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eat donuts, read, and so forth.Creators of the, structure also
hope tq -have displays of silk-screens or other art .hanging byits walls, and to perhaps use itfor groups such-as coffeehouses.
IRight now three of the plat-forms are in place, but the fin-ished product will have nineplatforms connected by stairsand covered with variously col-ored carpets. Benches will linesome of-the edges and there willbe random pieces of furniture onsome of the platforms. The high-est of the platforms will reachthe second floor and have astairway over the second floorrail.
Four architecture students,Brandt Anderson, Bill. Bersche,Eric Hoffman, -and Karen Vogeldesigned the structure duringJanuary's Independent ActivitiesPeriod. It is being built undertheir direction by about half ofthe Building Processes Course.
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- A recent addition to The Tech'sstaff,- referring to his literary efforts.
"Continuous News ServiceSince 1881."
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RKIDAY, APRIL 9, 1971 MIT, CAMBRIDGE. MASSACHUSETTS FIVE CENTS
-MIT announced Wednesdayrat it-will sell all its financialtterests in the Technologyqtiare project.
The move comes ten yearsfter MIT entered into the ven- ire with Cabot, Cabot, andorbes Co. CC&F now assumeshe role of sole owner of theroject.
Qualified observers speculate!at MIT sold its interests in anffort to increase available oper-ting capital. Since esimates of he property's -value rangeround $10,000,000, and MIT'sriginal share was 2/3, the moveould net MIT six or seven mil-on dollars.
MIT may use the money toLrther develop the Simplex site.
During the past three yearsIT 'has come under fire from MIT MIT dicals for its role in the Tech o-deco-derquare project. The leftists lik-ned the development to imperi- lized tlism, claiming that MIT had the co:isplaced workers for its profit. Square
On the other hand, the city demic-overnment welcomed and benefitncouraged the project, and yes- City of'rd ay the Cambridge Dr.hronicle, a localdaily, editoria- Chairm
discussionother 15 at the KLH Child - Thevelopment Center. series
Experimental groupsThese programs are only way cperimental, though, and do authorit meet the present needs of one fro
MIT community. Over the -attend,t year 35 inquiries were made Virgini;the Tech Nursery School, and bridge)ther 60 inquiries were made Conni,the MIT planning office. HillmarThe group feels that adequate r care services for MIT mustfound as soon as possible.
e Day Care Week, then, will nonstrate the amount of sup- rt for day care here, gather -a on what is needed and who tds it, and will serve as aum of the exchange of infor-tion and ideas. SDS
to itshas sold its interest in Technology Square (above)eloper, Cabot, Cabot & Forbes Co.hat "MIT's involvement innstruction of Technology
... was an act of aca-statesmanship that has
tted both MIT and thef Cambridge."
James R. Killian, Jr.,lan of the MIT Corpora-
dueWeek will operate by aof informal discussionwhich will provide a two-communication betweenities in day care and any-om the community whos. Authorities include:a Burke, from the Cam-
Day Care Association;e Parks and Bernicea, members of the Boardplease turn to page 6)
tion, and Gerald W. Blakeley,Jr., President of CC&F, in mak-ing the joint announcement, saidthat MIT's original principal goalin entering into the project wasto help expand the tax base andjob opportunities in Cambridgeand that this goal has been met.
"MIT's main objective in en-tering, in agreement with theCity, upon the TechnologySquare development was tobuild new taxable property forCambridge and to create newemployment opportunities inthe City," Dr. Killian said.
"That goal has been realized.Technology Square is now thefourth largest source of pa. ertytaxes in the City of Cambridge.New businesses have been at-tracted to the City, and the
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to justify America's SE Asiapolicy has led to disciplinaryaction by an angered Harvardadministration.
Scheduled for Sanders The-atre during. MIT's spring vaca-tion, the teach-in was to includean appearance by the -Vietnam-ese ambassador to the UnitedStates.
Efforts by Harvard officialsto end more than an hour ofshouting by several hundred rad-ical students gathered to protestAmerican policy failed, and themeeting had to be called off.
, Criminal chargesA few days later the universi-
ty filed criminal charges againstthree former Harvard students,SDS leaders who were expelledfor their roles in previous ac-tions. Harvard plans disciplinaryaction against students whoplayed significant roles in thefracas; films shot by universitycameramen will be used foridentification.
The incident roughly paral-leled a similar event at MIT twoyears ago. Walter Rostow, ad-visor to President Lyndon John-son and a prime architect of USVietnam policy, was shouteddown by radicals when he triedto speak in Kresge Auditorium.No disciplinary action was evertaken.
Much of the Harvard com-munity shares a disgust over theincident - one observer reported
By Alex Makowskidisruption of a teach-in
"a display of unity rare in recentyears." Even, Nob-l laureateGeorge Wald, known for hissympathetic support of leftiststudents and their causes, sup-ported a Faculty Council resolu-tion condemning the action.
Derek Bok, Harvard's presi-dent-elect, described the disrup-tion as "another sad example ina long series of efforts through-out history to supress freespeech. We must therefore per-ceive this behavior for what itis: a most serious Challenge tothe individual rights that areessential to the life of the univer-sity."
MIT incidentThe MIT incident developed
when Rostow returned to MITfor a closed seminar with facultymembers of the School of SocialSciences. The Resistance, a left-wing group, learned of the visitand decided to use it as a focalpoint for protests against theVietnam war. The administra-tion countered by scheduling theopen address in Kresge.
Rostow wasn't permittedmuch of an opportunity to pre-sent his case. Repeatedly Resis-tance members shouted ques-tions from the floor and blottedout his answers with their cat-calls. Through it all Rostowremained calm, never losing con-trol cf his temper. The disrup-tion abruptly ended when a pro-jectionist began showing a docu-mentary film produced by a'pro-Hanoi French concern.
MIT faculty opposed to theVietnam war gathered Mondayto begin a more active campaignto end -the war in accordancewith the "People's Peace Trea-ty" negotiated between studentorganizations in North andSouth Vietnam and the UnitedStates.
The meeting, called by Pro-fessors Philip Morrison, Physics;Hayward Alker, Political Sci-ence; Sylvan Bromberger,Humanities; and Eugene Bell,Biology, was attended by about30 faculty, students, and staff.In addition to advocating apeace settlement based upon thePeople's Treaty, the group decid-ed to organize an informationcenter to "actively disseminate"anti-war information.
There was a considerableamount of debate about addinga sentence to the introduction ofthe People's Treaty saying thatthe signers would no longer doany research having militaryapplications. Morrison, whochaired the meeting argued thatthis would divert attention fromthe main goal of working againstthe Vietnam war. The motionwas voted down by a- large mar-gin.
The group voted to substitute
Professor Philip Morrison haprotest against the Vietnamn Wresponsibility in scientific researca new introduction to the treatyreading in part: "The War inIndochina must be stopped. We,individual memberS of the MITcommunity, believe that itshould and can be ended on thebasis of the following Joint Trea-ty of Peace between the peopleof the United States,i North Viet-nam, and South Vietnam.
The treaty proposed that the
been associated with boththe the drive to emphasize
U.S. publicly set a date forcomplete withdrawal, end itssupport of the present SouthVietnamese government,. andrespect the integrity of Laos andCambodia. In return, the treatyasks that the North Vietnameseagree to a coalition governmentand discussions on the return ofAmerican prisoners.
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gives Bidg.7 new lifeBy Pete Materna
Architecture students are hoping to relieve the barrenness of theBuilding 7 lobby with a series of platforms they are nowconstructing there The idea ia to provide a lounge area wherestudents passing tc6-nd from classes can stop, sit down, talk, relax,
GChild careBy Bruce Peetz ano
An informally organized De'group of students, staff, employ-ees, and faculty members, alongwith the MIT planning office, is expsponsoring a Day Care Week notstarting Monday. The group thecalling itself the Day Care Work pasGroup, organized the week after to Xa large number of people ex: anopressed interest in full-day care. of C
In. the past, the only day care available to the MIT'community dayhas been the Tech Nursery beSchool, providing morning -Thesupervision for about 80 chil- dendren. Last year, however, the porNursery set up an experimental dataall-day program for 4 children, neeand the Institute obtained fund- foruing for the full-day care of mat
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of these were waiting for some-thing magical to happen to solveall their problems, but I'm surethat most of them just didn'thave the nerve at first to facetheir parents, and so on."
CAP actionsOf course, not all withdrawals
are voluntary. When a student'sacademic standing is in jeapordy,action must be taken by theCommittee on Academic Perfor-
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written by each Dean followinghis conversations with a with-drawing student." Her classifica-tions of motives, with the num-ber of students involved inparentheses, islisted below:
By Dave SearlsClassically, there ar
distinct ways to get oLinstitute of higher learniuate, flunk, or drop outmisms aside, MIT generresponds to the rule.
Variations on the firiare legion, but the adrtion is widely dispersewhile the second conlies under the auspices
hat few, if any, pat-:lear."he only recognizable,ffnding of the studyseen a predictable yet;e in the number ofwithdrawals over the
years (see figure 1).dith stressed that evens might not be total-
wide and tlre three terns seem cut of an In fact, tng: grad- significant I. Euphe- so far has brally cor- -sporadic ris
voluntary Xit option past severalministra- . Dean Smxn,d. And, these figure,lttingency ly reliable,
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for StudentYYeai "As ofTotal,total ^no idea of
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smith did iinvestigationcourse of stthe way oftions; the nals from eaced roughlyfor that cotexception: 18) account
changing major; sloppingway through MIT; has noidea where headed - seemslikely student may never re-trn to MIT (5)
VII.Miscellaneous (2)A. travel (1)B. extra-curricular activities (1)'
Much overlap"Obviously, there is much
overlap of categories in any onestudent's motives for with-drawal," Dean Smith pointed
YEAR -FALL TERM SPR
NW D Total NW1970-71 31 11 421969-70 24 17 41 24
I. PersonalConcemrns (21)A. personal concerns -
fined (5)_1049--Monfif crisis (2)
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since they indicate C. illness (l1)students who go 1. medical(6)
e office of the Dean 2. psychological 4pschooialy (4 )Affairs.: Affairs. 3. family (1)D. .marriage (2)now, we really have . gettingmarried (1)
the number of stu-1. getting married (1)the number of st- 2. marital difficulties (1)
simply fail to register E. get self together politicallyn - we're working on (1)se figures now." II. Finances(9)depth study A. in debt; needs money (4)n part of the study B. poor financial state and lackned with the 77 vol- of motivation (5)idrawals for the fall III- Parents(3)A. assert independence from,categorized by class parents(1)2), for which Dean B. parentalpressure (2)n-depth, personalized 1. to come (1)is. Itemization by 2. to stay (l)tudy yielded little in IV. Educational (6)f significant correla- A. not sure what it means to g&tlumber of withdraw- and have an education; not:h course correspond- sure if he wants it; not surewith the registration what it's worth (6)urse. There was one V. MIT Education (14)
A. pressure here too great (2)Mathematics (Cofrse 7 B. MIT education not meetingted for 12 of the 77 needs and desires (4)
NO.: C. academic status in jeopardy........... 3 .. . . . . .3 (4). . . .. .. 1~7 D. only wants one degree (2)
.. .. .. .. .30 E. transferring (2).......... 2 V Mavtin22). . . . . . . . . . 22 VI. Motivation (22). . . 3 A. pre-maturere-entry (5)
* - * - -2 B. not sufficiently motivated toown ,satisfaction; confused;uninspired; not working up
. . . . . . . . . . 77 to capacity; needs to getbetter oriented - seems
- Voluntary With- highly probable that studentall, 1970-71 will return to MIT in a term
or two ( i 1),.slightly higher than o w I1no-ain Qr igher Wk n C. unproductive; drifting; keeps
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through the Deadrawalsfice. (Figure 3) - Actions of the Committee on Academic Performance
(CAP); NW = Negotiated Withdrawal, D = Disqualification.demic Performance), the causesand processes involved are rela-tively standardized. But, in thecase of a voluntary withdrawal, alarge number of students leavingthe Institute for one or severalof many different reasons is fun-neled into'a single office: that ofthe Dean'for Student Affairs.
Nanette Lee Smith, an Assis-tant to the Dean who joined thesmall counseling staff last fall,undertook recently to compilestatistics and other significantinformation concerning studentsleaving the Institute over a per-iod of time. Her immediate aimwas to create a tool by whichthe office might more effectivelydeal with students' individualproblems, possibly by recogniz-ing trends and correlations insuch factors as background,course of study, and livinggroup.
"We wanted something moresolid 'to work with," she toldThe Teck. "Up 'til now, we'vebeen sitting at meetings and talk-ing just on the basis of our ownimpressions. For example, wehad been under the impressionthat an abnormally high percent-age of students were leavingschool from a certain livinggroup; our Withdrawals studyhas shown us we were wrong onthat.",
No conclusionsNevertheless, Dean Smith
warns against any hasty conclu-sions on the basis of the limnitednumber of students that have sofar been studied. In the intro-duction to her study, she writes:
"May I caution the reader tokeep in mind the relatively smallnumber of students being dis-cussed in this review. It is tooearly to reach any conclusionsfrom the limited informationprovided. It is interesting tonote, however, that the distribu-tion in all categories of review is
out, "particularly among sec-tions II, V, and VI, in myexperience.
"As far as academic trouble isconcerned, we found that 22 outof the 77 had received at leastone warning from CAP, thoughthe vast majority of these hadreceived no more than one.
"Also, of the 77 voluntarywithdrawals, 13 had alreadybeen away from the Institute fora term, and two more for morethan a term.
"One phenomenon we no-ticed was a varying time lagbetween when students stoppedgoing to classes and when theytalked to a Dean and signed. awithdrawal card. In fact, themajority took from between twoweeks to more than two monthsto see us. I think perhaps a few
mance (CAP). Such action cantake either one of two forms:disqualification (the conven-tional "flunking out") or negoti-ated withdrawal, the latter beinga new option, initiated in thespring of 1969. It is described onpage 2 of "Procedures for With-drawal from MIT:"
"When -evidence seems toindicate that a student could
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CLASS:('70) . .'71 (yr. 4)'72 (yr. 3)'73 [yr. 2)'74 (yr. 1)Special
Total . .
(Figure 2)drawals - Fa
WUULUa Ue expec;JtEeL;U. Jcean m111LLn,however, could make no conjec-ture concerning this anomaly.
The hardest part of the study,according to Dean Smith, in-volved compiling the variety ofreasons for the voluntary with-drawals, which she attempted todo by "carefully reviewing notes
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the- external signs ot academicsuccess; They would be freed tobase their self-identity, on per--sonal interactionrls.
At 'the same time, this pres-ents tremendous hindrances tothe full acceptance' of pass/failby.students. Before it can ,pe asuccess, students mus'tbe able to'forsake theif-lpsychological de-pendence on grading as a meansfor establishing their identity.
Hopefully, this can be accom-plished, but. the task will nodoubt be long and difficult.Twelve years of education haveinculcated in students a psy-chological dependence on gradesThe dependence will certainly behard to break, and the freshmanyear, with all its other uncertain-ties, offers the least chance ofbreaking this deep-seated de-pendence.
If the dependence on gradesis ever to be broken (and gradesmean more than just the marks astudent receives-in school; theymean the whole system societyhas evolved to confer. statusthrough the use of symbols) andpeople are to begin to form anevaluation of themselves whichis honest and dependent only ontheir relationships with otherpeople, grading must be elim-inated -from all four years ofcollege. Freshman pass/fail isonly stop-gap measure, aimed ata symptom. It fails to attack thereal problem, and the real prob-lem, htiman dependence on ex-ternal status symbols for self-identity, is already beginning torise up in conflict with it.
N > xon--1By Peter Peckarksy
WASH1NGTON-(April 7) To-night, speaking from the OvalRoom of the White House Presi-dent Nixon presented the factsso the American people coulddecide for themselves aboutVietnam. Contrary to pre-speechpublicity, the President did notreveal "the light at the end ofthe tunnel," or, in fact, indicateexplicitly when the end of thetunnel would be reached.
Mr. Nixon reminded theAmerican people that he hadpromised, during the 1968 cam-paign, to end U.S. involvementin the war. Tonight he said heexpected to be held accountablefor his performance in thisregard (in other words, Pres.Nixon is planning to -stand forre-election). So, let's "look atthe record" and make a fewthings "perfectly clear."
A net flux of I00,000 menout of South Vietnam in theseven months between May Iand December I of this yearamounts to a monthly with-drawal rate of approximately14,300 men, higher than the rate
from May 1, 1970 to May 1,1 )7 1, of 12,500 men per month.The authorized troop strength of549,000 on January 20, 1969,has been ordered reduced to284,000 on May 1, 1971, and
into this new environment, eachfreshman begins to cast aboutfor new criteria for judging hisworth against his peers. He seeksto establish his identity and gainsome mark of personal distinc-tion from the hundreds of otherstudents around him.
For many, the only accept-able, and, more importantly, theonly attainable way of earningdistinction among his papers isthrough academic success - andgrades are the most easily recog-nizable symbols of success in theacademic community.
In. this context, grades aresmuch more- than simply a mea-sure of 'a student's progress inlearning. They become-the solemeans for many students to es-tablish their own identity. Theybecome a psychological necessi-ty.
This means that pass/fail isfighting against much more thanfaculty intransigence. In order forit to become anything more thana superficial success; that is, inorder for it to promote any realchanges in the attitudes behindeducation, students must beginto accept non-grading fully. Thepsychological implications of itsacceptance are immense. Itwould mean that students wouldno longer base their identity on
By L.e Giguere"... Inost coimlnon is the
inldividual who welcomes the re-lief froin pressure offired bypass/fail - and yet is annoyedbecause he does trot have a rankto compare /his work With otherstudents. The system suggestedis to give marks inl the form ofletter grades but not have themrecorded. " -FAC Survey
Pass/fail may be headed forfailure, not due to any inherentfault but because of the temper-ment of the students who areadmitted to MIT.
Every year MIT sifts throughits applications for the smartest(and implicitly) most competi-tive students who have been atthe top of their class academical-ly (as well as the leaders in theirschools 'socially and political-ly).
Once a'student enters MIT asa freshman,-however, he loses allthe social preeminence that hewon in high school. A seeminglyinsignificant member of thegreat mass of MIT students as hewalks from lecture to lecture,the new student cannot help butfeel his identity threatened whenhe is stripped of all the "symbolsof status" that bolstered hisidentity in high school.
Thrown like a naked child
MIT - false image?
To the Editor:The Tech was quite right
when it stated in an editorialMarch 23 that "too many peoplefar removed from the campusshare some rather mistakenviews about what MIT has tooffer." In high school I did havesome very mistaken views aboutMIT - solely derived from MITpublications.
MYTH 1: I read about theMIT Symphony Orchestra andfigured I stood a fair chanceamong MIT students of gettinginto it. FACT: Fully a third ofthe orchestra members (ten offourteen woodwind players) arenot MIT students. My highschool had a much larger instru:mental music program for 4500students.
MYTH 2: I read that studentswrote, directed and produced anannual Tech Show. FACT: Thetraditional Tech Show isdefunct. (The Tech 'neverrrmournedi it or explained -why.)
MYrTH 3: One can take sub-·jects like "History of Engineer-ing" or "Creative Photography"for humanities. FACT: 21.411 isnot offered this year, and youhave to win a lottery to take4.051. (Has The Tech criticizedthis situation?)
MYTH 4:It is now possible tocross-register at Wellesley.FACT: It's damned near impos-sible if you are a Course !i majorwith a moderate course load.
MYTH 5: it is possible formost students at MIT to becomespecialists in scientific or techni-
cal areas while participatingactively in other departments..FACT: MIT is an assemblage ofexperts where performancecounts, an undesignated studentis a man without a country, andmoderation is sometimes preach-ed but never practiced. Ratherthan praise the MIT Symphonyfor its professional performance,The Tech might find out whythere is no orchestra for ama-teurs at MIT. Instead of pushingfor a twin of MIT polarizedabout the humanities, The Techshould examine ways divergentdisciplines can be fully inte-grated into the life of the Insti-tute.
As a start, the faculty coulddepolarize itself. Why not ahumanities requirement for sci-ence and engineering profs and ascience distribution requirementfor humanities faculty?
Daniel Silber '72
Save the grassTo the Editor:
Spring is on its way and withit frisbees, kites, and just loafingin Kresge plaza. But is theregoing to be any grass to run on,to sit on, to lie on? Or will therebe just dust and dirt? If wecontinue to use the grass for aside walk there won't be any leftto play or relax on. It takesabout five seconds longer towalk around than to cut across.Isn't it worth five seconds tohave grass on campus? Please usethe side walks for travel and savethe grass for fun.
Don't kill-tlhe grass!A grass freak
South Vietnam and would offerthem no incentive to negotiatean end to the war and the releaseof all' prisoners. 'Mr. Nixonasserted that the goal of U.S.involvement in Vietnam was togive the South Vietnamese achance to survive instead ofbeing overrun by the Commun-ists. The President posited that aprecipitate withdrawal (i.e.bringing the boys home now, orperhaps at the rate of 60,000men a month between December1, 1.971 and March i, 1972, toforestall a primary challenge byRep. Paul McCloskey) wouldallow the Communists to prevailin Vietnam. He does not want todo this. Yet, as his actions withrespect to Lt. Calley -haveshown, when it comes to achoice between principle andpolitical expediency, RichardNixon usually opts for exped-iency. Let us hope things willchange.
Recrimination?The President also predicted
that a wave of. massive recrimina-tion would sweep the country ifthe Communists were to con-quer South Vietnam.· A crucialquestion is what will happen ifthe North Vietnamese win aftera gradual American witfidrawal.In his assessment of the Laotianoperation, Mr. Nixon said thatthe incursion demonstrated thatthe Laotians can stand up to theNorth Vietnamese withoutAmerican advisors. He failed toaddress the issue of whether theSouth Vietnamese can hold theirown against their enemies with-out massive American air ;-ndlogistic support. It is clear thatw'ithout -U.S. ta-ctical air forces,the Laotian invasion would nothave been planned. Further-more, the operation obviouslydid not destroy the North Viet-namese war-making potentialsince North 'Vietnamese losseswere iess than those during the
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184,000 on December 1, 1971.In short, Mr. Nixon, on Decem-ber first, will find himself in theposition of having withdrawnfrom South Vietnam two-thirdsof the men fighting in Vietnamat the time of his inauguration.Where will he go from there?
Residual force?In tonight's talk, Mr. Nixon
gave no indication of maintain-ing a residual force in SouthVietnam as has been done inKorea. It seems clear that theAmerican people, who put Mr.Nixon in the White House andwho .can, as he well knows,remove him from office, will nottolerate a decrease in the rate oftroop withdrawal from South-east Asia. At.the rate of 14,300men per month, all U.S. troopswould be withdrawn from SouthVietnam by January 1, 1973. Itis possible that he will try to sellthis . plan' to the people inDecember and campaign on it in1972.
Reveal the date?Thus, this appears to be the
latest date at which U.S. involve-ment in Vietnam could end ifMr. Nixon decides to withdrawall U.S. troops. However, he saidthat if he were to reveal the dateto the eneminy it would allow theenemy 'to attack Americantroops as they were leaving
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(Conttinued from page 3)truly profit from being awayfrom MIT for a term or more,CAP may suggest a negotiatedwithdrawal. This means that theDepartment and the CAP feelthe student will be able to finish'the necessary requirements foran MIT degree, but that, at thepresent time, it would be mostbeneficial for him to be awayfrom the Institute for a while.The negotiated withdrawal is notan academic penalty, but rathera method -by which the Instituteseeks to encourage and help stu-dents make their educationalprocess more meaningful."Actions of the CAP are summa-rized in the table (see figure 3).
Living group studyFurther studies based on the
77 voluntary withdrawals (dis-tinct from the negotiated with-drawals) included a categoriza-tion by living group. These,again, were. largely inconclusive,although a relatively small num-ber came from McCormick.
Dean Smith stressed again thelack of conclusions to be drawnfrom the data. "All this doesn'tmake much difference now - itis a beginning, though. At some
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There are two ways to dothis. First, when you hear radioprogramming you like, write notonly to the station, but to the"Federal Communications Com-mission, Washington, D.C." Thesame should hold true if youhear a station whose program-ming consistently makes.you ill.The FCC sits up and pays atten-tion to letters from the listeners.And, if your complaint is speci-fic enough, the FCC will send acopy of-your letter to the sta-tion (with your name masked)and demand that the stationexplain its action. This kind ofinquiry from the licensingagency which controls the sta-tions' ability to broadcast usu-ally brings immediate attention,although not always action. But,if no action is forthcoming andthe FCC receives enough com-plaints on the same topic, onoccasion action is taken.
The other method to influ-ence the station is to call it andrequest that you be included intheir survey of communityneeds. The FCC requires that thestation survey its "communityof license" and determine thecommunity's needs and desiresin terms of programming. Thestation may tell you that theywill not be taking one for a yearor so. If that is the case, it is upto you to persist, and call themback at the proper time. But donot let them fool you: the FCCstates that they cannot farm thischore out; that they must per-form it themselves. Interpreta-tion of the 'rules is difficult;some say that only communityleaders need be interviewed,others say community membersmust be included.
To be effective however, youmust know what you want outof radio. Have you ever thoughtabout it? If you don't, someoneelse will think about it for you -and what they come up withmay sound a lot like W*KO.
(By the way, (see paid adelsewhere in this issue) SamPatch, the greatest story evertold, so far ... is going to be 'onWTBS this Saturday evening at9:30 pm. Just because I directedit is no reason to listen; listenbecause it just happens to begood. As a matter of fact, it'sthe funniest musical-tragedy I'vedirected in a long time.)
itself, yet use it in his undergrad-uate teaching (at least of non-majors) only as a backgroundresource."
While Burchard skirts theproblem of tenure, he does statethat, as a consequence of histheory that an instructor shouldhave some affection for what heteaches, care should be taken toinsure proper qualificationsamong instructors, and not justpersonal interest. In line 'withthis, he proposes that "the entirelist (of required humanitiescourses) should be examined bya non-partisan ad hoc group" inorder to insure-"a match ofquality of the subject matterwith the specific capacities ofthe teacher ... but also the.ex-tent to which the subject matterseems to relate to the reasonswhy there are humanities re-quirements at all."
"I believe that MIT will makeits greatest contribution to a
future better society through theproduction of graduates whohave both technological skill anda highly developed sense'of whatI can only call social morali-ty . . ." concludes Burchard.
"Sermons and lectures of hor-tatory character will not achieveanything. ..Humanities courseswill be only tangentially rele-vant, whether they deal withWittgenstein, King Lear, Plato,or Che Guevera; and most socialscience courses only a little moreso; (but) it leaves too much tochance to expect that the experi-ence will automatically occur insome of the professionalcourses.., Most MIT undergrad-uates should have an experienceor a chance at an experiencepossible only in a project type ofcourse, in which the evaluationof alternatives will be a principalpurpose, assessing economic, po-litical, ecological, social, aesthet-ic, and other consequences."
By David SearlsAn' "additional written com-
ment" on the report of the MITCommission, by John E.Burchard, Dean Emeritus of theSchool of Humanities and SocialScience, has been made availableto the MIT -cornmunity.---
The' conments;, 'which takethe form of a personal letter toProfessor... Kenneth' Hoffman,Chairman of the Commission,deal with'the -undergraduate hu-manities ·program and its func-tion in' developing a "social con-science"' in scientists and engi-neers.
Burchard begins by expres-sing a belief that educationcould go far toward solving theproblems of our technologicalsociety by instilling an attitudeof "Naderism" in scientists;
"By and large we have noteducated our students to be cou-rageous when they have foundtheir employers to be doing bador potentially bad things' ...Theie are just as many covertsanctions at work in the armiesof industry (or labor unions) asthere are overt ones in the De-partment of Defense."
In considering the role of ahumanities education in this pur-suit, Burchard sees a need tointimately acquaint studentswith the idea of the "great men"of history, who have "struggledwith human problems in situa-tions where, though the detailsmay have been different frofhours, the principles involvedwere not .. "
'Least possible gloss'"The encounter should be di-
rect with the least possible gloss,between the student and thegreat mind," continues Bur-chard. "The' instructor who over-explains Dante or Aquinas isbutting in on and diluting theencounter."
Rather, a humanities instruc-tor should concern himself witha rich knowledge of the back-ground material, believes Bur-chard, and not with intensiveanalysis for his students.
"This is where scholarshipcomes in - to provide him witha background so richbthat he isnever in difficulty with the fore-ground; and it should .not implythat he is io carry his generalstudents with him into his spe-cial investigations ... Somehowa good teacher of the humanitiesmust establish within himself theability to cultivate his scholarlyactivity as an imporant thing in
peace. Richard Nixon has oftensaid that he is a student ofhistory. One historical factshould be added into his calcula-tions.
Every West Point class, with-out exception, has fought in atleast one war. Hence, while fer-vently hoping that the Presidentis Successful in achieving his
.goal, one must realistically notethat his probability of success islow.
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Withdrawals
By Paul SchindlerAs a general rule, one doesn't
find a blanket review of a med-ium in a column of this type.That is usually left to MarshallMcLuhan and others of his sta-ture, and I am not going to setmyself up as their equal. I willsay that I have been in educa-tional and commercial radio forfour years. I know what themedium can do; to put itanother way, what it isn't doing.
There is something wrongwith radio. If I could put myfinger on it, I'd be rich. I can't.Instead, listen to your radio.What do you hear? Music. Allmusic; more music; happy mu-sic; the latest music. If it's theright time of day, you can hearall news, or all talk. Radio billsitself as an entertainment med-ium, however. Is music the onlyform of entertainment you canthink of?
That's certainly not the case.But talk to or write to a com-mercial radio station manager.He will tell you that his stationis in a commercial strait-jacket;that if they dare to experimenteven a little, their revenue willdisappear along with their aud-ience. College stations are lockedin by the fact that their formatsmust be similar, they say, or elsethey will have no audience. Sono one experiments very much,and radio continues a 20-yeartrend into blahness.
It doesn't have to be thatway, you know. Radio in thiscountry is controlled by a'fed-eral agency known as the Fed-eral Communications Commis-siobf (FCC). Right now, you maysay, "But I already know that."What you may not know, unlessyou keep up on the news of thisq ui ckly-changing business, isthat the FCC has taken a newstance: radio and TV stations-must acutally serve the com-
point we have to stop talking offthe top of our heads...
"Another thing we're goingto do is to start a study ofreadmissions: Some will alwayscome back after a term or two,and we want to see why theycame back, and what they didwhile they were gone, and whathappened to convincie them tocome back.
"We're looking forward to atime when we will be able totrace problems back and takesome positive action before astudent feels he must withdraw,if the reasons are anything otherthan personal."
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1968 Tet offensive; as the hastyconclusion of the Laotian inva-sion and the failure of the inva-sion to meet its goals demon-strate, the North Vietnamese arestill fighting three years afterTet.
Generation of peace?In conclusion, the President
reaffirmed that his goal is to endthis war in such a way that weshall have a full generation of
Memorial Foundation in memory of Mr. Stewart, amember of the class of t923 and a member of the MITCorporation from 1952 until his death in 1963.
The Stewart Awards are given in recognition ofoutstanding contributions by undergraduate studentorganizations or by their individual members.
Nominations should be received by Miss Litman inthe Association of Student Activities Office, Rm 451,Student Center, not later than April 28.
Nominations are invited for the James N. MurphyAward to be given to an Institute employee at theAwards Convocation in May. The award was estab-lished in- 1967 as a memorial to Mr. Murphy for hisimmeasurable contributions to community life at theInstitute. It will be given to an employee whose spiritand loyalty exemplify this kind of inspired anddedicated service, especially with regard to students.
Nominations may be in the form of a short letterand will be considered by a committee of students andemployees. They'should be addressed to Dean Robert1. Holden (7-101), and must be received by April 28.
Nominations are now open for the Karl TaylorCompton Awards. These prizes are usually given toeither seniors-or graduate students or organizations ofMIT in recognition of highly significant contributionsto the quality of life at the Institute. Anyone in theMIT Community may submit a nomination to theSelection Committee, Compton Awards, in care ofProf. Roy Feldman, Rm. E53-490. Nominationsshould include supporting material, and must besubmitted by April 28. The awards are donated by theBoston Stein Club, an MIT Alumni organization, andwill be presented at the annual Awards Convocation inMay. The Selection Committee consists of representa-tives of the student body, the faculty, the Office ofthe Dean for Student'Affairs, the Graduate Student-Council, and the Donor Organization.
To provide recognition f6r contributions to extra-curricular life at MIT, the student and faculty mem-bers of the Activities .Development Board presentannually the William L. Stewart, Jr. Awards. These aremade possible by a granit from the' W.L. Stewart Jr.
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The work group stresses theinformal air of these discussions.Although several topics will bediscussed on different days, thegroup is anxious for anyone tocome on any day they can makeit. Part of the function of theWeek is to answer any questionsthe MIT community membersmay have about day care. SueUdin, a representative of thegroup, stressed this.
"We want to talk to anyonewho is even remotely connectedwith MIT and is interested in thepossibility of day care at MIT.We need their ideas and theirsupport to demonstrate thenecessity of such a program atMIT. Men should not considerthemselves exempt. If they arefathers or prospective fathers, orsimply have an opinion on thesubject of day care, we want totalk with them."
The first three days of theWeek, the discussion will focusprimarily on the types of child
Maine, MIT acquired its Cam-bridge industrial site with theexpectation of eventually devel-oping the site into a moderncomplex of housing and businessyielding more taxes to the Cityand more job opportunities thanbefore.' MIT has already embarked on
a program of helping Cambridge-enlarge and expand the amountof housing available in the Cityfor families of all incomes. This"Housing Program in Cam-bridge" has the potential ofdeveloping some 1,600 to 1,700new units -of housing - abouthalf for low-income families andthe elderly
The Technology Square pro-ject was started about a decadeago. It is believed to be the firsttime an academic institution(MIT) had joined with a privatedeveloper'in creating a modemrnoffice and research center facil-ity. Land for the project wasassembled in two parcels- onethrough purchase of an anti-quated soap factory, which hadclosed down, and the otherthrough the purchase of an adja-cent site from the CambridgeRedevelopment Authority whichhad acquired the property forurban renewal purposes.
(Continued from page 1)work force in Tech Square num-bers about 2,000.
"As an educational institu-tion, however, MIT is not in thebusiness of continuing such realestate developments. Thus, thetime has come for MIT to with-draw from this investment. Itdoes so with the assurance ofCC&F that the development willcontinue as planned."
Mr. Blakeley said CC&F willcarry out all original and presentplans for the full development ofTechnology Square beyond itspresent levels. The change inownership, he said, will not af-fect in any way.either the pre-sent uses and management of theproperty or the plans for itsfurther development.
"CC&F has been a partner inthe formulating of plans forTechnology Square and has hadthe responsibility as developerfor carrying out those plansfrom the beginning of the pro-ject. We intend to carry throughon those plans in every way, andthere.will be no change in thepurpose of development, " Mr.Blakeley said.
Dr. Killian said MIT washighly gratified with the successof Technology Square in produc-ing jobs and tax revenue for theCity and pleased with its part-nership with'-CC&F in carryingthe project to self-sufficiency.With its role in this developmentcompleted, the Institute will bebetter able to see through adevelopment program of com-parable benefit to the City onthe site formerly occupied bythe Simplex Wire and CableCompany.
When Simplex moved out ofCambridge to a new location in
MIT obtained finances to subsidize 15 children of the MITcommunity at the KLH Child. Development Center (above)
deal with the data gathered ear-lier in the week. The cost isunexpectedly high, running asmuch as a college education inprofessional day care centers dueto the I to 7 staff to childrenratio required for infants.
The discussions will be heldin room 491 of the StudentCenter Monday, Wednesday, andFriday, and in E52461 on'Tues-day and Thursday.
care that should be provided:Family care, infant care, groupcare in a center, nursery schools,playgroups, or coordinatedhome care. A questionnaire willbe distributed on these days togather specific data.
Subsequent discussion will bein the form of work groupsconcerned with actual short andlong term, proposals feasibleunder financial constraints that
educate and stimulate the gene-ral public with regard to innova-tive concepts in vehicle techno-logy that concern urban-area ve-hicles.
The third main objective is tocontribute to the solution of anexisting problem by focusingupon a project within the trans-portation field - specifically,the design and construction ofan urban-area vehicle.
The second objective is alrea-dy being realized to some ex-tent, as a non-profit organizationcalled Student Competitions OnRelevant Education (SCORE) isnow incorporating and will even-tually serve the purpose of spon-soring such student competi-tions. It. is possible that SCOREwill sponsor the UVDC.
The entries will be judged bya panel of experts who will maketheir judgement on the basis ofemissions, performance, noise,turning radius, parkability, safe-ty, production cost, ability tocrash without damage, energyefficiency, driveability, andspace utilization.
socially relevant problems. Thecommittee has received positiveresponses from more than 50 ofthe 200 Deans of Engineeringcontacted, and it is expectedthat there will be at least 50entrants in the UVDC.
Perhaps the most valuablething a student can learn from agroup interaction of this type isthat a specialty is not so con-fining as he feared, for eachcompeting car will represent thework of many different types ofengineers as well as chemistryand management students.
Many students fear picking amajor field of study becausethey do not know what theywould like to spend their livesdoing. It is hoped that this pro-ject will help lift the curtain onthe "real world" and will showhow several apparently divergentcourses of concentration can alllead to a single project.
The committee states as thefirst of its three main objectivesa desire to stimulate a project-oriented approach in engineeringeducation which will be sociallyrelevant. The committee hopesthat this will encourage studentsto confront real-world situationsand will provide a valuable sup-plement to academic activities.
The second objective is to
By Buddy MillerLast year's Clean Air Car
Race (CACR), when all thehoopla died away, proved thatthere are ways of lowering pollu-tion emissions from present-daycars; that there are other ideasworthy of research that can cutpollution even more; and thatcollege students are not onlycapable of working on the tech-nical aspects of these problems,but they, also have a deepinterest in doing so.
Now we are once again in-volved in an intercollegiate cleancar contest, but the rules andobjectives are considerably dif-ferent from those of the CACR.
The new contest is known asthe Urban Vehicle Design Com-petition (UVDC) and is beingorganized by an all-student com-mittee located at MIT. Com-posed of students from severalschools, the committee is headedby Robert Michaud, a senior incivil engineering at the Institute.lie emphasizes the fact that theUVDC is not a race nor a merelo w -e x h ua st -e m is sioncompetition, but is rather a con-test to design and build an entirecar for use exclusively in urbanareas.
The contest will not be coast-to-coast but instead will bestaged in one of more citieswhere entrants can be testedagainst real urban driving condi-tions. The competition is sche-duled for the summer of 1972,
.and one of the cities will defi-nitely be Detroit so that theelaborate equipment for exhausttesting which is located therecan be used.
One could postulate dozensof far-reaching effects the com-petition might produce, but it ismore reasonable to extrapolatedirectly from what the CACRbegan to do. Students learnedsome of the problems whichappear when trying to reducethe emissions of an engine.Schools learned that studentswork harder when inspired by aproject or competition. Finally,school spirit was aimed at aconstructive, educational goal.
Changes are now being madearound the country to keep stu-dents inspired and working on
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A recently completed survey,conducted by the Freshman Ad-visory Council, probed studentreaction to MIT's advisory sys-tem, as well as pass/fail, registra-tion/scheduling, course and sub-ject interests, publications and1AP.
The survey revealed.that prac-tically no students felt theirrelationship with their freshmanadvisor Was "close." Most, infact, described their relationshipin terms that suggested the rela-tionship was "formal" or."semi-formal." (None of these labelsactually appeared on-the ques-tionnaires, which had descrip-tions of possible relationshipsinstead.)
Advisor desirableHowever, "Most freshmen
thought it was relatively desira-ble to have an advisor - theirideal advisor'- but they alsoexpected nothing or almost no-thing from an advisor." Accord-ing to the survey, the advisor "isvery likely to be among thepeople the student -eventuallyseeks out (for help with a per-sonal problem)."
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On Monday, March 22, theBoston Car Cooperative installedthe first of four commuter rideboards in the E 19 Servendlunchroom at MIT. These boardsare for the convenience of regu-lar commuters to MIT and aredesigned to match neighborswho would like to travel in carpools.
According to Bob Miller, agraduate student in Course Ill,the Cooperative. has two majorgoals: first, to reduce air pollu-tion by encouraging car pools,which reduce the number Of carson the road, and second, tocreate a popular awareness ofthe general advantages of grouptravel over one-to-a-car travel -advantages both environmentaland financial.
It is hoped that the rideboards will help attain thesegoals by pairing neighbors -travel-ing on similar schedules, whomight never otherwise knoweach other.
For further informationabout the activities of the Bos-ton Car Cooperative, you maycall: 354-9490 (Greater BostonEcology Action), x3312 (BobMiller) or x1702 (Jane Sauer).
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Poll analyzes advisor systemand juniors), the survery reports,responded in much the sameways as the freshmen sampled.Characterizations of relationswith upperclass advisors revealedthat their relationships were"much more formal."
Associate advisorsThe associate advisor pro-
gram, according to one of thestudents who analyzed the ques-tionnaires, is weak. "The asso-ciate advisor plays a weak role incounseling the freshmen." Hisrole is "limited to advising incurriculum decisions." A largenumber of the respondents indi-cated that "the -associate ad-visors had only a small chance oftaking hold at MIT."
Pass/fail, the survey reports,received "enthusiastic support"from "almost everyone." How-ever, the survey analysts claimthat the responses "sound toomuch like they came from the'book (the Freshman Handbook)-rather than a true evaluation ofpass/fail's impact." The surveyalso notes that while studentsfavor being graded pass/fail, theystill seek to have grades withwhich they can compare theirwork with that of other stu-dents. Students appear to "wel-come the relief" from pressureand the lessening of academicdemands, while claiming thatthey were less motivated andannoyed by not having a rank tocompare their work with that ofother students.
Change in major"More than 50% of the fresh-
men who responded to the ques-tion changed their choice ofmajor since coming to MIT."The main reasons for- changingmajor, the survey revealed, are
"I ) change in academic interests,2) job scarcity in a particularfield, 3) experience in freshmensubjects, 4) personal changes."Almost 2/3 of the upperclass-men who responded hadchanged major. The "most im-portarlt" criterion, according tothe survey, .sdintes t in thefield," while jobs were of lessconcern'to upperclassmen.
Analysis in the survey arguedthat "people tend to feel thatchoice of major is a very person-al decision and they place greatimportance on contact withupperclassmen and faculty.""Personal interest," the reportclaims, is predominant.
R/O weekResponse concerning Resi-
dence/Orientation week waslargely negative. "Many peopleexpressed not relaxation or bore-dom, but disgust with the pro-cess... "
The survey consisted of sevendifferent questionnaires Sent tofive different samples of fresh-men, two of sophomores, andone of juniors. Each sample was1 0% of the class at MIT. Thereport on the survey, preparedby Nancy Wheatley '71, statedthat "the study was undertakento get a sampling of studentexperience and opinion and wasnot intended to be a rigorousresearch effort." Other studentswho assisted in analyzing theresponses were Bill Mize '72,Waiter -Middlebrook '74, Bill Or-chard '74, Ed Ringel '74, PeteMesseri '72, Steve Cochi '73,Paul Levy '72, John Napier '72,and Barbara Bowling,
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* Finance Board Budget hearings for amademic year 1971-72 will beheld in W20-401 on Apri! 13, 14, and 21 at 7:30 prm.
* Alpha Phi Omega will be going to the Children's Zoo in FranklinPark to do painting and cleaning in preparation for the opening of thezoo this spring. Anyone interested is invited. Meet at the APO office(W20-415) at 9 am this Saturday (April 10). Call x3788 or x7765 fordetails.
* The Walker Memorial Assembly Ball Committee regretfully announ-ces the discontinuation of the William Halnilton Carlisle Assembly Ball,an annual spring event at the Institute for the last 36 years. We wish tothank anyone who has aided the Committee over this time.
* MIT Creative Photo Lab announces a lottery for places in CreativePhotography. 4.051 for the fall term 1971 to be held on Monday, May17, 1971. Sign up in W31-310 (duPont Gym, third floor) between April12 and May 14. All students except freshmen are eligible.
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PAGE8 FRIDAY, APRIL9,1971 THETECH ; ..
By Patrick BaileyThe rugby club opened its
Spring season with twio excitingand- satisfying games against theBoston Pilgrims teams Saturday.The A team bowed 6-8 to thePilgrims first team, while the Bteam trounced the Pilgrim's sec- ·
onds 12-3.The A tea-m played a very
spirited and aggressive~ game,gradually dominating the scrumplay from the first. half on. Teamwork and good support by theforwards resulted in a near tryby Tech Capt. Frank Gaughan,but the half ended scoreless withneither side showing a definiteadvantage.
The Pilgrims scored twice ear-ly in the second half, capitalizingon two Tech errors: an intercep-ted pass and a well-blocked kick.The second conversion wasmissed, and Tech was down 0-8.Then the Tech back line startedto come alive with spectacularruns by Wayne Book and BobCharles to set up two penaltygoals, both converted by EdWalker. Tech could not pene-trate again, and the game ended6-8.
The B game was dominatedby MIT. Jim Hunt 'and RalphMasiello led the forwards in de-molishing all aggressive efforts
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The heavyweights have notwon a race against regular seasoncompetition ''since April 20,[968, and are really spoiling-fora win. According to coach Pete.Holland, the squad is in goodshape. "We're definitely faster atthis time of year than last," heexplained.
Also on Saturday, the Techtrack team travels to Durham,New Hampshire; to meet theUniversity of New Hampshiresquad. Coming off an outstand-ing 6-1 indoor season, the thin-clads sport an especially strongfield team. Led by Brian Moore(shot', hammer, discus), DaveSWilson pole vault), and Scott
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I'm going to let you playcoach. Your are in 'the secondinning of a game against BostonCollege. You have not beaten BCin twenty-three years. The tem-perature is 42, and a twentymile-an-hour' i-nd blows. towardright field. The score i. I-{ and
.you have a runner on third'withone out. Do you squeeze?-
Same game; score 1-I; bot-tom of 'the third. You haverunners on 'first. and third withtwo outs. Your number threehitter is at:'the plate; he struckout last time. Your runner onfirst is smart; your runner atthird is quick. Do you run thedelayed- steal?
It's now the top of the eighth.The game has been a pitcher'sduel, with the score still 1-1.Runners On first ·and third for'BC. Do you -have the secondbaseman and shortstop' play forthe double play, or p5lay for theplay at the plate? - -
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-and several others, - and madethese choices: in the, first case hedidn't squeeze, in the second hedid not run the steal, and he hadhis infielders play for the play- atthe plate in the eighth. The
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