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VOLUME 91, NUMBER 14 TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1971 MIT: CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS FIVE CENTS

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By Pete Peckarksyand Joe Kashi

"Well, just in case youhaven't heard, my unorthodoxyproduced some rather sharpreverberations. It was as thoughan earthquake, registering eighton the Richter scale, had dis-turbed the foundations of theVew York Times, or the funnelof a tornado had dipped into theeditorial offices of Time-Life.

"Everywhere, big'media refer-ees were flinging down theirhandkerchiefs and calling foul.ThIe Washington Post stepped offfifteen yards for un-Vice-Presidential-like conduct. Timemagazine waved -me to the pen-alty box. And Eric Sevareid-tooktwo free throws at the line -both rolling around the rim and,as usual, dropping out."

Offering the above interpreta-tion of his previous "speech onthe responsibilities of a free me-dia in a free society," Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew pro-ceeded to comment again on the"national news media" in aspeech at the annual LincolnDay dinner of the MiddlesexRepublican Club held last Thurs-day evening at the Sherston-Boston Hotel.

Large numbers of state andcity detectives were in evidencethroughout the lobby of theSheraton-Boston while manySecret Service men stood at theentrances to the Grand Ball-room, where the dinner washeld, and at strategic locations inthe room itself.

While the Vice-Presidentreceived a warm welcome fromthe over 1000 Republicans atthe dinner, he received a ratherheated wvelcome from about4000 anti-war demonstratorswho gathered in front of theSheraton-Boston hotel Thursdaydespite the 35 degree weather.

Although the anti-Agnewrally had earlier been denied apermit to march up BoylstonStreet by the Boston TrafficCommission, police did notinterfere as the rally left CopleySquare for the Prudential Centerat about 5:45 pm. Shouting"Fuck You, Agnew," the crowd,which increased as it marched,poured on to Dalton Street nearthe hotel entrance. A thin line of-police and mounted policeblocked their way to the hotel'sfront door.

Though a few bottles androcks were immediately thrown,the crowd was generally orderly

By Joe KashiShould former US command-

er in Vietnam William Westmore-land be tried as a war criminalbecause he failed to prevent

-atrocities and war crimes by menunder his command?

Drawing parallels to the exe-cution of the Japanese generalYamashita, commander of occu-pation troops in the Philippinesduring World War II, speakers atthe Harvard International LawClub's forum Friday concludedthat valid grounds exist for in-vestigating US commanders andtactics in Vietnam for possiblewar crimes under the Nuremburgprecedent.

Professor of InternatlonalLaw Richard Baxter assertedthat the cases of Westmorelandand Yamashita were very differ-ent. Yamashita's, he said, is theclassic example of the responsi-bility of a commander to pre-vent or attempt to prevent thecommitting of atrocities by histroops. Moreover, he maintainedthat the Japanese inflicted thewar crimes upon enemy nation-

als while occupying the Philip-pines.

ResponsibilityIn some cases, a commander

may not be responsible for warcrimes and forced to stand trialfor them. International law, asdeveloped by the Nuremburgand Tokyo war crimes tribunaland the 1949 Geneva Conven-tion, provides that the com-mander is responsible for theactions of his troops if'theyare the result of the logicalimplications of his orders; heknows or slhould know aboutcrimes committed, or about tobe committed. In any event,Baxter reiterated, war crimes lawstates that the commander isliable unless he takes all possibleactions to know what his troopsare doing and attempts to asserteffective command and controlover them.

In Vietnam, atrocities havebeen different than in World WarII, concluded Baxter, and proba-bly not presecutable under pre-sent international law. Whilethey may have been "reprehensi-ble acts" contravening nationallaws, atrocities such as My Laihave been'committed against al-lied nationals (the South Viet-namese) and thus covered by USand South Vietnamese ratherthan international laws of war.Also, while Yamashita was con-victed for not controlling histroops, Westmoreland did makeattempts to find out what histroops had done and punishthem. There is'no evidence thathe "tolerated or condonedthem."

Baxter only mentioned themore substantive'issue of culpa-bility for the institution of suchtactics as free fire zones andsearch and destroy missions, say-ing that each case must be exa-mined in depth. He comparedsuch allied tactics in Vietnam

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Mounted Boston Police were cdemonstrators protesting Vice-Prthe Sheraton Boston hotel.

and the police restrained them-selves. A sudden charge by aboutthree hundred people [led by 4haird-hat wearing constructionworkers] for the front door ofthe Sheraton was barelyrestrained by the few mountedpolice present. Amused, for-mally-dressed Republican specta-tors were soon replaced by sev-

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alled out last Thursday to controlresident Spiro Agnew's appearence at

Photo by Joe Kashieral hundred more uniformedpolice in riot gear, along withwhite trench-coated state andcity detectives.

After a few minor charges bythe police and several incidentsof cherry bomb-throvwing, rallyorganizers from the People's.Coalition for' Peace and Justice

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- By Alex MakowskiAttempts will soon be under-

way to evaluate both the pass-fail grading system in particularand the whole first year in gener-al.

The Faculty/student Commnit-:tee on the Evaluation of Fresh-man Performance (CEFP) is be-ginning a discussion of the bestway to evaluate the experimen-tal grading mechanism, while theEducational Research Center(ERC) is preparing a survey thatwill touch the same pass-failissue while examining "the morefundamental question," as staffmember Chuck Stannard put it,of how Freshmen become in-volved in their course work.

Even -before the surveys be-gan, though, an informed obser-ver predicted that "pass-fail willbe here a long time, regardless ofwhat's dredged up from the re-search." Students, he told TlheTech are strongly committed tothe proposal; the faculty opposi-tion, representing about 20%, isnot likely to be successful irnreturning MIT to the past prac-tice of letter'grades for all under-

graduates.The current pass-fail system

is, precisely speaking, a four-yearexperiment approved by the fac-ulty during the 1967-68 schoolyear. At that time the CEFP wasalso established to both monitorthe experiment's progress andreport back to the faculty duringthe spring of 1972 on whetheror not the program should becontinued. The committee, onemember explained, has done lit-tle hard work over the past threeyears. As mentioned earlier, it isnow beginning a discussion ofpossible evaluation procedures.

Complicating their eventual

decision will be the -lack ofimportant comparison data. NoMIT students have gone throughthe freshman year under bothsystems and few faculty mem-bers - "fewer than we expec-ted," noted CEFP memberSandy Cohen '73 - have taughtfirst year courses under bothgrading options.

A general goal for the CEFPwill be discovering what rolegrades play in the life of thestudent; key information will bethe feedback the committeehopes to draw from the com-munity.

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By Paul Raber(Ed. note: Jt would be well-

nigh impossible to offer a trulyobjective report of last Thurs-day's Baker House fbrum. Thisarticle is the view of' one report-er who sa-t in 'on one of the fJlurdiscussion groups.)

Students, administration, andfaculty responded to an invita-tion to meet informally Thurs-day at Baker House to discusstheir problems and those of theInstitute in the hope that mutualunderstanding and appreciationof the viewpoints of each group:ini of the in-.;it,,,' ;I -. .S.

groups would result.The faculty and adininistra-

tion seemed to have respondedmore enthusiastically than thestudents. For a few, the eveningwas apparently a duty to besuffered through. an attempt tokeep the students happy by'showing their good intentions.to prove that they really didcare. But at least they came,although it meant giving up anevening to do so.

Snyder. Simonides. Sorenson,Menand, Marlin. Kahne...many of the well-known facultyand administration names wereannouenced as tie meeting began.Koughly 40-50 students, largely

Tonight's General Assemblymeeting is scheduled to include adiscussion of the purpose andstructure of student government.

Also on the agenda of the 8pm meeting in the MezanineLounge of the Student (Centerare reports from students onfaculty committees and-the elec-tion of three additional Imembersto the Executive Committee(UAP Bob Schulte and UAVPJohn Krzywicki are alreadymenmbers by virtue . of theirposts).

According to Schulte. the CGAis expected to discuss 'possiblerestructuring of the central bodyof the government and the estab-lishment of a task force to ex-

plore the issue. He predictedthat the GA would return to thesubject at its next meeting intwo weeks. Schulte viewed theplanned discussion as an effortto cause the Assembly "to thinkabout what they should be doingand where they're going."

There are no "official" candi-dates for the Execoni posts,Schulte explained, because thenominalions will not be mandeuntil tonight's Imetting. He ad-rmitted that he knew of somepossible contenders. but de-clined to name them.

Letters have been sent out toall house presidents encouragingthem to ensure their house'srepresentation at the meeting.

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An open forum at Baker House lasf week drew a nulmber of studentsinto an informal discussion with well-known MIT faculty andadlministrators. Photo by Joe ashiPhoto by Joe KashiBaker House residents, were pre-sent, although more trickled induring the remainder of theevening - it was difficult to tellwhether for the discussion or forthe free ret'reshlnents.

'The Fneeting. called for 8 pro,'was somewhlat disorganized tobegin with and remained so forthe next few hours. Tile assem-

bly broke uip into four smallergroups around 8:30, with thegroups migrating to locationsthroughout Baker House.

'Them' vs. 'us'Discussion in the group lo-

cated in the Dining hall began.predictabtly, with the five of"thelm"'' versus the rest. about

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Pass-fail to face evaluation

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istration, which gave permissionfor the clearance of the seventhfloor of building E 19 along withbuilding 24 for the program. Mr.Davis.also noted that-the recruit.ing of trainees from minoritygroups will be handled by Rich-ard Finnagan, of the PersonnelOffice. Most of the trainees ofthe program'will be selectedfrom neighborhood organiza-tions and agencies which haveiniformation about disadvantagedindividuals.

Technical program ended

The program, which shouldbegin in April, 'is quite similar tothe technical training programinitiated by MIT last year. Theonly difference is that last yearsprogram specifically worked attraining the disadvantaged intechnical skills like thoserequired. of draftsmen, machin-ists, and technicians; this years'program will deal mostly in of-fice skills, like those of typists,stenographers, and file clerks.Because of budget cutbacks, lastyears' technical training programwill not be renewed.

This new program was firstconceived by the Labor.Depart-ment and received a great deal ofsupport from a Cambridgeorganization known as CAMPS(Coordinated Area ManpowerPlanning Systems). CAMPS be-lieves that job openings of thetype requiring the 'skills beingoffered by the program willincrease in the future.

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formation of an on-the-job-typetraining program for the disad-vantaged have now been submit-ted to the U.S. Labor Depart-ment for approval," says RobertJ. Davis, Director of the Officeof Personnel Relations.

According to Davis, the pro-gram is set up to serve those thatare presently unemployed_ andare defined -as disadvantaged.The expected 20-25 trainees willgo through the on-the-job train-ing program under the directionof two full-time counselors, atraining coordinator, a fulL-timeteacher and a trainring supervisor.Depending on each trainee'sindividual need the programcould last up to twelve months.

Besides the training they willreceive on the job, the traineeswill participate . in classroom,work concerning basic educationand office skills, with tutorialsgeared to their individual needs.Most of the training will becentered around specialized of-fice skills since most jobs nowavailable are in that area.

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* There will be a Teach-In on Polaroid and SouthAfrica on Wednesday, March 24 at 8 pm in the Sale dcPuerto Rico of the Student Center. Speakers willinclude members of the African Research Group.People from Polaroid have been invited.

* The MIT Earth Day Committee is looking forinterested people. We need volunteers to assist therunning of Earth Ijay as well as environmentallyconcerned individuals. Come to Student Center EastLounge Thursday, March 25, or call Scott Ramos,x3261, or Tip Kilbey, 536-1139.

* This Thursday's noonhour concert will presentMarian Ruhl and Sandra -Stuart singing music for twosopranos accompanied by John Cook on the harpsi-chord. The concert will begin at 12:10 in the MITchapel.

* Members of the MIT community are advised notto park bicycles around the steps on the first floor of

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* Jobs in Europe still available for summer 1971through IAESTE. Deadline is March 26. ContactForeign Study Office, Room 10-303, for informationand application forms immediately.

* Sophomores who want to study abroad or attend another U.S. college next year should contact theForeign Study Office immediately in order to registeras MIT students. Room 10-303; x5243.

* Nominations for the Goodwin Medalist are nowbeing accepted by the Dean of the Graduate School.Please- submit the names of any candidates to DeanIrwin W. Sizer, Room 3-134, before Monday, April S,1971. Nominations may be made by any student orfaculty member and submitted through the Head ofthe nominee's department, the Undergraduate Associa-tion or the Graduate Student Council. The GoodwinMedal is awarded in recognition of conspicuouslyeffective teaching by a graduate student who is eithera Teaching Assistant or an Instructoi. Further infor-mation may be obtained by calling x4869.

(Continued from page I)twelve, of "us." The barriersseemed to break down fairlysoon, although the faculty-administration existed as a blockon most of the issues. Students,however, differed considerablyin their attitudes.

Talk started somewhat awk-wardly with a suggestion by thegroup leader that MIT, andBaker House in particular, suf-fered recently from a widespreadlack of spirit and interest. Asevidence, he mentioned the diffi-culty experienced by organizedactivities in getting a sufficientnumber of people involved andthe general decline in group ac-tivities in dormitory halls -par-ties, shower fights, card-playingand simple conversation. The im-mediate response by some stu-dents and faculty was to ques-tion whether group activity, es-pecially the organized variety,was desirable now or whether it

was perhaps just nostalgia forthe "good old days." While somenoted the need for relief fromstudies and the disappointmentof freshmen who had been ori-ginally attracted by Baker by thepromise of an active social life,others declared thaat students to-day found greater satisfaction inpersonal activities and personalinteraction.

Extracurricular credit?The question was left unre-

solved, but the group leaderseemed to take it for grantedthat some organized group activo-ity was needed. The decline inthis sort of activity was variouslyattributed to the demands ofstudies, the pressure of gradesand graduate school requre-ments, the absence of rewardsfor extracurricular activities, andthe lack of a focus such asexisted last year in political ac-tion. A suggestion that construc-tive use of spare time be re- I

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warded by credit met with ge-neral opposition from studentsand faculty as being based onthe assumption that the MITstudent was like a trained ani-mal, to be rewarded or punishedfor his behavior.

It was pointed out that thepresent grading system functionsin much the same manner. Thisled to a discussion on grading,the consensus being that change,to allow the student more timefor study of subjects in which hewas interested or for activitiesoutside the classroom, was ap-propriate.

Classroom interactionrPrompted by a student com-

ment on the lack of interactionin the class as well as in theliving group, a faculty memberexpressed the concern of theprofessor with the same prob-lem, concluding that both stu-dent and teacher were the losersin the situation. Another studentvoiced his fear of asking a "stu-pid" question in class and _sug-gested that professors avoid pu-nitive answers.

- Other topics were brieflytouched upon. The booklet Howto Get Around MIT was praised,and both students and facultyagreed heartily on the need for apublished reference, the work ofstudents, which would evaluateteachers and their subjects.When this -writer left around10:30 the discussion was contin-uing but appeared to be slowingdown.

Based on current divi-dend rates, these arethe annual net pay-ments for 5 years ifpurchased at ago 25. Ifpurchase made atearlier age, paymentsare less.

(Continued from page 1,The fERC survey, due to be

sent to students on April 5, willboth supplement the CEFP stud-ies and answer some questionsraised within the ERC itself."The real innovation," explainedStannard, who designed thequestionnaire, "is to ask an aw-ful lot about the courses thefreshmen took." Information onhow diversified their choiceswere, how the courses werestructured, and what teachingmethods their professors usedwill all be important.

Also of interest are such "to-tally unanticipated consequencesof pass-fail" as the overhaul ofthe freshman core calculus pro-

gram. To design his question-naire, Stannard drew from talcswith colleagues and faculty, timespent talking with students atDelta Tau Delta, an MIT frater-nity, and contact with WilliamBowers, a Northeastern Universi-ty sociologist who conducted asimilar survey seven years ago.

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the place "where product safetymust be controlled." Heading hislist of guidelines for productsafety and reliability was a thor-ough understanding of the pro-duct: "its response to use, mis-use and abuse." Brehm called on,

By Lee GiguereThe cause of consumer pro-

tection won - strong supportThursday night during a forumentitled '"Designing for the Con-sumer," sponsored by the Amner-ican Society of MechanicalEngineers.I A three-man panel discussedthe issue of corporate responsi-bilitY in product design beforean audience of some 160 ASMEmembers in I10-250.

The discussion focused onseveral critical areas: engineeringresp onsibility, manufacturer'sliability, and the consumer'sright to know.

Engineering responsibilityHoward Brehm, Director of

Corporate Product Safety, Whirl-pool Corporation, spoke atlength on the responsibility of adesign engineer. for the "per-.formance, safety and reliability"of his products. Brehm arguedthat "ithe engineer can and mustassume I100% responsibility. " H3ecalled for the addition of a,,product safety and reliabilityofficers' to the staffs of all man-ufacturing companies.

The engineer, Brehm said,'"'must exhaust every possibilitybefore he yields to outside influ-ences." The engineering level is

of studying field performance,and communication with theconsumer, in particular throughclear instructions. Finally,Brehm held that the engineeringdepartment must "guard againstmisleading advertising."

Clarke, speaking as a privatecitizen, argued for more infor-mation for consumers. He calledon both government and' indus-try to provide consumers withmore facts, while he emphasizedthat the buyer must ask '"manymore" questions. He also placeda great deal of emphasis oncomputerizing product statisticsfor quick referral by buyers.

Consumer testingDr. Colston Warne, National

Director of Consumers' Union,characterized the growing fieldof consumer testing as "taking alook at the world from the stand-point of the consumer." Heexplained that frequently he seesa dichotomy in a manufacturer's"character." The sales group, hesaid, is "eager to accent" thefavorable points of their productwhile playing down its faults. Acompany's engineering people,he claimed, are more likely tolaud the discovery of a productfault with the admission that itwas "forced" on them by themarketing department. Warnesaw this in terms of a strugglebetween the "instinctive work-manship" of the engineers, andthe "sales thrust" of the lmarket-ing people.

"Binding arbitration," Warneadvanced, is necessary for theeffective handling of complaints,many of which may otherwisenot be handled at all. He calledon the President's Committee onConsumer Protection to movebeyond the sphere of individualcases to advance more generalcauses, as well as urging theFederal Trade. Commission '"totake steps to insure that its'one-stop' claims offices work."Warne said he "envisaged stateand local consumer groupsemerging and giving high priorityto complaint handling for theirmembers."

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By Curtis ReevesAt its March 18 meeting, the

Corporation Joint AdvyisoryCommittee. considered the ques-tion of whether MIT needs anombudsman.

According to chairmanGregory Smith, the idea was wellreceived by CJAC, and would bereferred to the administrationfor further study.

Using CJAC's guidelines, theombudsman would be more thanjust an investigator of com-plaints. UAP Bob Schulte notedthat the officer would also directpeople with ideas to the divisionof the Institute that would bestbe able to help with implementa-tion.

The ombudsman would nothandle small complaints; wheth-er an issue was importantenough for his considerationwould be left to his own judge-ment. Smith described the posi-tior as one of "lirmlited aLuthori-ty, unlimited privileges." As anadvisor, the ombudsman wouldbe able to attend any committeemeeting for the purpose of brief-ing committee members on rele-vant complaints that he has re-ceived .

Concurrent with the creationof the office of omnbudsman, anexpansion of the informationoffice was suggested. CJACmembers commented on the rel-ative uselessness of the office tothe MIT comrunity in compari-son to its value to the man on'the street who worants a generalkniowieage of rMI . It wasthought that an excellent stafffor the ombudsman, and the

source of a wealth of informa-tion about MIT, would be agroup of secretaries who haveworked with some of the Insti-tute's top administrators.

Several questions were raisedin regard to the creation of anew post. Decisions would haveto be made on such issues aswhether the ombudsman shouldbe a tenured faculty member orone of the staff, what relation-ship, if any, he would have withthe dean's office, and just howmuch his job would entail.

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Board of Directors Chairman ..... .. ...... Bruce Weinberg '72Editor-in-Chief ........... . ...... AIex Makowsci '72Managing Editor .............. . . . . . .. .. Bill Roberts '72Business Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Robert Elkin '73News Editors . ... ..... .. .. Harvey Baker '72, Joe Kashi '72

Lee Giguere"?73, Bruce Peetz '73Night Editor .... . . ............ Tim Kiorpes '72Features Editor . ............ Dave Senarls '73Entertainment Editor ............. . Rob Hunter '73Sports Editor . . . . . . . . Randy--Young '74Photography Editors . ... Sheldon Lowenthal '74, Dave Vogel '74Advertising Manager . 'John Kavazanjian '72

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Accounts Receivable .............. Leonard Tower '73Accounts Payable ........... ... . . Larry Eisenberg '74

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News Staff . . .. . ...... Tom Finger '71, Dave deBronkart '72John Gunther '72, Ken Knyfd '72

Bruce Schwartz '72, Curt Reeves '73Pete Materna '74, Walter Middlebrook '74

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Tonight the General Assembly meets for thefirst time this term, and a major item of businessmust be discussion. of proposals for reorganization.The pressures for change that'are building are toolarge to be ignored.

The present government structure was devel-oped two years ago when forces for change werealso considerable. The demon then was Inscomm,a closely knit club of student politicians with littleclaim to being representative of their fellowundergraduates. Steve Carhart and Carson Agnew,two The Tech editors, and SCEP chairman PeterHarris offered their constitution as an alternativethat might both better represent students andmore effectively carry out the business of govern-ment. In a referendum held that spring theproposal drew 859 votes, easily outdistancingother options.

Why is this once-popular notion now univer-sally damned? Somehow the three designers failed

to incorporate within their constitution the meansfor matching students' needs and interests; as thelevel of political- consciousness dropped, so didinvolvement in the General Assembly.

Certainly it would be inappropriate tonight totake a final vote on a form for student governm-ment. The Tech suggests, however, that all dele-gates remember a few important points: studentgovernment must reflect and provide for the realneeds undergraduates today share; student govern-ment must provide some formal mechanism forpressing student interests; and a lot of thinking hasto be done about how much representation isnecessary to insure credibility.

Finally, it seems likely that the General Assem-bly as it now exists will have to go the way ofInscomm. We consider it doubtful that the struc-ture is worth the trouble of the massive repairsthat would be needed.

This is the second year that the AdmissionsOffice has tried to improve the prospects for awell-rounded freshmen class by releasing beforespring vacation the names of the admitted highschool seniors. Their hope is that contact with anundergraduate will sufficiently improve a prospec-tive student's image of MIT to draw him awayfrom other prestige schools he may be considering.

The Admissions Office plan certainly has-agreat deal of merit. Too many people far removedfrom the campus share some rather mistaken viewsabout what MIT has to offer. Tfie wealth of sports,the symphony orchestra, the fine humanities andsocial science curriculum - all are blotted ouit bythe engineering/science stereotype. The result is a

sizable number of students selecting Ivy Leagueschools when much of what they want is here onour campus.

Many students and faculty complain that theMIT student body is not well-rounded, that itrepresents an abnormal or unhealthy collection ofcollege undergraduates. The extent to which theirclaims are justified represents the extent to whichincreased contact with the country's high schoolsis necessary.

A useful first step would be for MIT undergrad-uates to look up the names of nearby students onthe admitted list posted in their living groups anddrop by during spring vacation for a visit.

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one should propose a constitu-tional- amendment that wouldprohibit a person from serving inthe House or Senate -for twoconsecutive terms. One couldserve alternate terms, but there'would be that mandatory.retire-ment of two or six years. Thepossible advantages that mightaccrue are simply mind-boggling.

First of all, there would be agood chance of doing away withthe seniority problem, at least inthe House. With a mandatoryretirement every two years, howcould one build up seniority?Also; every two years, the com-mittee chairman would have tochange./No longer could peopleregard the legislation as theirpersonal fiefdornm. In the.Senate,the problems of seniority wouldbe-trickier, but would also bealleviated.

A second major advantage,and one that appears to be sucha major advantage that it isdoubtful that it will ever cometo pass, is that of the change inoutlook such a change wouldfoster. Knowing that, no matterwhat, bne will have to be out ofoffice might produce a tendencyto regard the long term effectsof legislation, to examine thingsmore closely: one will not berunning in November, but in twoyears, when the effects of suchlegislation will be felt. Whoknows this might tend to pro-duce statesmen, instead of onlypoliticians.

A third, and somewhat less

irmportant advantage, is that of-fice holders would be regularlyreminded what it is like to beone of the "common folk."They would learn the simplejoys of standing in line, or wait-ing while some VIP just walks inand is immediately seated.

There is a story that tells oftwo Senators trying to pushtheir way onto a riverboat inKentucky..They kept shouting,"Make way for the representa-tives of the people! Make way!"To this the crowd responded,"Make way yourselves, we arethe people!" Despite the lip ser-vice paid to this ideal, one can-not help but wonder how manymembers of Congress really be-lieve in this-anymore. Certainlyhaving a term between officescould not help but remind themof the point of the story.

Throughout this little piece, Ihave been assuming that theCongressmen.would run and bereelected after their'termn off. Atpresent there is a large advantagein running as an incumbent. Partof this is simply the momentumin voting for whomever is in of-fice. But in this proposal, therewould be no incumbents andthere would be more opportu-nity for a consideration of themerits of a candidate. Perhapsafter a wait of two or six years,people might decide that theyreally did not want a certainCongressman.

Of course this amendmentwould never be adopted. Assum-ing that, by some miracle, itpassed the Congress, it wouldthen go to the people. But atthis timhe all of the oil lobbies,the banking lobbies, labor, etc.,would suddenly realize that theywould have to spend so muchmore money because their menwould go out of office everycouple of years and they wouldhave to make new friends. Also,this mighf allow for too muchsay by the people in runningtheir own government, 'and aCongressman would really haveto relate to his constituency ifhe expected to be reelected aftera two or six year wait.

In spite of its unlikelihood.one cannot help 'bilt. wonderwhat if . . .

Two developments at MIT this past week mayhave paved the way toward better communicationsbetween students, faculty, administrators, andCorporation members. Both the trustee's decisionto seat five young members among their ranks andthe Baker House forum experiment suggest somemethods for promoting the free exchange of ideasand consequent improved understanding withinthe cormmunity.

In comparison with other schools, the measurefor young Corporation members ranks as far-reaching - few other universities have seen fit toestablish as substantial a young presence. Evenmore notable is the Corporation's decision to letthe five youngest members do whatever prelimi-nary screening is necessary: next year the decisionabout which names get put on the ballot will bemade by the five people, seniors and recentalumni, chosen this year. Killian and the otherCorporation members who backed the proposalhave assured the community that no students willbe able to charge that elder menmbers of theCorporation are blocking consideration of theirpeers.

The only problem we see is the spectre ofstudents campaigning for election. Beyond -ban-.ning posters from the walls or advertisements fromthe student media, there is little a watchdogcommittee could do to check the development ofactive vote-seeking. We agree with Mike Marcus, agraduate student long involved with efforts to seatyounger members on the Corporation, that elec-tioneering should be limited to a statement each

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candidate could submit to be mailed out with theballots.

And The Tech would urge all eligible voters totake the elections seriously. The Corporationdecision does offer a valuable opportunity forstudents to register a voice within the body-wheremany decisions important to both MIT and thecountry are made.

As for the Baker forumn, those discussionsmarked another in a series of structured attemptsto improve faculty/student contact that stretchesback over several years. Two years ago somefraternities began experimenting with periodicdinners that involved invitations to a few profes-sors and administrators. During April, 1969,clSasses were cancelled for two consecutive :after-noons to promote seminars and discussion groups:almost all living groups took advantage of thosedays to invite their instructors over.

The Tech urges that all MIT living groupsconsider the possibilities for inviting faculty andadministrators over for an evening. An easy start isto have a half-dozen students invite their favoriteprofessor or someone from the Dean's Office.Once the. living group feels comfortable withfaculty around, it could try asking in some of themany professors that don't seem really interestedin undergraduates. Whatever the approach, though,students should commit themselves. to increasingtheir out-of-class contact with the faculty.

And it wouldn't be a bad idea for faculty toshow a little initiative and invite several of theirstudents back home for dinner.

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' Wild Duck' quacksBy Gene Paul

"WTBS Presents..." beganthis week with a solemn voicesaying "Good evening, this isPaul Schindler." It could verywell have been the dramatic highpoint of the program. The pro-ducer began this show by statingthat there had been some con-troversy over both acting andadaptation in this version of TheWild Duck by Henrik Ibsen. I,for one, cannot understand thecontroversy. There is no ques-tion that both the acting and theadaptation were marginal atbest.

Anyone capable of cullingIbsen's message out of this per-formance would have to haveread the original: the adaptationdisguised it to the point of disap-pearance. Robert Bonniwell, thehigh school teacher who did theadaptation during his days at theNorthern Idaho College ofTeachers turned a vibrant, mean-ingful play into a hollow echo.By trimming' the cast to 6, hedid away with most of the play'ssignificance.

The rushes of Tile Wild Duckwhich I heard must have beenthe only well acted parts of theplay: for the most part theacting hovered between medio-cre and adequate. Ken Pogran,Kevin Sullivan and Harry Klein(all veterans of Dr. Jekyll andMr. Hyde, the series premier)struggled manfully but weredragged under by the rest of thecast.

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the MIT Symphony Orchestrathat its concerts are so wonder-fully attended. Saturday even-ing's performance drew a more-than-capacity audience to KresgeAuditorium. One would hopethat such enthusiasm wouldnever dwindle; it places a nobleresponsibility on the orchestrato choose its music well and toplay at its very best.

Members of the MITcommu-nity are not only fortunate to beable to listen to the concertswhich an orchestra of this cal-ibre presents, but also to havethe rather unique opportunity,apparently unexplored, to viewthis collection. of players andinstruments, technicians andconductor, as a working body.The orchestra holds open rehear-sals.

One had but to sit in on thefinal rehearsals of the past weekto understand that the concertitself was not an easily explainedphenomenon. Mr. Epstein andthe players had spent long weeksperfecting Ravel's RhapsodieEspagnole, and still at the lastrehersal, things were clearly notright. There were tuning andphrasing problems, and for want

of time, or perhaps withl greaterfaith 'than anyone, Mr. Epsteinsimply had to let them go. Theorchestra itself was discouraged.But something magic happenedon Saturday as Mr. Epsteinwalked on stage. The orchestraseemed to respond to his pres-ence; the work was played quitewell. Knowing each others' limi-tations, but able to rely on all ofthe things which they hadlearned from each other in theexhausting rehearsals, theyunited to perform. One who hadnot listened to the rehearsalsmight have heard the raggedentrances. of the horns, thesomewhat unconventionalstrength of the sobbing cellos inthe Feria, and the tempo prob-lems of the percussion section inthe same movement. But hecould not have been moved bythe entire spirit of the perfor-mance: the sense that somethinghad grown which had not beenexpected.

Mr. Epstein's own composi-tion, Vent-ures, raised a philoso-phical question relating to thechoice of music which the or-chestra plays. It is importantthat the orchestra perform theworks of contemporary com-posers, not only for the enlight-

enment of its audiences but alsofor its own musical growth. Butit is clear that such music, be-cause it departs from what wehave always heard, needs to belistened to more than once, if weare to react to it on other than asensuous level. It seems that theanswer lies with the audienceitself; Attendance at rehearsalswould seem an excellent meansby' which such unfamiliar workscould be heard more' than once.Mr. Epstein took great pains torehearse the wind, brass andpercussion ensemble which per-formed his work: his energy was

reflected in their spirited play-ing.

The program concluded withBeethoven's Fifth Piano Concer-to, "The Emperor." John But-trick, a member of the faculty ofMIT, was soloist. Mr. Buttrickwas beautiful to watch; his tech-nique was extremely relaxed andfluid. The result was a delicateand dreamlike interpretation ofthe concerto. 'One wonders ifBeethoven's intent was notsomewhat more forceful and lessromantic. It seemed that Mr.Buttrick's inclinations intro-

duced a problem for the perfor-mance of the work. The secondmovement, the Adagio, hadwithin it the lyrical content torespond to Mr. Buttrick's style.The result was a balance be-tween orchestra and soloistwhich produced moments ofgreat beauty. But the first andthird movements of tthc Alegroand the R ondo, suffered becausetheir innate demand for strengthhad to be compromised. Despiteits problems, the performancewas pleasurable, and this selec-tion provided an excellent con-clusion to the program.

our hands filled with bricks."The collection, however, is

faulted. There are too manydiversions - poems that are littlemore than weak collections ofwords -- collections which donot work for the reader.

Cornish has several strengths,but they become his weaknessesas well. He can say things withthe kind of simplicity that drawsout the reader's emotions be-cause of its very sparseness. Forexample, he tells about hismother, afraid during a riot forher son, "his back open to thestreet/there-is not/a sleep deepenough/for her tonight." But hissparseness also works againsthim. His poems focus on power-ful moments, but his lean lyricsare too lean, conveying a pictureof-the moment but only hintingat its emotions. His subjects are

extremely powerful, but hisimages and metaphors are not,and their paleness is made all themore apparent by what theydescribe.

Cornish's rhythms are as goodas they are bad. In several poemsthe flow jells and immerses thereader in the work, in others,there seems to be only a head-long rush to completion. One ofCornish's more blaring faults ishis tendency to break his linesbetween thoughts, somethingwhich can only confuse the read-er.

Four pages of prose are thebest "poem" presented. "Win-ter" is the.seasonof the ghetto- cold, harsh, loveless. "This isthe way I remember it. I'mcertain this was the way it was."Cornish here, is able to "get ittogether," to make his readerfeel what he says rather than just"know" it. The piece seems topull everything else in the collec-tion together around it, acting asa focus for all of Cornish's feel-ings and ideas. But many of theother poems are too discon-nected to really heighten theeffect.

There are too many weak,unconnected poem s here for thefew very moving ones to reallyredeem the collection. Cornishwrites of some very powerful,moving -subjects, but often hiswords fail to convey emotionsalong with descriptions.

By Lee GiguereGenerations, by Sam Cornish(Beacon Press, $5.95)

The thread running allthrough this collection of poemsis an image of life in the ghetto- the black ghetto.

Cornish's poems represent, itseems, his world-view. The col-lection begins with his historicalperspectives - a section called"Slaves" dealing with his cultur-al heritage opens the book. Fol-lowing this are groupinigs called'"Family," "Malcolm," and"Others." The overall effect ofthe book is to conjure for thereader the life of the ghetto. It isa life where women are at thecenter of the -family. Yet thewomen live in fear because theyknow their men and their boyswill leave. And it is a life ofanger where "we are mourning/

When contacted by phone,Mr. Schindler, whose taste isapparently all in his mouth,made the understatement of theyear: "With more time we couldhave done better." It seems thatThe Wild Duck was presentedthis week, over numerous pro-tests, only to provide chronolog-ical continuity.

In addition, the disclaimer,which stated that "This mightvery well be the last WTBSPresents..." was a bit exagger-ated. There is at least one moreplay in the recorded-but-not-spliced stage; a musical writtenby an MIT student, entitled"Sam Patch, the Greatest StoryEver Told... So Far." And itseems that a UMass drama groupis coming in to do Riders by theSea.

But it will take some kind offancy footwork to save this se-ries. The appeal for help is stillout; write WTBS Presents,.WTBS, 50-030. You might justas well; they really need the help.

For You - Jeffrey Cain (Rsac-coon/Warner Brothers)

I don't care if he is a friend ofthe Youngbloods, he still stinks!

Patto (Vertigo)The center of the disc has

circles on it which swirl hypnoti-cally as the record plays. If youare lucky, you will be hypno-tized into forgetting how dullthe record is.

Seatrain (Capitol)Although the record is not

bad it has some weak spots. Butit is easy to see that RichardGreene is one of the best popu-lar violin players around. Too

often, though, he has to carrythe whole group along. Thegroup sounds a little slick butGreene sticks out to make this abetter than "just all right" re-cord.

Brinsley Schwarz (Capitol)The words are pretentious as

hell but.the music is good, espe-cially when they get down to thesofter numbers.

Love It To Death - AliceCooper (Straight/Reprise)

Alice Cooper continues in itsstyle of insulting the ears as wellas the eyes.

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(Continued from page 1)tried to lead the crowd awayfrom Dalton Street. Howevermost stayed, being influenced byshouts of "Stay! Stay!" from asmall band standing by the Cheritheatres 'on Scotia Street. Policestarted a slow clearing of thestreets at about.7:15 pm. T'hepolice made a sudden violentforay down Scotia Street, club-bing several people and makingabout 15 arrests. Most 6f thedemonstrators along DaltonStreet were forced to Mass. Ave.where police again charged, club-bing and arresting several people.By- 8 pmni, police charges and theopening of Boylston Street totraffic had effectively dispersedall the groups.

Agnew commenced hisspeech by observing that "inrecent years, the rules have beenamended to allow Vice-Presidents to talk - so long asthey are careful to say abso-lutely nothing. This privilege washeavily exercised and refined toa high degree during the lastAdministration." The VPexplained that he "found it anonerous choice between the en-nui of easy chair existence andpointless verbosity" and decidedto say something. Media reactionto what he said in 1969 wasdescribed above and Agnewwent ahead to "set the ideologi-cal Richter needles quivering allalong the Manhattan-Washingtonfault line."

The Vice-President explainedthat he felt the national mediathought "freedom of expressionis fine so long as it stops beforeany question is raised or criti-cism lodged against national me-dia practices or policies." Agnewcontinued by saying that "anyextremist who dignifies ouradversaries, who demeans ourtraditions, is sought out andspotlighted for national atten-tion. He is interviewed as thoughhe were representative of a largefollowing and treated with theutmost deference as he unloadsinto millions of American livingrooms his imprecations againstsociety and disrespect for civil-ized law. Such attacks are editor-ially lauded as healthy demon-strations of freedom of expres-sion in a free society."

T hen, the battle with theColumbia Broadcasting System(CBS) news organization wasjoined over the network's docu-mentary entitled "The Selling ofthe Pentagon" as follows: "whena major television network deli-

vers a subtle but vicious broad-side against the nation's defenseestablishment, accusing it of dis-seminating deceptive, self-servingpropaganda, contrary to thecountry's interest, that, too, isconsidered a legitimate exerciseof the right to free expression inthe public interest."

The VP stated that CBS-Newshad charged the Pentagon withunleashing (he quoted CBSdirectly)... "a propaganda bar-rage..'. the creation of a run-away bureaucracy that frustratesattempts to control it." Agnewwent on to say that the CBSscript maintained that "nothingis more essential to a democracythan the free flow of informa-tion. Misinformation, distortion,and propoganda all interruptthat flow."

He continued by stating: "Noone can disagree with the latterstatement; But just as he whoenters a court of equity shouldcome with clean hands, the newsorganization thit makes suchcharges should itself be free ofany taint of misinformation, dis-tortion and propoganda in itsown operations. In this regard, itis the CBS television network,not the Department of Defense,that leaves much to be desired interms of the 'free flow of infor-mation'."

Agnew then quoted from re-ports by the Federal Communi-cations Commission (FCC) andthe Special Subcommittee onInvestigations of the HouseCommerce Committee abouttwo other CBS documentaries,"Project Nassau" and "Hungerin America."

The House Subcommitteefound that CBS had, in effect,financially subsidized a planned1966 invasion of Haiti in orderto make a documentary on theevent. The documentary was nev-er shown on television. How-ever, the executive producer of"Project Nassau" was the execu-tive producer for "The Selling ofthe Pentagon."

The FCC found that certainfilm sequences in "Hunger inAmerica" did not, in fact, repre-

sent what CBS said they repre-sented (i.e. a dying infant wassaid to have died of starvationwhen, in fact, the infant's deathcertificate listed the cause ofdeath as "meningitis and peri-tonitis" due to "prematurity.").Agnew pointed out that thesame person who wrote thescript for "Hunger in America"also wrote the script for "TheSelling of the Pentagon."

Toward the end of his speech,the Vice-President remarked, tolaughter and applause from theaudience, that: '"My purposehere, however, has not been topillory or 'intimidate' a networkor any segment of the nationalnews media in its effort toenhance the people's right toknow. Rather, it is, once again,to point out to those in posi-tions of power and responsibilitythat this right to know belongsto the people. It does not belongto the national networks or anyother agency, public or private.It belongs to the people them-selves, and they are entitled to afair and full accounting of thetruth, and nothing but the truth,by those who exercise great in-fluence with their consent."

Apparently the Vice-Presi-dent's remarks aftfected onereporter deeply. As Agnewlaunched into the portion of his

:speech on broadcasters givingtoo much coverage to extrem-ists, C. Wendell Smith, a reporterfor The Phoenix, an under-ground Boston paper, stood upin the center aisle of the roomand stared at the Vice-President.Mr. Smith, wearing shoulderlength hair and attired in bluejeans, a working shirt, and carry-ing a-' knapsack over oneshoulder, presented a strikingcontrast to the carefully coif-fured women and tuxedoedmen. A Secret Service man, in adinner jacket, led no less thanhalf a dozen other Secret Serviceagents and two Boston police-men as they forcibly removedSmith from the room. Smith wasjailed and subsequently releasedwhen the Phoenix editor put up$100 bail.

(Continued frorl page 1]with the firebombings of Dres-den and Tokyo in World War IIand, in response to a question,said that each was very likely aviolation of war crimes laws.However, Baxtejr,-ultimnately ob-served, "Laws of war are thoselaws enforced on losers by win-ners... but we must still keeptrying to remove some of thebarbarism from war."

Frank Reel, a New York at-torney who defended Yamashitaduring his trial and appeals, re-marked that the circumstancesof Yamashita's command weresuch that he was not guiltyunder the body of the law ex-plained above. Yamashita didattempt to gain effective controlof his troops and prevent mas-sacre of the Filipinos but wasseverely harassed by US invasionforces and air forces. He did noteven know, Reel said, whichtroops were under his commandand what they were doing; soeffective was American harass-ment of his lines of communica-tion. "There- was nothing toshow that he knew about thesecrimes, condoned them, was ableto know about them, or tolerat-ed them." On the other hand,

Reel asserted, Westmoreland has"superb command and controlof. American forces." "TheseMylai trials are the same as ifCalley was replaced by LBJ,McNamara. or Westmoreland."

Legal wars?Concluding, Reel said that

this body of law implied that,'there was a good way to fight awar and a bad way to fight one.All war, he continued, is illegaland immoral and the implica-tions of the Yamashita trial aresuch that they are "bad laws andmust be rejected."

The last speaker, Ted Ensign,National Coordinator of the Citi-zens Commission for the Investi-gation of US War Crimes, main-tained that the attitudes andpatterns of contemporary Amer-ican society are more responsiblefor US war crimes than anysingle individual.

To end these crimes, he said:"We must make people under-stand the war and they mustchange the social conditionssuch as a penchant for quanti-fied statistical data (like bodycounts) that bring about warcrimes. Only when this is gener-alized will we be able to stopwar crimes."

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Set for noon this Thursday,the release was timed so studentswould have thle names availablebefore they went home -forspring break.

The Admissions Office dis-penses the names to facilitatecontact between current MITundergraduates arid prospectivestudents. The hope is that aface-to-face meeting will helpdispel some of the current mythsabout MIT that pervade thecountry.

Decline'in app'licationsThe move comes in a year

when MIT, along with manyother major independent univer-sities, has suffered an appreci-able decline -in. the number ofapplications received. "General'economic. conditions and -thereputed decrease in career open-ings in engineering and the hardsciences" may well have contri-buted to this decline, speculatesthe Admissions Office. Otherfactors mentioned include"apparent dissaffection w it h

major urban institutions whichhave been 'in the limelight' andjust possibly the general increasein application fees."

The list will be distributed tothe living groups in a format thatwill facilitate the' identificationof admitted candidates by geo-graphical location.

FraternitiesParticular use of the list will

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The third step in the totalselection process is the decisionof the student. Current MITstudents can exert a major influ-ence on the student who hasreceived multiple offers. "We be-lieve that -the applicant tends torespond rather significantly tocollege student contacts during

the period when he is choosingamong . real alternatives," anadmissions staff member noted."If he is given a cynical orunfavorable picture.of MIT he islikely to go elsewhere. If theMIT student whom he talks toseems enthusiastic and to hisliking, he is likely to come. Thecontact will thus be very impor-tant to him."

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<a,~ s a The opening of' the spring the netmen willsports season will see five of the Washineton D CMIT varsity squads on the road,all of them heading south duringthe spring break. The tennis;baseball, golf, and lacrosse teamshave extended trips, while thesailing squad will compete in aweekend event at the Naval Aca-demy.

The varsity sailors open thenew season with a dinghy invita-tional at Boston- University onMarch 27, and on the followingweekend, they will compete forthe Owen Trophy at the U.S.Naval Academy in Annapolis,Maryland. Also on the 3rd and4th of April, the mariners squareoff in invitationals at Tufts andYale respectively, with an addi-tional freshman regatta at Tuftson the 4th.

The Tech.varsity tennis con-tingent is headed for North Ca-rolina, with their first matchscheduled against UNC at ChapelHill on Monday, March 29, fol-lowed by contests with David-son, North Carolina State, andWake Forest. On the way home,

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Both the' varsity baseb'all andgolf teams are looking forwardto trips to sunny Florida.,duringvacation. On March 29 and 30,the diamond squad will playback-to-back games against Flo-rida Presbyterian in St. Peters-burg, followed by a game versusAmherst at-Tampa. To concludethe' journey, they will meetSouth Florida in two consecu-tive games in Tanmpa on April 2and 3.

MIT's-golf squad is scheduledto play in the Gulf AmericanClassic Intercollegiate Invita-tional at Cape Coral, Florida,from March 29 through April 3,

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By Joe GaravioliThe 1970 spring baseball sea-

son was a year of firsts. It wasthe first winning season in eightyears; it was the first time MIThad two Greater Boston LeagueAll-Stars; and it was the firstteam in New England to cancelits remaining schedule in em-pathy with the Cambodia strike.The team had but one senior, soit looked as if the Bonnie Bea-vers would be strong in '71 too.But as the grass of Briggs Fieldwould have it, only five of lastyear's basic eleven are out thisspring.

So what's the outlook? Big AlDopfel '72 (1-0 with a 3.91earned run average last year)returns to lead the beaver pitch-ing staff. He is considered bymany to be the Bob Gibson ofthe GBL, and his success coulddetermine the success of theteam. Right beside Al is Chuck"Dizzy" Holcum. Dizzy's perfor-mance in the fall guaranteed the'junior lefthander a spot in thestarting rotation. After Dizzy, itlooks like sophomore Gary Wil-liams; rookie Steve Reber, andJohn "J.P." Peterson '73 willround out the staff.

The hitting attack should beled by Bob Dresser '71. Inmaking the GBL all-star teamlast year, Dresser hit .341 andscored an average of a run pergame. When he wasn't hittingtexas-league doubles he wasplaying errorless centerfield. A-nother leading hitter will be KenWeisshaar '72. As last year'slead-off hitter he got on basealmost 50% of the time and ledthe team in runs batted in. Upthere with Dresser and Weisshaarwill be a slew of rookies. WhenReber isn't pitching, he'll beplaying outfield (his best posi-tion) and hitting up a storm.Another rookie, Joe DeAngelo,may well be able to hit thecollege curve ball, and if he doeshe will be dangerous. Finally,

Dennis Biedrzycki '72 should bein freshman form and will reallyhelp the squad.

Just behind these playerscome veterans Dopfel and Rich"Pepper"s Roy '72. Dopfel hitfifth last year, pounding the ballwith power, but striking out25% of the time. If he can cuthis strike-outs, he could be asignificant asset to the attack.Pepper, on the other hand, isknown as a defensive ace (isn'tthat what all weak hitters are?),but he has hit well this springand hopes are high that he willhit better than last year.

So what have you got?Biedrzycki catching with Hol-cum on the mound. DeAngelo atfirst, Weisshaar at second, Royat short, and Reber, Dopfel, andDresser in the outfield. Hey,where's the third baseman? Oldpro Tom Pipal '71 or rookieDave Tirrell could fill that spot.Or, if you're a gambling man,you might bet on Kevin Row-land '74.

This writer doesn't know forsure who's going to fill the holes,but if they are filled with reason-able performances, the season

could be successful. The hittingcould be as good as last year's(.262 team average); the fieldingwill be about the same; and the

-pitching a lot stronger in the biggames, but a lot weaker onoccasion. So, the predicted re-cord ought to be 11-11.

But there's something dif-ferent about this year's squad.There are a lot of rookies and afew old pros who don't knowwhat the word quit means. They.hustle in practice, and they playa real loose brand of ball. Theseniors call themselves old-timersand try to lead, while the teamopenly refers to itself as a bunchof turkeys. It's this kind ofattitude that makes a "team,"something that MIT sports oftenlack, and it's this kindof attitudethat could well lead the beaversto a more successful season.

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