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AFTERNOON CLASSESDISMISSED MONDAY

In order that the Faculty and.students may have the opporuniy ofparticipting in the welcoming of thePresident of the United States, noclasses will be held after 12 o'clockon Monday

WATCH FOIR THE VOODOOThe VooDoo will appear for the

first time by the middle of theweek. It is going to be a big suc-cess, and the price will be onlyfifteen cents a, copy. Watch theyellow posters on the bulletinboards for developments, and besure you get a copy early beforethey are all sold.

The results oE f tlle first davs scho~otin g,at, tle ]Rifle Club's ratio, In W~alkerVenilorial have been -verv satisfactory-.

tw-enty and tw-enty~five Alen hav-e beenshlootin- a. total ol 350 to 380 ca~rtridgresper day- The scores of the first dayw-ere n;ot verv -ood. but since then thevbave- shown r mai-ked. improvement. Thethree high score-, for t~he wveek wi-ll beposted Saturday.-

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~THE TECH BANQUET T·O BEGIVEN IN WALK(ER FRIDAY

Next Friday evening TIHE TECHwill give one of its old-tirae ban-quets, which is to be held in theWalker Memorial at six-thirty. Ahearty invitation to attend is ex-tended to all men who have servedon its various board. The men whoare now working on THE T1ECH areanxious to renew and make newfriendships with the men who haveworked in its various boards atthese times and have given theirservices to Technology, and this in-vitation is extended with the hopethat many will give us this pleas-ure.

BANQUET COMMITICTEE FORMSPLANS FOR FRESHMAN DINNER

Sale of Tickets Begins Monaay--Sp~eak-ers Engaged-jJazz Orchestra to Play

The plans for the freshman banquetwrhich will be held at 6.30 on FridayTevening, .1Llarch 14 are now complete.The price has been set at one dollar,and it is expected that almost all theclass wrill be be able to attend at this

price. Tickets w-ill be sold in the mainlobby every day between one and two,bzeginninio Mondav for an inde~finite -per-iod. In the opinion of the committeein charge, there'F is no reasonn why most.

of the freshmen should not be there,as it is held much later than usual thisyear, and the class has plenty of timeto aect acquainted and develop someclass spirit.

The speakers for the evening will bePresident Maclaurin, Dean Burton, andJohn Nash :20, president of the Juniorclass. Nash will appoint some J-uniorsin the near f uture to take char-e of"the freshmen Feld Day teams, and allof these men are expected to give shorttalks that ev-ening. The actual enter-tainers have not been engaged yet, but they will consist of a jazz orchestraand a couple of good vaudevillesketches. The conimittee on entertain-mecnt Nvill also tlry to -et hold of some"movies"' to 1·ul durin- the meal.

This dinner w·ill receive much nmorepublicity than it has in former yearsand there has been a lot more time toperfect the p~ans, so as to make tileevening as enjoyable as possible. Aneffolrt will be made to reach every mem-ber of the freshman class. and with 800mcembers, a very creditable showin-should undoubtedly be made.

SIGN-UPS FOR SPRINGCONCERT A RE BEING SOLD

/Concert WCill Be Short To Give PlentyOf Tinie For Dancing

Sign-unps for the Spring Concert to beOiven by the mlusicatl clubs on the even-ling, of Friday, Mrarch 8, at the HotellSomerset, have been on sale since thisW'ednesday. They wvill continue to besold imtii W~ednesday, Feb. 26, everyday in the main lobby between 1 and 2,and also at the office of the M/usicalclu~bs in I'ValZker Memorial. Tile clubs.-

have had a compa~ratively short time in

whlich to -et ready for the concert, butowin- to the number of good men that~have come out, the management expects

to cive a better concert than ev-er.

The Springy Concert has been riven at

6ic Somnerset for the last two years oilaccount, of its convenient locality aud~&-indsomee ballroom. Because of 'the

lh-nited capacity of the ballroonl. thetmaxisium n Lunber of couples has beenl

set at tw-o hundred, so that it w-ould beadvisable f~or anyone who intends to pocto -et his signl-up early. Tile signl-ups~

cost 7i5 cents, while t&e tick-et p,1rice i;$2.50 a person, and $5.00 at couple. This

is thlou-1it to be excessivee by a, nurnber

of people. but the exipense to wrhicl ther-iUSiCal clubs are puit in running the

concerts must be considered. Preliniii-ary·

dance orders will be triven .out ait theeend of the sign-up eampaian. Sian-up,-

inav bhe Iredeemed durincr tie -week bec-

(-iiiiino, ]Narch 2nd.Somee of the fraternities are planningll

to have a dinner before the concert, and

a holes I party that evenin(=. Frateriilitvreservattions ~vill be made as usual. andi

the tinie for application for these r·eser-

v-ations will appe,%r later in THE; TECH.

TECHNIQUE IECTORAAL CO0M-MITTE·E E dTCIONS POSTPONED

The elections for the Electoral Colm-

inittee for Tecliniqlue 1921 which wereto have been held this wT~eek: has been

postponed. The new- tinie set is ]Narch3rd. on which date all ballots must beturnedc in at the Informlation Offlee be-

fore 5 P. in.

'"TKEME A6TT TLHAlumni Bail-Lauet to be Given in

Wa~lker Memaorial March I.

The annual dinner of the A~lumni as-

sociation of Technology will be held inWSalker Memorolial on Saturday evening)

M~arch 1, at 'T. Ap~plications for tickets,two dollars each. should be addressed

to the' Alumni Associattion of the In.

stitute. Aniong those who will speakare his excellency, Calviin Coolidg,,:, Gov--ernor of Miassachusetts. President Rich-ar~d C MJiaclaurin, Walter Gordon MIer-

ritt, and Va~n Rensselear Lansingrh '98.

T~he Alllker 2\1einorial will be open inthe afternoon, and meeting plac·es will

be plalnned for the classes. Tbe! bow~l-ing alleyr, shooting galleryg and billiarcttables Nwill be available frthe alumni

in the afternoon and at five, a band

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SAXOPHONE SEXTET~

A saxophone sextet is beina orgaii-iizeld by thle --Criticl Chlbs. A ifluiberc

will b~ put oil at tile Slprilg Concertia~nd all concert,- thereafter. Tllose ill-

teres-ted should Ircltort at tile offlee oftjl( musical Clubs in Wa'lker on 'Moll-

dny· or Tuesd~ay from I1 to 2. Saxo-pllone,, furnislcd.2

the students. so a good deal of practice

will be necessary. The freshmen al-ready have a large number of men outfor clrew and it is urged that the Sopho-mores try out for their class crew.So far· therpe have not been many Sopho-mores out, for crew. __N-Lmerals will beawarded to the men on the Ivillillo,elass teams and the points that eachevent nwill count are as follows: pushball, fiv-e; crew and the relay race, each.four; and the tuo-of-war, two. Theclass wrinnin- will have its numeralsIengraved Oil the Field Day Cup.

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LARGE NUMBER OF MENREPORT AT SHOW REHEARSALS

A large number of candidates turnedout foi the first rehearsal of the TechShow chorus last Tuesday. As man:�as three hundred were present and try-outs vvere held for the parts of BettyWarren. Prudence Stanifish, Gussie Hun-ter, and Dick Warren. Many ex-mem-bers of the cast came out among whomwere W. S. Frazier of the Show of 1917,:and Fred Britton of the 191S Show,The followino, mem were retained as a.result of the tryouts for the four parts.-F. Britton, AV. S. Frazier, R. Lewis, P.D. Appel, W. J. Hamburger, R. Felsen--trial, G. B. Allen, E. E. Schoffield, J.H Scott, T. Berlue, J. McIntire, andA. Johnson.

A maii need not be a singer to getin the chorus. AR that is necessaryis a little grace. Those who were notsuccessful in being picked for feminineparts should try out for the male partsas there is a gooa opportunity in thatend of the Show. The managementasks that all men interested in paintingscenery call at The Show office in theWalker Memorial at any time duringthe day just as soon as possible.

CALENDER

Monday, February 244.00-Tech Show Chorus rehearsal-

Walker 'Memorial, North dining hall.5.00--Glee club rehearsal-Room 10-

250.5.00-Banjo club rehetarsal-Room 1-

190.5.00-AVireless society meeting room.

Tuesday, February 255.00-Teeli Show chorvis rehearsal-

Walker Memorial, North dining hall.5.00-Meeting of freshman editorial

competitors for Technique-WalkerMemorial.

5.00-'Mandolin club rehearsal-Room1-190.

5.00--Alusical clubs saxophone sex-tette competitors meeting-Avalker31emorial.

Wednesday, February 261.15-A. I. E. E. trip to Am. Tel. and

Tel. Central station-Room 10-203.2-00-Spring Concert Si4i-up cam-

paign ends.5.00-Tech Show chorus rehearsal-

Walker 'Memorial, North dinina room.5.00- -Ifeeting of Sophomore editorial

competitors for Techniqt-_-1WlkerMemorial.

.5.00-Banjo club rehearsal-Room 1-190.

.5-00-Activities committee meeting-Room 10-275.

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This afternoon the Freshman Swim-nlmina team tackles the strong Wi~orces-ter Acadcemy team at Worocester. Thecmen from the Institute are counting onsomee stiff opposition for the WTorcester·teani is about the best prep school a-I,areo-ation in New En-rland this season.notably their captain, Smith, who hasfew su~perior in distances around the. 100.In view~~ of this contemplated oppositiontile Institute freshmen are enterim,th~eir stronge---t team. Capt. S. _N1. Bidl-dell is entered in three events-the relay

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IPRIL 18 IS OI'TEN1 I I. A A.·A E

TechnolotOY Will Send Fast Teamto Compete in Inter-CollegiateRelay-Spitz, Bardes, Bawdenand Rollins to Run.

TEAIVI CONFIDENT OF VICTORY

Technology will send a mile relaytealn down to New York next Tuesdayto cornpete! in the Allillrose Athletic As-sociation games in Madison Square Ga~r-den. The team will be composed of

four niel who W'ril enter the 11ile Inter-coileg-jattv Relay.j· The other colleges inthe saine race are Princeton, Yale,PeniiM%-ania.iil Cornell and Dartmouth.All of Vihese colleges hatve very strongteanis fnd Technology will have to putup a stromyg defense in order to beattheni. Coach K~analy stated last nightthat Technology has tile best one milerelay team this year in its entire his-tory, and that the chances were on ourside to whi the race, whaichl is the big-(yest event of the evening at the games.

The four rnen picked for tile team attfinie tlrials this week are Spitz 121,Bardecs '21, Baw-den '21, and Rollins 120.Ba~vden and Rollin§- have alreatdv brok--en all of Technology's previous recordson tile board track for the 390 yardsrun. Bawden placed second in the Armyand '.\,iv mleet last Saturdav in thee1000 void~s run, and Rollin-, won boththe serv~ice and the open 60 yardsdashecs.

On M1arch I Tecbnologay will meetDartinouth in a mile relay race at theB. A. A. -ames in the -Meelianies build-ina. Thle Institute freshmnen will runa trianolular race with the Dartmouthfreshnwcn and the Holy Cross freslimen.It is: desired by the management thatats Inanyl men as possible be on handat tile games in order that a cheerbio,

.section can be formned. _Nfana-aer Ander-son1 recel·ved a largeP numbepr of seats forTechlnology~ students for the games andfliese wTill be on salt· in the _Uain Lob-by froinm 12-2 P. M.. every day next

ec It will be impossible for men toget their tickets on the outside unless'thtw· are members of the Boston Atli-letic A~ssociation. The demand for tick-ets from the AJssociation members thisyear~ has been so great that tbey Nvillnot be on sale to tile public.

Plailss hav-e -not yet been completedffi, enterincr teamss for the Mi\eadow-brook nimeet in Philadelphia. Pa. Thi.,Me~t W-hiel is open to all colleges at-tl·~i(vl\- collsiderable attention each vear

ini l all probability Teclinoloc, .willbe'TSl(I represented. Another meet.

(f iinterest is the Freshniaii-,ophomorInl~l. Due to necessity of cancellin-

flic~ Freshman nieet with WorcesterAe~lidenly, the date of the former hasbe-·;1 otfer~ed to them and MIanageiy Art

is still aw\aiting- a replv beforeiii:kincy anly definite ann-ouncement.

ORCHES~TRA T`O REHEARSETh'le management of the Technolocrf

Orchestra -%xwished to announce that call"I'll in the orchestra, or who intend toC(1110 out in order to make Tech Showshounld report at the rehearsal this af-tvvil~oonl at 5 in the WaT~lker '-Mcnorial.There ,cseems to be a little misunden:11-Ulding among the student body in re-"Ji'd to the qualificaltions for the Sbow.0-uis-equnentivy, tile management wantse(?Ie·I'thing clear so that nio difficultiesIvill'arise" later.

A4t the meethiff, the mana-aer wishesto have all the mcen present wvbo have311tcftions, of making this part of the

Shlow. for it is to be the men who areec"I"Wrn out, regularly, that will bePilkl~d. H-le wishes to State positivelytIlat no man mail get a chance whocnlncs around late.

Board and Competitors WillTry To Cover Entire InstituteIn Ten Days--Campaign toClose March s.

FIRSTI CALL F'OR'GRINDS MABDE

The sign-up campaign for TECHNI-QUEA 1920 will be started an Monday,

and will last for ten days. This after-noon circulars were distributed amongthe students explaining what Techniqueis to be. It is expected through this,means to eliminate a areat deal of time-which is normally wasted in explainingathe publication to each individual.

There will be about; thirty-five cam-pak,,ners with sign-up books and they'will make every effort to reach every'individual in the Institute. No doubtthere will be some who are missed and-rather than take a chance on being leftout these men should naake an effort;to obtain one either at the Techniqueoffice or to hunt up El man with asign-up book.

The sign-up campaign will last un-til T\Iarch 5th and after that date nosubscriptions will be received. Therewill be no waiting list this year becausethe book will not be published untillate. The sign-ups are redeemable upto the 15th of June. After that time,the deposit is forfetited. Those who

SET OR IEL OLPush B'311 Will Be Substituted

For Football-Crew Race toCount In Final Score-Prac-tice for Teams WNill Start Soon.

HALF HOLIDAY TO BE GIVEN

The old thne Field Day will again beheld this year. The date April 18thwas settled upon at the meeting of theMI. I. T. A. A. last Tuesday night.Push ball will be substituted in placeof the foot-ball game and plenty of ex-,citement will be guarallteed in the firstnamed event. After the Field Dayev-ents, Tech night will be celebrated atone of the Boston theatres where thewholei theatre wrill be reserved for Tech-

nology men and their friends. Theshow Ilas not been picked yet. Therew\ill be no school on che afternoon of

Field Day.

1 22 5 GHC C STEFreshman Team Expects a HardFight With Academy Natators.

2 TH1E TECH, Friday, February,21, 1919_- I _ -------- ,",B P

Etered as second-class ratter, September 16, 1911, at the Post Office at,Boston, Mass., under thie act of Congress of Mklarch 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailingat special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917,authorized on July 19, 1918.

MANAGING BOARD

Homer V. Howes '20 General ManagerCount B. Capps '20 . U EditorCarl W. Harris '2I Managing EditorScott H. Wells '20 Circulation ManagerRaymond A. St. Laurent '2I Advertising Manager

EDITORIAL BOARD Sporting Department

E F. Hedberg, '20 - .J. H. Coyle, '20, Editor

NEWS DE3PUTIMENT E. N. Mays '2 2Assistnt Manzinx EitorsPhotographic Department

Assistnt Manging taitoP. E. Guckes, 21, EditorC. A. Clarkre 121 L. J. Powers, Jr., '22, Ass't.S. L. R. Kurth, '2 1 ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT

Night Editors T. Wilson Adler, '22

Fn. W. Adame , '21 Edwvin J. Allen, '22R. H. Smnithwick, '21 CIRCUJLALTION DEPARTMENT

Il. D. Folinabee, Jr. '22, A~sst SalesH. S. Guyley, '22, Ass't. Karl D. Bean, '20

News Board Richard B. Oakes, '22

J. O. Bowder, 122 DsrbtoR. C. Geekler, 122' itbioE. IL KSoehler, 22 W. G. Thompson, '22J. Musnitsky, '20 Fred J. Burt, '22

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IN CHARGE OF THIS ISSUJE

R. H. Smithwick2 ............... . Night Editor

Henry C. Gayley 22 ......... Asst. Night Editor

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21a 1919

Alumni personales, news of CLUss bdalumni associations, and other alumniactivities wlll be grsteifuly received.The prompt araval ofsuch Informationwill faviltate the worlkof the AsseooiteEditor in making the departnmnt antimely and complete as possible.

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bim and-technically speaking-increase his factor of self-defence. look some classy; but you don't, youlook like the distressed son of a dis.

NEXT TO GODLINE:SSgraced window shutter. You shlow your.nTEX~~~ TO GODLINESS ~~~~self to be less than dust. You publishbroadcast to the World that vou are

HE gymnasium in the WValker is dirty. In contrast to the gen- the putrid progeny of a *vile nali de.

eral cleanliness about the Institute, there seems to be a lax- caying generation. Now if vou wvantness in our recentlv opened Gym. We cannot deplore this to smoke cigarettes, go to it, but if youhave any respect for yourself or our

condition too strongly. The students who use the gym, and those Alma Mater, for the love of MIr. Bensonin charge perhaps havre not noticed it,-in their zeal that is not m don't do it in the Institute corridors.

probable,-and when they realize it will make amends, but in passin The hanc es of your reaching the pearly

it seemed that a little reminder would not be amiss. Also, occasion-,ates are just as good w he ther Sou

ally a thotughtless student goes onto the floor with street shoes. This stop on Cy acmoentlo But,'f tlsueed not

nust be stopped. It is bad practice, spoils the floor and lowvers the should go democrat. and after vour

-eneral tone of the place. It only takes one or two such little slips short sojourn in this wleary vale of sin

to counteract the general good effort, so thev might just as well be vou find yourself with a one waly ticket.1:;J Into--well, like Harvard, it begins Nvith

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BOXING

1[ THETHER or not the war on the Whole has benefitted hu--manity is an unsettled question. It has, however, broughtho'me to many of us living in this scientific and cultured age

one thin- which we had wholly or partially lost sight of, and thatis that physical fitness as well as mental is a valuable asset to anyreal man.

In most colleges the students may display their fighting spiritin football, baseball and other similar pastimes. Unfortunately'iechnoloav students have not the time for such elaborate gladitorialcontests. There are, however, other roads open to the Institute manfrom which he may receive the same physical benefit.

One of these, almost tot.l1y neglected in the past, which touchesdirectly this spirit of phyiscal combat and exercise and vet, contraryto the popular but misguided conception, is without even the physi-cal danger encountered in football is intercollegiate boxing.

Boxing should flourish in any technical school because of itsmerits as a good fast clean exciting sport which takes little time andpractically no equipment. But to Technology at the present time itoffers special attractions because we have men who form the founda-tion upon which to build a boxing team. One of these'men is aformer ameteur New England champion, and'is now in line for thenational championship. MItany others have already proved theirworth in the amateur ring, and under the guidance of such men,there is no reason why Technology, if the students show the properinterest. cannot develop an exceedingly creditable team.

But whether a man intends to try for the team or not, it. isdecidedly to his advantage to make use of the opportunities offered

TECHNICALITI15BY JIM

Some anonymous gink sent Me thefollowing a couple of days ago. Read itover:

Say you S. B. F., I hear you ,rrtethose Technicalities, Yes?

Well, there are a lot of Boobs arouathe Institute who think the balls arein some way connected to a Smoke Laband they fill the whole place wN'ith thencigarette smoke.- How about tellingthose persons where they get off dAlittle hint, as it were. A fewv days agoI saw the Dean tell some of thex tostop smoking in the halls- The personsmentioned went along the hall a littledistance and then started right'again with their smoking. I supposethese are Tech Spirit?

Well they ain't.Take it from me,

A Perpetual Grouch.Wha' d'yu think of him? A typical

Technological crab, what? Nowv listen.don't be too hasty, because I fain wouldhave converse with thee. In Americanthat means that I am going to tellyouse where youse get off. Did youever stop to think how you look 'ithone of those coffin nails in your faces

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enmnllaLtea noW.Ian 11Te-all those cigarette smokes aregoing to be as good as a mortgagge ona, specially hot little Toaster for youpersonally. That is all straight dope,lout don't ask lme how I k~nolv. becauseif I told You, you would kinors andl thatwould spoil my gamse. Nowv on the levelfellows, cigfarettes are not necessary toYour studentivity. and it does look sorotten to see a fellow sloulchim-o alongthe corridor with a, "But" stilcking outof his face. Suppose you thinkz it over.If You think I'm wtrong, or if you haveany ideas, drop me a line over at theTech office, it does us all good to berazzed once in a while.

COPPER ECONOMY

The reduction, wvlich hag been foundpracticable. of the size of the wire andthe weight of copper required in thetransmission circuits of telephone com.panies not only greatly redulced th~ecost of material, but made it possibleto use., in the underground conduits,cables with as high as 30 times thenumber of circuits for wllich they wereoriginalor intended. When it is, con-sydere~d that there are over 20,000.000miles of copper wire in use, and thatthe reduction ine weightt is from one-half to even one-quarter of thoxt- rrasformerly -needed, the saving uan beappreciated. And wshen it is realizedthat the underground conduits for thetelephone cables have cost ovfer `,100.-000,000, some idea of the staving inl con-struction through increased eanacitycan be formed.

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wvant a Technique 1920 must su1>)--ribenov,%V

The Technique Board still ne in-formal pictures of the students, Thestaff photograpber has been takii -a pie-tures of ev eryone possible bult i + isnot possible fo~r him to cover thle Tn1ti-tulte as thoroughly as the BoaT(' des-ires. The requirements for the pli._flresare only that they be good eleir Pic-tures and in some wvay connected Nviththe Institute or the undlergradl :IfeS.They meay have been taken severalyears ago of some present sttlden'., pro.fessor, or alumneus. The Board Nvanltsall of these possible. If y onr 1 e.0111'mate hms an especially funny nPshot.-or some one- else that _1(LouI10Xhas Ione, brinc, it to the Tech~niqll, of-flee.

The Grirfd's department has inadle itsfirst call for material and a secolit onewvill be made next month. The grinnlerof the Grind's Competition will be an-nounced just previous to the TeclhniqlaeRulsh and will be gin-en his special Vo1]

mne of the book at that time.The Statistics Ballosts must be in by

Tuesday. These ballots severe distri-buted amongy the students on Tuesdayto every member of the Junior classtht ws possible. The winner of thi8competition will be given a, free Volumneof Technique with his name printed ingold on the binding..~ No one will beconsidered unless tthey have lakreadysubscribed to Technique and the depositwill be, refunded to the winners.

M. E. SOCIETY VISITS THEWALTHAM WATCH FACTORY.

Arrangements Made So That 120 MenHave Interesting Trip.

The Mechanical Engineering Societyhas at last overcome all obstacles andhas made definite arrangements con-cerning the long heralded trip to theWaltham Watch Company. The plansfor this journey have been subject tomuch revision through no fault of themanagement but simply because of hardluck. The trip scheduled for 3dondaylast could not be undertaken due to thefact taht the guides who were to takethe members through the plant were inWashington on business. The new ar-rangements are much better than theold however-120 men being able to gowhere only 80 could have gone, had theoriainal plans gone through, Two tripswere held on Wednesday, Thursday andtoday, each one accommodating twentymen. Those wvishing to take the es-cursion and having signed up for lastTuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,will take the second trip of the daythey chose, those having chosen Tues-day, going on the second trip on Fri-day. Men just having signified theirdesire o go will be taken care of inthe first trip of the day which theysigned for. Owing to the unusual en-thusiasm disployed by the members andthe great number desiring to go, onythose who are members and who bavepayed their dues will be considered atall for the trip.

PROFESSOR SPOFFORD WILLSPEAK TO C. E. SOCIETY

Professor Clarles M. Spofford, headof the Civil and Sanitary engineeringdepartment at the Institute, will speakon the construction of the Boston armysupply base at South Boston, at themeeting of the Civil engineering societyto be held in the Dorm dining roomFebruary 27 at 8. The supplv basebuilt last sumner das the largest pro-ject undertaken in NTew England, in-volving an expenditure of approximate-ly $26,000,000 which was somewhat less

The project was authorized by theStorage and Traffic Division of theArmy, and built by the ConstructionDivision from designs and under engin-eering supervision of Fay, Spofford &Thorndike, Consulting Engineers, ofwhich firm Professor Spofford is a mem-ber. The Constructing Quartermasterstationed on the work was MlajorCharles R. Go-%, for several years lec-turer in Foundations at Teeblmlogy.

The project includes one of the larg-est reinforced concrete buildings in theworld, with a total length of 1648 feet,

width of 126 feet, and height of eightstories; a wharfshed with steel frameand concrete wtalls of the same length,100 feet in width and two stories high,and twin reinforced concrete pier sheds924 feet in length, 100 feet in width,and three stories in height. A support-ing railroad yard built simultaneouslyXwith the project includes accommoda-tions for 720 cars. About one mile ofwharf surrounds the project and accom-modations are ample to permit tenships to discharge and receive freightsimultaneously, making it probably themost complete shipping unit in thecountry, and possibly in the world.than the estimated cost.

The speed of construction of thisgreat project wvas unpreeedented. Thework began in the middle of April andportions of the large storehouse wherebeing used for storage of wool in thelatter part of October. The first shipwvas berthed at the wharf opposite thestorehouse pn December 26th, havingsailed from Australia with a cargo ofwool while the foundations for the firstbuilding were still under construction.

The plant is being equipped with allthe. most modern methods-of handlingfreight, including automatic cranes, au-tomatic self-leveling elevators operatedby electricity; trailer trucks withtractors for handling freight betweenstorehouse and wharf, etc. It furnishesone of the best examples of reirnforcedconstruction in this vicinity as wvell sof modern dock design.

ELECTRICALtS PLAN MANYEDUCATIONAL EXCURSIONS

Tile full quota, of men, ninety in all,have already been signed up for thethird trip of the Technology branch ofthe American Institute of ElectricalEngineers, and on next itednesday af-ternoon, February 268 these men willmake an excursion to the M~ilk streetexchange of the American TelephonePcompany in Boston. As was announcedbefore, this trip will be of especial in-terest to the members of the society.

The fourth official trip of the organi-zation will take place about threeweeks from today. Then the studentswill be offered the opportunity to gothrough the Simplex W5ire and Cablework;s in Cambridge. On this occasionthe visitors wvil see just how the var-ious types of wires and cables, bothbare and insulated, are manufactured.Of (especial interest wvill be the inlsula-ting, anid testing departments, nowherethe electrical requirements are recruat-ed. The party will be oroanized-undergides in the same manner as on the last

tlip, and every participant wrill have anequal chance to get his share of infor-mnatioll. The exact date of the ev ent

wvill soon be published.At one of the regular society smlok-

ers which is to be held somtime nestweek, a talk will be given by th elec-trical superintendent of the Boston Edi-son powver house. This feature whichhas been announced before, will sup-plement and enlarge upon the sightswhich wvere seen, on the trip to thatplace. A full attendance is desired inorder to give the speaker a goo'd reeep7,

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must be accompanied by postage at the rate of one cent a oopy. Issues mailed toaR other points without extra Cueg.

Although communications may be published unsigned if so requested, thesame of the writer must in every case be submitted to the editor. THE TECH

mames no responsibility, however, for the facts as stated nor for tni opinionsSeprmed.

Copy for Wednesday's issue of THE TECH must be in the hands of thenight editor not later than Tuesday at noon, and for Saturday's issue not laterthan Friday at noon.

WHY BOTHER?i's

AT a. meeting of the Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Associationlast Saturday, an attempt was made to bar Technology frommembership, on the grounds that it was too large a college to

-compete with the others in the Association. This action was cer--tainly premature, for as yet Technology has taken uo, interest in the

new combine.- ~~The Springfield Chamber of Commerce sent invitations to thirty-

one colleges of New England and Newr York to be present at themeeting, last Saturday when this association was formed. Of these,twenty, including Technology, failed to be represented.

^ ~~This new association, fostered by the Springfield Chamber ofCommerce, has as its object the bringing together of the smaller col-leges of New York and Newv England for an annual outdoor trackmeet at Spring-field. It is also proposed to allow the Springfield

-Y. M. C. A. College membership. The N. E. I. A. A . has triedplacing meets in the city in question, and has come to the conclusion

-that it is not as convenient to all concerned as are some other places.M~oreovrer, the .^E .A. A. has repeatedly refused membership tothe Y. M. C. A. College on the grounds of professionalism.

From the fact that such a small number of the colleges expectedto be present at the meeting Saturday were represented, it is to beconcluded that the majority of colleges are quite well content waiththe rulings and methods of the N. E. I. A. A. It is most certainlytruie that this is the case with Technology, and tintil susch a time asthe new association can offer marked advanta-es over the presentassociation, it will not be necessary to take anv action on tier eligi-bi1ity for membership.

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AT is with much pleasure that wve can announce that basket ball isto be allowed in the gymnasiuim of Walker Memorial, wheneverit does not interfere wsith gymnasium classes. This decision was

reached be the Alumni Advisory Council on Athletics, and the de-cision of that committee is final and valid. Due to past financial ex-periences, however, there will be no 'Varsity team.

There has been some agitation the past few wreeks by men want-ing to play basketball because they were .at first refused the use ofthe gymnasium. But now that the ban has been lifted, these menshould get buss and awaken enough interest among the classes,de wrmitories, and fraternities to show the Alumni and others that theneed for a place to play basket ball was as great as they claimed.

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On Friday afternoon at four o'clockthe Institute wrestfing, team wvill meet

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lker Alemorial. Altllougll handicappedat the start of the season by adverse

eonditiolls, the mat men hal-e rradualtvromided into condition and ex~pet a

elose struglgle Title tie visitors. Thereevil] be an entry in every weight belt thmeminlimlited class, maklingf a total of sixbouts.

C. F. Schuniaker '22 tlle fornler Atina-polis wvrestler, should be able to takeepart in, the meet, despite a small injurNflhat. kept him out of the Harvard meetlast Satuthray, Banrafst little,\-restipr just. developed from ltile fre-cl-man class, will -make bis initial appear-

anee in the 115-lb. class, Boles, the forbmner Aiidover star. evill tak-e care of theSprinigfield 1451b entry. Boles, whlowras forced to exercise off three pounds-F, fews hours before the Harvard meet,e,.\pects to be in better condition thistime and a fast bout should ensue.jack, Wood, '19 wvho is undefeated this-%,ar, will wrestle. in the 158 lb. class,tptaizn E. WV. Freemsn'20intheI75-lb.

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The officers of the Society desire tomake it very emphatic that any studentat all interested ill wireless telegraphyis eligible for membership. Apparentlythe rumor has been going abroad thatonly proficient operators are permittedto apply for membership. However,this is not the case, And all membersof the Institute who desire to makre useof the opportunity offered them are in-vited to join. The regular dues consistof an initiation fee, payable at the timeof entrance into the Club, and a mem-bership fee of one dollar, also payableat time of entrance or at a later dateis so desired All prospective membersare requested to visit the office (Room1 0-219) where any information theyway seek will be supplied.

It is also desired to convey to thestudent body.that daily practice in theContinental code is being held, in room10-275 with 9, competent commercialoperator in charge. From 'one to one-thirty P. M. the speed of the messagesis cut down so that beginners may havea chance to practice, and: from one-thirty to two the speed is raised to anaverage of over twenty words per min-ute. All men interested, whether mem-bers of the Society or not, are invitedto attend this class and they will beshown what the organization is alreadyaccomplishing.

The officers are planning for a regu-lar weekly event either of the nature ofa smoker or an outside trip to largestations or to plants where radio ap-paratus is manufactured. Such placesof interest as the big Tufts radio re-search laboratory, the Harvard radioinstallation, and stations of similar im-portance wvil doubtless be visited. Itis also expected that opportunities wvilfrequently offer themselves to join *viththe Electrical Society in its events.

As soon as the committee ine chargeof station installation has been ap-pointed steps will be taken toward thepurchase of the various pieces of ap-paraztus needed to set up a station atthe Institute. The main obstacle in theway of installing an efficient set is thedifficultyt in locating an antenna in sucha way that Institute property will notbe disfigured, and also that, the effectof the large amounts of steel and ironin the buildings thermselves may beeliminated. Variouls projects have al-ready been set forth, and the outcomeNvill doubtless lead to some very inter-es-ting experiments with various typesof transmitting and receiving antennawhlich shoulld be of value along, lines of

.research.In the installation of apparatus the

Society will havre the aid of the profes-Lsors in the Electrical Engineering De-Epartment. These men are recognized

as authorities on the subject, and under,their guidance there is every reason to

believe that a very efficient station,could be erected. According to present.plans there is to be a, Iona distance,.continuous-wave receptor for advanced,work in the art. For the many radio

"hiams" there wvill' also be a set de.signed along amateur lines for short

2wave work with surroundina amateurs;.and commercial stations. Due to the

large number of men interested in the.Society it wxill be necessary to limit the1number operating the station at oneetime, but the officers feel confident that

i arrangements can be made to accommo-I date all.B Announcements c-ncerning the activ-o ities of the Societyl will. be posted on all

!.the bulletin boards. and these will befurther supplemented by articles in THE

nTECH. All members and those inter-f ested are requested toe keep themselvese wvell informed by these means as spec-8 ial meeting mar be called at any timee in addition to the regular events of the

week. Thle office is to be open in thefuture from one to twro o'clock daily inaddition to the 'regular code class.

Y' INSTITUTE WRESLERS TOMEET SPRINGFIELD Y. M. C. A.

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rTeel' is progressing rapidly. may take part was decided at the 192tycomlmittee has .altready re tewied, elass meeting on Saturday, Febraury 8.raSl bisest am fablih Both classes will have their garden

ts i rearef~rma~t ofra yepublin plarty togethelr, but the d~ances illtakbek

3 OUt-f th bokti!erwl Wyvadt 1920 was eleced chairman ofBe natulre of thIokte erw the Prom. The new plan for an open

fiyofr ~lll the lasBoo kbeing ktept wand reead to ~sthe class, after which

to its usual II~gh standard. Most Carol Rice briefl outlined the plans forthe ct ts and sections, which were Junior IAolie and Margaret Broad,,tted list year, will be in this yearts spoke of the 1920 part in the '19 '20-'11'ema;h. tf a lraysatdShow for February 22. rt was also.he business saf aaled trdnnoun~ced that there would be fourget advet~itsee~nut-, ad asigong teent disions dances given this semester.

even from each course has beene~~ Adal I&-- . w ---e~~~ted to aOsist the editors. From all~~peanne~sy the Aftermath of tbis yeroiE1,~~ be wel % worth purchasing. E.

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NOW OPEN TO ALL, STUDENTSThe Columbia Spectator recently pub-.ished the following speech by Dean H.

E. Hawkes of that college: "One of the big thinges that Columbiahas learned from the Students Army

]raining Corps was the importance of3, motive in edutcstion," said Dean If.E. Hlawkes in a, speech which he dellv-

bred Wednesday afternoon before thereturned Alumni at their Annual Re-anion Day celebration

,,As long as t'he men had a chance ofbeing transferred to a central officerssTraining school, they worked harderthan any group of students, I haveseen," Dean Ha&wkes said. '93ut assoon as the armistice was signed theirmotive was gone and little annoyances,

sudas -noise or light that was not thebest, became great annoyances to them.

"Few of us had seen motive at sumhclose range working with such greateffective force, and we felt that itwould be very Tnueh to our discredit ifwe failed to discover or evolve a nexwmotive for the men who remained incollege and those who come back fromthe army or entered as new students.And we believe m-e have 'discovered amnotive. With the men avho returnfrom the army the motive is educationas a, means of leadership. They haveseen, that the men with edlleation andintellectual powers are the men wholead and they are returning with thatk~nowvledge as their motive. The mostpermanent -motive, our experienee hasalrea~dy shown, is the profeessional mo.tive; that is, taking courses in the col-legre that are in preparation for admnis.qiou to the professional schools. such asoulr preengineering courses. The men

nvho enter college with the idea of con-tinuing their university trainingthrough one of the professional schoolspossesses a motive that is lackina inth e bo-y who Just wvants to go throughcollege.

"sWe are also goinz to present a newvpoint of view to our freshmen in some'stuadies. Tt is the result of our ex<peri-ence in the teaching of the "War Is-

sRues" course in the S. A. T. C. Thefreshman will have five hours a weedin history., government, economics and

nhilosophy, with close collaborationamong the instruetors in these sub~jetsTn the study of history we propose towreak away from the old plan of begin-

ning with the beginning of history andwork~ing up to the present. Instead mvwvill start with the present history antdwvork backwards. Of course this plax,does not interfere with the higher formFo)f history study, but will be applied t(i.>e boys in their first year in college

They will be taught the ftndamental,of our present state of society and therstudies will be made of the origgin ol

Ethe present status of affairs. Thes,inquiries will take us to various epoc'hsthat contributed ideas leadino to thephase of history we are studying."1

IWIRELESS SOCIETY TO HOLDiSECOND MEETING MONDAI

Professor Franklin To Speak on ThAudion in Radio Conununication

On Monday afternoon, Februar,twventy-fourth, the Technology Wirele;Society wvill hold its second big meetinog of the season. Proceedings will be

wn as soon after five o'clock as possible. Tile main feature of this meetinwvill be a semli-technical lecture by Professor Franklin on the subject of thiAuldion in radio communication. Prcfe--sor Franklin is a recognized authoritat on such Sub~jects as this, and thmanagement is sure that his talk xvibe invaluable to all radio men. In addition to, this feature there wrill be thappointment of two committees. Onof these will be a committee on. statio~installation, wllile the other will be ithe nature of al publicity committee. large attendance is desired in order the

?!I, prprmnmy be appointed othese twio bodies.

The Wireless SRociety has establisheitself in ROOMl 10-2-19 as its headquaiters, and is exerting itself to reach illprestige which it had during its prowar existence. Temporary officerss harbeen elected to take charge during ftperiod of reorganization. It is expecled that there will be another electiof3hortly after the March examinationat which time permanent officers for tyeat will be elected. E~ach officeto be open to competition, and the meproving himself most efficient at

A great treat is in store for the e-;rs of the R. O. T. C, at Nebraska-.,a arxny order recently received at the,jmandarts office states that all men.:,the unit wvill be issued all necessary,bgalia ti.t will equip the individual forEbbing strength, i1 men wvill receive 0, D. uniforms,

jeludingo a shirt, belt, shoes, and leg-ings. Instead of the army cap, as

fa,$ worn by the members of the unitast year, th~e'regulation army hat with

he red, white and blue bat cord will,e issued.in addition to the complete iiniform,

;he men wvill be privileged to carry theIleav i917 Springfield rifle. . The old

j;rzggJorgensonl rifles used for the pastfew years will be returned to the mili- Itary department and the new modelswill arrive presently.

Commandant Frankforter has notgathered all the details from headquffirters, but he is of the opinion that the-military program includes a short en.campment and a number of sham bat-tles, for the order further states thateach man wvill receive one pack carrier,haversack, first aid pouch, meat can,and the kilife, fork and spoon. A f ew

hundred rounds of ammunition and amember of targets for use in rifle prac-fice concludes the list of articles.

On Tuesday evening last the TrinityCollege Dramatic Society came intobeing.1

The need of such an organization hasbeen felt at Trinity for some time, andtthe highly successful trench play give-nbr the college about two months agobroght matters to a head: accordinglya committee was appointeA to considerthe formation an constitution of subb. asocietv; and last week the college metto adopt the constitution prepared byit.

The ebair wras taklen by Alr. HI. B.Scudamore, 'Mr. Wm. Hazel] acting assecretary

As outlined by the constitution. thepurpose of the Society is "to study4ramatie art and literature, and incl-dentaliv to, produce plavs."for. gi0tly meetings are provided

After the various terms of the eon.s;titution had been discussed and voted

on, nominations for the final offices ofthe Societv were called for. Elections'ri take -place on Friday.

The rew organization fills a long-felt'want, Pnd'its enthusiastic start augurswell for a, successful and most interest-ineL0 career,

Last 'week the Facultye decided thatthe reguflar Commencement ExercisesoDf Woreliester Tech shall come on Wed-nesda'-v June 25. It is expected thatthe Alumni reunion will be vrerv wellbee the first real opportunity for the"old bovs", to come back and gettogether since the war started.

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cheer the team. Tile meet wrill still bein progress after five, o'clok-, s-0 thatmen who are free front eclasses till thencan still see the meet. A return mneetwith Andover has been arranued. andseveral colege meets also are pendingr.

PAPPER DRIVIN!G BEL 1TS

Some particulars, of the paper drivingbelts which are 'now being introducedinto German workshops are given in theBulletin des T-sines 'de G~uerre, a trans-lation of which appears ill the Com-pressed Air Magazine. The paper iscut into -narrow bands, which are thenspun. The belts are made by weavingor braiding. Woven paper belts areof. two- kinds-paper fabric and paper.thread belts, the former being- the morefrequently used. The fabric is first cutinto bands 4=0 m. long, which are subse-quently made up according to -the de-sired width and thickness. A core ofstrengthening material is interposed,either cotton or sheet metal, tboughmore recenly these cores have consistedof paper thread and metal wires inter-woven. The core is surroumded wihythe paper strips and the whole sewn.with strong thread. B 1elts so prepared

aire said to be very flexible and to wearsatisfact;orily. Woven paper belts hiavea tensile strength of fromn 100 to 125kcr. per centimeter of width.

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! Stones and the Principal Ornaments") ..He flrst describes the more important

I precious and semi-precious stones; thenivory; next the metals are taken up-

. first aold. their silver, then platinum-,.- and lastly, to one's surprise in thesedays of its great commercial appliesw

,- tion, aluminum. In fact, to it Ram.lbopsson gives, five times as many paeIas to platinum. He states that be.I efuse of the ligghtness, of aluminum, oneIkilogram, valtzed at $60 (eqtiralent to

Iaboiit $27 per lb.), may replace fourkciloarams of silver, worth from $160 tol$180. that is aluminum was then from33 to 50 percent more expensive that

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TbP following artieles recently aP-Peared in the Smith C~ollege Weekly:

Are, nlen coneited? Oh, no! Yet theNlollo-v., editorial ill. the Daily Priincestoniafl) was published shortly after it'wv18 If arned that the drebating commit-let' of PrIncton U~niversity representing

the trio ancient "balls," Ikhig and Clio,«ad cl slened Vassar College to an ins

formal debate. The editor sass. "Thel1ndergraduates have been patient and

fOlerant towvard the lballs,' have triedto overlook thle fact that they are about

the mrV4s ag~eless piece of gear' on theDarnPing, they baste tried to be blind to

the childish spectacle of 'ball' initia.-Wins; they have been so kindly as torate dIebating teams one step higherthan) chess teams. But the proposal tocrMs swords -with the petticonted repre-sentatives Of this bitter rival is toomuch. We throve lip our hands in silentslirrender; oir vocabllary Of 'invectives

is Utteritv inadequiate. Tn desperationthe students are! proposing a knittingS

or searing tilt witly Bryn MJawr; a, Ping-Pong mateih with Barnard; a spelling

bee- Rg'ainst Wellesley, or a tea-pouring'-o'ntest with Miss So>^and~os finising840OL." The editor is evidently notaware of the fact that the world bas'progressed drince the Dark Ages andathe'Pintion of. women anai the place theytold in the world has changed corres-NI ndungly. smith College extends to

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MOIRE ABOUT BOLSHEVISMThere is nothing vacuoe, or inlcompre-

Ibensible, about Bolshevism as it is ex-plainoed in The 'New Eulrope by MT. Ros-Itovrtzev'. wh10 says a group of agitators,Ialmiost mieroscopieallv small in the be-

,gnninyr, as compared with the wholepopulation of th-at great country,raised theImselves to power by the pro-inulgration. of a wvatchword of woftder-ful Simplicity, It was as brief assimple-"Steal what has been stolen"-and to be perfect for its purposes itneeded only the addition that -waspromptly Tmadew-Jifl those who re.sist." The result in Russia, as M. Retstovtzev says. has been what might beL-xpected. "Civil liberty," be writes,'<has been trampled on; there is no

trace of personal freedom; unrestrainedtyranny and bureaucracy reign su.preme. Russia. producees nothing -andlives with difflolulty on what was so.,cumulated formerly, on the remains ofits material and spiritual capital,

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The price is $2.75'.payable in advance. The boollwill be mailed prepaid to any address in the Mt;'States. There is one binding and one price to all.

TECHENIQUE 1920 will be published on 1ay 29y-1919.

It will contain for the first time, a collection oviews of the completed Institute Buildin-gs.

The entire list of the activities of the InstiwateBuildings.8

The entire list of the activities of the Institutersin the War is now open to the public. It will be con.-"tained in TECHNNIQUE. 1920.

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ISOME VIEWS OF LABOR

It is important always to get mnanyviews. The New York- Sun recently'sent a representative to ascertain andreport respecting the conditions in theimportant manufacturing and muni-tioning city of Bridgeport. He sub-mitted an illumiating report. Amongother things he mentioned a conversa-tion from Sam Lavitt, business agentof the machinists' union.

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be costly and would require e;nder-able time for effective developmneL

On the other hand, the United Statesis practically dependent upon Canadfor nickel, asbestos, and for ceraiother materials. An exrtensive tradehas been developed 'between the twocountries in both raw and manufac-tulred mineral products. The most im-portant electrochemical industries ofthe continent are situated at NiagaraFalls, On both sides of the internationalboundary, a nd axe dependent on theelectrical power generated there. Weare reported to possess material re-serves of potential powver, a portion ofwhich we will be able to exchange foressential commodities that we do notpossess, or w hich are not at Presentconsvenient of access. Eventually wewill probably control the supplies Ofcoking coals and the by-product cokeindustry of the continent. Interna-tional relations arising from these con-ditions will need consideration, pre.ceded by accurate investigation, someof which is nows in progress.

At present about 80 percent of thenick-el industry, approximately 90 per-cent of the copper industry, a percent-age of the iron and steel industry, andnearly the whole of the heavy chemicaland fertilizer industry, and portions, orthe whole, of many other industries, arecontrolled by citizens of the UnitedStates, and many of the head offices ofthe companies concerned are situatedoutside of Canada. Tlle same is trueof many minor industries. In a num-ber of cases the control of the greaterportion of the raw materials now pro-duced, and which would be required byindustries not nows established in Can-ada, is in foreign hands. At the pres-ent time a copper refinery owned by,citizens of the British Empire would bealmost wholly dependent for its supplyof rawr material in the form of blistercopper ( 90-98 percent pure) on theproduct of mines and smelteries ownedby foreigners. The same is true ofnickel, sulphluric acid, nitric acid. ljy-drochloric acid, and many other prod-ucts.

Tllis condition of affairs gives rise toseveral problems, the most import-ant of whlich involve the considerationof wsays and means to persuade or com-pel the f oreign owners of basic indus-tries to produce finished products illCanada.

BY THE WAY

"Twvo of the richest countries in the~wvorld are M~exico and Russia," says5Cha..rles IV. Barron, in the Boston Nez-sv_Bulreall. "One is the richest country inminerals and the other the richest in,possibilities of ap-riculture. Both ofthese countries have been bedevilled byp)oison I. W. W. socialism that wvouldPut hands and feet at the top and thelie~ad underneath, upturning all golfernmient and order."

The mill wvith which the MiningSchlool is equipped marks the highestpoint toward which the wvorld's metal-lur-ist s have attained. writes a con-tribultor to a. Canadian contemporary.Tlle plant and maebinery desingned analinstalled by men who have attained tothe height of the profession of minin-and metallurgy, is among the mostmodern and flexible ever constructed-Somve heightt rae would anticipate.

Mexuican silver dollars, the purest orsilver coins, are being converted intobIullioll by their holders in order to talkeadvantage of the price of silver, stateda correspjondellt recently in the Eeo-nomist; and the onlyl silver money leftconsists of 50-Cent pieces, which are. orwvere recently, at a premium of 8 percent. The gov ernment is consideringithe issuec of token coins in silver or abaser metal, and, meanwllile, is coininggold pieces of 2 1-2 pesos, which areinconveniently smiall. Two-peso toldpierces are also to be issued, and it mayb~e difficult to avoid confusing, the twio.

Aladdin's lamp would probably belisted in the Patent Gazette as an oildevice. Ann invention that would f allinl thok same category plays a part in alawsuit recently reported in the NewzYorkv Tribune. '_Norc than $3,000,000

:l.:(! ;: device to dliscover oil pools, de-scrib~ed as a "radium device," are in-volved in this suit. for $600,000, wvhichlwans 'filed on Jan. 25 in the SupremeCoiirt by Dr. Hug~o J. von Hfagen againstKarl J. Schumacher. Dr. von HEagen,owvner of the "oil finder." alleges that heagreed wvith M~r. Schumacher in May.191',, to allow himt the use of the magichistrulment, the plaintifl' to receive one.,si.\th of the sum realized from thle dis-covery of oil tracts, whlichn the invenl-tor says, hkis amounted to more than$3,000,000, Dr. van Ha-en alleges thatoil wvas discovered on 20 differenttracts, coverincr 23,704 acres of land, inTexas, Pemwisylvania, Oklahoma, wiRatisaA.

of their men two or three weeks ago. These men can get other jobs, but won't

I take 'em."Why not?" the Sun reporter asked."Because the war standard of wages

Lmust b~e maintained," said Air. Lavitt.'The manufaeturer, weant to pay 65c.

an hour to toolmakers who have beengetting from 80 to 90c., and 45 to 50c.all hour to machinists who have beengetting from 60 to 80c. The manufac-turers are trying to brea k down thestandard, and the men won't stand forit.

"4We have a program that would pre-vent both wvage cuts anld lay-offs. Thatis, let the manufacturers continue topa~y the same wages they have beenpaying and if necessary reduce thenumber of hours so that everybodycould keep workings at the old wvagesuntil we get adjusted to peace produc.tion and the hours could be increased.Suppose a factoryd has 1000 men andnow has work for only 500. Instead oflaying off 500 let it cut the wvorkringday from eight to four hours, and keepon that rvay until bousiness picks up.,'

Mr. Lavitt's idea, reflected, of course,the ancient fallacy respecting the ad-vantage of breaking window panes inorder to make work for the glaziers.Thle general adoption of such ideaswhould turn civilization backwvard on theroad leading fromt the condition wh~eimnll lived ill caves, wvore the skins ofanimials and lived by trapping and fish-ing; from wvhieh state the civ-ilzedworld has progressed slowly and pain-fully.

The people of the country paid theransom demanded by the railroadlbrotherhoods. Mr. hicAdoo, after bebecame Director-General of Plailways,advanced evades somne more. and thenall around. It has been notorious,however, for seonile months that nobodywas happy. The shippers of fl eightand the travelers were disgrluntled bythe increased costs to tlsem, which lveredirectly dlle to increased xvages. Butthe recipients of the increased wagswcere even more unhappy. Things reereall ri-ht so loncr as M_1r. MceAdoo didbusiness only waith the bio, brother-hoods; but wrhenl le undertook to im-prove the situation of everybod-y wvork-ing, on the railways he unbalanced theschedules. A man may be perfectlycontented wvith his pay, but if he findsanother man, whom lie knows to be ofinferior capacity and to be doing- in.ferior wsorkz. -ettinog just as, much. ornearly as much, his contentment quicki-ly Xvanishes. Tllis is -,.hat happenedon the rail-ways.

ft is sllrewrdly conjectured that one ofthe reasons for N~r. Ale Sdoo's retire-ment is the mness that has been mnadeof the railroad situation. Tlle public isdissatisfied. and so are the employees.It Was manifestl y necessary to exer-cise considerable iuntenuity to. producecondlitions that satisfy nobody.

CANADA'S RELATIONS

Vile followvingr article on the inter.national relation's of Canada recently-appeared in the Engineeriii- and Mlin-in- Journal.

Canada is econoinically dependent onother territories. Wle fack many conimodities essential to comnmercial inde.pendence. such as supplies of raw sul.phlur. iron, coal1, and other materials.ANe are dependent. on outside soul ce,.'in part foreign, for muchl of the ironores whlielh are converted into pig ironand steel in our blast furnaces. 1117epl oduce no anthracite coal. CentralCanada., in wliic]; is, nearly one-llalf ofour pop~ulation. and about one-half ofour manulfactulring industl ies, is, atpresent, directly dependent on the.IUnited States for winter fuel, and forsteam, power. Thle coal fields of east-ern and western Canadla could not becdev eloped sufficient~l to enable themnto rephice this foreign fuel supply inless than three years' time, w ere thatsup~ply suddenly withdl awn. Fuelsupplied from these, fields wvould not, Neso satisfactol y to the consumler acedwould cost inuch more. Our present1house-hleatin- appliances are not adaptsed to using this typle of fuel, and the,people wo~lld experience difficulty inlearning hlow to ulse it properly. Ourpresent transportation systems are notcapable of bandlingx the additional traf-fic thlat wsonlld devlopX~ and As onld hasveto b~e expaiied. This expansgion wrolldd

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