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Massachusetts Instituteof Technology

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Over Fifty Years

Who's Who At theI. F. C. Dance

CHAPERONESProf. and Mrs. James R. Jack

Com. and Mrs. Henry E. RossellMr. and Mrs. Wallace M. Ross

INVITED GUESTSDr. and Mrs. Karl T. ComptonMr. and Mrs. Horace S. Ford

Dean Harold E. LobdellDean and Mrs. Vannevar BushDean and Mrs. William EmersonDean and Mrs. Samuel C. Prescott

SOCIAL COMMITTEEJoseph L. Seligman, Jr., Chr.

Louis H. Flanders, Jr.Charles J. Hunt, Jr.

John -E. DunningWesley H. Loomis, 3rd.

USHERSWalter F. ReadJohn G. BorgerJohn R. Burton, Jr.Walton H. Marshall, Jr.Cason RuckerKenneth D. Finlayson

This will be presented annually to thewinner of the triangular regatta be-tween Princeton, Harvard and Tech-nology.

"Epoch-MakingAir Corps

To Be

Flights",' ArmyActivities,

Shown

Movies of epoch-making flights inthe early days of aviation, includingthose of the Wright Brothers, willbe shown in one of the four reels pre-sented by the Aeronautical Engineer-in- Society at their smoker tomor-row night, at 7:15 o'clock in Room1-190. Everyone is welcome.

Four reels will be shown; besidesthe historical subject mentioned above,there will be two of the Army AirCorps activities for the year 1926,and one reel made by the, AutogyroCompany of America.

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Aid In Coping With PracticalProblems Is Aim Of

Lectures

Next Friday will mark the openingof the tenth series of Aldred Lectures,which were founded in November,1923, by John E. Aldred of New York,a prominent industrial engineer.There are five or six lectures a yearin this series, which is limited to Jun-iors, Seniors, graduate students andmembers of the faculty because of thelimited seating capacity in Room 10-250, where this first one by EdwardA. Filene is to be held.

During his work in various fieldsof industry, especially in water powerdevelopment, Mr. Aldred found that en--ineers often become confused becausethey are unable to link the theoreti-cal knowledge and training gained incollege waith the practical prob~lein athand.

Desirous of remedying this situa-tion, lie conceived an c introduced thisseries of lectures by men prominentin engineering, industry, and bousiness,in the hope that the engineering stu-dent about to graduate m-ight in somedegree learn of the problems 'he asill'haste to face after leaving school.

The course of lectures wvas atit firstplan ned to cor er a period of fivee years,I tut wuas later extended for an indlefi-|nite length of time. The very first|talk was delivered by Gerald Swaope,|'95, President of the General ElectricCompany. Vice-President VanlnevarBush of the Institute 1bas co-operatedwith Mr. Aldred in the establishmentof the series and in obtaining thespeakers.

Wrestling TournamentOpen To All Students

Event: All-Technology Wrestl-ing Tournament.

Date: December 8 and 9.Time: Between the hours of 4:30

and 6 in the afternoon.Place: Hangar Gymnasium.Classes by Weight: 118 lb., 126

lb., 135 lb., 145 lb., 165 lb.,165 lb., 175 lb., and heavy-weights.

Weight Allowance: Three poundsat the time of weighing.

Time of Weighing: Thursdaymorning, December 8, be-tween 10 and 12.

Length of Matches: Preliminarymatches 8 minutes. Finalmatches-10 minutes.

Entries: Any student enrolledat Technology.

Eligibility: All above entriesare eligible except men whohave won varsit-y wrestlingletters.

Rules: National IntercollegiateWrestling Rules will prevail.

Awards: A gold medal to allfirst place winners in theirrespective weight classes.

inet of the T. C. A. Officers areelected, and the group carries on itsown program of service to others.

At the regular weekly meeting thisafternoon at 5 o'clock, the studentbranch of the American Society ofAutomotive Engineers will have thepleasure of hearing an authentic de-scription of the trials of an inventor.Mr. Heraclio Alfaro, lho is now astudent in the Institute, -vill be thespeaker, and his subject will be "TheDevelopment of the Autogiro".

Mr. Alfaro assisted Juan de la Cierva,inventor of the autogiro, in the dev~el op-ment of the machine and will tell ofhis own experiences with it, as wellas Mr. de le Cierva's trials and tribu-lations. After the meeting, officers,will be elected for the coming year.

JACK RICHMOND OFCASA LOMA TO BEFEATURED AT I.F.C.

Clevelanders and Alabama AcesExpected To Draw Crowd

At Prom

SLAPPY WALLACE DANCES

For the Interfraternity ConferenceDance, which will be held next Fri-day evening, the committee has ob-tained the services of Jack Richmond,former star of the Casa Loma orch-estra, who is being co-featured withthe Clevelanders. This smart danceorchestra was formerly starred in thenational radio networks, at whichtime they were playing over stationWLW of Cincinnati. They are com-ing direct from a successful engage-ment at the Euclid Gardens in Cleve-land. This is said to be one of thesmartest bands to come East in thepast few years.

Jack Richmond To SingJack Richmond is one of the fore-

most vocalists in the country, and willbe remembered for his fine work withthe Metropolitan presentations in Bos-ton last year where we was the fea-tured singer. In addition to Jack'ssinging, there will be the band num-bers, vocals by the Clevelanders Trio,and ensembles in their own inimitablestyle.

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Movies Ofc Biro,Early Aismplanes,Offered ByA.E.S.

HOCKEY TEAM TOCLASH WITH B. U.IN OPENING GAMEl

Owen Will Address CombinedSquads Today; Starred

At Harvard

FROSH GO ON ICE SOON

Technology's 1932-33 hockey teamwill make its first appearance on theice a week from tomorrow night inthe first of this year's annual M. I. T.-Boston University series. As theseries is always hard-f ought and close,hockey fans are promised a treat.Technology won last year's series, twoout of three, in two close overtimegames; and as B. U. has a veteranteam this year, the series wtill''be justas close.

Coach Duplin has been workingbard to get the boys in shape for thisgame, and it is understood that the-team offers fine material to workwith. Captained by Johnny Hrones,the team has such men as RannyThompson, Fred Johnson, Ed Sylves-ter, Paul Daly, Roger Williams, andMorton Jenkins available for forwardberths, with Frank Milliken leadingthe race for goal. With BernardLucey, Harry Egan, Hal Reynolds,Bill King, Jack Carey, Dave Mathias,and Bob McCauley all fighting forthe defense position left open byHrones, who has been shifted to ceni-ter, competition will be keen.

In accordance with his desires togive the team all the attention pos-

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Expert GlazssblowterDemonastrates Skill

Before Large Crown

W. T. Levitt Illustrates MethodsOf Making Intricate

Apparatus

One of the miost skillful glass-blowers in the country, Mr. W. T.Levitt, of the Corning Glass Co., gavea talk to a large audience in Room10-250 yesterday afternoon at 4o'clock. He demonstrated] the use ofvarious pieces of equipment in theconstruction of a fairly- complicatedapparatus, a type of reflex condenser,and actually m-ade the whole pieceduring the last prlrt of the hour.

Before the demonstration lie brieflyoutlined the history of glassblowingand showed several slides illustratingthe vrarious stages of its developmentsince the time of the Egyptian glass-blowers. Old Xwoodceuts of medievalalchemists indicate the complexity ofthe chemical research apparatus, andMr. Levitt showed a complex distillingapparatus supposed to represent some-what the more intricate type of mid-dle-age laboratory equipment.

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STUDENT WILL TALKON CIERVA AUTOGIRO

KARL T. COMPTON CUP FIRST YEAR MENMAY RENEW FIRE

TO DISCARD TIESPermission To Be Obtained from

Fire Department and RulesCommittee

PLAN FRESHMAN DANCE

The renewal of the freshman bon-fire, which commemorates the discard-ing of the cardinal and gray ties,seems almost a certainty after thefirst meeting of the freshman classofficers held yesterday afternoon inthe Faculty Reading Room of WalkerMemorial. The only obstacles to thesetting of a definite date are that per-mission is yet to be obtained from theCambridge fire department and fromthe freshman rules committee. Butaccording to a statement made by thefirst deputy of the fire department, inan interview with a TECH reporter,"The officers of the class should haveno difficulty in obtaining a writtenpermit from the Fire Chief."

Holladay Implies No FireLouis P. Holladay, '34, the chair-

man of the freshman rules committee,is reported as quoting the rule thatstates that the first year can discardtheir ties in December only on the con-dition that they win Field Day other-wise they must be worn until the endof the first term. But he did not saywhether the Rules Committee wouldenforce the rule to the letter.

The plan outlined by the freshmanclass officers was that the bonfire shouldbe held some Monday afternoon rightafter Drill when all six companies arepresent. An organlzeu lldl uI1 tv wlie

parking space where the ceremonieswill be held, followed by a snakedance when the ties are thrown in the

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Aldredl LecturesBegin Tenth Year

'7"Iis Next Friday

BOAT CLUB ELECTSTWENTY NEW MEN

Schedule Announced At SameMeeting; Compton Cup

Races April 29

At a meeting of the Tech Boat Clublast evening, twenty new memberswere admitted and the schedule as ithas been arranged to date was givenout.

This season is the first in whichthere will be competition for theCompton Cup which was recentlydonated by the student body of Tech-nology in honor of the Institute'spresident. Harvard, lTechnology, andPrinceton will annually compete inthe races intended to further the al-ready pleasant relations existingamong these institutions.

The new members included sixteenmen who rowed on last year's juniorvarsity, 150-pound, and first freshmancrews; two coxswains; a manager;and an honorarv. The new memberswere the following: Hal L. McKeever.'34; John D. 'Iooiaw, '34, and Alex-ander J. Rogoowski, '34, of the jayveecrew; Stephen H. Rhodes, '33; RobertM. Jordan, '34; John D. Sweeney, '33,and coxswains Robert M. Emery, '34,and Laurence B. Stein, '34, on thefifties; and L. Guy Haines, '35; Wil-lard F. Bixby, '35; Sam H. Seeleman,'35; James T. Killian, '35; Wesley H.Loomis, '35; Donald B. Wood, '35;Tom K. Graham, '35; Paul W. Daley,'35, and L. Everett Packard, '35, ofthe first freshman crew. Walter W.Bird, '34, manager, was also elected.The honorary member was Charles

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T. C. A. WILL ORGANIZEFRESHMAN CABINET

The first meeting of the 1932-1933freshman cabinet of the T. C. A., hasbeen called for 5 o'clock today in theinner T. C. A. office. Letters advisingof this meeting hare been sent tosixty-five freshmen who indicated ontheir enrollment cards that they wereinterested in T. C. A. work, and tothe fraternities, who may desire someof their freshmen to go out for T. C.A. work. Positions are not limitedto those invited, however, and a cor-dial invitation to attend the meetinghas been extended to any freshmaninterested in the work.

George E. Best, '34, is in chargeof the Freshman Cabinet this year,and will preside at the meeting. TheFreshman Cabinetn meets once everytwo weeks to talk over methods ofhelping the freshman class, and reallyserves as a feeder to the Senior Cab-

BEAVER KEY STARTSNEW SPORTS CUSTOM

Assign AMen To Escort TeamsFrom Contending Colleges

A new policy to have visiting sportsteams met and escorted to the Insti-tute was initiated by the Beaver KeySociety at its meeting yesterday inNorth Hall of Walker, and men wereassigned to several of the nearergames. Henry D. Humphreys, '34,and John G. Smith, '34, were assignedto meet the Newport basketball teamon December 10; Reginald G. Mur-doch, '34, and Harold E. Thayer, '34,are to meet the Union basketball teamon December 20; and Edward P.Bromley, '34, and Robert E. Mann,'34, were assigned to mneet the Nor-wich wrestling team on December 16.

Following the Rhode Island basket-ball game on December 17 a dancewill be given by the Beaver Key So-ciety, it was decided yesterday. Thosechosen for the committee in chargewele Walter W. Bird, Jr., '34, Chair-man; Edgar B. Chiswell, Jr., '34, Wil-liam H. Mills, '34, and C. Jack Hunt,Jr., '34.

FACULTY CLUB HEARSPROF. JULIAN HUXLEY

Believes That Population WillEventually Be Controlled

I:s!>ressing the opinion that within( nether hundred years there will bea department of social health that willcontrol the quantity and character ofpopulation, Prof. Julian Huxley, notedbiologist and writer, discussed the pos-sibilities of the control of social sys-tems in an address before the Facul-ty Club yesterday noon. He expectedthe near department to be attached tothe department of public health.

iAll our social problems, said thespeaker, come either from the inatenature of nian as controlled by hiscells or from the social agencieswhich man has created, such as fi-nance, transportation, and distribu-tion. Both of these factors are sub-ject to change, the first through ap-plied biology, and the second throughthe usual means. Prof. Huxley con-sidered it more interesting to studysocial structures than animal organ-isms, for there is a much greaterchance to change the character of thesocial organization than the charac-Iteristics of the organism. He fore-saw a problem of how man will spendhis added leisure time arising fromthe changes, for both his educationand the benefit of society, or at least

| not for the detriment of society.

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It has been called to our attentionthat the use of the word "cohort"has been widely maltreated in the offi-cial, semni-official, and public literatureof the Institute, to say nothing of themaunderings of your humbly apolo-getic correspondent.

In fact, this writer was guilty ofthe error only three or four shortdays ago. It would seem that wemeaning our consor t at a certaindance of which we were writing in-advertently said cohort.

Although we have no actual factsto back our statement, we have beentold that several of the Institute'sbest have also done the same thing,although Mr. Webster explicitly statesthat a cohort is "Any band or bodyof warriors". W~e certainly are gladto be set straight on this matter, allright, all right, although we still thinka cohort would be just the thing totake to some dances.

As a matter of fact, we had dis-carded the word consort, being underthe impression, false perhaps, thata consort had something to do witha lot of old tubs. (Oh yes, we'veread the Navy stories.) But perhapsthat was the word we wanted afterall.

While we are speaking of dances,we wish to pause momentarily toquote from the "Away From theGrind" column of Monday's issue.However, we hope the quotees willnot draw any wrong, inferences, butwill take it in the same spirit of goodclean fun in which it is given.

"...the f ormal Sigma Chidance . . . Wednesday. Two 'hundredcouples were in attendance, al~id en7-

joy/ed it." Boy, can we takce it!

Now that the investigation of theWalker Cafeteria is a thing of thepast, we have numerous little songsand cutties rrom the ntigner places tocast upon the desert air.

Arriving for the day's work, wefound a charming little note tuckedneatly into the box which read asfollows:

"Dear Mr. Lounger,Ed Wemple, august chairman

of the late Walker MemorialCafeteria Investigating Commit-tee, must have been affectedthereby. Monday noon he wascaught trying to cutt soup with aknife."While we are refraining from add-

ing the signature, same can be hadby sending a stamped, self-addressedenvelope to President Hoover, whowill probably be much more delightedto hear from you than the lounger.All we can say is that if the soupwas like that, just how did Ed treattne steak?

A study of the directory of stu-dents, a copy of which may now bed1obtained at the information office,:yields some rather interesting facts.There are around twventy-eight hulldred students in the Institute. Ofthese almost half, approximately 1thirteen-hundred and fifty, come fromathe state of Massachusetts alone. NewYork comes next, with a quarter asmany, about three hundred and fiftys.New Jersey and P~ennsylvania run avery close third, claiming nearly onehundred and twenty students each.The states running next, in order ofnumber of students, are Connecticut, JIllinois, Ohio, Rhode Island, Districtof Columbia, and Maine. Each ofthese has at least fifty students at theInstitute. There are but two statesfrom which we have no representa.tive; those are Nevada and NewMexico, two of the least populatedstates of the union.

The total number of foreign stu.dents is one hundred and fifty. AboutIa sixth of them come from Canada,and almost as many come all the wayfrom the United Socialist Soviet Re-publics. China is third in furnishingthe quota of foreign students, withCuba, Mexico, and India coming nextin order. The two students who havecome the greatest distance to attendthe Institute are from Australia,which is almost exactly on the otherside of the globe.

A survey of the names appearingreveals Smith as the leader, withtwenty-eight. There are two who spelltheir name Smyth. Next in line are

ASSOCIATE BOARDC. S. Dadakis, '34 ..... ........... News EditorW. L. Wise, Jr., '34 .............. Features EditorD. Horvitz, '34 . ... ............ Make-up EditorNV. R. Churchill, '34 ............ Advertising Mgr.N. B. Krim, '34 ......... Business Service Mgr.W. Brown, '34 ...... .... C-irculation Manager

EiDITOR~IAL DEPARTMENTEditorial Board

C. W V. Sweetser, '33 W. Sheppard, '33R. J. Dunlavey, G F. W. Kressman, '33

Associate News EditorR. Taylor, '34-News Writers

I. S. Banquer, '3 5 H. H. Dow, '35R. J. Marks, '36Sports Writer

W. H. Stockmayer. '35]Features Writers

P. G. Herkart, '35 S. T. Martin, Jr., '34-H. S. Mason, '35 D. V. Rubinstein, '34

Photographic StaffW. H. Brockett, '35 E. V. Beede, '35

ReportersJ. A. Bartol, '36 H. L. Bemis, '3 5V. T. Estabrook, '36 J. . Hamilton, '36A. E. H~ittl, '36 S. Levine, '36A. V. Mackro, '36 R. D. Morrison, '36R. L. Odiorne, '36 .F. S. Peterson, '3 6M. A. Porter, '35 W. H. Robinson, '36W. R. Saylor, '36 E. H. Scheftleman, '36

DEPARTMENTJ. D. DuRoss, '35

E. L. Pratt, '3 6

DEPARTMENTJ. L. Fisher, '35

G. J. Pearson, '36J. M. Teasdale, I351. S. Underhill, '36

CIRCULATIOND. F. Cobb, '3 5J .D. Loomis, '35

ADVERTISINGP. B. Beal, '3 5R. B. Healy, '3 6D. Stevens, Jr., '35

O . C. Thelenl, '35 --H. R. Winkler, '56

TO accuse the Institute of shearing from its students all in-terests not directly in line with their subjects, is a serious

thing. Yet we believe that the Institulte is doing just that. Wehave general studies and a Humanics course to redevelop in thestudent cultural instincts and personality while in other depart-ments this same school has been suppressed.

Let us take a typical student taking a f orty-eight hour sched-ule. He came to the Institute with an active interest in music,perhaps with a desire to do some reading in psychology, perhapswith an intellectual curiosity which would prompt him to attendFord Hall Forum or Lowell Institute lectures. He was keen ofmind, thirsting for knowledge.

Soon, however, he found that while the Institute Faculty asa group is nominally in favor of broadening influences, the in-dividual members of staff are far too imbued with the importancetar wiluh tjWvi subJEC, to oelieve that time siiouia iue sacrineed

therefrom for outside activities. Where then can the student ob-tain those extra hours feor Ithese cultural activities, especially mid-term, when every instructor is exceeding his normal allotment onthe excuse that he went pretty easy at the first part of the term?The answer the professor always gives is, "Your marks are thePermanlent record your employer will see, maybe these outsideinterests are of value, bult they are intangibles. You had betterlet them go and catch up on your Institute work".

When, oh, when, will the Institute stop making rubber stampsout of its men, and really give more than lip service to the theorythat industry needs broad men and not handbook engineers, thattechnical training, as Colonel Gow used to point out in Humanlics,is but 159o' of the total.

EXCEPT AT TECHNOLOGY?tT is almost axiomatic that knowledge is never applied when it

is first discovered. There seems to be some virtue in almostf orgetting a fact, or in discarding an idea, before any practicaluse is made of it. Consequently when one hears a -new but excel-lent suggestion one can be sure that it wvill not be used until it isno longer new, and probably not until there is some better ideaready to displace it from storage.

Of this nature is the suggestion made by Dr. Theodore A.Distler of New York University before the Eastern Associationof College Deans and Advisors of Men. To the association hesaid, "All colleges which have selective processes of admissionhave no right to 'flunk out' a boy without assisting him in the nextstep of adjustment".

Dr. Distler recommended nevertheless, that the universitiesmight go on flunking men out, but they should apologize, so tospeak, by giving the poor laddies another chance. Now the ideaof a second chance for the unlucky is an old one. There is a shinynew idea waiting even now to take the place of "second chance"in storage. Why not make sure the boys can succeed on theirfirst chance before it is granted to them?

Dr. Distler advises having in his, school of the second chancehighly individualized courses and vocational training where neces-sary. (Obviously, if one call individulalize courses and detect theneed of vocational training after a person has left college, one cando the same before the student leave s. Any one wcho doubts thatindividual aptitudes can be determined has mer ely to read of workrecently done in that field -some has been done at the Institute- to have his opinion reversed.

Perhaps what should be done is this: a candidate for collegeshould not bee admitted unless he -secures ratings high enough inappropriate admittance tests, to make it certain that he will notproceed to flunkk out within the first year or so of his stay at thecollege. Courses should be fitted to the individual; no man wouldbe allowed to take a course that killed him mentally by boring himto death. All this, however, will not be done. Instead a secondchance scheme will be drawn up and put into inefficient operation.

nineteen Browns and one Browne.dFollowing soon after are sixteen John- -sons, one Johnsen, and two Jobnstons.-The Millers have twelve, the Allens, Whites, and Williamses have eleven-each, and the Davises have ten. There -are three groups of nine names apiece,four of eight, one of seven, and six of-six names each. When we look throughthe directory hunting for colors, Nveefind Green, Brown, White, Black, Gold,and even Coffey.

Some names which appear describe-the occupations of the remote fore.fathers of those who bear the -name.Thus we have Archer, Baker, Butler, Carter, Chandler, Cook, Farmer,Gardiner, Hunter, Mason, Miller,~Smith, Taylor, and Wheeler. We haveRich and Poor, Hill and Valley, Crossand Pleasants, Wing and Bird, Longand Small, Woods and Groves, Springand Brooks. By the time all of thepeculiarities of the catalogue havebeen classified, there will probably beno names left in it at all, so with thegreat writer we say "What's in aname?"

It is indeed unfortunate that we areagain honor bound to refrain fromdivulging the name of the higherup who treated us to the rareoccurrence of an opinion on Walker,pantb and prezent, buat suffice it saythat here we have the words of onereally of importance in the affairs ofmen at the Institute, and we are notreferring to the Institute Committee,either.

This one states that the whole busi-ness, smell and investigation, wascaused by the activities of the fra-ternity men, who naturally toot thefraternity life at the expense of lifein the dorms. Naturally the food atWalker is a salient point of attack.

This one also tells us, unofficially,of course, that he, personally, has noaxes to rub where the cafeteria is con-cerned, except that he does wish theywould use a different size pea. Heclaims that they have been buyingthis size by the barrel and carloadever since the cafeteria first came intoexistence, as far as he could see, andhe is getting pretty tired of it. How-ever, he didn't say whether he was forscaling the pea size up or down, andwe neglected to find out, more's thepity.Open Forum

In opening its columns to letters addressedto the Editor. TIHE TECH does not guaranteeroublieation of anv commnunication nor does itnecessarily endorse the opinions expressed.L~eXters on subjects of interest to the studentbody are wvelcome if signed. Howevex~r, if therwriter so desires, only the initials wvill appearon publication.

To the Editor- of THE TECH:In connection with the excitement

occasioned by the recent candidacy ofa young woman -a co-ed if you pre-fer - for the Presidency of theFreshman Class, I noted a statementthat appears to me to be based on in-sufficient research. In an editorialyou stated that this Bras the first timlethat a co-ed 'had ever been a candi-date for class office at M. I. T. Refer-ence to the file of Techniques that youdoubtless have in your office will showthat a Miss Hlelen M. Longyear waselected secretary of her class- 1909-for two successive years.This would show that a co-ed has

been a candidate for class office andhas been elected, also that she servedso acceptably in offie that she wonre-election.

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USE OF MATHEMATICSIN GENETICS AHEAD

Mathematics Of Existence ToRevolutionize Biology

In an attempt to change evolution-ary data into mathematical formulae,Professor J. B. S. Haldane, Britishevolutionist now at Pasadena, has fos-tered a new science. By expressingin equations the progress of popu-lation, and the characteristics of thehuman race as it develops, he willhave laid a strong foundation formathematical genetics.

The experimental medium is thevinegar fly, for which Professor Hal-dane came to California for more data.Investigation has already revealedsolutions to some of the mysteries ofthe g ene, the hereditary unit of evolu-tion. In breeding the flies, CaliforniaInstitute of Technology scientistshave controlled the sex and type atwill.

"Professor Haldane is one of per-haps three men working on this prob-lem of mathematics in Biology," saidDr. Morgan, bead of the Biology divi-sion of the California Institute. "Itmqay be twenty years or more beforewe get very far, but we do -need theassistance of mathematicians in work-ing out the problems, for there a-reso many unknown elements in theequations."

Other pioneers in the field, besidesProf. Haldane, are Thomas Morgan,biologist; Richard Tolman, mathemat-ical physicist; Dr. Theodor von Ha-r-man, physicist; Dr. E. T. Bell, mathe-1matician; Prof. A. D. Miebal, relativ-istic mathematician, and Dr. SewardWright, biologist.

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More Co-eds Are Needed,Says Professor Rogers

It was the usual second-yearEnglish class. The time wassomewhere after ten and beforeeleven. The day was Tuesday,and the instructor was the well-known Professor Robert E.Rogers. An air of expectancyfilled the room. In the middleof a serious discussion of his-tory, the eminent professorcame right out with the state-ment that the male undergrad-uate body of the Institute wouldbe much better off if the num-ber of the co-eds attending theInstitute were increased. Justwhat are we to make of that?

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show them to the men, pointing outtheir mistakes.

Owen To Speak TodayAnxious to help the squad all he

can, Professor George Owen, of theDepartment of Naval Architecturehere at Technology, has asked his son,George Owen, Jr., player on the "Bos-ton Bruins", and famous Harvardathlete, to speak to both the freshmenand varsity squads today, in Room10-275, at 5:00. Owen won ninemajor "H's" at Harvard: in hockey,football, and baseball, and was anAll-American football player there.He will speak on his experiences inhockey, and will answer any questionshis audience may ask.

Freshmen To Go On IceMeanwhile, the frosh have been

practising shooting in the HangarGym for the last three Saturdays,and will go on the ice a week fromtomorrow at 6:45 in the morning.

Marry- For MarksAccording to a professor of the

University of Or-egon, all college stu-

dents should be married, as this wouldtend to make for higher academicstanding. The professor probablymeans that time put in chasing thewily "IT" and its followers could bemore usefully put to study.

fine arts theatre Now!locw's state theatre building

Russia's Latest Film Triumph!

"TRAGEDY ofDOSTOYEVSKI If

Based on the life or the author

ENGLISH TITLES

A. E. S. OFFERS MOTIONPICTURES OF AUTOGIRO

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The glider has been put in flyingcondition, and over fifteen successfulflights were made Sunday afternoonon the Coop Field. The society hopesto continue these week-end activities

as long as the weather will permit;it has been very fortunate so far inhaving favorable wind direction thedays selected for flying.

To make tobaccos mild and mellow for Chesterfield ciga.rettes, just aboutfour miles of warehouses are filled withmild, ripe Domestic leaf, stored away to are for tavo y ears.

The greater part of 90 million dollars is invested inthese tobaccos. Is it surprising that Chesterfields aremilder? That they taste better?

Phenomenon!The Text claims that the human

brain is a wonderful organ. It starts'-orking as soon as we awake in themorning, and never stops till we getto school.

Everything known to Science is used to make Chester-fields right! They're mild-and yet They Satisfy.

co.( 1932, LrGGErT &: MYERS

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FACULTY CLUB TOSEE FIRST NIGHT

Opening Performance of JohnGalsworthy's "Pigeon"

For Faculty

In pursuance of its policy of en-couraging support of student activi-ties, the Faculty Club of the Institutehas bought all tickets for the "firstnight" of the coming Dramashop pro-duction, "The Pigeon", a product ofthe skillful pen of John Galsworthy.Although the established price of thetickets is one dollar, members of theFaculty Club and their guests may ob-tain them for seventy-five cents. Thedifference is being absorbed by theFaculty Club treasury.

John Galsworthy, recently awardedthe Nobel Prize for 1932, scarcelyneeds introduction to those acquaintedwith modern literature. Generallyknown for his novels of English life,he is equally famous as a playwright."The Pigeon" is the most timely ofhis plays, since it deals with theworld-wide problem of charity and itsadministration, and treats it in a waywhich is at once humorous and sym-pathetic. Galsworthy is extremelypopular in England, "The Pigeon"having been one of the outstandingsuccesses of the English summer sea-son.

Faculty Club applications for tick-ets should be mailed to Professor L.F. Hamilton, Room 2-325, M. I. T.

TCoA, NotesEdward Gelus, '35, has been ap-

pointed assistant director of Boy'sWork for the T. C. A. by the Execu-tive Committee of that institution.He will be second in command toGeorge R. McCaulley, '34. The Execu-tive Committee also approved the ap-pointment of John V. Sharp, '36. asassistant director of Church Rela-tions. He will have temporary chargeof this work, since Walter B. Sharp,'34, did not return. John Sharp hasbeen en-aged in arranging for a newtype of poster to be placed around thebuildings, advertising the services invarious churches. Instead of eachchurch issuing a separate poster, ad-vertisements of several churches villbe placed on one card to be issuedby T. C. A. The cost will be borneby the churches.

Anyone who did not get a copy ofthe "Green Invasion" number of the"Intercollegian" may obtain one atthe T. C. A. office.

HOCKEY VARSITY PLAYSB. U. IN OPENING GAME

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sible, Coach Duplin has had movingpictures taken of practices, and will

EXPERT GLASSBI OWERDEMONSTRATES SKILL

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Different Kinds of GlassMr. Levitt spoke of the many uses

of glass and the types of glass suitedfor various purposes. Glass rangesin degree of hardness and quality ofresisting heat from soda glass toquartz and pyrex, which have verylow ( oefficients of expansion and re-sist great temperature changes.

Early methods of making glasswarehave persisted through the 19th cen-tury, with the advent of high tem-perature flames bringing about newdevelopments. Having concluded histalk, Mr. Levitt adjusted the oxy-gasflame and constructed the reflex con-denser, illustrating the bends, bulbs,and seals used in the making oflaboratory glassware.

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Vic Duplin is using a movie cameraas a coaching aid for his hockey squadthis winter. Pictures of several prac-tice sessions have been taken, and willbe studied by the players in an ef-fort to discover their faults. Thesquad is turning out regularly, andDuplin is working the men hard inpreparation for the match with B. U.next week.

We have heard an unusual num-ber of fellows lately talking aboutthe chances of Technology's ever hav-ing a varsity football team. Mostof them seemed in favor of the idea,and cited California Tech, CarnegieTech, and Case as examples of scien-tific schools which maintained grid-iron squads. They thought that eventhe work at the Institute did not takeso much time that a football team wasimpossible. Our own ideas on the sub-ject are neutral; there's much to besaid for either side. But we wonderwhat the faculty's opinion is.

Judging by the recent cold spell, itlooks as though the tennis tourna-ment will never be finished. Only thefinal match remains, between FrankKoerner and Fred Feustel, seeded firstand second respectively. If they dodecide to play it off, we're willing tobet they won't be wearing whitepants.

P. T. M~cCarthy's charges are shap-ing up pretty well for the openinggame a week from this Saturday. BobM~cIver and Red Steele seem to beproving equal to the task of fillingHarry Johnson's place at center, andTom Shaughnessy and Joe Oldhamare doing fine work as running matesfor Co-Captain Sysko at guard.

Some time ago a petition was cir-culating in the Dorms which calledfor an ending of classes at fouro'clock in the afternoon. It wasthought that this arrangement wouldlallow the team sports to get in prac-tice at more popular hours, and thusget more men to come out, especiallythe commuters. Well, we wish who-ever started this move the best ofluck, but....

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BOAT CLUB ANOUNCESOTWEENTY NEW MEMBERS

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Peterson, who has driven the crew;launch for a number of years.,The announced schedule is as fol-

,lows:April 22

Navy at Annapolis.lApril 29

Compton Cup Race on the Charlesbetween Harvard, Princeton, and

lM. I. T.May 20

Cornell, Syracuse, Harvard, andM. I. T. at Ithaca.

In the Annapolis races each collegeis entering four crews, whereas inthe Compton Cup Race competitionHarvard will be the only universityentering only three crews, for theyIhave no fifties. At Ithaca no fiftieswill compete.

CLASS WILL INSPECTWATERTOWN FOUNDRY

All those men taking Foundry thisterm who have, not made the tripto the Walker-Pratt foundry inWatertown, will meet in front of theFoundry, Building 35, on VassarStreet, at 1:15 o'clock Thursday after-noon to make the trip. Those whohave cars are requested to bring them.

Least week two of the classes madethe trip to, the plant, where gas, -elec-tric and coal ranges are manufac-tured. The groups are conductedthrough the plant by J. FrancisO'Neill and Claude H. Clark, instruc-tors in Foundry Practice at the In-stitute.

DR. SIBLEY TO SPEAKAT HOMBERDG INFIRMARY

One of the series of talks by mem-bers of the staff of the medical de-partment will be given Thursdayafternoon at 4 o'clock at the clinicof the Homberg Infirmary when Dr.B. E. Sibley will speak on "KidneyDisturbances". The talks of the seriesare on important pathological condi-tions found during the physical ex-aminations that are given studentsin the fall.

that if 29.6 per cent of the Seniorengineers achieve the first.quarter oftheir class, and if 8.9 per cent of theother courses eligible for Tau Beta Pialso do, then 44.4 per cent of the purescience men are in the first quarter ofthe Senior class.

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VARSITY RIFLEMENIN MATCH FRIDAY

The varsity rifle team will attemptto makce it three victories in a rowwhen it meets the Garden City Club'srifle team in a shoulder to shouldermatch next Friday, December 2.

It promises to be a close match,for the Garden City Club has a goodteam and our own team has shownin its last two matches that it is nopush-over for anybody.

In its last two matches our teamdefeated the Marines 884 to 874 andthe Y-D team of the American Le-gion 874 to 863. As our team wishesto keep its slate clean it will makea determined effort to win this match.In the last three years the rifle teamhas had six matches with the GardenCity Club team and won four of them,which is a pretty good record.

The following men will comprisethe Tech team:

Crick HopkinsFoote KeelerGerhe KileyHall RiceHoward Shapiro

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Brilliance LocatedTau Beta Pi figures reveal approx-

imately 119 Seniors and Juniorseligible this year. However thiswriter is not concerned over Tau BetaPi eligibility. The figures we do havemay be compared and contrasted insuch manner as to show the scholas-tic brilliance of the men in differentcourses. Pure science courses are out,because figures for them are not avail-able.

Course I-A men are consistently thebrightest men at the Institute, if wemay trust the figures -now compiled.Both of the Seniors in this course arein the first quarter of their class.Among the Juniors of I-A, an indeter-minate number may be described asin the first quarter. Zero divided byzero to be exact.

Senior course eleven men are sec-ond in order of prominence. Two-thirds of them are in the first quarterof the class. One third of the Juniorsare in the first eighth of their class.But then there are only three men ofeach class in the course.

The first really accurate figures arefor the VI-A men. However the factthat this course is largely a pickedone must be taken into consideration.One would naturally expect 60.7 percent of that course to be in the firstquarter of their. class. Such is theachievement of the Seniors. TheJuniors do a little better. Forty-twoand nineteenths per cent of them arein the first eighth of the class, in con-trast with 30 per cent for the Seniors.

It is interesting to note that as agroup the engineering courses ratehigher than the whole class. Twenty-nine per cenlt of the Senior engineersare in the first quarter of the class.Course XV men are surprisingly outof the running for only 11.3 per centof the Seniors are in the ranking

The group containing Course XVmen has a rating of only 8.9 per centwhich shows that the brilliant Tech-nology man does not go in for Busi-ness Administration. (Perhaps mostof the abler men will rise to executivepositions in spite of themselves.)Neither does he go into engineering.Our figures amuse us. They show

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In addition, there will also appearthe Alabama Aces, one of the fore-most colored Victor-recording bandsin New York. This aggregation ofhot-sweet colored musicians featuresthe "Mammy of Jazz", Miss LorraineW lliams, formerly featured singer ofLew Leslie's 'Blackbirds". They comehere ready to show their smart dancemusic and entertainment features tothe dance and music lovers who enjoythat tepid Harlem rhythm. This bandis coming direct from the Savoy Ball-room in New York.

Snappy Entertainment PlannedAlso for entertainment there will be

the Four Blue Diamonds, a miniatureedition of the Mills Brothers; SlappyWallace, reputed to be the world'sgreatest tap dancer featured in HotRhythm on Broadway; and Al Brant-ley, who was with Ted Lewis for fiveyears. All in all. in view of the largenumber of attractions, a large attend-ance is expected at the dance.

Contrary to the statement whichwas printed in Monday's TECH,President and Mrs. Compton will notbe chaperones at the dance. Theywill however, be honorary guests. Thecomplete list of chaperones, honoraryguests, the committee, and the ushers,appears elsewhere in this issue.

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HOLLIS STREET THEATER

"The Chillingtons"

This play may be variously inter-preted. Perhaps it is intended to bea satire on stories of the "gentlemancrook" variety; perhaps just an ordi-nary farce with the trimmings inci-dent to certain phases of British so-ciety life. However, whatever theauthor intended, the net result is toleave the audience somewhat bewild-ered, slightly amused, and wonderinghow much of the third act will getby the censor.

Through three acts in a Surreydrawing-room we watch the troublesand intrigues of Topsy Chillington,society matron, erstwhile madame dela maison de joie, who, having con-tracted a paramour in the person ofMajor Hindmarsh, plots to get rid ofCharles, her husband, who has justreturned from a two years' sojournin prison. A burglar breaks in; afterstealing all the jewelry is greeted byCharles as an old comrade and invitedto stay the week-end; is hired byTopsy to murder him for 5000 pounds,which is to be paid out of the estate.The burglar talks over the murderwith his intended victim, who informshim that the house is mortgaged andTbout to be sold for debt. Charles

recomipenses him, however, by givinghim Topsy's pearls, which turn out tobe false.

Bops, Chillington's daughter, hav-ing just been thrown over by herfiance, whose father objects to hismarrying a convict's daughter, takeson the burglar. Finally all skip out,leaving poor Tops: and the Major inthe street - Topsy's butler havingstolen the genuine pearls.

The plot amounts to little; the rami-fications and absurdities are the wholeplay. The actors, especially ViolaRoache as Topsy, are plausibly im-possible, although Charles' dry, whim-sical humor is enjoyable enough.

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The summary offollows:

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Boston University CollegeBusiness Administration

Prof.'s Method

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ShapiroHall ..GuerkeHowardHopkins

Twelve Commandments for jobhunters wh1o wish to make a favor-able impression are said by ProfessorCharles Bellatty of Boston Univrer-sity's College of Business Administra-tion to be these:

1. Tap on an office door before youopen it.

2. Enter -with a pleasant look oyour face.

3. Remove your hat, but don't put iton the desk.

4. Stand quietly at a respectful dis-tance from the occupants of theoffce.

5. Don't be the first to offer to shakehands, either when you arrive orwhen you leave.

6. Don't pull up a chair unless youare asked to do so.

7. Try to be a good listener.8. Don't slouch in your chair or lean

against anything.9. Keep your eyes off the papers o

the office desk.10. Don't show interest in telephone

conversations.11. Don't punctuate what you have to

say with "See?", "Understandme?" or "Do you get what Imean?"

12. Don't stare about the office. Butdo 'look about you sufficiently sothat when you have completedyour interview you may get outagain without knocking over ahat rack or stumbling into a putt-ing conference on the big red rugof the boss' private office.

FRESHMEN MAY REVIVEOLD BONFIRE TRADITION

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fire, will be on the program for theday.

Besides the discussion of the bon-fire, the date for the freshman dancewvas definitely set for February 21.If the plans for the bonfire do not fall~through, the cardinal and gray tiesI will be discarded at this event with the

Y.D. Post, American LegionProne Standing Totals

Swift ........ 94 93 187Bennet ........ 98 74 172Ekyel ......... 93 78 171Baker .......... 98 71 169Johnson ...... 95 69 164

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TENNIS TOURNAMENTFINALS THIS WEEK

Fred Feustel, last year's tennis cap-tain, will meet Franklin Koerner, cap-tain-elect for this year, in the finalsof the tennis tournament, which willbe held this week.

Feustel reached the finals only afterhe had beaten Robert Winters in along, hard battle. This match wentto five sets with Feustel winning outin the end. Winters almost duplicatedthe feat which Lieutenant W. E. How-ard accomplished last year when hewent through the whole tournamentwithout losing a set for, until he metFeustel, Winters lost only threegames. Feustel was seeded numbertwo and Koerner number one.

Koerner did not have such a hardtime reaching the finals and in thesemi-finals he defeated James Eder,who wvas seeded number four, in twosets.

This coming match promises to bequite a battle, for both a-re excellentand very evenly matched players.

T.C.A. ANNOUNCESOLD BOOK SALE~

Books at greatly reduced prices,will be sold at the T. C. A. Book Ex-change's annual sale of old and un-called for books. They will be pricedat ten and twenty-five cents. A selec-tion of good reference and fictionbooks are to be found.

LEO REISMAN presents HOWARD PHILLIPSwith the new Hotel Brunswick Orchestra and

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CALENDARWednesday, November 30

6:00 P. M. - Band Rehearsal - "Aristocrats" - East Lounge, Walker Me-morial.

6:00 P.M. -Alpha Chi Sigma Dinner and Meeting, Faculty Dining Room,Walker Memorial.

6:30 P.M. -Boston Signal Post Dinner, Grill Room, Walker Memorial.8:00 P.M. -Boston Signal Post World War Moving Pictures, Main Hall,

Walker Memorial.9:00 P.M. - Quadrangle Club Meeting, East Lounge, Walker Memorial.

Thursday, December 16:00 P.M.-Banjo Club Rehearsal, East Lounge, Walker Memorial.5:00 P.M.-Institute Committee Meeting, West Lounge, Walker Memorial.7:15 P. M. -A. E. S. Public Smoker and Movies, Room 1-190.

Friday, December 23:00 P. M. -Aldred Lecture by Edward E. Filene -Subject: "The Engineer-

ing Mind in the Second Industrial Revolution", Room 10-250.5:00 P.M. -Radio, Society Lecture by Hollis S' Baird on "Modern Develop-

ments in Television", Room 10-275.

Man of AverageAbility OutlivedbyHonorStudents

Expectancy of Life of AthleteIs Less Than That of

Average Man

Honor men in college, according toa survey of forty thousand graduatesbetween 1870 and 1905, suffer no illeffects from hard study; to the con-trary they may expect to live at leasttwo years longer than their class-mates who are of only average abil-ity. From this, one can concludethat the fellow who burns the mid-night oil, gets 10 on every exam, isawarded scholarships Tight and left,and is the object of the pride of hisprofessors and the envy of his fratbrothers lives to tell his grandchildrenand even his great-grandchildren allabout it.

Athletes, on the other hand, like thegood, die young. Their expectancyis slightly lower than the averagegraduate and therefore more than twoyears below that of the '"magna cumlaude's". This means that the he-manwho crosses the finish line first to the

accompaniment of "hip -hip" and"bravo" had better lay aside his suitand think seriously about his will anda pleasing grave lot. However, veryrecent figures show that of late hismortality rate has been much betterthan that of others, probably due tothe increase in medical supervision.

HOW TO GlErT JOBTOLD BY B.U. MAN

Second Rifle TeamWins From Y.D. Post

In Very Close Meet

Shapiro Leads Engineers WithScore of 179; Swift of

Losers Is Star

Technology's second rifle team wona close match last Friday from theY.D. Post of the American Legion.The closeness of the match is indi-cated by the score which was 874 to863. The M. I. T. sharpshooters wereslightly inferior to the Legionnairesin the prone shooting, but in the off-hand position, with one notable ex-ception, they were considerably better.This exception was Swift, high scorerin the match, who had the unusuallygood score of 93 in the standingshots.

The high scorer for Technology wasShapiro, with a total of 179, and Hallfollowed closely with 178. Outsideof Swift, who scored 187, the Le-gionnaires did not score very high, thesecond best being Bennet's 172.

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