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I,Last Thursday evening, in the WalkerMemorial, Corporation XV held a meet-

.ing, which tooks the form of a smoker,at which forty students of Course XV,were present. The only businessbrought before the organimflion was OFileelection of L. J. Goldstein '19 to fill, theoffice of secretary made vacant by theresignation of W. C. Wilson '18.

lollowi~ng. the. short business meeting,addresses were delivered by ProfessorCarver of Harvard University and Mr.Hlenry J. Hors, a graduate of Tech-nology with the class of 1888. Both ofthese men have attained national prom.-inenee -and are fully capable of givinginteresting and valuable information onrespective prof essions.

Professor Carver spoke on the "Es-sention and Non-Essential 1ndustries inWar Time." The speaker has made anextensive study of thle existing condi-tions and told the members what heconsidered to be necessary for the suc-cessful prosecution of the great strugglenow in.7progress. H~e sought to impressupon~ those- present the importance oftheir profession, as it figures promi-nently in warfare and industry and mayeven be considered to form the basis ofthem.

Mr. Horn gave an interesting and enl-lightening address concerning his ex-perience as a member of the AmericanRed Cross Mission to Rlussia, and onwhich he served in the capaeity of vice-chairman of the United States RailroadCommission. 11e told of the railroad,food and sanitary conditions in R~ussia,the land of many. opportunities for theengineer. Mr. Horn also believes thatifter the present war, engineers will behl great demand in Russia and thatTechnology men are particularly wellItted. to make the vast and varied ret;ources of so large a country available.or international benefit.

Perhaps the most significant problenx-hat presents itself to the engineer, isA;hat of transportation, because of the,'act that there axe very few railroadsines and those that are in operation.xre extremely inefficient. Russia is so.last a country that the value of the reL-sources do not become evident. "On whe railroad problem is solved it will belossible to trans-port the numerous prod-ets, particularly grain, minerals andeather, to the seacoast towns and from7henee they may be exported to otherount~ries. Russia itself is not able to,

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MAJOR GURY LOWELL `94 GETSITALIAN MEDAL FiOR BRAVERY

American Ambulance Service Chief H~on-ored by Duke of Aosta

An impressive military ceremony tooklplace Sunday, March 31, at the ItalianArmy Headquarters of Northern Italy,when the medal of valor was conferredupon Major Guy Lowell '94, two otheiiAmerican Red Cross officers and GeneralDelmay Radcliffe of the British Ariny inItaly. The medals were given by theDuke of Aosta, commanding the ThircdItalian Army, which is now holding the-Piave front. In addition to the medalsfor bravery, enameled crosses bearinigthe arms of the House of Savoy wereawared to the Americans as personal,souvenirs of the Third Armpy.

TMe medals were awarded forl con-04cuous bravery during all aerial bomb-ftrdment 0.1 thp t _& 1-P , A- acVh~Z_

Maj.Lowll "areessof hi ow sabet~dirctd oertios almys wordng to

Thei- ceremony was held on a VWplain near the Piave River, where li*,-000 infantrymen, cavalry. and -artillery'men were assembled. As the Due cob-ferred the medals, American and Italianbands played the American Natfonalanthem.

Major Guy Lowell was born in Boston on Augusqt 6, 1870, and spent theearly part of his life in the vicinity ofthe Huba. He received'his degree of A.B. from Harvard University ill 1892,and his degree of B. S. from Technollo-gy in 1894. While at the Institute hegave a course of lectures on landscapearchitecture from 1900 to 1913 at theInstitute. He wag a ]Boston architectfor many years, among his works beingthe plans of Boston Museum of FineArts.

The other Americans who were deco--rated axe Capt. Charles Canroll andCapt. Blaekstone Wifkins. '--

Chinese Night to Be Held ThisEvening in Walker;

Judging from the sale of tickets dur-ning the past week, Chinese Night;, whichiis scheduled to be MMl in the Walker1Memorial tonight at 7.45, under the aus-pices of the Cosmopolitan Club, is sueLo be a great success as far as attend- ),ne is concernaed. This is probablv due,to, the uniqneness of the program as well iis the dance which is to follow the e6n-tertaimnnent. The officers.-of -the clubfleclaxe that the dance will compare fa-lorably with any that has been held _t-,hs year at the Institute and the sale t)f tickets seems to bear out this -state-nent. f The number of Chinese attending the a

nsiueduring the past few years has empared favorably with the number Attending any other college in the t.Jnited States and the quality ofteaten always insures an entertainment of Plhe highest class when they have the 1ta~ge. This has proved to be the case da recent years wihen Chinese night has M(,een held by the Club and its popularity cleenis destined to continue.sSImmediately following the entertain-ie~t, refreshments peculiar to CI&Ij i'ill1 he served. These include Odd items PLich as sesame and lichee, an~d various tried fruits and coInfeCtio~ery whiCh tave no equivalent names in EnlGish1 1llat whiCh are vouched for nlever~theless Cy, the Americanized Orientals.@ The chairmanL Of the eveninng is Su1ngWing i~e;; '19 Of Tsien~ti, and he has "repared a very interesting program. t; will include solos on the Chinese nounng Hum or harp by Ki Ke Chun 120 in'Shanghai; duets on flute an~d guitar a

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PROF. COOLIDGE TO LECTURE

Professor Coolidge Of Harvard Uni-)rsity will address the freshman his-pry classes this morning in room 10- 2;. Professor Coolidge is One of the 4Iuntryls foremost historians and thethor of the textbook used by the8SseS, "The United Estates as a World .)wer,} He will give a brief outlinethe book and also discuss the subjectthe competition for colonial posses-

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The date of Technique Rush has bEchanged to April 16, in view of the fathat the extra day will give those paticipating in the carnage a greatchance to attend the Junior ProWinter Concert and Tech Showa somewhat respectable looking maner. Even this twenty-four hotallowance will in most cases, hoever, not be enough time for the vtims to fully recover their eyesigharms, legs, or whatever other porticof their anatomy that they may hasbeen deprived of in the struggle. Sin(the present freshman class has over sihundred students, most of whom alable bodied, as was evinced by theistirring antics and pranks in the streetand subways of Boston immediatelafter their entrance into the Institutethere should be more participants i,the rush this year than ever beforeThe corresponding increase il casualtiewill therefore necessitate a larger number of ambulances, stretchers and firsaid nurses. These last are expected toincrease the number of wounded amemangled students, seeking for kind medical and other aid, many times in excesof previous years.

The freshmen have been required tctake military drill and calisthenic.throughout the year and have as yethad no real opportunity to show thegreat advantages derived from thesemuscle-producing exercises, but Tech-nique Rush will offer them an exeellentchance to show their physical ability.Whether the class as a whole has de-cided to capture the books and dis-tribute them among themselves orwhether the separate companies will gointo the field is still in the dark, butat any rate the men of 1921 will beprominent in the field of battle. Themen of the advanced military organiza-tions will also have all opportunity tocome out near the top in considerationof their recent bayonet work in thegreat court.

The call for candidates for the Tech-nique band will be made about threedays before the rush and those who in-tend to play are warned not to practicebefore that time for fear that they maybecome stale-and not able to keep upthe good name of the band.

Technique 1919 will be distributedimmediately after the rush at the officein the main body.

TECHNOLOGY REGIMENTS WILLNOT MARCH IN! APEL 6 PARADE

Major Edwin T. Cole, U. S. A., Profes-sor of Military Science at the Institute,has announced that Technology studentswill not march in the "National Winthe War Day" parade which is to beheld in Boston today. This decision wasreached after a conference with Presi-'dent Maclaurin last Wednesday.

Technology will be represented in themammoth parade by about 900 of themen in the Army and Navy AviationSchools now quartered at the Institute.It was partly due to the fact that thesemen would march that the President de-c ided not to have the Technology Regi.Enmets in line, for the men of the Gov.

I ernment schools will use much of theequipment that would otherwise haveibeen used by the student regiments.

The local parade is in celebration ofthe first anniversary of the entry ofthe United States in the war. Similarcelebrations are being held all over thecountry, inasmuch as April 6 has also

[been designated as the opening day ofthe third liberty Loan drive. The Na-tional Committee of Patriotic Societies[has worked out the plans for the day,land the officials in charge estimate that'there will be over 40,000 people in line.

[Arrangements have been made to havepixty bands in the procession.

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PROM PAYMENTS MUIST BEPAID TODAY IN LOBBY

Management Reticent Concerning MarFeatures of Annual Affair.

As a result of the sign-up campaXheld in March for the Junior Prom, tUhundred and fifty tickets have been so]4for the affair. In addition to this therare more than twventy-five on the waiting list. From the interest shown b~the undergraduates, the Prom promiseeto be as great a success as it has beeiin former years, in spite of the exist~ing conditions.

The Junior Prom will be held th(evening of April 19 at the Copley-PlazaThere will be dancing from nine untilfour o'clock. The music is to be fur-nished by Bert Lowe's Orchestra oltwenty pieces. Besides the dance num.bers, the musical program will containseveral features from this and last year'sTech Show, among the numbers fromthis year's Show being "Drifting" by E.P. Collins, 118, and W. T. Hledlund, '20.Supper will be served in the Grill Roomat twvelve o'clock.

Many of the special features of thisyear' Promn have not yet been decidedupon, but the details of them will beprinted in The Tech as soon as they areannounced. Among the features underconsideration are the giving of a dancingexhibition given by professionals, thefavors which are to be distributed, andcertain "stunts," concerning which themen in charge have been very reticentin giving information.

The final payment of five dollars onthe tickets is due today and must bepaid or the tickets wll be forfeited.Payments for sign-ups canl be madefrom one to two o'clock today in themain lobby. The tickets will be issuedluring the first part of Junior Week.

An~nouncement has been made that allfraeritesor large groups desiring to

lit Urgtgher at the- supper -should com-hnunicate- with C. W. Drew, '19, 104 'hatrles River Road, who will make the:Necessary reservations. No attention lvill be paid to such requests unless they,re received by five o'clock Wednesday,Lpril 10.|

Id |Prospects Favorable for Instituterel Victory-Men Training Hardy -C. W. Drew ~iq Appointed

n|Manager of Track Team

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e|The Technology trick team is nowwi}scheduled to compete With Harvard ina dual meet in the Stadium one week

|after the meet with "Cornell. This is|the third one with a major college that

n has been arranged this year. This meets promises to be one of the hestG and most91closely contested on Ithe schedule. The

Ha~rvard team will not be an informall'lone, nor will it represent the R. O. T. C.' but a varsity organization representing1Harvard. The status of the Harvrard7team is not as yet knuown completely,

l Ror HEarvard has not been competing inlintercollegiate circles with an organized

,lteam for' nearly two years. Neverthe-less, the Harvard coacl! always puts out

, winning teams and promises to live upto his reputa tion this season.!|Coach Jack Moakley of Cornell re-

|cently made the statement that Tech-nology had one of the strongest trackteams in the East. Although the high-jump is the only field -event in whichTechnology excels, it is especially stronginl thle distance and mid-distance races,therefore the Institute boasts of a well-balanced team. Halftere, the two-mile |champion of New England, is picked by;Imany enthusiasts to break the record iniffthat event this season. Captain Herzogl|has been. doing consistent work in the.nu mil and half-mile . *q~artep, although.|he h'as -nJot been up--, 'his-liusica form |for the last two weeks, is newv backinto stride and is expected to be better

xthan ever. Bawden, the formr Phillips-|Exeter runner, is in excellent shape forIthe meet.|This is one of the most important

[meets of the year and it is hoped that the students will, as far as possible, at-tend the meet in a body. The contestwill take place in the Stadium and theteam should be backed by the studentbody and shown some organized spirit..

C. W. Drew, '19, has been appointed 1manager of the track team to succeed l'C. -R. Talcott, who has been called to the Naval Aviation. P

Henry J.CarverPhases

Hor '88 and Professorof Harvard Speak onof War Time Work-

Elect Secretary

CALL CANDIDATES FOR BAND OV ER FORTY PRESENT

r Homer Albers, Dean of B. U.,to Address Gathering TuesdayThe next meeting of the Chemical So-

. ciety, which is to be held Tuesday nightin room 2-190, will be addressed by Mr.Homer Albers, Dean of the Law Schoolof Boston University. The definite titleof the Dean's talk has not been an-nounced as yet and probably will not bemade known until the night of the ad-dress, but the officers of the Society areof the opinion that he will tell princi-pally of his various experiences as aDean.

The position of Dean in any schoolcarries with it quite a number of uniqueexperiences, as can be attested to by ourown Dean, and it is certain that thespeaker's talk will be very interesting.Aside from his position as Dean, Mr.Albers enjoys the enviable reputation ofbeing an excellent and interesting speak-er. It is possible that the speaker willgive 'i few sidelights on Chemistry, ow-ing to the prominence that it has re-ceived in the war, but many speakershave already given lengthy talks on thissubject, so the members are in hopesthat the Dean will tell of his personalexperiences rather than the intricatedetails of Chemistry.

As the members of the Society aregoing to take a trip to the New Eng-land Gas and Coke WoJrks sometime inthe near future, the officers have con-sidered it advisable to have a represent-ative from the plant at the meetingTuesday to tell them something of thegeneral working of the plant. His talkwill be short, but will give the studentsenough general information to preparethem for a more detailed inspection,which will take place about April 12.

The meeting is to be held in room2-190 and will start at 7.30 sharp. Themeeting is to be thrown open to theentire student body, as so much interestis being taken in the meetings by theentire student body. This action on thepart of the officers will be received veryfavorably by the students inasmuch aspast meetings of the Society which havebeen opened to the student body have tbeen well attended. In fact, they have ;been so well attended that a record for eattendance was established at the last 1"War Meeting"' of the Society. e

FINAL SELECTIONS -MADEIN TECH SHOW BALLET

With the final selection of- the ballet,all the positions on the Show have nowbeen filled. One of the two leadingparts-of the ballet, that of the old witch,is taken by Philip S. Brown '20, whowas in last year's ballet. The otherleading part, that of the -prilcess, istaken by Victor Dixon '18, who is aRussian and has had previous dancingexperience. The parts of the sixnymphs are taken _by Waldo Ames '21,L. Willis Bugbee, Jr. '21, W. L. Clafflin'20, John W. Friery '18, Ralph R Lewis'21, and Eaton Webber '19, respectively.On t~he whole the ballet has shown fairprogress and has bright prospects for thefuture. As previously stated, the bal-let will be used to open the third act ofthe Show and consequently will haveMr. Barnes' garden as a baiground.The scene of the ballet is laid in theearly morning.

In this connection it is interesting toknow that the scenery for the first actis almost complete, while the scenes forthe last two acts are well under way.All the scenery will be ready for thedress rehearsal a week from Sundav, at lwhich time the lighting effects will be:first tried out. Those who have seenlthe scenery are highly pleased with itsprogress and general working out, a.though they decline tolRive any furtherinformation until the dress rehearsal,when all will be made knowns. Theposter has now returned from the print-er's and very shortly it will be seen onthe bill-boards, or in windows..The ticket sale is progressing, so

those who have not yet sent in theirapplication should do so at once. Ithas'been announced that the show. would'!take no ushers from here to Nortllamp- iton, the management freshmen assist-!ants filling out where the regular ush-!ers are not sufficient. Probably no Iushers will be needed in Boston or Som- I eerville. I

erive the full benefit of its own re-Durces with the railroad system in theresent condition. Increasing the tranwPortation facilities will at the sameme develop the agricultural occupa-ions.

Another phase of the work of "re-aim' g Russia" are the problemshich confront the sanitary engineer'hich probably are more importantian any others. It follows, therefore,iat all of the other branches of engi-!ering will be called upon to put RussiaL a positio4 of international import-ice,

After the addresses a musical enter-inment was given, and following thisfreshments and smokes were served.

CALENDAR

Saturday, April 6, 1918P. M. Cast rehearsal in the pavilion.P. M. Ballet rehearsal in the EmmPa

Rogers Room.Sunday, April 7, 1918

A. M. Combined cast, chorus and or-chestra rehearsal at the Bos-ton Opera House.

Tuesday, April 9, 1918P. M. Ballet rehearsal at N. E. Oon-

servatory of 3Music.

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IOYANCf THE O^TEOF TECHNIUE- RUSH

Decide to' Hold Rush on Aprili6 Instead of I7 as WasPlanned - Gives Participants24 Hours' Grace

TAICK NIEET TO B�HELO WITH'HRRVI\RD

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COMMUNICATION

Santa Barbara, CaliforniaMarch 29, 1918.

To the Editor Tech:-There seems to be a periodical recur-

rence at Technology not only among thestudents, but also among a certain partof the teaching and governing bodies, ofa tendency to regard some studies asunnecessary burdens, and consumers ofvaluable time and energy, because theirdirect bearing upon the particular pro-fessional specialty the student has inview, is not evident.

Take it from an old grad, these thingsare not simply frills. They are oftenthe most valuable and necessary partof the course and the things he is leastlilcely to get after he leaves school. Ifhe is to get beyond the grade of aminor employee in his profession theEnglish language is one of his mostnecessary tools, for which he will findconstant use in the convinrmng presen-tation of his plans and ideas. Let himnot neglect any opportunity to polishand sharpen it.

A mind in which facts and thoughtsare jumbled and disconnected, and thereliability of each, and its true relationto others but doubtfully known, willhave hard work to formulate well con-sidered and clean cut plans, lackingnothing essential to success, and freefrom unnecessary impediments. Noth-ing is better to clarify and disciplinethe habit of thought, than a course informal logic. I remember the course,given to my class by Professor Howison,as one of the best things in all ourfour weeks work, and have always beenthankful that I got through before thiscourse was judged unnecessary, and wassoon afterwards pruned away. Submis-sion to discipline, simply for discipline'ssake, always comes hard to average hu-man nature, but the soldier who lacksprecision and promptness of movement,or the aspirant for athletic honors whocomes to the field, soft and untrained,is no worse prepared for success andhonor, than the contestant for profes-sional preferment who has resented andneglected hard mental discipline.

If a man with a well trained mindfinds himself lacking in some line ofinformation or some method of work,he has little difficulty in finding whathe wants, and a few hours study makeshim master of it and such a man isfit and able to steer his own course,and become a leader, while one whosemind is less sure of itself will always.have to rely uponl others for safety,and must -needs be only a follower.

Finally the professional man is a citi-zen like everybody else, and more andmore, with the development of scientificmethods in public affairs, he is calledupon to advise and lead his fellow citi-zens in their decision of public ques-tions. If he is -not to be a blind lead-er of the blind, he neceds -some knowledgeof the experience Aof the world as re-corded in general Cistory, and familiari-ty with the essential principles. of politi-cal econo-my. Many a, municiple en-gineer goes down to'defeat, because ofa -lack of these, apparently unprofes-sional supports of his work. And letno man make any mistake; it is just asessential for his own personal satisfac-tion inl life, as well as any degree ofprofessional success, that'he should bean educated gentleman, as he be a mas-ter of the binomial theorem or the useof the slide-rule.

JOHN B. HENCK, '76.

MERCHANT MARINE STUJDENTSARE PHOTOGRAPHED AT WORK

The men studying to become deck of-ficers and engineers for the MerchantMarine weere photographed last week attheir work in the class room, in theengine room, on the banks of theCharles River taking s,4n observations,and finally in a general group on theInstitute steps. The agies of these menvary from nineteen'to sixty years, whiletheir exprinc extend _ rom -- o to--+_ ,

twenty years.The classes in navigation have been

in constant session since June of lastyear. Alen a-re coming and going every,week, but the period of training forany one man is from five to six weeks.There has been a constant attendanceof about forty men, and over thre'e hun-dred have graduated and received li-censes.

In the engineering department, theschool lasts just a, month and the classesare about the same size. There havebeen eight sessions of this school hereat Technology.

There are about thirty free naviga-tion scho0013 similar to the one at theInstitute on the different coasts, andthey are all training officers for theMerchant Marine.

There are nine engineering schoolstraining engineers.

The number of deck officers who havealready graduated from these schools isover three thousand and the number ofengineers over one thousand.

It is these schools that are making itpossible for the Shipping Board to of.flcer their new vessels with Americancitizens.

- ~~THE TECH SHOW

OW°X that applications for the Tech Show tickets have been sentidout, we begin to realize how close the big event of the year

is drawing, and we look forward with growing interest and'Curiosity to the time when the performance, "Let 'Er Go," will bestaged.

That the theaters will be crowded is a foregone conclusion, asthere is added to the usual interest the inducement that all proceedsare to go to the American University Union. All persons attending'will have that comfortable feeling that they - are enj oying a goodshow, and at the same time are helping out a most worthy cause.

We urge everyone who is not planning to attend to reconsiderthe matter, as passing a Junior Week without seeing the Tech ShowIS like attending a banquet without eating.

$ TEXT BOOKS

s rT is absolutely necessary that I have copies of 'Machine Work'1by Professor Smith and also copies of his two other books. I

have one of the books at home and I wish you would send tohim and see about getting the others. I must instruct my men and.there is no better guide than these books; I have tanks to repair and;need Professor Haven's new book on Applied Mechanics. Please:,rush those books right along."

So, writes a Technology graduate of the class of i9i6 who corn-~pleted the course in Mechanical Engineering. He long ago enteredmilitary service, and with the rank of first lieutenant has been as-signed to matters along his old line of study in school.

It is gratifying to know that books written by our Institute pro-fessors hold so high a position in the estimation of our graduates,but on the other hand, is it not somewhat to be regretted that menbecome so accustomed to one book-that all others seem inconvenientto him? There are times when it would be impossible to 'obtain thesame book used in college, and if the engineer cannot immediately:tise to best advantage and with great efficiency the book at hand hexnay find his work slowing tip.

We suggest that students do not depend too much on the textbook required, but acquaint themselves with the arrangement andcontents of books by other authors on the subject in question..This will not only give them new and perhaps clearer ideas on-various points, but will enable them to use one reference book asreadily as another.

Although under certain circumstances we might pardon actions'tending toward childishness when the perpetrators are freshmen,there are no plausible excuses for upperclassmen who continue suchactions. W~e are referring to the conduct of the Sophomores whohave their lockers in the basement of building 4. Students who wishto enjoy their lunches are unable too do so because they are pre-vented by the continual onslaught of missiles of varied sizes andshapes. An occasional visitor would be surprised at the conduct ofthe students. We, however, do not mean to imply that at 'lunchhollr there should not be a certain amount of relaxation on the part,of the students, but we do not consider the locker rooms a fitting

place for Technology students to conduct themselves like children.

Spring is here now, and the grounds are no longer covered withsnow and ice; therefore, keep off the grass.

The Technology Branch Barber Shop, is open.hair cut?

Do you need aL

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The crowded conditions of the streetcars on the Massachusetts Avenue linewhich reached a climax in their unbear-ableness during the early part of Febru-ary owing to the weather conditions andthe lack of a sufficient number of carsin service has been remedied recently bythe Elevated Company through themedium of an editorial appearing in theissue of The Tech on February 15th.Not only was there a lack of cars onthe line, but also those that were inservice were hardly ever on time andbecame bunched in groups, often asmany as four and five in succession com-ing within a few minutes' time.

placed the public at all inconvenience inmaking waiting an absolute necessity,but even caused -many Technology stu-rents to be late to their classes. This

3 not only happened once but became arecurrent event. Particularly bad wasthe connections at the MassatchusettsAvenue station. There was always acrowd of people waiting there to catcha car and when one did come it wasalready loaded to over-capacity and afew of the brave souls dared to risktheir lives by clinging to the rear endor riding on the fender. The otherswere either compelled to wait for thenext car or walk across the bridge. Themajority preferred to take the latterway.'Realizing the immediate necessity of

remedying these conditions, the editorialstaff of The Tech at once took the mat-ter up with the officials of the ElevatedCompany with regard to placing morecars in service. The plan as outlinedabove in the letter to the latter wassuggested as a possible solution to theproblem. This involved the use of shut-tle cars from either Central Square toBoylston or from Riverbank Court toBoylston Station, making use of thecrossover on Massachusetts Avenue infront of the Institute. This enables thecar to run over the bridge from Bostonand turn around for the return trip atthe Institute instead of having to go onas far as Harvard Square.

The officials of the company receivedthe suggestion in the form of the edi-torial as shown above and decided totake immediate action to remedy thetrouble. At once a service of one regu-lar car every four minutes was inaugur-ated and between the hours of 8.30 and9.00 in the morning and 4.45 and 5.30in the evening shuttle cars are run everythree minutes. This enables one tocatch a car at least without waitingfive minutes and sometimes in a shorterperiod owing to the time at which theindividual is waiting for the car.

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Such conditions as these not only bunched, but it is practically impossibleto avoid this and everyone is more thansatisfied to get the better service thatthey are now receiving. One peculiarityon the part of the people seems to workagainst the advantage of having the ex-tra cars. This is the desire of everyperson to get on the first car that comesalong, regardless of the number thatmay be immediately followings even ifseveral are in sight and others are sched-uled to come by immediately. This isdue, no doubt, to the habit acquired inthe days gone by when one had to takea chance of waiting perhaps twenty min-utes if the first car was missed. Condi-tions are different now, as is evincedby the drawings in the cut above, andthe officials of the company have sug-gested that the people have a little pa-tience and not all try to board the firstcar. This will be best for everyone con-cerned and will avoid having the occu-pants of the first car ruffled in mind aswell as in temper owing to the crowdedconditions.

This i8 only one ease in which aneditorial appearing in The Tech has donemuch towards alleviating a particularsituation. Such accomplishments towardsthe protection of the student bodyplaces Technology on an individualbasis relying upon its ovn power for itsown protection and accepting all favorswith thanks.

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TECHNOLOGY MEN IN SERVICE

The official Technical War ServiceAuxiliary Bulletin for April which hasjust been issued shows that twenty-fiveof the Technology men in service havebeen specially commended for braveryfor the Croixr de Guerre and many othermedals for unusual bravery and gal-lantry. The total number of men inservice has been increased materially,and several deaths have occurred sincethe last bulletin was issued. Withinthe last few days the deaths of Lieuts.

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Following axe the statistics concern-ing Technology men in service as givenby the Bulletin:Men in Service .................... 2070In Foreign Service .................. 463Aviation ....................... 331Navy ......................... 398Officers ........................ 1303Officers Training Corps .......... 170Inspectors of Instructors ............... 54Ambulance, Red Cross, etc ............... 50

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by :@wei Lan Hsueh '18, a graduatestudent, and F. Yeh; Chinese shuttle-cock by EK. K. Chun; Chinese magic, byMr. Yeh and a, vocal quaxtette in Eng-lish, in which the artists will be, MissE. Ls. Tong of W-ellesley, Miss AnnaChia of Radcliffe, Homer 'idng of AMOYand Benjamin Chiu,, a student at Har-vard.

The finale of -the;,program will be asketch in English, book -by S. S. Kwan,presenting P, Chinese school. This issure to b>e a feature of the evening, in-asmuch as8 the actions of the Chinesestudents can be so sharply contrastedwith oar own days in the, preparatoryand gr aulmm T schools.

A dance will follow the enltertainmnentand this is sure to be up to the standardof the last dance griven by the Club.Tickets are now on sale at the Coop, ormay either be obtained from the, offcersof the Clulb or at the door on the nightof the entertainment.

WELLESLEY AND TECHN!OLOGYMUSICAL CLUJBS IN~ CONCERT

On Saturday evening next (April 6)in the Assembly Hall at Fort Devensthe musical clubs of Wellesley Collegeand Teehnology will do their bit for thesoldier boy by giving a, joint concert otpopular as well as classical interest.From the N~orth station the combinedclubs, numbering in all more than onehundred students, wvill entrain for Ayer,

where they wvill be cared for by the Y.',%. C. A., which will look after transpor-

tation to the camp and furnish guidesfor an inspection of the military activi-ties. Thle headquarters of the group wvillbe the Hostess House, where dinner willbe served at fivee o'clock-, and this willallow time for the finishing touches tothe dresses before the concert, which willbegin promptly at six-fifteen. The com-panly will be due in Boston by nine-thirty.

The concert will be given -to the sol-diers without cost, the clubs tenderingtheir talents gratis and caring them-selves for their -various items of ex-pense. They wvill be the guests of ECompany, 301st Engineers. The pro-grazime will be much the same as atthe recent very successful concert atWellesley, from which the beneficiary,the.-Red 'Cross, will receive very ne'arly five hundred dollars. Not forgettingtheplace of honor for the6 Star SpangledBanner, the two groups of singers willcompliment one another by "Sing ofthe Rocks and Shore" by Miss Oorliss,a Wellesley girl, and Litchfield's rol-licking "¢Take Me Back to Tech," whilelater the Wellesley women wvill give the

"Winter Songs' of Fred Field B3ullard, agraduate of the M. L T., whose "Stein ISong' is almost universally known.Following a varied programnme the Alma Maters of the two colleges will closethe evening.

The leader of the Wellesley singers is Miss Alice Paton '18, of New York City,and of the Technology flubs Percy C.Carr '18, of Lawrence.

PROF. SWAIN OF INSTITUTEIHONORED BY WESTERN COLLEGE

U~niv. of California Confer's Degree ofLL.D. Upon M. I. T. Professor

Professor George F. Swain '77 of theInstitute staff has returned to the In-stitute from the western part of thecountry after having been honoredtwice, the first being the conferring ofthe degree of Liz. D. by the Universityof California, the other the distinctionof having been the first engineer to de-liver before the University one of theHitchcock lectures.

The occasion was that of the semi-centennial of the University with aweek of gaiety and literary occasions,and incidental to this was the conferringon the :final day of fourteen honorarydegrees upon distinguished men, nineof them presidents of universities orlearned societies. The phrase acecom-panying the degree to Professor Swainwas, "Fulfilling in maturity the prom-ise of a straightforward youth, en-gineer, teacher, public servant." TheHitchcock lectures are supported by anendowment of ten thousand dollars, and1for'his, subject Professor Swainl select-ed, "Some general principles and dis-puted points in, the Valuation of Pub-lic Utility Corporations."

Professor Swain is a West Coast man,having been born. in San Francisco. Hegraduated from the Institute with theclass of 1877, and after studies abroadat the Royal Polytechnice, Berlin, he re-turned to this country and undertookthe hydraulic work for the tenth Cen-sus. He then returned to the Instituteas instructor and since that time withthe exception of five years has been amember of its instructing force. Hewas successively instructor, assistantprofessor, associate professor and pro-fessor.

In ,1888 he was made Hayward Pro-fesor f Cvi Eninerin, nd won in

charge of the department of Civil En-gineering, a position which he retainedtill in 1909 he accepted the chair ofCivil Engineering in the GraduateSchool of Applied Science, Harvard.With the agreement for co-operation be-tweenl Harvard and Technology he wasnamned Gordon McKay Professor of Civil-,Engineering in the co-operative courseswith his office at the Institute. Rtehas been the consulting railway en-,gineer for a number of public boards.wvas a, member of the Boston TransitCommission, and has been identifiedwith many engineering works, and theappraisal of many railway enterprises.He has written a number of importantworks on hydraulics and construction.

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(Continued from page 3.)John G. Kelley '14, and T. CushmanNathan '20 have been reported, but thecircumstances surrouhding the death ofthe latter have not yet been madeknown. It is possible that in a short

ltime full details wrill clear up the con-flictinig reports received in this countryas to his death.

Many students have recently become

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The first freshman baseball meetingwas held in the Caf last Tuesday, atwhich Edward O'Hearn was appointedtemporary captain and William Murphyas manager. The eam, will start prae-tice next week on the Technology field,and all junior and senior freshmen areurged to come out. It is hoped that alfcandidates will report at once so thatthe team may be organized as quicklyas possible. Numerals will be awarded.

A week from today the team willmeet Saint Marks School in a practicegame at Southboro. Brookline High isnot to have a team this year Emd Man-ager Murphy is making negotiations totake over their schedule. If this issuccessful the freshmen will have a veryattractive and a, very bard schedule.

No men stand out as stars yet, but ina large class there is bound to be somevery good material. Blackman, whopitched for Watertown High, will prob-ably take the mound against St. Mfarkssnext Saturday.

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