception of the Department ofBusiness and Engineering Adminis-tration, is repeating its usual exhibitof the process of extracting gold fromores. Every year, they lose about tenper cent of the ore, to visitors whostealthily look around to see if any-one is looking, then appropriate apiece to take home and show everyonewhat real gold ore is like. Well, sci-

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rist with radical tendencies once re-marked that a little truth is a danger-ous thing. The lounger column wasinstigated away back in about thepaleolithic period of the Institute toreveal the maximum truth with theminimum of danger to the columnist.For that reason, the Lounger is ananonymous person (we hope) to themajority of Technology students.

Our writings are usually humorous.We have found that when we producea straight edit column, everyone looksfor the double meaning. Only a fewweeks ago, we deplored the vote ofthe girls from Wellesley to "bear armsin case the United States were invad-ed." And just to prove that we weren'tentirely destitute of a liberal educa-tion, we added "id est, pugnare". Nextday, everyone was laughing at theGood Joke.

Open HouseAnyhow, we're going to try to give

you an inside impression of Technol-ogy which is just a bit more than theaverage Open House visitor perceives.We've met literally-hundreds of peo-ple who came to Open House, andwent away with the idea that Tech isa sort of conglomeration of long cor-ridors. Van de Graaf "man-made light-ning, at last man is rivalling and out-doing Nature", airplane wind-tunnels,more corridors, and mercury vaporlamps. The last are those horridlights that make you look like a crossbetween an anemic green cheese, andthe Bride of Frankenstein.

Those grim looking young "soldiers"in uniform are not stationed aroundTechnology to guard its secret formnu-lae and priceless equipment. In thefirst place they are not soldiers, butR. O. T. C. freshmen, and in the sec-ond they are not "guarding", but"guiding". They probably have enoughtrouble guarding themselves againstthe winsome misses who think theiruniforms are just too too cute. Theguides can tell you where Rooms 10-250, and 5-330 are, and can direct youto buildings 1, 2, 3, and 4, but you getinto difficult numbers like 6-312, and35-108, they're a bit confused.

Seeing the InstituteWe realize, of course, the difficulty

which a visitor for the first, or eventhe fifth time to Open House experi-ences in getting around to see all ofthe important exhibits. So we'd liketo give just a few words of advice.Read the programs, and follow them.See the non-technical exhibits, as wellas the technical ones. After all, youcan see the model boat exhibit at anytime, but if you miss the TechniqueRush, or the Tech Show skits, you'reout of luck. And of course, if you don'tknow your way around, you can' askthe guides. The composite ad-ice ofthree or four should get you whereyou're going.

Frosh AnticsNow that we've got the serious part

of our column off, we can relax a bit.The freshman class, we hear, is run-ning an exhibit of their hobbies. Well,we're somewhat doubtful, becausewe've got an idea that if all of thefreshman hobbies were laid end to endin the Main Lobby, Dean Lobdellwould make all the girls get right upand go home. And speaking of thatmethod of making generalities, if allof the people who come to visit OpenHouse today were laid end to end to-night, they lwould be darn glad to getoff their feet.Co-eds

As you may be aware from infor-mation contained elsewhere in thisissue, Technologx has been blessedwith a number of co-eds. That is,there are a number of co-eds; wehaven't made up our mind yet whetheror not their presence is a blessing. Ofcourse, we have whiled away many anidle hour by proclaiming to the worldin this column their faults and some-what doubtful virtues. So we do feela bit thankful for them, becausewhenever the freshmen, or TubbyRogers, or Professor Wiener fail todo anything sensational to commenton, we can always fall back on aminor scandal of the Margaret Cheneyroom. Incidentally, we have found outwhy co-eds as a rule do better in their

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The study of the humanities, or humanism,may be defined in general as any system ofthought or action in which man, his interests,and his development, are made dominant.Walter Lippmann has said "humanism takesas its dominant pattern the progress of the in-dividual from helpless infancy to self-govern-ing maturity." The relation of a study of thehumanities to a complete knowledge of peopleand thus to a more probable success in leader-ship is obvious. Truly, then, a finished studyof the humanities will better enable the engin-eer to understand more fully problems ofhuman nature and to comprehend more easilythe actions of his fellow men, resulting in animprovement in his capacity to act as a leader.But time, unfortunately, does not permit sucha study.

It follows that the engineering school mustselect such subjects within the humanities aswill best benefit the student, providing himwith an education with which he is more prop-erly fitted to understand human relationshipsand thus to meet problems of life. Instructionin the correct studies should be made availableto all active students during his short fouryears of higher education.

The selection of non-technical subjectsshould not be left to the student's unguidedjudgment; in the choice of these all-importanthumanities. The school should provide a well-rounded schedule of studies in the humanitiesto be included in the curricula of all students.

Language, including English and at leastone foreign language; business subjects, in-cluding accounting and bookkeeping; econom-ics; and a general study of history are recom-mended as subjects to be contained in the stu-dent engineer's curriculum.

As is suggested by Mr. Dow, history shouldserve as a background for all instruction inthe humanities. History can be tied directlyto any single type of study in the humanities.It can form the basis of all teaching. To ac-complish this and, it should, of course, be prop-erly taught, i.e., in such a manner that thecorrect relations existing between it and thesubject classified beneath it are clearlybrought out.

Editorial BoardLouis C. Youn, 'go

Charles A. Bleaing, '87

Associate BoardAssistant Editors

Arthar M York T1'37 Rinhad G. Vl3ow Jr. 'l

Robert E Klats, '7Leonar A. Sd8a,. W

Business AssociatesJames G. Loder, '37Walter T Blipk t7

Milton B. Dobrin, '36Jackson H. Cook, '36

Joseph A. Smedlle, '87Lawrence R. Steinhardt,Elmer C. Wirtz, '87Albert A. Woll, '37

Aian L Roahkn&d 'STCharles P- Kahn, Jr., '87

Staff AlsistantsCharles W. Smith, '35, Francis H. Lessard, '36, F. J. Baggerman, '87,

H. B. Marsh, '37, W. B. Penn. '37, H. K. Weiss, '37, D. A. Werblin,' "36,G. M. Levy, '37, I. Sagalyn, '37.

Offices of The TechNews and Editorial-Room 3, Walker Memorial, CambrldgMul.

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Entered as Second Class Matter at the Boston Pod OfficeMember Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Amaestion

In Charge of this Issue: Ralph D. Morrison, Jr. '37 METROPOLITAN"G Men" describes the unrelenting

fight of the United States Federalagents against the vicious gangs andmobsters with James Cagney in therole of the government agent. Mar-garet Lindsay, Robert' Armstrong,Ann Dvorak are in it.

Isham Jones and his orchestra,with a pretentious stage show, offera series of their own compositions intheir personal appearance. Every eve-ning following the last stage presen-tation, the orchestra will play for freedancing in the Platinum salon.KEITH MEMORIAL

"The Bride of Frankenstein", sequelto Boris Karloff's original film, tellsof the monster's escape from deathand his subsequent terrorizing of thecountryside, while mad scientists col-laborate to create a mate for the lurm-bering giant. Karloff, of course, againhas the lead with Colin Clive andValerie Hobson in the cast.LOEW'S STATE

"Baby Face Harrington" concernsa small-town clerk who becomes inno-cently involved with a dangerous gangof hoodlums and is suspected of beingtheir leader. Charles Butterworth andUna Merkel have the honors.

"Let's Live Tonight" is a light-hearted comedy with Tullie Carminatias a man-of-the-world gentleman whobelieves that no one should take loveseriously after his twenty-first birth-day. Lillian Harvey is his nemeses.

RKO BOSTON"The Lost City" deals dramatically

with a mysterious doctor who, withthe forces of science at his command,threatens to wreck civilization unlessit accepts him as world dictator.Havoc is wrought in the efforts of theworld to stop him. William (stage)Boyd, Claudia Dell and Josef Swick-ard are featured.

"The Nut Farm" an adaptation ofthe stage play, portrays what happensto a grocer's family when his wife in-duces him to invest his life savingsinto a moving-picture in which she isto make a screen debut. Wallace Fordhas the lending part, which he alsohad in the original production.

PARAMOUNT-FENWAY"Go Into Your Dance" with Al Jol-

son and Ruby Keeler has the famousmarried pair in a musical comedy,which is quite interesting. We mightsuggest, however, that Jolson is notwhat he used to be. Ruby is clever onher feet.

"A Notorious Gentleman" is a mys-tery drama with a romance angle. Inthe cast with Charles Bickford andHelen Vinson are Sidney Blackmerand Onslow Stevens.MODERN

"Bl!ack Fury", the powerful storyof labor struggles in the coal fieldsof Pennsylvania, gives Paul Muni theopportunity to display his talents forheavy dramatics.

"Traveling Saleslady", has JoanBlondell and Glenda Farrell in a com-edy about the new method of sellingtoothpaste.LOEW'S ORPHEUM

Jean Harlow and William Powellare entertaining in "Reckless" thestory of a beautiful blonde dancingstar who rises to the heights ofbroadway. The usual vaudeville billaccompanies.

SEE TECHNOLOGY FIRSTDEVELOPING INTELLECTUAL BREADTH

ODAY Technology opens its doors to thepublic in order that the vast facilities for

learning housed here, may be inspected. Youngmen from high schools and preparatoryschools around Boston annually avail them-selves of this opportunity to see at first handthe results of research and study at the Insti-tute during the past year. Technically mindedlaymen and scientists from other colleges arealso present to review Technology's educa-tional plant.

Open House also offers an opportunity forstudents here to get acquainted with the workin departments other than their own in a mostinteresting fashion. The greatest danger tothe student of a technical school is that ofspecialization and intellectual narrowness.The great amount of information in the stu-dent's own field which must be learned in theshort space of four or five years leads the stu-dent to neglect the broadening of his mindwhich differentiates the outstanding from themediocre engineer or scientist.

An engineering education, regardless of thefield studied, consists-fundamentally of the ac-quisition of an understanding of a few basicnatural laws. Specialization is familiarity withthe unique applications of these basic laws tothe problems of the chosen field. Very oftenapplications that may seem unique to one fieldprove to be of great value in other fields. Thusthe engineer or scientist whose education hasbeen a broad one very often finds himself dis-tinctly in an advantageous position when newproblems are presented to him.

Today the work of students in all fields ofscience and engineering is on display. We hopethat the exhibits will be patronized not onlyby the public for whom they were designed butalso by our own fellow students seeking towiden their intellectual background.

HUMANITIES AND THE ENGINEERBROAD EDUCATION NEEDED

ENERALLY recognized among prominentexecutives in our national industries is

the opinion that a complete education for theengineer must include a study of what arevaguely termed the humanities.

Alex Dow, President of the Detroit EdisonCompany, presented a typical example of thebelief prevailing among leaders of industrytoward a broader education of the engineer inan article which appeared in the A. I. E. E.publication "Electrical Engineering" for De-cember, 1934.

Mr. Dow maintained that a study of thehumanities would better enable the engineer tosolve problems in human nature. He said thesuccessful engineer "will surely in time beoffered opportunities wherein he will need theaptness of the executivewho knows that it isimperative to decide quickly, even though thedecision may be imperfect; he will see that hemust avail himself of other hnuman beings asassistants or delegates, even though these arenot to his heart's desire; and find that he mustrecognize and allow for an infinity of variables,requiring of him at the one end of his knowl-edge of the humanities, a silent comprehen-sion of mass psychology, and at the other endan occasional outspoken exhibition of what iscolloquially called 'horse sense'."

The word, humanities has been indefinitelydefined as a term used in connection with theculture which rests in general upon a classicaltraining. In truth, the humanities are thosebranches of knowledge which tend to developthe qualities which are most characteristic ofthe cultivated man.

STILL DEPRESSION BABIESSpring of every year sees a great, new and ever-

increasing flood of embryo business men and women,doctors, lawyers, and engineers graduated by the uni-versities of this continent. They are supposed to taketheir place in civilization-somehow or other civiliza-tion has had little or no place for them during thepast five years. What to do?

The younger generation may very fairly place theblame for their dilemma upon the shoulders of thosewho are directing the destinies of the nations of theworld. They at least had a start in the world, even ifthey feel the cold breath of adversity today-but theirchildren can find little or nothing to do in the everydaybusiness world. It is up to them to remedy this situ-ation.

The governments of the world are at last doingsomething about the situation-whether they willeventually be successful can not be said with anycertainty. They are trying. Even if they do succeed,the present generation graduating from college willnot feel the benefits of their efforts. Something mustbe done in the meantime that will go into action im-mediately. There are many people in the business andprofessional worlds who are still earning far far moremoney than they actually require to lead a comfort-able and happy life--Let them give a helping hand tothose who are just starting their career in the world.Let the Doctor or Lawyer with the large and lucrativepractice take some youngster just starting for him-self, and give him a boost up.

The business man must realize that it is a poor wayto economize by refusing positions to those who event-ually will take their place when they are gone. Whoknows how much of this depression would not havebeen avoided if many of the best and most able of thepresent generation of fathers and mothers had notdied in the war. Do we wish this to happen again asthe result of our own acts ? Surely not.

-McGill Daily.

"If rational men co-operated and used their scien-tific knowledge to the full, they could now secure theeconomic welfare of all."

-Bertrand Russell

"Worlds arise when many bodies are collected to-gether into the mighty void from the surrovundingspace and rush together. They come into collision-and from their entanglement the heavenly bodiesarise."

-Leukippos 400 B.C.

"Do not get rich by evil actions, and let not any oneever be able to reproach you with speaking againstthose who partake of your friendship."

-Thales

"Dogs bark at every one they do not know."-Herakeiltos

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Two buses which will serve as bothhotel and train for twenty-four Tech-nology students traveling throughEurope this summer will be part ofthe exhibit of the Department of Busi-ness and Engineering Administration.Members of former tours will set upthese buses outside 69 MassachusettsAvenue and demonstrate their facili-ties for camping and traveling whichmake this nine weeks' industrial tourof Europe available at a cost of $360per man.

A pictorial record of last year's tripwill be shown in Room 5-129 by meansof movies taken by members of thetour.

Visit Foreign PlantsThis year's trip, which is sponsored

jointly by the Department of Businessand Engineering Administration andthe Thorne-Loomis Foundation, in-cludes visits to thirty European man-

ufacturing plants located in England,Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark,Germany, Switzerland, France, Bel-gium and Holland; besides visiting thescenic points and places of historicalinterest in these countries.

The group will embark from NewYork June 4th on the "S. S. Staten-dam" and will land in New York againAugust 10th.

For a remarkable display of Amer-ican ingenuity in making a campingtrip comfortable and convenient, thesebuses have to be seen to be appreci-ated. When camp is to be made, theentire bus may be completely enclosedby heavy canvas and transformed intoa spacious tent.

With a little training in motionstudy, ten men are able to transforman ordinary appearing motor bus intoa complete and comfortable camp inless than five minutes.

the following technical expressions. A"bugger factor" is that quantitywhich a student inserts in a problemto make his answer agree with theone in the book. A "brown bagger" isa student who doesn't know what abugger factor is. The R. 0. T. C. isan institution which the average stu-dent wants abolished on grounds ofinternational peace and such, butwould complain about if this favoritetopic for soap-box discussion were re-moved. And the Hydraulics lab is theplace which Open House visitorscome to when they want to get some-where else.Scandal

Certain amateur journalists (of the"small town" species) withaspirationzfor fame and a propensity for WalterWinchellising the activities of thedorm men, have turned out a DormRumor, which reads like a dictaphonerecord of a Stitch and Chatter SewingCircle meeting. The Lounger has beenblamed for many things, but we haveto a great degree preserved the stand-ards of good taste by avoiding the useof names. So when we see the news

ence is, as usual, one step ahead ofthe layman. You see, the very prac-tical scientists have substituted ironpyrites for gold ore.

Voo DooIt would not be quite fitting to close

a resume of Technology life withoutmention of Voo Doo. We do not knowjust how to approach the subject, be-cause we don't know just how Voo Doois going to refer to The Tech in theirOpen House issue. But just in casethey should decide to present to theesteemed public for whose eyes thiscolumn is intended, a false and derog-atory view of a serious and honoredpublication, we might remind them ofthe fact that he who defames his rivalin public had best wash his own win-dows first.Definitions

For the benefit of those people wholike to use collegiate slang, we offer

editor of the Rumor recklessly throw-ing caution to the winds, and makinga number of smutty accusations, wefeel impelled to point out to him that !persons who live in glass housesshould make sure it's shatter proofglass. So we might remark that theaforementioned editor in companywith two other dorm residents twoweeks ago dated up the "Three LittleMaids", whose "better-business drive"in the dorms has become well known,and discussed problems of the daywith them for some time in an estab-lishment over near Beech Street.

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Hotels and Trains on ExhibitionMachine Invented ToMeasure Wave LengthOf Lines of Spectrum

Spectrum Measurements In PastRequired Period Of

Several Days

Automatic measurement and compu-tation of spectral wave lengths is ac-complished by a machine recently in-vented by Prof. Harrison of the In-Stitute. The device may be seen in thespectroscopy laboratory in the base-ment of Building 6.

To measure a spectrum in the past,the photograph of the lines was placedon a comparator, a delicate machinecapable of making measurements towithin 1/25,000th of an inch. The dis-tances of the spectrum lines fromsome of the standard lines were ob-served and recorded to six or sevendecimal places.

By this method, the task of measur-ing the many lines that appear ohmost plates often required severaldays. Also several measurements ofeach plate had to be taken to elimi-nate the errors caused by temperaturechanges in the mechanisms used.Measurements Speeded Up 20 TimesThe new machine, which is on dis-

play today, although it is still in theprocess of development, takes meas-urements 20 times as fast as any othermethods and produces results that aretwice as accurate. It is expected thefurther developments of the machinewill make it 200 or more times fasterthan the old method.

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Biology and Public Health ChemistryOptions: Biology General Science

Biology and Public Health GeologyIndustrial Biology MathematicsPublic Health Engineering Physics

School of EngineeringAeronautical Engineering General EngineeringBuilding Engineering and Construction Mechanical EngineeringBusiness and Engineering Administration Options: Automotive Engineering

Options: Chemical Engineering GeneralCivil Engineering PowerIndustrial Practice ProductionMechanical Engineering Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

Chemical Engineering TextileChemical Engineering Practice Military EngineeringCivil Engineering . Mining Engineering and Metallurgy

Options: GenerAl Options: MetallurgyGeodesy and Seismology Mining EngineeringHydroelectric Petroleum ProductionTransportation Physical Metallurgy

Electrical Engineering Naval Architecture and Marine EngineeringCommunications Ship OperationCo-operative Sanitary Engineering

Electrochemical EngineeringEach of the above courses is of four years' duration, with the exception of Archi-

tecture, City Planning, and the Co-operative Course in Electrical Engineering. Thesethree courses extend over a period of five years.

A five year course is offered which combines study in Engineering or Science andEconomics or other social sciences. This leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science inthe professional field and the degree of Master of Science in Economics and Engineeringor Science.

Graduate courses leading to the degrees of Master of Science, Master of Architec-ture, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science, and Doctor of Public Health are offerled.A course in Public Health is offered, which is essentially equivalent to that prescribedfor the degree of Master of Science, and leads to a Certificate in Public Health.

Graduates of colleges or of scientific schools of collegiate grade, and in general allapplicants presenting satisfactory certificates showing work done at another collegecorresponding approximately to at least one year's work at the Institute, are admittedto such advanced standing as is warranted by their previous training, and are givenlcredit for our required subjects, including the entrance requirements, so far as theyhave been satisfactorily completed.

The Summer Session extending from June to September includes most of the sub-jects given during the academic year.

For information about the methods of admission from secondary schools, communi-cate with the Director of Admissions.

Any of the following publications will be sent free upon request:Catalogue for the academic yearSummer Session CatalogueArchitectural 1ducation-Undergraduate and GraduateEducational Opportunities at the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Graduate Schools of Science and Engineering

Correspondence should be addressed to thle Director of Admissions-- i [ [ . , _ I "[_

Awarding of RifleMedals to FroshTeam Ends Season

Crack Varsity Rifle Team HoldsAnnual Banquet

May 14th

Season's Record Best Ever

With the awarding of the TyroMedals to the victorious freshmanrifle team on last Wednesday after-noon, the semi-final chapter in riflehistory for the 1934-35 season wasbrought to a successful conclusion.Miss Mary Compton, daughter ofPresident Compton, acting as honor-ary Colonel of the Technology R. O.T. C. units presented David C. Whit-aker, Harold E. Cude, Jr., JohnSarano and Lloyd M. Hier with thecoveted awards at the Corps reviewat that time.

These Tyro medals are presentedeach year by the National Rifle As-sociation to the winners of the nationwide postal rifle championships. TheBeaver freshmen met some of thebest teams of the country in thisseries, including American LegionClubs, amateur clubs and teams fromother schools and colleges. The Amer-ican Legion Unit of San Francisco,California was barely nosed out bythe Frosh by a margin of one point.Gordon L. Foote, the fifth member ofthe team was not present at the cere-monies.

Varsity Banquet SoonThe final chapter in this season's

history will be written when the vars-ity rifle team meets on May 14th atthe American House to hold its an-nual banquet. The team this year hasconcluded one of its most successfulseasons ever, and has turned the long-est string of wins of any Technologyathletic team.

Best Record EverThe varsity sharpshooters have par-

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ToNine Organized In AttemptObtain Recognition Of

Sport Here

For the first time in several years,a baseball team composed of Tech un-dergraduates is playing a regularschedule of games this spring. Theteam does not officially represent theInstitute, for any athletic team mustcarry on by itself without financialhelp from the school for two or threeseasons before official recognition andmonetary assistance are granted.

Accordingly the team plays underthe name of the Cambridge Colleg-'ians, with its eligibility rules the sameas those for Tech varsity sports.

To date two games have been play-ed, with both having been victories forthe opponents. Last Saturday LowellTextile, one of the better collegeteams in this vicinity routed the Col-legians, 19-0. Then on Monday theTech players travelled to Harvardwhere they were defeated by the jun-ior varsity team of that university bya 14-8 score. Saturday's downfall wasdue mainly to weak pitching and poorhitting, but at Monday night's prac-tice, both of 'these departments werecredited with good performances,while the fielding fell down badly.

Five Games LeftFive games remain on the schedule,

three coming next week. Boston Uni-versity and Tufts junior varsities andNortheastern will be met in thatorder.

In general Tech teams are not verysuccessful in the matter of wins andlosses, the measure of success being

Ithe interest aroused in the particularsport. For this reason the question ofrecognition of baseball in the futureas a varsity sport at the Institutewill be decided, mot on how manygames the Collegians win, but on theextent and the continuance of the in-terest in the team.

Front row left to right: Douglas Hawks, '36; Joe Keithly, '37;Charles Endwiess, '36, manager; Lawrence Hall, '35, captain; RobertGreer, '35; Richard Denton, '36.

Top row: Captain J. F. C. Hyde, coach; Basil Martin, '36; LewisBaldwin, '35; Harland Hubbard, '36; George A. Siegelman; LawrencePeterson, '36; Sergeant H. F. MacDonnell, assistant coach; RobertFlood,'35; Richard Price,'35; Tom Kinraide, '37 and Charles F. Price,Jr., '36 were not present when the picture was taken.

shoulder matches, and of these theyhave won 26, and lost only three. Inthe postal matches, they have gonethrough the entire series without asingle loss. All these victories havebeen earned through superior skill ofmarksmanship over teams of repute.In the shoulder to shoulder matches,the men have stacked up againstNortheastern, Harvard, Syracuse,West Point, U. S. Coast Guard Acad-emy, N. Y. U., Yale, Bowdoin, Nor-wich and a score of other college rifleteams, not to include the CharlestownMarines Unit, the Boston Yankee Di-vision Club, and other amateur or-ganizations. To show the keen compe-tition met in these matches, it is in-teresting to note that three of thevictories were won by a margin ofthree points or less.

In addition to a successful seasonin dual meet competition, the teamhas acquitted itself well in varioussectional and national competitions.The team placed first in the New Eng-

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THE HOM IT(NGTON SCHOOLtu fur BOYS PREPARES BOYS FOR SUCCESS IN THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECH-NPOLOGY. HUNTINGTON IS THE ONLY PRIVATE DAY SCHOOL IN BOSTON THAT

SPONSORS A COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. HUNTINGTON IS FULLY ACCREDITED. Send to 320 Huntington Ave. for catalog. Tel. Kenmore 1800.CHARLES H. SAMPSON, Head Master

The Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY offers courses in the follow-ing fields of study:

School of ArchitectureArchitectural Engineering

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THE TECH

Stickmen Drop ReturnMatch with Boston Club11-6 After Game Fight

Tech Lacrosse Men Finish UpBattle With Four Goals

In Last Few Minutes

M. I. T.'s lacrosse team bowed be-fore the superior stickwork of theBoston Lacrosse Club, 11 to 6, Wed-nesday afternoon on the "Coop" field.The Technology team, composed chief-ly of inexperienced men, warmed upslowly, scoring no points at all dur-ing the first half. In the second half,however, the Boston men began to tireand were outscored by Technology 6to 4. The game was purely one ofskill versus stamina. The Boston Clubmen were handicapped by their poorcondition while the Tech men lackedknowledge of the game. The Technol-ogy team so completely outplayedtheir weary opponents in the secondhalf, scoring 4 goals within a fewminutes of the last quarter, that, hadthe game not been cut short by lackof time, it is quite certain that M.I.T.would have tied, if not beaten, theClub.

The stars of the game were DickGidley and Bob Leventhal, each ofwhom scored two goals. Dave Mathiasand Jack Colby each scored one goal.Bulkley, Crummey, Mathias, Forster,Colby and Gidley, all played the en-tire game. The Technology team. hasshown that it is improving and hasgiven proof that it possesses all therequisites of 'a good team. If it con-tinues in this definite upward trend,the game with Williams College Sat-urday ought to be very close, with aTech victory in the offing. The M.I.T.playersez, in last Wednesday's gamewere:Defense: Jim Carr, Goalie; Jim Bulk-

ley, Elmer Wirtz, George Crummey,Stan Zemansky.

Attack: Capt. Red Forster; Halloran,Dave Mathias, Dick Colby, CharlieGidley.

Substitutes: Johnny Fellouris, DickMorton, Dick De Wolfe, Leventhal.

Baseball TeamFormed at Tech

Beaver Sharpshooters

Fencing Team HoldsMatches in Hangars

Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clockthere will be exhibitions in fencingbetween both the varsity and fresh-man members of the team. The match-es will be held in the Hangar Gymand will be supervised by Coach JohnRoth. The matches will be run offwith the boxing and wrestling showalso scheduled for the same time.

CHAUNCY HALL SCHOOLFounded 1828

One hundred and seven years of accumulated experience in preparingstudents for higher educational institutions is available to Chauncy Hallstudents, the past forty years having been confined to specializing forthe Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Experience shows that failure on the part of students after enter-ing the Institute is usually due to insufficient preparation rather than tothe difficulty of the Institute courses.

Students who have successfully met Chauncy Hall requirementshave no difficulty in carrying the Institute courses efficiently and credit-ably.

The thoroughness of the preparation given at this school is demon-strated by the fact that although the enrollment here is limited to onehundred and twenty-five students, we have had as many as one hundredand forty-two Chauncy Hall prepared students in attendance at the Insti-tute during a single year.

At Chauncy Hall students are trained in correct methods of study,accurate habits of observation, sound reasoning, and clarity and concise-ness of expression. In addition to thorough preparation in the entrancerequirements, especial training is given in Mathematical and Scientificsubjects beyond secondary school work, such as the efficient use of theslide rule, the art of report writing, the correct use of Laboratory in-struments, the theory of error and precision of measurement.

Students planning to enter the Institute are advised to take anextra year of preparation at Chauncy Hall rather than to begin worlkhandicapped by "Conditions" or by "Cram" courses taken during thesummer.

If you desire the advantage of such training, write or telephone foran appointment.

FRANKLIN T. KURT,Principal.

553 Boylston StreetBoston, Massachusetts.

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Expected To Star ForTechnology

Tech's track men will give Batesplenty to worry about this afternoonat the meet to be held at the Tech-nology field at two P. M.

Oscar Hedlund, M. 1. T. trackcoach, is basing most of his hopes onhis triple threats, Captain Mort Jen-kins, Stan Johnson, and Jim Thom-son. Captain Jenkins outstanding run-ner of the team this year, last Satur-day overcome an injury which hadlaid him up all winter and won the800 meter run in the Greater Boston

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Those among our visitors who are interested in sports can watch Techathletes in four branches of sport in action this afternoon. The dual meet be-tween the Tech and Bates track teams will probably draw the greatest numberof spectators, chiefly because the track field is conveniently located and theprogram of events is varied. Coach Oscar Hedlund has some outstanding trackand field men on his team, and their performances will be well worth watch-ing. Jim Thomson, stellar high jumper and scorer of points in other fieldevents, is one of the most outstanding entries. Captain Mort Jenkins, stardistance runner, and Stan Johnson, Olympic prospect in the broad jump, givepromise of turning in fine performances today.

Many of you no doubt have heard of Anton Kishon, the Batesathlete who puts the shot for the Maine school. He will be here withthe visitors and is a sure bet for first place in his shot put event.Kishon has been breaking records for hurling the iron ball ever sincehis high school days. He is now a sophomore at Bates and may wellbe a world champion before his collegiate days are over, so an oppor-tunity to see him in action today should not be allowed to slip by.

Out on the river this afternoon the Tech crews will be participants in arowing regatta, together with Harvard, Cornell, and Syracuse. The Techvarsity, captained by smiling Al Mowatt from Swampscott, and stroked byGuy Haines, son of the Tech coach, is one of the lightest eights to representM. I. T. in years. What they lack in power, however, is to a great extentmade up in co-ordination.

On the opposite side of Massachusetts Avenue from the Institute,two other Engineer athletic teams are competing against opponentsfrom other colleges. A lacrosse team that has been steadily improvingto date will cross sticks with Williams. Many of our visitors un-doubtedly have never seen a lacrosse game. The sport, althoughpopular in high schools in other parts of the country, is entirelylimited to prep schools and colleges around here. Much of the roughplay of football and hockey enters into the game, but the ball usedis about the size of a tennis ball, and the method of carrying the ball

Ex-captain Nick Lefthes who will takeon Captain-elect Elmer Wirtz for tworounds at 4 P. M. in the Hangar Gym.

dorosian will be on hand to give thesport fans a final climax to the after-noon sports.

The boxing and wrestling showswill be held simultaneously with afencing exhibition by the fencingteam. All events are scheduled to startat 4:00 P. M. Arrangements havealso been made by The Tech to broad-cast a blow by blow description of theboxing events by short wave. toward the goal is by the use of nets with wooden handles.

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Boxing Team HoldsSpecial ExhibitionMeet in Hangar Gym

Wrestlers Also Put On Show AtFour O'Clock In Hangar

In Dual Affair

The Teclmology boxing and wrest-ling teams will put on an exhibitionmeet this afternoon at four o'clock inthe Hangar Gym immediately afterthe Technique rush. Captain NickLefthes will lead the Beaver leatherpushers through their paces, while co-Captain Mardorosian of the wrestlingteam will be on hand to show how hewon the New England Intercollegiate

.Wrestling crown in the 126 lb. classlast March.

On the Boxing card, Dick Lucien,'38 and Paul Murphy, '38 will mix itup in the 135 pound class, while FredClaffee, '37, and Don Gleason willswap blows in the 145 pound class.In the feature bout of the afternoon,the past season's captain, Nick Left-hes, '36, will trade blows wilth cap-tain-elect Elmer Wirtz, '37.

The wrestling card has not yet beenannounced, but Joe Heal, '37 andJerry Webb, '37, together with Mar-

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Harvard, Princeton and Yale. Themeet with the first two colleges washeld last Saturday in competition forthe Compton Cup, and in spite of lastminute changes in lineup due to sick-ness, and in spite of the unusuallylight weight of men on the boat, theBeavers provided one of the mostthrilling races ever witnessed in theCharles River Basin.

Compton Culp Race ThrillingPrinceton got away to a fast start

and led the Beavers by several feet,but the supposedly superior Tigercrew was not able to increase this leadeven after the half mile marker hadbeen passed. At this point there wasno open water between any of theboats. However, passing the HarvardBridge, the heavier Princeton boatslowly drew away while the Harvardboat, crept upDabreast of the Beavers.In the last few minutes, Harvardpulled away and followed Princetonacross the finish line while Tech madea gallant but futile effort to overtaketheir Crimlson rivals. The race wassurprisingly close, in spite of theweight handicap and the fact that GbuyHaines, son of Coach Guy Haines, wasforced out of his regular berth, asstroke by an attack of measles in theearly part of the week.

With Haines out, Captain Al Mow-att was hurriedly moved from No. 2to stroke, and in spite of the shortnotice, he acquitted himself well.

Toffill in Mowatt's place at 2, Will-ard Bixby, '35 was moved up, fromthe J. It's. "Bix" did such a good jobin the pinch that Coach Bill Haineshas given him a regular berth on theboat at number 2. Captain Mowatthas been permanently moved up tosix while Birch formerly at six hasgone back to the J. V.'s.

Other Crews InexperiencedLast Saturday Cornell was badly

beaten by the powerful Navy crew,being led across the finish by 3lengths. Syracuse has not as yet hadits first race, but nevertheless itschances for a victory loom up as best.Harvard has had only one meet thisyear, and that was the tri meet withTech and Princeton.

Time Trial FastOn last Thursday and Friday nights,

the varsity boat held time trial, theresults of which were not revealed.However, judging from the twinkle inBill Haines' eye, and from the generaloptimism around the boat house afterthe runs, the results must have beenquite satisfatcory to all parties con-cerned. Earlier this year, the boat;lowered the old varsity record overthe Henley distance, and with favor-able conditions this afternoon, Techmay chalk up a record for the 194mile course and provide a big upset.

LineupsThe lineup for the race this after-

noon will be: Al Hazeltine, '37, ofWestfield, New Jersey at No. 1; BixBixby, '35 of Baldwin, New York atNo. 2; Bob Ferguson, '37 of Rye,Connecticut at No. 3; "Whit" Stueck,'35 of Great Neck, New York at No.4; Bob Thorson, '37 of Medford, Mass.at No. 5; Captain Al Mowatt, '35 ofSwampscott, Mass. at No. 6; ArtHaskins, '35 of C~hicopee, Mass. at No.7; Guy Haines, '35 of Newton, Mass.at stroke; and Art Hunt, '37 of Mt.Hermon, Mass. at Cox.

The crew races are scheduled to

Demonstrates Almost CompleteEfficiency In Energy

Transformation

Operation of a Pelton water wheel,in a glass-walled setting, will beshown on the first floor of the Steam.Laboratory today. This and other hy-draulic exhibits are grouped at thesouth end of the room.

Almost complete efficiency is shownby this wheel, for when the streamof water coming from the nozzlestrikes the buckets on the lower partof the wheel, nearly all of the energyof the water is transformed into me-chanical energy.

Dropping straight downward undergravity alone, the spent water has lostall the velocity it had before strikingthe buckets, and all the energy storedin it has been used in rotating thewheel.

Nozzles and WeirsFlow of water through nozzles andi

weirs is taking place just alongsidethis wheel. Water from the nozzlesstreams through the air and falls ingraceful curves, while the weirs meas-ure the amount of the flowing water.

A weir is a vertical metal plateplaced across the water channel, andcut so that there is a large notch inthe upper surface.

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land Postal Intercollegiate matches;third in the Hearst Trophy Tourney;third in the Corps Area matches;fifth in the Eastern IntercollegiateSectional Championships, and secondin the New England Intercollegiates,Yale having won this honor with amargin of one point.

Next year's varsity team will bestrengthened by recruits from thispast year's freshman team who willhave to replace such crack marksmenas Lawrence Hall, Bob Greer, andBob Flood, Dick Rice and Louis Bald-win, who will all be lost by gradua-tion. All five men held regular berthson the varsity team and have all seenmuch action in intercollegiate compe-tition.

Atmospheric Heat SuppliesMotive Power For

Unique Model

Perpetual motion? No, but it surelyseems to be close to it! And yet, thereis nothing so mysterious about thatminiature steam turbine running inthe Steam Lab., Building 3, withoutany apparent source of heat

It is all done by the heat of the at-mosphere, The "boiler" is heated bythe air of the Laboratory while thecondenser is cooled by the evaporationof water from a wick. Thus there iscreated a difference in temperature,to make the steam turbine work.

Vapor "Boiler"Water vapor is formed in the

"boiler", and passing through theglass piping, it comes to the smallturbine and sets that rotating. Thecooled condenser returns the watervapor to liquid water, and so keepsthe vapor passing through the tur-bine.

This unusual power plant was loan-ed to the Institute for Open House bythe Cochrane Steam Specialty Co.

Dormitories HoldDance on Friday

Murphy's Orchestra Will PlayFor Annual Spring

Semi-Formal

The annual spring dance of theDormitories will take place next Fri-day, May 10, from 9 to 2, in WalkerMemorial, according to the announce-ment by Harold E. Prouty, '37, newly-elected chairman of the DormitoryDance Committee.

Eddie Murphy's orchestra has beenengaged to play for the event anddress will be semi-formal. This is in-terpreted to mean either formal orsummer formal.

Residents Assessed $10At the same time it was announced

that dormitory men will be admittedfor 50c while outsiders will have topay a higher price. This concessionis made to the dormitory men, it wassaid, because of the existence of asurplus in the Dorm Dance fund andin the tax fund, for which each resi-dent has been assessed $10.

The newly elected committee, com-prising David McClellan, '37, RobertY. Jordan, '37, and Hugh Smith, '37,has charge of the event.

start at 2:30 o'clock according to thefollowing schedule:2:30P.M. Frosh 150 pound crews.3:00 P.M. Varsity 150 pound crews.3:30 P.M. Frosh heavies.4:00 P.M. J. V.'s.4:30 P.M. Varsity.

All 150 pound crews will race overthe Henley distance of one mile andfive sixteenths. The varsity, juniorvarsity and frosh heavies will raceover the mile and three quarter dis-tance. Spectators may watch the fin-ish of the 150 lb. races just oppositeWalker Memorial. The finish of theother races will be further downstream just this side of the LongfellowBridge.

The junior varsity lineup has alsobeen changed during the past week,with the dropping out from crew ofTom Graham and Bob Olson. Birchhas been moved into No. 6 from thevarsity boat, while Patterson has beenmoved up from the third varsity boatto No. 4. Bixby has been moved upfrom the J. V.'s to the varsity boat.

The lineup for the race follows:No. 1, Easton; No. 2, Pratt; No. 3,

O'Connor; No. 4, Pattison; No. 5,Lowenstien; No. 6, Birch; No. 7, Seel-man; Lawrence, stroke, and Hubbard,Cox.

150 Lb. Lineup

The 150's lineup finds: Beckwith atNo. 1; Grant, No. 2; Jaeger, No. 3;Young, No. 4; Brauer, No. 5; Dolbrin,No. 6; Clifford, No. 7; Captain BobFassoulis at No. 7; and Clark at Cox.

Frosh LineupsThe frosh heavy lineup: Hagerty

at No. 1; Montgomery, No. 2; Wilson,No. 3; Glacken, No. 4; Church, No. 5;Chapin, No. 7; Weir, No. 8; Draperat Stroke and Smith at Cox.

The frosh 150 lineup: Atwater atNo. 1; Harvey at No. 2; McKeag atNo. 3; Griffin at No. 4; Ihmels, No.5; Guindon, No. 6; Sarano, No. 7;Morrison at stroke and Biaccardi atCOX.

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Fifty Mile An HourAir Strea'm to TestMiniature Autogyro

Full Size Gliders Constructed ByMembers Of A. E. S. On

Exhibition

The huge wind tunnel in Building33 will be put into operation todayfor the benefit of visitors to this year'sOpen House.

This tunnel, which measures fivefeet in diameter, and is capable ofproducing a wind velocity of 50 milesper hour, is used by the aeronauticalengineers to test different types ofplane models.

Lift MeasuredThe drag and lift on the plane model

is measured by an electrically operat.ed automatic weight adjuster, theonly one of its kind.

Auto-Gyro TestedToday, as a special feature, a model

of an auto-gyro, reputed to be thesafest type of airplane in use, will betested in the wind tunnel, and its act.ual safety indicated. The smaller windtunnel, in a room adjoining the largerone, will also be running, testing vari.ous models of plane sections.

In the same room as the large windtunnel, there is a "towing tank" whichas- used .iste--- UthcL-ULLU 'S WLV -60nL'.

ing of objects. A wing section, or anyother object is dragged through a tankof water at a constant rate of flow,and the turbulent and streamlineeffects of the section can be observedby the action of the water.

Aircraft ExhibitedThis tank is extremely helpful in-

determining perfect streamline in air.planes.

On the third floor of the building.various parts of aircraft are on ex .hibit. Glider sections, fuselage and,wing sections, and propellors will be Ion display.

Here also, in the drawing roomswill be displayed student drawings of idetailed airplane design, propellor de- ,sign, engine design, and stress and,strain analyses of fuselages during iflight.

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For 1935-36 SeasonJack Flaitz Awarded A.A. Medal

At Annual Banquet HeldLast Thursday

Roger Needham will captain theTechnology Gym Team next year, andJack Flaitz, Soach Neudorf's startumbler, was awarded the varsity clubmedal as the result of the electionsheld at the annual gym team banquetat Hotel Minerva Thursday night.Needham's specialty is the flyingrings. Paul Vogel was announced asnext season's manager.

The varsity team in full will put onan exhibition in the Walker MemorialGym at 7 o'clock tonight. Ex-captainErnie Van Ham will head the list ofgymnasts, going through his routineon the flying rings with Needham.The others in the exhibition will in-clude Dick Lewis and Dave Werblinon parallel bars, Jack Flaitz, tumb-ling and Harold Miller on the hori-zontal bar.

Herbert G. Forsell of Dorchesterwill fill the shoes of Hans Neudorf ascoach of the gym team next year.Neudorf resigns after coaching theInstitute teams for many years.

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Intercollegiates. Today he is enteredin the half mile and mile runs andwill probably finish with the honorsagain.

Jim Thomson, Tech's star weightman, broke the Institute's discusthrow record last week at the G. B. I.contest. Thomson, president of thesophomore class, is entered in fieldevents and will have to contend withKishon of Bates for the laurels in theweight throws.

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Regatta Today

Water Wheel InOperation Shown

Perpetual MotionSeen In Turbine

Competition ForClass Crews On

All Crew Men Should See Man.ager Hayes For

Signups

Crew Manager Johnny Hayes an-nounced last night that competitionfor berths on the class crews to com-pete in the Richards Cup Race nextFriday afternoon will begin in earnestearly next week. Heretofore, some ofthe boys have worked out at varioustimes, but beginning Monday after-noon, all class crews will be organ-ized for competition during the corn-ing week. All men interested in crew,whether or not they are out for crewat the present time, should get intouch with Hayes at the boat houseor at the A. A. office as soon as pos-sible.

As in past years the winning classcrew will be awarded the Richardstrophy, while the individual membersof the crew will be given medals.

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I A collection of 37 marine pencilsketches by the late William Bradford,presented to the museum last year byCharles H. Taylor, publisher of theBoston Globe, is now on permanent ex-hibition there. Bradford, a native ofNew Bedford, began his distinguishedcareer as marine artist by paintingships in the harbor at Lynn. He madeseveral trips into the far north tosketch and study, and his representta-tions of ice floes and icebergs havebeen exhibited both here and abroad.

A new model was added to the col-lection early last fall by Professor J.R. Jack. It is an Elizabethan Gal-leon, representing one of the largerships of the English fleet which de-feated the Spanish Armada in 1588.The scale of the model is 1Y, inch toone foot. The principal data for themodel was obtained from manuscriptsbequeathed by Samuel Pepys to Mag-dalene College, Cambridge, England.

Other models, rich in color and ac-curate in detail, include the SantaMaria, the Constitution and theGuerriere, the Mayflower, the Monitorand the Merrimac, in addition to sev-eral unsuual vessels seldom seensuch as the several kinds of warshipswhich were scrapped during theWorld War before they were ever putinto service.

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.section of the earth showing a buries!body of ore as such deposits are formicin nature.

Traveling over this is a magneno-'meter, the needle of which deflects a:.the instrument passes over the buries.ore. This exhibit has been prepare(under the direction of Professor Loui:B. Slichter.

1istory for the past 10 million cent-uries of the ground upon which Tech-nology is built, is illustrated by anexhibit prepared by Professor Fred-erictk K. Morris. Specimens have beencollected to demonstrate the validityof Prof. Morris' asserdins

XL-Ray CrystallographyExplorations of the inside of a

crystal with X-rays and examinationof rocks by polarized light, are shownin a second exhibit. Models demon-strate the structure of some of thecommoner crystals and show the lo-cation of the component atoms.

X-ray photographs of crystals androcks are on display, as well as viewsshowing the appearance of these ob-jects under polarized light. ProfessorMartin T., Buerger is in charge of thedemonstration.

l ~~~Oil WellAn oil gusher in operation still be

shown by Professor Walter L. White-head. A cross se'tion of the ground inan oil field is sho)wn, with the strata

,revealed down to the oil bearing.layers. On the surface, a mnihature.oil well is sin operation, to demonstrate

L the modern methods of obtaining oil;from the ground.

. ~~~OrestOres and their occurance are shownin an exhibit l Professor Walter H.Newhouse. Here are exhibited someof the principal ores of commercialimportance, along with their naturally

,exristig forms.

I The Dining Service and the lounges the ship is located at the intersection

occupy the first floor. A sales display of the bearings, or lines of direction. s

by the Tech Engineering News is lo- Locates Ships I

cated in the lobby. On the second floor Ships in distress can thus be easily l

are the Walker library and the Fac- located by direct lines of position. .

ulty reading room. The former con- This apparatus is installed on ship-

tains about 5000 volumes and is main- board to determine the direction from

tained for the recreational reading of which radio signals are recevied. The 4

students,who take out about 500 books signal is tuned and adjusted to satis-

a week. factory volume. The loop antenna is

The library is well-stocked and is rotated by means of a large wheel

kept up-to-date by the purchase of above the apparatus.

about 25 books every week. At some point the signal fades to a

The Faculty reading room is used minimum at which point the angle be-

by the Faculty and members of the tween the line to the transmitting sta-

instructing staff and has many of the tion and a line to the north is deter-

lighter publications and periodicals. mined on a compass card on top of

The gymnasium occupies most of the receiver.

the third floor with several other ac- 600 to 1200 Meters

tivity offices, including: Tech Show, 600 d eter s

(Room 304) annual student musical isdraw d etermined this angle a i ine

show production, Musical Clubs, is drawn from the transmitting sta-

(Room 302) affiliated groups of all tion (position known). This is a line

musical organizations, Voo Doo, of position, and if the operation is re-

(Room 303), student humorous month-- leated, the intersection of the twoly publication, M. I. T. Athletic As- lines of position determines the posi-

sociation, (Rooms 307 and 310) and tion. The reeciver operates on a wave

Technique (Rooms 308 and 309), an- length of 600 to 1200 meters.

nual year-book. Models of Hulls

Practically all of these offices are On the walls of the museum are

open for inspection. models of hulls of types of famous

schooners, the famous Clark Collec-

tion of some twenty-five hundred lith-NE aval M use um - Oganhaq, -n to and angr z aW71rigs -

(Continued Deem Page 1) wooden ships from the earliest times

ian ships, Dutch yachts, historical to the era when steam became doml-

ships of all periods; portraits, etch- nant.ings, charts, collections of books, and The collection, brought together by

modern radio compass in full opera- Captain Arthur Clark during an active

tion, are among the exhibits to be career of over sixty years of sea-far-

seen in the Naval Museum in Build- ing and maritime affairs, in which he

ing 5- became a world-known authority, is of

The radio compass is an instrument the greatest value not only for its his-

capable of getting bearings or lines of torical value, but for its great use-

position from any point on the shore fulness in research work in naval

to a ship. By obtaining two such lines architecture.

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tional building. All departments of,Walker Dining Service will also servecontinuously from 12 to 8:30.

The Tea Dance is being sponsoredby the Open House committee and willfeature one of the local orchestras.

Tech Show PresentedThe management of Tech Show has

undertaken to put on three of the out-standing acts of Tech Show, the an-nual musical comedy production inwhich all the male and female partsare taken by students, and the score,dialogue and dance numbers are wvit-ten by them.

Activities in BasementIn the basement of Walker Memorial

may be seen The Tech news office(Room 3), the Commuters' 5:15 ClubRoom, the Technology Christian As-sociation, The Tech Engineering News(student engineering publication) andthe bowling alleys. Representativesare on hand to explain the workingsof their organizations.

In addition, the T. C. A. has mem-bers of its cabinet in the office all dayto supply information regarding theInstitute or any of the exhibits.

The Tech has an exhibition showingthe various steps necessary to thepublishing of a newspaper frto thesubmitting of copy by the reporters tothe making-up of the paper and itsfinal printing.

HIGH GRADE

TYPEWRITINGWide experience in scientific wkor ofall kinds. Statistles. Long carrlagemachine. Facilities for handling anyquantity of work at short notice.

MISS A. I. DARLING1384 Mass. Ave., Rooms 4-5

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I . Mining Engineer50 Congress St. Boston, Mass.

I ine ExamInations and Adviceas to purchase and operation of Miring

property

TUNE IN-Luckies are on the air Saturdays, with THE HIT PARADE, over NBC Network 8 to 9 p. m. En D. S.T.

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>; ~Somewhat similar to this exhibitiwill be a representation of a whirling

airplane propellor, Mir-key Mouse rid-ilag a horse, vibrating springs, and

-the vibrating tip of a propellor as-though they were stationary.

This is accomplished by flashinglights at such times that to the eye

-the objects appear stationary, or elser'moving at any desired speed.;* ~~~Sound by Light

- ~~A modulated light beam will trans-;mit sound to a receiving apparatus,-- and the sound will then be amplified.

A pendulum will be set up to cut off-the ray at periodic times; and this willv cut off the sound.

- ~~As an adjunct to this display, mov-ing wavres of light will show the wavestructure ofe sound.

Cosmic rays are usually thought ofas vague things, but the electrical en-gineers will demonstrate that they are

-real.By means of the Geiger counter and

.an amplification set-up the sound of- ~~the cosmic rays going past the receiv-

ing device will be made audible.High Voltage Display

A high voltage display will be a-feature of the display. At last reports

it will include, among other things,a Jacob's ladder. This consists of a

-long spark- which climbs toward theceiling for quite a distance.

Arcing and Sparking- ~~Long sparks of other sorts will also

be featured. The difference betweenarcing and sparking, two terms whichare often confused by the layman, willalso be demonstrated.

As a finale to this, a disappearingsign is planned. This sign, made vis-ible in the dark by a corona effect, is

-impossible to see whenl a light is di-rected against it.

Peep ShowThe electronics laboratory in the

basement of Building 10 points withpride to its "Mystery of the Elec-tronics Lab", an elusive picture whichis set up in the form of a peep show.

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of '38 will display exhibits which theydesigned and built without the guid-ance of instructors.

Tiny Airplanes ShownThe demonstration represents prac-

tically every field of study, includingseveral aviation exhibits. HaskellGordon will -show visitors what aresaid to be the world's smallest air-plane models. These reproductionsare so tiny that they must be viewedthrough a microscope. In addition,there will be numerous other planemodels and one reproduction of a com-plete flying field

Francis W. Haggerty, who is stu-dent chairman in charge of the fresh-man exhibit, will show a marine dis-play featuring the subject of whaling.Completing the marine exhibit, How-ard Lawrence of Upper Montclair,N. J., will show a sextant and com-pass, as well as other nautical de-vices.

Among the radio exhibits will beone by Fred Lamb. Lamb, who spendshis summers as a radio operator inthe Naval Reserve Corps, will showa complete transmitter.

Photography will also occupy an im-portant position. Several studentswill show photographic processes,while others will display some oftheir outstanding pictures. Amongthis class of exhibitors will be pho-tographers from Technology's under-graduate publications.

Not all of the exhibits will be strict-ly scientific, for some of the studentshave used classical sources. Accord-ingly, the Open House guest will seea complete Elizabethan theatre model.Alwyn Marston will show a modelstagecoach which he designed andconstructed.

Several collections will round outthe freshman display. Among theseare an excellent group of butterflies,to be shown by Abner Towers. An-other interesting collection includesseveral varieties of bacteria, whichwill be shown by means of shadowII

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side. The crushed ore is then led overmercury with which the gold amalga-mates. The amalgam is removed andthe gold extracted.

The ore -which will be used in thedemonstration, however, will not beactual gold ore but pyrites whichclosely resemble it.

-Ceramics will also be a part of theMining exhibit today. The main feat-ure will consist of an exh~ibit of pot-tery making with the use of the wheel.

A brick machine which molds andpresses clay bricks will be exhibitedin 4-033 together with a kiln furnaceand various ceramic pieces such asstatuary and pottery.

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Civil Engineering D:epartment.In the same room will be concen-

trated the other exhibits of the depart-ment, with the exception of the RiverHydraulics Laboratories in Buildings20 and 21.

The model of the power developmentis a large scale working model occu-pying 100 square feet. It shows inminiature the hydroelectric develop-ment on the Connecticut River in Ver-mont.

In Buildinlg 20, at the Year of theInstitute, the Qvinl Engineering De-partment shows the progress of thework on a model of the Cape CodCanal made by, Professor Kennth C.Reynolds of the River Hydraulics Lab-oratory for the United States Engin-eers. This model is being constructedto study the effects of widening anddeepening on the flow of the tides inthe canal.

The river hydraulics laboratory haspreviously made model studies notonly on the Cape Cod Canal but onother projects such as the Connecti-cut River.

In Building 21, the river hydraulicslaboratory has a display of all ap-paratus in opera~tion including a sped

,cial West Point thesis by four army

Their motto in this exhibit is, "Themore you look the less you see."

Beauty ParlorThe beauty parlor is far from what

one sees when one wants a permnanentwave. The function of Technology'sparlor is merely one of diagnosis. Amirror is provided which accentuatesthe need for patronizing a more orth-odox establishment.

Breath TesterIl line with this, a breath tester

has been devised which measure thefreshness of breath by its coolingeffect. A bell and light connection willindicate the results.

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ments and the unchanging features ofnature are combined into one generalimpression.

Engineering and science have todayjoined forces with amusement andrecreation to present to the world across section of life at Technology.

Entire arrangements 'have beenmade and are being carried out by theCombined Professional Societies. Ex-hibits and demonstrations are almostcompletely operated by unldergradu-ates.

Technique Rush(Continued from Page 1)

smeared over the top and sides of theshack in order to prevent the stu-dents from obtaining the paddles tooeasily.

The shack is a wooden, circularstructure about ten feet high with arounded top, constructed in such away as to make it practically impos-sible for one man to reach the slit inthe top of the roof without climbingover the other competitors.

When there are many competitorsthe Rush becomes an exciting affairin which to participate and a humor-ous one to watch.

Clothing DisappearsAmbitious scramblers often have!

been divested of their entire clothingin the struggle, and -no one wiho ac-

tively participates will return fromthe field without being somewhat theworse for wear.

Parade FirstBefore the Rush begins the oil anid

grease are ceremoniously poured overthe shanty. This procedure is followedby an unusual parade led by twoScotch bag-pipers wearing their nat-ive clothing and actually playing thepipes, They will be followed by theTechnique Staff nattily aettired inwhite flannels.

Five Dollar PrizeThe first paddle to be given out,

for which the prize of five dollars isoffered, will not be issued from theslit in the top of the shack as will theother paddles, but will appear in amysterious manner.

A gun shot, or some other signalwill be given, which will inform thecontestants that the first paddle isavailable.

Last year one of the chorus girlsfrom the Tech Show appeared on thescene and suddenly raised her skirt,revealing the paddle neatly tied toone of her thighs.

The added prizes should encouragea large number of mnen to participatethis year. The student obtaining thefirst paddle, as well as receiving thefirst prize of five dollars will obtainhis free copy of the year book.

Chemn. Lectures(Conti~nued frzn Page 1)

At each presentation, the same sub-jects will be covered, so that a largergroup of visitors can be accommnodat-ed. The lecturers have been chosenfrom the freshman chemistry sec-tions.

Speakers

Speakers with their topics are asfollows: Jay P. Aul~erter, '38, "'Car-bon dioxide"; Frank W. Brown, '38,"Combustion Phenlomena"'; Albert M.Clogston, '38, "The Chemical Clock";Frederick J. Kolb, '38, "Fixation ofNitrogen"; Vernon G. Lippitt, '38,"Cold Light"; Dale F. Morgan, '38,"Chemical Energy"; John R. Robbins,'38, "Thermite."1 men on seepage through an earth dam. I projection

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lot of whangdoodle talk@ft about cigarettes

.1m;§2& j st plain otnilmonwsenseWhen you stop to think aboutyour cigarette-what it means toyou-here's about the way youlook at it

Smoking a cigarette gives a lotof pleasure-it always has.

People have been smoking andenjoying tobacco in some form oranother for over 400 years.

Of course you want a cigaretteB t to be made right. And naturallyyou want it to be mild. Yet youwant it to have the right taste-and plenty of it.