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The MIT Dramashop con-cludes its '77-'78 season thisweek with Ross andKaufman's You Can't Take ItWith You.

. ...... p6For over twenty years, Profes-sor Charlie Batterman hasbeen a coach and physicaleducation instructor at MIT.In a recent conversation, hetalked about some of the greatmoments in sports, at MIT andreviewed the history ofathletics during his stay.

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Of the 360 freshmen whopledged fraternities last fall, onlyeight have depledged, accordingto Barbara Hill '80, ViceChairman of the InterfraternityConference. All eight have beenaccomodated by the MIT housingsystem with little difficulty,reported Alice Seelinger,Secretary of the Dean of'StudentAffairs.

Hill stated that one of the ma-jor reasons for depledging is thelarge distance from most frater-nity houses to the MIT campus.Some pledges leave their frater-nity because they want a changeof accomodations and a chance tomeet different people, she added,Seelinger, according to the Officeof the Dean for Student Affairs,interviews each stud'ent andstrutinizes and records the de-pledgings, which usually occurshortly after rush and afterChristmas. The office has dis-covered no legally aberrant situa-tions in the fraternities.

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The Advisory Committee onShareholder Responsibility(ACSR) has recommended thatthe Minnesota Mining andManufacturing Company (3-M)cease further investment in SouthAfrica and also terminate its cur-rent operations there. The com-mittee approved a shareholderproposal defining these actions bya vote of four ayes, two nays, andtwo abstentions at their meetinglast Thursday.

The vote departed from recentrecommendations by the commit-tee stipulating only .that corpora-tions not expand in South Africa,while allowing them to keep their.present operations intact. Votingwith the stockholders' demandfor 3-M's withdrawal were Ford

apartheid is ended. Several com-mittee members felt it would bebetter for 3-M to remain in SouthAfrica since it treats employeesbetter than most companies.

Chairman George Thorn, whoeventually abstained on theproposal; said that the committeewas "caught in the technicality ofthe proxy." Jones also com-plained of this matter, saying,"We've put ourselves in a reactiveposition. We are forced to vote onwhat's served up to us."

On Jones' request, the commit-tee began to change its opiniontoward the proxy question, andSolow added, "lIf we err in ourdecision, I'd rather do it on thelimitation side of the proposal."This, however, was the extent ofSolow's liberalism concerning thematter, as he concluded, "Divest-

Professor of Urban Studies andPlanning Frank Jones, InstituteProfessor Robert Solow, EricCrouse G, and Carrick Davidson'78. Crouse and Davidson are theonly two student members of thecommittee. .

The proposal seemed destinedto be voted down in the beginningof the committee's discussion.Walter Milne, Secretary of theACSR, said that 3-M was among"the top 10 to 15 percent of com-panies" in regard to "favorable"response to a recent letter askingeach-company to provide specificinformation on its South Africanoperations.

There was also a questionabout the proposal that 3-M pullout of South Africa "as ex-peditiously as possible" unless

ment by MIT is rinky-dink, and Idon't think American companiesshould pull out of South Africa."

The ACSR also voted on anExxon proxy which included ashareholder proposal concerningexperimentation on animals. Theshareholders proposed that Exx-on should not give money toorganizations who conductanimal experimentation unless aDoctor of Veterinary Medicinewas on hand. The committee feltthat present federal regulationsare stringent enough, and Solowdeemed the proposal "picayune."

Also voted down was a stock-holders proposal requesting theLockheed Corporation to reportits full financial operations evento minute details in astockholders' report. A proposalthat Lockheed "avoid businessdealings with tihe Communistcountries," including commerceand trade relations, was turneddown as well.

The two-hour meeting beganwith a review of the MIT Ex-ecutive Committee's refusal touphold an ACSR recommenda-tion to have Kodak stop sellingphotographic equipment to SouthAfrica. Jones said that he was"disappointed by the ExecutiveCommittee's vote on Kodak.Harvard and Yale voted againstKodak's sales in this area, andM IT's decision is a very badsign." Davidson too was critical,saying, "I don't understand theMIT Corporation's reasonings. Itseems like a small sacrifice,"referring to Kodak's sales to theSouth African government.

The meeting ended on a note ofself-examination by the commit-tee, as Davidson showed concernover the role of the committeeand its public image. On this is-sue, Milne said that "divestmentis within preview of this commit-tee, at least for recommenda-tion." The other members seemedto feel, however, that they had towait until the Corporation JointAdvisory Committee deemeddivestment to be under theACSR's scrutiny.

MIT's fraternity system is thelargest in New England, Hill men-tioned, both in respect to thenumber of fraternities representedand to the total number of stu-dent members.

Seelinger called it "crucial"that the fraternities have a success-ful rush, since otherwise the dor-mitory system is greatly pressuredto make room' for the excess

freshmen. Further difficultiesarise when the Institute un-derestimates the number of in-coming freshmen, since allfreshmen are guaranteed a placein the Instiute housing system ifthey so desire. This problem oc-curred last fall when about 100more students decided to attendMiT than the Admissions Qfficehad anticipated.

Anyway, i have learned thatthe deluge of building projectson the Stanford campus is dueto the overpowering wealth ofcertain eccentric alumni. Itseems that the committeewhich gives the go-ahead oncampus construction is oftenat the mercy of enormouslywealthy contributors whowant to have their names im-mortalized on buildings.

For example, my invesliga-tions revealed that the mainlibrary is being expandedbecause the money is corningfrom an aluminus whose namewas too large to fit onto theoriginal building. I've also

'found that the bookstore is be-ing annexed for-similarmotives of self-glorification. Itseems that the money for thisproject is being donated by analumnus who made his fortuneperfecting an assembly linemethod of "fixing" tom cats.Apparently, when thebookstore annex opens it willsell only contraceptives forpets, or offer them lessons inthe rhythm method.

I als;o discovered that theconstruction of the quadranglewvas funded by one of theParker Brothers and that thestructure was originally in-tended to resemble a Monopo-ly boa;rd, with the math corneras "Do Not Pass' Go" andMemorial Church structuredlike a hotel on Park Place. Un-lortuantely, the project nevermaterialized because ad-ministration officials wouldnot accept the ParkerBrothers' monopoly money.

John- MarkusThe Statnfrd Daily

By Jordana HollanderAs a result of pressure from

Boston College administrators,The Heights, an independent stu-dent newspaper, has agreed not torun any advertisements mention-ing abortion services provided byvarious women's health clinics.

In a letter from Kevin P. Duffy,.Boston College Vice President forStudent Affairs, the weekly paperwas ordered not to accept anymore such advertising, underthreat of being evicted from its of-fices. The demand was endorsedby Boston College's President,Reverend J. Donald Monan, SJ.

The letter to the editorial boardstated that the appearance of suchadvertising in The Heights was inopposition to the school'sCatholic tradition and to the,Church's stand against abortion.

The newspaper's first reactionto the letter was to question theadministration's right to controlthe paper's advertising.. TheHeights is financially independentfrom Boston College; its onlyconnection is the office space it

leases from the school. The leasecomes up for renewal every June.

According to Paul McPartland,the paper's Editor-in-Chief, theeditorial board was determined tofight the administration on thequestion of their right to interfere,and not on the abortion issue. Inone of its editorials, the paperstated that the ads mentioningabortion services did not repre-sent an endorsement of abortionbut rather an attempt to providereaders with information.

In preliminary negotiationswith the administration, the paperproposed to print a disclaimerstating that material appearing inThe Heights did not represent theviews of Boston College.However, the administration wasadamant about the removal ofeverything concerning abortion,although it did not make any ad-ditional demands, as the staff hadfeared it would.

McPartland said that the paperwas given the choice of eitherremoving references to abortionfrom the women's services ads ormoving off campus. Although the

paper's original intention was tomove, it soon became apparentthat moving off campus wouldseverly damage the paper, Mc-Partland noted. The onlyavailable office space is situatedmore than a mile from thecampus. After an earlier dispute,The Heights had gone off campus,

but was nearly forced to fold, andhad to return.

In view of the limited extent ofthe administration's demand andthe hazards facing the paper if itmoves off campus, The Heightsagreed to remove the word "abor-tion" from the offending ads inthe future, said McPartland.

The letter to the editor byBrian F. Aull G in lastFriday's issue should haveread "To the extent to whichthis broadens men'sperspectives as individuals it ismasculinity at its besi. For thisreason, mate chauvinism is justas much an insult to the statusof men as it is to the.status ofwomen." The words in italicswere inadvertently left out.

11^1111 ~~~~~~....'~~ . : , Because of rain, the almost two dozen participants In tnmeSeventh Annual J. Edgar Hoover Memorial Dope Party tookcover under the Great Dome. This is the sixth consecutive yearthat it has rained on a "party" day. (Photo by Steve Ksrsch)

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white sneakers, or dirty chinoswith plaid sport jackets. He is un-able to decide which is the mostnatural and generally covers upthe whole works with a raincoat.

In- the spring when the rainstops, many a young man's fancyturns to ... baseball, lacrosse,and the discus. After all, jock-straps keep generous alumni hap-py and, as the Georgia TechTechnique points out, studentsupport is increasing. As an ex-ample, MIT baseball games arenow consistently drawing at leastten or eleven fans per game.Jockstraps are great, though.Most of their friends are the col-lege boys who act as interpreters.

Last, and certainly least, wehave the backbone of MIT,America's hope for technological

superiority, the students. They areconspicuous for their ability toanmaze their dates with completelyunrehearsed gems like, "I workedout the neatest integral problemlast week," or "Da you think it'sright for atoms to be split?"

For them comes this piece ofadvice by Dick Wasserman of theDuke Chronicle: "Instead of go-ing to an ADULT movie orreading a dirty book, it is muchcheaper to obtain at leastvicarious satisfaction by simplybuying two rabbits."

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UN condemns South Africa on Angolan raid - SouthAfrican forces went through South-West Africa and then intoAngola last week in a "limited military operation" to combatAngolan terrorist guerrillas who have been making forays intoSouth-West Africa, which is under South African rule. TheUnited Nations Security Council consequently passed un-animously a resolution condemning South Africa anddemanding immediate withdrawal from Angola.

N ationCarter blames unequal justice on lawyers - At the 100thanniversary meeting of the Los Angeles Bar Association lastweek, President Carter told lawyers in a speech that their profes-sion has been a major factor contributing to inequities in thejustice system. tie stated that "nearly all '[prison] inmates aredrawn from the ranks of the powerless and the 'poor,"andcriticized the way "big shot crooks escape the consequences oftheir acts" through money and string-pulling.

"Son of Sam" kiiller confesses murders David Berkowitz,the defendant in the "Son of Sam" killings, testified in courtyesterday admitting guilt in the six -New York murders whichwere widely publicized last year. He also said he was responsiblefor setting some 2,000 fires in the Bronx between 1974 and 1977.He had reported some of these fires himself to the police, callinghimself the "Phantom of the Bronx."

aMpusNew House Manager wins Big Screw Contest- Followingare the final standings for last week's Big Screw '78 contest:1. Luise Keohane, New House Manager .............. $217.232. Ralph Staley, Asst. Professor of Chemistry .......... 180.283. Jeffrey Goldstone, Professor of Physics .............. 124.164. Thomas Greytak, CAP Chairman .................... 115.085. Anne Hunter, Humanities secretary .................... 57.556. Louis Braida, Assoc. Professor of EE & CS ........... 3.327. William Rastetter, Asst. Professor of Chemistry

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By Bob WassermanIt's almost time to think about the 1980 Presidential election, and as

far as the latest Gallup Poll can determine, Ted Kennedy is way-aheadin the race. The Poll showed that he is preferred for the Democraticnomination, as Kennedy received 36 percent of the voter's favor,Carter 29 percent, and California's Jerry Brown 12 percent. In a head-to-head contest, Kennedy came out even further ahead of Carter, 53percent to 40 percent.

But wait a minute, what does all this popularity mean? Why isMassachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy so popular when it comes topresidential races, when he has repeatedly insisted that he will not runfor the Democratic nomination in 1980? You get the feeling he's keep-ing his word, too, because he didn't run in '76 as well as in earlier elec-tions after saying he wouldn't early in the race.

The reasons for Teddy's reluctance to aspire to the office his brotherJohn held and his brother Bobby would have, stem both from personaland family considerations. His mother Rose is still alive, and as long as

she has any influence in theKennedy clan, no son ofhers will get involved in apresidential election.

Another problem forKennedy is his personallife, which is nationally

news-worthy as are the escapades of any Kennedy. Recent rumourshave it that Ted's wife Joan has left him to live in her Boston Back Bayapartment while attending Lesley College (MIT and Harvard socialitesbeware!). Ted, meanwhile is supposed to be having a relationship withskier Suzy Chaffee in Colorado. "The relationship is purely platonic,"says the 31-year-old Chaffee. "If Rockefeller were skiing with Ken-nedy, would people assume they were having an affair?" No insult toNelson R. intended, but one has to assume that Ms. Chaffee is more at-tractive to Ted than even a Rockefeller.

Another episode in Ted's personal life may come back to haunt himif he runs for the big one. Many people still remember the incident atChappaquiddick nine years ago when Kennedy and his date Mary JoKopechne ran off a bridge into the bay leading to her death. It's not somuch that Teddy was fooling around after dark that makes one uneasyabout the affair, it's Teddy's gutless, or careless, flight from the scene,swimming to safety while Mary Jo drowned. Hell, Jack Kennedy had afew affairs himself, but he also saved several people during World WarII in the famous PT-109 episode.

Politically, however, Ted Kennedy has become a good -guy. TheWhite House recently made a study of Congressional votes on Carter'spolicies, and Sen. Kennedy came out the second most favorable to. thePresident. What's more, the two potential rivals are good friends work-ing jointly on a national health insurance plan. Also Ted helped outwith the passage of the Panama Canal pact.

It seemed that during the '60's, after Ted had been elected Senatorfrom Massachusetts while in his early 30's, he was still Jack and Bob-by's little brother. Now at 46 he has matured and his brothers' aurashave dimmed, and he has made a name for himself in the Senate. Nextyear he will become head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and hecurrently is one of the most influential liberals in Congress.

Nevertheless, Kennedy cannot keep the presidency out of his futureplans. His credentials and attitude are great: his backing of Carter isalso a boost for the Democratic presidency. Thus Teddy has remaineda strong party man, while helping with the image of the presidency, a

job he may inherit.So don't count Teddy out of the race for President in 1980. Kennedy

probably Won't enter the early primaries, even though he'd be a cinchin New Hampshire and Massachusetts. If President Carter should loseto Jerry Brown or someone equally feared by the Democratic establish-ment in the primaries, Kennedy would be waiting in the wings. TheRepublican race will be important also, and if one member of the GOP,especially the Southerner Howard Baker, begins sweeping theprimaries, Carter might be in trouble. Kennedy probably would notchallenge Carter head to head in any state, but if Jimmy should decidenot to run for a second term, he would have to throw his support toKennedy.

It has been almost twenty years since John F. Kennedy was electedPresident, and fifteen since he was assassinated. Then, America musthave been disappointed by the shortness of the youthful, brash, excitingpresidency of JFK as it still is today. Four inadequate presidents later,the American public is still yearning for this type of leadership, and tEdward Kennedy just might be the best choice for the next chief ex- s

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publications, some of which havecaused the MITpeople movementto receive widespread public andmedia attention in the UnitedStates.

Can MITpeople be changed to.normal people?

If at all, then only with greatdifficulty. Many techniques -havebeen tried, ranging from in-depth

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"Some of my best friends areMITpeople!" - John L. Shelton

This is the first part of a one-part series on M1Tpeople written

by John L. Shelton.

Is MITpeople rights a new issue?No. In 1865, two days after the

first classes were held, the firstMITpeople organization, Intel-lectus Fermus,_lectu Ferms, ... . .. . .. . .. ..... . ..was formed to ..... ::.:.:-.. :::::::::..

c o b t th e .......... ......combat the.... dWV''already prevail-ing' view ofMITpeople. The current

MITpeople rights movement inCambridge did not start until the

MIT campus moved toCambridge,.in 1917. Various

MITpeople rights activistorganizations have been formedin the past sixty years. Most of

,htiesw are disguised as student

Are A1MTpeople sick?Yes.Is VITpeople studying as stable

as normal studying?The study relationships of

MITpeople present an enigma tosociety: their success would in-dicate an error in society's judg-ment of normal studying. Most ofthe MITpeo,;l, that are successfuleither remain unknown to thepublic in order to protect theother members, or arerationalized away as not beingtruly MIT. (E.g. "Oh; he took hisMasters at Yale.") Those that areunsuccessful or shortlived havebeen pointed at as proof of someinnate instability of MITpeople.

Do MITpeople have a tendencytowards child molesting?

I This is a general misconcep-tion. In studies done of childmolesters there was no evidencefound to support this belief. Forexample, an American HumaneAssociation study found ten totwelve times as much normal-person child molesting asM ITpeople child-molesting.Note: Recent reports showMITpeople comprise 0.0017% ofthe American adult population.)

Are there married MITpeople?Yes, there certainly are, and

their behavior is certainly syn-ergistic. There is currentlyresearch being done at LosAlamos to determine the reasonwhy married MITpeople do notinterfere with current theories onthe properties of materials ex-

ceeding their critical mass.Do children -of MITpeople

become MITpeople themselves?Some MITpeople who are or

who have been married do havechildren. It is often brought up in

- custody suits that MITparentsshould not keep the childrenbecause they will become-

MITpeople. Current studies seemto indicate that children reared inCambridge to -the point wherethey can make "fateful deci-sions" show a higher probabilityof becoming MITpeople if one ormore of their parents-wereMITpeople. -'How do parents deal with MIT-

children?Parents tend to act irrationally,

witholding money from thechildren in such instances. A fewparents, usually those with oodlesof dough, insist that if the child ishappy, then they will also be hap-

py. Rarely, a child, upon assertinghis MITpeople-ness, may causethe parent to admit that he, too isa "closet MiTperson," a touching

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To the Editor:As the Managing Board of

Technique 1978, we would like torespond to some criticism that wehave heard regarding the currentissue of the yearbook, and we

'hope to explain our positionbefore any further problems arise.

The complaint we have heardconcerns the last page of thebook, where Grogo is depictedrising above the horizon in a"Close Encounters of the ThirdKind" setting. Picturing Grogoon the last page is a Techniquetradition; Grogo has been thesymbol of Technique'for 50 Years,first appearing in the 1929volume. Originally, he was ademon symbolizing the honorarysociety of Technique. Grogo hasbeen in his present form since theearly '60's, when he was dis-covered in a Park Square noveltyshop. Although we can no longerobtain these sculptures, untilrecently they have been awardedyearly to staff members in con-sideration of the time they haveinvested in the yearbook.

Apparently, some people feelthat any mention now of Grogo isinherently racist, since it brings tomind the controversy of last fall.

We disagree; first of all, becauseGrogo has been a symbol, not of

racism, but of our book, for manyyears - we do not call him

Harvey, we do not say that hishome is Kampala, Uganda, andwe did not give permission for our

symbol's use in the Freshman Pic-

turebook. (If, instead, the picturehad been a photo of a freshman,used in some derogatory mannerwithout his permission, would itnow be racist to print hisphotograph or to mention hisname?)

We do not think that the con-troversy of last fall should beforgotten. It serves as a- valuablereminder to those of us in thecampus media that we must besensitive to the feelings of others.Would people have been upset ifwe had reported the controversyas a regular journalistic item?

The rhetoric and debate last falldid, unfortunately,- have anegative effect. This was to-polarize the campus around theissues of minority rights, versusfreedom of the press, when itshould have been minority rights

versus racism, and both sides wereresponsible for this mistake.Minority rights and pressfreedom cannot exist without oneanother - witness South Africa.

We are sorry if we have of-fended anyone. However, wehope that the struggle againstracism does not get bogged downin squabbles over -meaninglesssymbols.

Daniel M. Gauger '79Robin E. Graves '79Jeffrey C. Mogul '79

William D. Hofmann '80Te Managing Board of

Technique i-978May 6, 1978

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To the Editor:.-Thank you for the article "MIT

advising system under in-vestigation" which appeared inTuesday's edition of The Tech tel-ling the MIT community aboutthe Faculty's plan to study un-dergraduate advising andcounseling.

The ad-hoc faculty committeeon advising would like to solicitwritten comments on-any aspectsof advising and counseling atMIT. These should be sent to theChairperson of any one of thethree faculty committees involvedin the study: Prof. RobertHulsizer (Committee onEducational Policy), NE40-410,?rof. Sherry Turkle (Committee)n Student Environment), 20D-Z12, or Prof. Thomas Greytak

She 'refusedTo the Editor:

While basking in the goldenCalifornia sunshine and perusingmy belatedly arrived copies ofThe Tech, I was confounded withlistortions in two articles (4/4ind 4/7) concerning the ethicality)f accepting free class rings. Try-ng to strengthen their arguments,:he authors of both articles:laimed that all members of the-lass of 1978 Ring Committee.ventually succumbed to the of-?er, despite their original good in-

:entions. Wrong'indeed, intrepidournalists! At least one of themfidn't. Although I am no'longer

FPO thanks all

for Olpen Housero the Editor:

I wish to thank all the members)f the MIT Community whoielped make Open House '78 a;Uccess.

There are too many people whoielped for me to list them all, but:he News Office, the Office of theDean For Student Affairs, theZhancellor's Office, Physical?lant, all the department staffaho participated, and especially:he students who helped, deserve;pecial thanks.

Hy Tran '79Open House Chairmar,

May 1, 1978

(Committee on Academic Perfor-mance), 13-2074. At a later timewe will schedule an open meeting-.with members of the studentbody.

I would like to take this oppor-tunity to correct an inaccuracywhich was contained in Tuesday'sarticle. Neither Prof. Hulsizer norI have suggested,- nor do webelieve; that the upperclass advis-ing program should be united un-der one authority. I did mentionto your reporter that it might be agood idea for the coordinators ofupperclass advising from eachdepartment to meet togetherabout once a term to discussproblems of mutual interest.

Thomas J. GreytakMay 4, 1978

ring in 76at MIT, I still very much resentbeing lumped and labeled as oneof the more grafty and greasymembers of past committees whofound room in their consciencesto accept the gifts. I hope this setsthe record straight.

Alicia M. Abels '78Clas of 1978 Ring Comm.

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I you, s SO ohe quit, and spends his days collectingsnakes and watching college commence-ments. He lives with his daughter, PennySycamore (Joan Tolentino), who beganwriting plays eight years earlier because atypewriter was delivered to the house bymistake. Penny's husband Paul (IgnezioBellafiore '81) spends his time manufactur-ing fireworks in the basement with Mr.Depinna (Robert Schaffer '79), a former

You Can't Take it With You by Ross andKaufmnan' performed by MIT Dramashop.Performances Thursday through SaturdayMaly /1-13 at 8pm in Kresge Little Theatre.Tickers $2.50.

By Benson .MarguliesOnce again MIT's Dramashop has

demonstrated its ability to produce playsfilled for the most part with memorablecharacterizations and superior production

support. You Can't Take it With You hassome of the most distinctive characters inAmerican Drama: The Sycamore family, acollection of off the wall people, the likes of.which have rarely been seen. The patriarchof the family is Mr. Martin Vanderhof.(Andrew Piecka '72) an elderly gentlemanwho decided 35 years before the time of theplay that the normal grind of the businessworld just wasn't what he wanted to do. So

Spring Concert: John Corley conductsthe MIT Concert Band, which will performa program that includes: Rovce Hall Suiteby Healey Willan, Suite. Op. 46 by JohnBavicchi, and Symphony No. 2 by RobertE. Jager. Sat., May 13, 8pm in Kresge. Ad-mission free.

The MIT Community Players present InThe Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer,directed by Joel Hersh, May 18, I9, & 20;8pmr, Kresge, tickets $3, $2.50 with MITID. For infornmation call x3-4720.

Gyorgy Kepes, MIT Years '45-'77 at theHayden Gallery thru June 9, Sun.-Fri.,I Oam-4pm.

A T THE MO0VIESLittle Boy, by Danny Lvon, sponsored

by the Dept. of Arch., Tues., May 9, RoomE21-10 at 7pm.

The Odd Couple, the Mid Nite movie,Sat., May 13; 2nd floor of Student Center;free.

This weekend's LSC lineup:Young Frankenstein (Fri.) 7 & 9:30pm in

Kresge.Demon Seed (Sat.) 7 & 9:30pm in 26-100.King of Hearts (Sun.) 6:30 & 9pm in 26-

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AROUND MITMike Peters Lecture, Tues. May 9 at

8pmr in Kresge. Admission-free, ticketsavailable at LSC office or the informationoffice.

Mit Chamber Players perform the worksof Bach, Devienne and Hummel; Fri., May8, at Spir in Kresge. Admission Free.

Ist Annual Spring Sing, featuring theAmherst Zumbyes, the Wellesley Widows,and the sponsoring MIT Chorallaries, Fri.,May 12 at 7:30pm in the Sala de PuertoRico; free.

East Campus Spring Blow-Out, "a bashof epic proportions" sponsored by UA,Dormcon and E.C. Soccomm at EastCamnpus, Fri., May 12, 9pm.

Noon-Hour Concerts, A group of baro-que violins and violas performing works ofTelemann, C.P.E. Bach, Haydn, andMozart. Thurs., May 11, 12: 10pm,,Chapel,free.

You Can't Take It With You,-presentedby MIT Dramashop, Thur.-Sat., May 11-13 at 8pm in Kresge Little Theatre. Tickets$2.50, call x3-4720, on sale in Lobby 10 andat the door.

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The plot is mosffy concerned with a lovestory involving Alice Sycamore (SharonLowenheim '79). Alice falls in love withTony(Albert Ruesga '80), the son of theboss of a Wall Street firm where she works.These two have the hardest parts; theircharacters are the closest to "normal" peo-ple in the play and are thus the most dif-ficult to play convincingly. Ruesga bringshis end off rathier well; he is quite believ-able as the young lover convinced thateverything will come out all right in theend. Lowenheim is another story. Hercharacter is afraid that her lovable butdrazy family will never coexist successfullywith Tony's stuffy parents. As the playprogresses it becomes apparent that Aliceis almost more stuffy then the parents.Lowenheim has some trouble with thisrather dated attitude; at one point whenshe was supposed to rush off the stage intears she sounded more like she waslaughing.

This typifies the only noticable flaw ofthe play, which is the dated quality of someof the jokes. Much of the audience hadtrouble with a series of lines dealing withexpatriot Russian Czarist nobility, andthere were several other obscure references.These are more than made up for by thesuprisingly modern jokes about sex andmarriage which crop up here and there. Isuspect that the members of the cast thathad the most fun were Barbara Masi '81and Mark de Lemos '78, who playedTony's stuffy parents. In the second actthey get a series of lines aboutsex, lust, andbathrooms that is one of the high points ofthe play.

The production support of the play is atits usual excellent level. The set is in-credibly elaborate, down to an actualprinting press. The firework effects werealso excellently done. There is no questionthat this production is well worth seeing.

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Off The Wall and The Cambridge ArtsCouncil presernt The American Short Story:A Filn Series, at Off The Wall, Mondaythrough Friday afternoons, May 15-19.Admission free.

The Manhat;ans. wsith B.T. Express atthe Orpheum Theatre. May I1 at 7:30pmr:tickets 57.50 & 8.50.

Pousette-Dart Band, at the OrpheumTheatre, May 13 at 8pm, tickets $6.50 &$7.50.

Jefferson Starship. May 19) & 20 at theMusic !t Hall: tickets 58.50-S9.50.

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"There were a few rough spotsin the race that we'll be: workingon this week.", said frosh coachPete Billings '74, a former MITlightweight.

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and won th1e NCAA 1Division 11National Championship. Otherspectacular team performancesInclude the soccer team Bat-terman coached more than fifte~enyears ago, which beat Harvardti~ice and Navy once. On an in-dividual level Brian Maoore tookthird in the NCAA College Divi-.sion hammer throw in 1973. Alsoin track, Frank Richardson '77, adistance runner, won the NCAADivision III 10,000 meter run.Rick Ehrlich '77 and Bob Hone:'793 both won Al)-Americanhonors in diving in the samet year.

Athletics at MIrT, however, ex-

tends far beyond the varsity level.There has been an incredible ex--pansionm of the physical educationprogram. Courses offered run thegamut fr~om scub~a diving to rockclimbing. Major changes havebeen made to enlarge th~e athleticprogram in the last ten years.Women's athletics is a prime ex-ample. Batterman recalled thatwhen he came to MIT after sevenyears at Harvard, there was nophysical education requirementand no teahms for women. ]Present-

_1y there are ten varsity teams andseveral clubs for women.

During Professor Batterman's

years at Harvard only the bestplayers were coached, Othersplayed on "house teams" andreceived no attention. In thissense, MITr's-program is unique.There are opportunities on everylevel so that students can par-ticipate in activities geared totheir ability and interest."Instruactors," BatLterman stated,"feel that teaching is as importantas coaching. Which doesn't meanthat they don't want to win."

The image of sport at MITg hasbeen changing, An article inSports Illustrated in the spring of1975 was very helpful. Previously,it was cernmon for people to besurprised to discover that M~IITfielded teams.

While outsiders' opinions ofMIT sports are rising, the collec-tive team record is falling. "MbdITcoaches make ath~letes of anyonewho comes in."~ Conside~ring tlhelack Q f Ihigh schaool experience-,there have been an amazingnumber' of swimmers, wrestlers,divers, tennis players and soccer

it will become more and more dif-ficult for MIT to remain com-petitive. To counter this trend,Batterman believes that Mi?'.'should havde special conside~ra-tions ~for athl~etes in the admis-sions process." He feels that iftwo -applicants -are equalacademically and one is anathilete, the athlete should begiven priority. Raftermaan is op-posed, however, to acceptingathletes without -regard toacademic credentials.

MIT has been b~lessed with con-sistently good coaches. Anyone,given talented athletes to -workwith, sud~denly--bib'ecorna~es a goodfcoacfi. "You don't need to know-a lot of scientific principles orhave any physical insights into thesport to be a good coach, but youmust to be a great coacha." Bat-terman is the author of TheTechniqjues of Sprintgboard Diving,the- first attempt to apply basicphysics to the art of diving. ManyMITT coaches use "a scientific ap-proach," a methodology that hasnow been! widely copied.

Some things h~aven't changed intwenty years. Thiere has neverbeen a charge for an MIT athleticeevent and that will not change inthre near future. And ProfessorCharlie Batterman, f~jur timesNational div-ing champion, canstill be found at the Alumni Pdoolteaching swimming and diving.

By Gregg: StaveMa~ny changes have taken place

in athletics at MIT in the past twodecades. Swimming and divingexpert Professor Charlie Bat-terman has been a coach and in-structor here for 22 years. In a re-cent conversation, Battermian dis-cussed the historyi and future ofathletics at-M IT.

There have been several greatmoments in sports for M~IT, ac-cording to Batterman. At the topof the list was the 1958 lacrosseteam which- started the seasonwith no prior playing experience

for next yeat- -Includes two scrim--mages an~d five games. Highlights-of the schedule are games withDuquesne College on October 7and Brooklyn College on October2 1. The season opener is ten-tatively scheduled for September22 at Fitchburg State. All thegames would be away.

The major prorblem of the foot-ball club is receiving offi~cialrecognition and finances fromMVIT, A few weeks ago, the clubappliedc for recognition throughthe ASA. However, that applica-tion has since been withdrawn.

The club has afs-o applied for aninterest-free F~inBoard loan whichwould pray for the equipment. Theloan would be paid back over thenext f'our years through f~und-raising.

No application through theAthletic Association hias beenmade yet. According to JimDunlay,'79 of the club, the reasonthe Club did not apply to the

Athletic Asociatioi~originally was"a general feeling of objections bythe Athletic Association."'However, the club will apply thisweek. Assistant Athletic Director'John Barry will act as the club'sadvisor in-drafting itspgroposal tothe Athletii: Association andAthletic Board.

Recognition would give theclub the~right to use "M~IT" in itsname and give the club the powerto deal with MIT as art off~icialorgan ization.

Th~e club is still trying to findfield space for practice in the fall.On Friday in a meeting with Bar'ry, Brucc Wrobel '79, the presi-dent of the club, and Dunlay dis-cussed the possibilities' with Bar-ry. The field which is used for thehammer throw/ in the spring is notusually used by varsity teams inthe fall. If the field could be got-ten in shaime, Bfarry says he has"no objections"' to the club's useof it.

Other problems such as use ofthe trainer and insurance havealso not been solved. Officialrernonitinn mqv hel-n eliminsteF;:(.;UgIIILIUH Ifitty HCIP CIIIIIIIIJUM~

these problems, htowever.

By Tomt CurttisThe fooatball club has lined up

equipment, a coach, and a ten--tative schedule for the fall, but theeclubt has not yet recieved officialrecognition through either theAthletic Association or the As-sociation of Student A~ctivities.

The c'lub recently acquiredsome equipment from theR o h es t r , n st i u te ofTechnology, where the footballteam~ was disbanded last year.M~ost of the equipment is only ayear old and was obtained at aprice well below that of newequipment.

The club has also found a headcoach for next fall. He isTheodore Rose, who hascoaching experience av severalhigh schools and at H-arvard,Tufts, and Brown. Rose has alsobeen a member of the Patriots'-scouting staff.

The club's tentative schedule

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the Tech lightweight crew teamfell just short of victory this pastSaturday, as the University ofPennsylvania outmuscled MIT'sfirst boat, Finishiing one second ontop, 6-17.3 to 6i:18,3, inPhiladelphia. Navy finished thirdwith a time of 6:27.3.

The lightweights, about alength'down at the 1400 meternnark, pulled up almost even.Penn countered with a powerdrive that put themn about one-half length up. 'the Tech oarsmenagain tried- to pull ahead, withabout fifteen strokes to go. Penn,however, finished with the narrowvictory, and is ranked numb'erone for the ulpcoming EasternSprints on May 14..

The lights are: clearly in the run-ning for a victory at tihe Sprintsnext SundSay. "There are sixe crewsat the torp, with IMITP rigbt inthere,"' said Coach Bill M~iller."We'vJe been giving every crew werace a' really tough battle. Thisweek we're going to be working togain those few seconds we've beenlosing by."

The second varsity boat, com-posed of bow, Jim Leary '79; 2,Paul Bordley '80; 3, Timn Carroll'79; 4, Chris Harnkins'80; 5, TomJones '79; 6, D~ave Lerner '80; 7,Don Bollinger '80; stroke, GareReid '80; and coxswain JohnDonahue '77, came up short in itsrace, finishing with a time of6:416.6 to Penn's 6:38.1 andNavy's 6:45.6. The JVb has beenfacing stiff competition thisseason. "The boat has been per-forming very well, expecially withtwo novice oarsmen coming in toplay a big part~-iwthajboat,"aag,' sa~idM~iller.

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