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NWAVY SUBSCRIBES HEAVILYTO THIRD LIBERTY LOAN

More Than 18 Million Dollars Investedin Liberty Bonds.

The Navy subscribed more than eigh-teen and a half million dollars to theThird Liberty Loan.

Final reports, just compiled, from na-val units in all parts of the world inal-cated that the first estimates of theNavy's Liberty Loan triumph were ex-tremely conservative.

The Navy's total in the Third Loanexceeds by more than four and a halfmillion dollars the combined Navy totalfor the first and second loans.

Tos date, the bluejackets, officers, andcivilian employees of the Navy havemobilized for the nation's cause morethan thirty-two and a half million fight-ing dollars.

"Let us thrill the world again by ourinspiring response." ur-aed Secretarv Dan-iels at the outset of the campalign onApril 6.

The answer that came back to thisappeal, the answver that came back toSims and Mayo and t o the Americanfighting men on the far-flung, battlefields.-was not only inspiring, it was over-wvhelming. It proveed again that for theAmerican Navy "our all is not too much, 'and by its superb example, it helped theembattled nation attain a third gloriousvictory for Liberty.

Herbert Goldsmith 'i8 Tells ofFine Spirit of Troops

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GAS IS SIGNALLED AND MEN START TO PUT ON MASKRS

The war is brought more closely home to us when we see the menperforming the gas-mask drill. The gas-mask is one of the most essen-tial defensive weapons in modern warfare. Poisonous gases are usedby both the Allies and the Huns, although the idea originated with thelatter. The use of gas is increasing weekly in offensive movements.It has been said that the recent Tueton drive owed its success to favor-able winds which blew the gas over the Allied lines.

At the U. S. Army School of Mlilitary Aeronautics, as well as inthe Army-cantonments,-in-struction in the use of the gas-mask is beinggiven. The aim of the drill is to enable the men to don the mask as ex-peditlonlsly and efficiently as possible. The soldiers must learn to breathethrough the mask, and to feel at home in it. At the signal the men puton and adiust the masks. Then follows drill including marching atdouble time. The work is necessarily uncomfortable, but the lives ofman! may depend on its application in the trenches. After these pre-liminary operations the men are subjected to gas in the gas-chamber.Aviators are not exempt from the use of masks, owing to the employ-ment of gas shells in bombing bases, hangars, etc.

The following is a letter from HerbertGoldsmth, '18, telling of his experiencesin France. Through the courtesy of hismother we are able to print it in theTECH.

I enjoyed reading your inteesting let-ters from California, the outstandingfacts of which are that you are feeling sowell and having such a good time, whichwas so good to read that they in them-selves were worth an immediate reply.

The reason for the delay, however, hasbeen due to the big German drive ofMarch 21, which you no doubt haveread about. The drive was so disastrousto the Allied Armies at first that itlooked for a while as though we mightbe compelled to evacuate this hospital.Duringr the last couple of days however,it looks as though our armies are notonly holding fast, but actually retakingground previously lost. Of course, oulrlosses have been great, but having beenwell prepared, wve inflicted losses of theattacking Huns in mass formation thatare at least three times as great.

Convoys of wounded are continuallycoming in day and night, and as fastas the hospitals get filled up, evacua-tions of wounded are made to Blio,1:11withl all of the patients who are able tomake the trip, in order to make roomfor new influxes of wounded. We areIgetting so pressed for bed room that wehave turned our mess hall into a hospitalwrard. This weas done this monl~inl~t, andalready at this writing in the eveningit is filled -with wounded.

Throu.,h it all the spirit of the troo:psis -wonderflll. Tnev come dozen from.from tte line covered with the dirt-blood and sweat of battle, and smilingAfter a lenath of time in competenthands of the staff of Base Hospital N~o.12, they are given a brand new uniform.and go back to line smiling. usulallyr inas good condition as the dlay then cameto France.

These Base Hfosp~itals are undoulbtedly+great enemies of the Kaiser. since theytake men wh~o are often left on the fieldfor dead or to all appzearanees, made per-manentlv unfit for fllrtller serv-ice in flheline, and with marvelous surgical andhospital kinowvledU e and practico, ninkehirn into thec man he wva- before lie wva9woulnde(l, and again capable of inflietin_-heavy- losses on his hordes and balk theprogra~m of file w-orldl conquest. It isrenllv wondlerfull what. is; dlone nowva(lavsin the surmical world "over here." Mencome in practically shot to pieces, theirfaces an unrecognizable mass of goo,and after a fewv months' treatment goIout with faces that a-re not in the leastrepulsive, and are often better lookingL'than- they were before they were hit.

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COMPTOIR NATIONAL

The following circular was re-cently received by the TECH con-cerning the economical reconstruc-tion of Belgium. Mail should be ad-dressed to Ithe Comptoir National,15 rue Louis-le-Grand, Paris.

In view of the critical situationwhich will result for Belgiumthrough 'the disasters caused bythe depredation of the enemy, .hisremoving of tools, raw materials,manufactured products, etc..... wehave been led to create, with thecooperation of and under the con-trol of the Belgian State, an organ--ization having for object the eco-riomical reconstruction of Belgium,entitled TCOMPTOIR NATIONALPOUR LA REPRISE DE L'ACTIV-ITE ECONOMIQUE EN BEL-GIQUJE." (SociWte Cooperative)

This organization, in helping in-dustry'and trade, by enabling themto purchase :the tools and all neces-sary raw materials, will not onlyreconstruct the economical situationof Belgium, but will put an endto the sufferings of the workingclasses by enabling them to startworking in the reconstructed shops

You will certainly realize thegreat interest you maight have inbeing eventually a. contractor.

Everything interests us, as ev-erything has to be set up again:metallurgy, materials for construc-tion of buildings, leathers, tex-tiles, farming implements, chemicalproducts, wood machines, electricalmaterial, opticalinstrunients, motorcars, vans, wagons, oils and greasesof all kinds, refractory materials,etc

In order to enable us to p&ce ourorders, please send us by returnmail your catalogues, and tariffsin triplicate.

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In issuing the present call for a spe-cial meeting of the Club for the pur-pose of voting on amendments to theConstitution, the Board of Governorsfeels obli-ed to offer the folloving state-ment of explanation.

Clhanme of date of annual meeting.Saturday night is one on which themembers are more apt to be scatteredthan on Tuesday, the one proposed.

Talinn office'. The desirability ofsubstantially a month between electionand the taking of office will be apparentwhen one thinks that the new officialshave this time to become acquaintedNvith the work.

Increase in Resident Dues. For threevears the Club workers have been awareihat these dues must sometime be raised,but have hesitated to brine it about,hoping that 'by strict economy thiscourse might still be avoided. The duesas proposed will still be lover than inanv other club of its standing in thecity.

The schedule has been carefully wvork-ed out as the minimum on which 'theClub can be run with the present pricesof suPPlips and wages. The youngermembers have been considered in accord-ance with the long-time policy of theclub. and the rates graded accordingly.

The non-resident dues are not pro-Iposed to be changed. This membershipis hirgely a patriotic one, loyal to Tech-uology and appreciative of wllat titisClub is doing for the general (ood. How-ever, they Bill have a chance to help us,and incidentally themselves, in anotherway shortly to be announced. )

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CROIX DE GUERRE MIENKILLED IN ACTIOI

Lieut. C. M. Angell Killed inAeroplane Accident WhenMachine Suddenly Falls FromHeight of 5oo Feet

CAUSE OF ACCIDENT UNKNOWN

Tllree airplanes, two-seaters, passedover this little ruined village at not avery great height. It was mid-after-noon and just turning sunny after adrizzle in the early morning.

Planes, as near the front as we arejust asi present, hb. e ccased to be atreat, so this afternoon nobody paid anyparticular attention to these planes.Ther plunged into a low hanging cloud.Then suddenly one of them came divingout of its.lower surface at a steep angle,and hardly more than 500 feet above theground. At least a dozen officers saw itcome. Two of them insisted that it wasfalling tail first, but the rest agreed thatit made a straight dive.

Dovn it plunged and everybody waitedbreathless, to see the aviator right him-self with the little upward flip to whichwre have all become accustomed. Butthe direction never changed, the planedove straight into a soft field, strikingwith a terrible crash, and burying itsnose four feet in the ground.

Pilot and observer were instantly kill-ed, if indeed the pilot wvas not dead be-fore he began to fall. He was SecondLieutenant Cyril Matthew Angell, whoseaddress on his identification card wasgiven as Chicago, but who is said to havebeen_.& astudent-at_-Tschnologgy-and.- aresident of Brookline. The observer wasGeorge K. W. Emerson of New York, aSecond Lieutenant of Artillery. Bothmen wvore the Crois de Guerre, won in arecent action in the air.

Only two explanations of the accidentseem at all plausible. One is that inthe shelling, a fewr minutes before, dam-age * as done to the steering apparatus,and failed suddenly, while the airplanewvas in the clouds. A more probable9e11ss is that the aliator himself waswounde~d and either fainted or died atthe wvheel.

INCREASE OF PIG IRON SUPPLYSHOWN BY SPRING STATISTICS

The .tatisties of pig iron productiontell ain amazing story of recovery frZnkthe partial paralysis with which thebasic industry was afflicted as -a resultof the fuel .crisis and transportationshortaze last wvinlter. In Januarv thedaily overate output of pig iron weas77.,7M tons; in MIay the daily averageIvas no less than 111,175 tons, an in-crease of over 40 per cent. Only oncebefore in the historV of the trade, inOctober 1196, wvas so malch iron pro-duced in a single month.

But even more striking is the factthat th~is hutre Supple is not sufficientto meet the demand; it is barely morethan en()u11h to meet the current de-mannls for war nses, witli scant leavingsfor thoqe industries not engaged directly ,or indirectly on war work. And rationsof the non-essentials are likely tobecome more meagre rather than moretennrotls.

The wvar program is growing rapidlyand Ohe need for war steel even faster, demands on the trade nuiltiplyino along I

ith mlr war problems. And: as the lr says, "If we are to win this a

war at all. and not to win it is un-:tfldnlalnle. ,e can Main only if we make cthe \ lAirican steel industry, with its45 /0(4000 or 50,000,000 tons of steel c

' a year, reach with every ton andeverrrr llot toward Berlin. Every ton omt1P helT. If there is no means now Xfor its helpin-, it is not a surplus ton, a

Ip rn ton waiting for means to be cpbidetl Whereby it can help, be itsbte individually ever so little, in the p6 ell fetor-v, the gun plant, the ship- s

'rd. i!j railroads in Frallce, il raitlroads. urIn th(> Tnited States, on farms in France Cand Britain, and on farms in the e'nited Stated. Work must be found Ifor every ton." V

CAMBRIDGE, MASS., SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1918

ARRaY AVIATORS BEING TRAINED IN TIEUSE OF GAS-3IAS:S AT TECHNOLOGY IWATER CARNIYAL ON

L CHIRLES RIYER BASINVarious Aquatic Contests to Be

Held Between the DifferenttNaval Stations in This Dis-trict

SURPRISES FROM NAVY YARD

On Saturday afternoon, June 29, aNavy Day will be held on the Charlesill front of the Institute. The Harv-ard Radio School will have a crew, andcontests with other Navy Stationsin this district as ill be held.

Lieutenant Cobmmander NathanielF. Ayer, in charge of the school, hasgiven the crew members as much lib-erty for practice as is consistent withtheir school work, with the resulsthat the swift cutter which the menwill use can be seen plowing alonethe river as the men limber up forthe big race.

The entire Rerson*l of the RadioSchool is baeking the boat, and whenthe race takes placee-on Navy Day abig cheering section from that 8choolis expected to line the railings of theesplanade.

Meanwhile, other stations of aieFirst Naval District are practisilgequally hard so that some remarkablerowing is promised.

Admiral Wood is personally keenlyinterested in the success of the carni-val and his enthusiasm is being re-layed all along down the line. The 1iftNaval District is out to make NanrDay one which will take its placewith the biggest holidays in Boston'shistory.

Over at the Navy Yard LieutenantA. A. Gathemann, who has been da-tailed by Captain William R. Rush,Cammandant, to furnish the yard's cou-tribution to the program, is goingabout the yard distributing enthusiaimuntil all the people there are workedup about the carnival.

As several of the surprises- of theday are to come out of the Navy Yard,this fact augurs well for the successof the program.

One of the activities of LieutenantGathemann has consisted in gettingout of storage the wherries which areto be rowed by Yeowomen in the wom-en's bpat raqe-s. These boats arenow being scraped and varnished andmade ready. When they take thewater some snappy practice by thecrews of young women will be held atthe Navy Yard.

Rear Admiral Spencer S. Wood, U. SoN., today sent a letter to the comman~d-ing officers of each of the 15 stationsand schools of this district, informingthem of the decision to have a NavyDay on the Charles River Basin Satur-day afternoon, June 22. He also orderedthe band of the Navv Yard, RadioSchool, Aviation School, CommonwealthPier, Bumpkin Island adn Hingham toprovide music.

The program, which will start at 1:30is to be as follows:

Rowing Events-Twenty eight-footcutters, 10 oars and coxswain, distanceone mile; wvherry race, four oars, one-half mile; punt race, singles, distafceone-fourth mile; whale boats, singlebank and cosswain, distance one mile;wvherry race for women, four oars, one-half mile.

Sailini Events-Cltters and whaleboats, navy standard rig, distance fourmiles, twiee around triangular course.

Swvimminy Events, Scratch - Fiftyyards, 880 yards, fancy diving, relayrace, 10 men on each team, each man toswim So vards; novice, 50 yards, formen who have never won a prize; tobrace; for women in the naval service,50 yards; fancy diviner, relay race, sixon team, 50 yards each.

An order was recently adopted appropriating $62,500 as the city's share ofproposed repairs on Harvard Bridge, andappropriating $25,000 for rebuilding Mt.Auburn street from Putnam to Bmattlesquare.

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-Editor dl the TECH,,lass. Inst. of Technology,

Boston, Afass.Dear Sir:I have noted with a gruat deal of re-

gret, through a letter which I reteivedtoda, and throug-b the notice in theTECH of June 22, of the death of How-ard L. Coburn.

During my time at Technologay, I wasfortunate enough to come in contactwith "Pa' and I do not think that afiner or mlore big-hearted nlan ever lived.I konow of tile wonderful nelp he gaveto me several timzes when I felt I hadto go to somebody_ and unload mytroubles. I know that he did the samrefor a, areat many others and that thegreat kindnesses -which lie wsas alwaysdoing, f or others, wvere done in such aquiet. and unassuming wsay, that theywvere in miost cis-es known only to "Pa"and one other.

Since mraduatinm, and going intobulsiness, I have been able to continuethe close friendship formed at Tech-nologv and perhaps wvit~li more maturejudgment have been able to appreciateit mnore nea.rlv at its true value.

I know, tha~t there-are many others,W-hilc at the Institllte and later, whoFeel towards "Pa" as I did and do, and

would like to suan,(est to -vou, thattllrollgh the TECHI, vou sugfest thatsome action lbc taken towards it mle-morial at the Institllte to be kinowvn asthe "Pa, Cobuiirn Meniorial." H~e vasbest lknowvn as "Pa,'' and while it isllot as dianified as Ho-wardc L. Cobourn,to 1nis friend~s. more elearly tp ifine s

I w-ould be -izd to hav~e an expressionof ylour opinion on this matter and Ivilldo any+thing I can to help in bringingthis about.

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1). W. Curry '21.Advertising Department-R. A. Laurent '21.

Subscription $1.50 for 53 issues, in advance. .Single copies 3 cents.Subscriptions within the Boston Postal District or outside the United Saates

must be accompanied by postage at the rate of one cent a copy. Issues mailed toall other points without extra charge.

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The Editor-in-Chief is always responsible for the opinions expressed in theeditorial columns, and the Managing Editor for the matter which appears in thenews columns. I [ I ' .

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A. I-I. Slnithwick '21 . .. ............... Nighht Editor ( Sicned.) R. W. Millard

S. ATURDAr, JU`TE 29, 1918 PERSONALS

Formler Lieutemant, Haroid J. McDon-ald '17, Course I. nowv ws ith the a-19thEngineers at Camllp Flemont, Califolnia.lhas just been promoted to captaini Heis one of the youngest, if not the

"PA" COBURN.I N fewer institutions has it been the lot of the students to possess such

a friend as the men of Technology have known in "Pa" Coburn.ITavin- no official connection with the place and in the last few

years of his life residing in Newv York, he nevertheless maintainedthe closest touch with Institute life. The organizations through whichstudent activity expresses itself wevere thoroughlly k;nowrn and under-stood by him; much of their strength was due to his wisdom in helpingto lay tneir foundations and to maintain them in the face of a rapidlychancing student body.

The great source of his strength vas his understanding of theneeds of the students as individuals. He knew their work, their life,their professors; and lie could advise them from the point of view of analumnus living in that professional world for which they were prepar-.ingg themselves. The friendships thus begun lost none of their vitaltywhen the undergraduates became alumni, though the word alumnilimits too narrowly the range of his friendships. Indeed, of the needsof the meen who, for one reason or another had not succeeded in win-ning the ultimate approval of the Faculty, he seemed to have a specialunderstanding. Not a few of them owe him a debt of lasting grati-tude for advice and practical aid given at the right moment as no onebut he could give it.

When we became involved in War, it was Technology men to whomhis thouthts turned first. He saw no more effective way of servinghis country than by sustaining them to the utmost in the great work ofnational service to which, as men of scientific training, they had dedi-,cated themselves. He Wrote to them, visited them in the camps; aboveall, he desired to go to France to act as the Technology representativeat the American University Union. ghost unwillingly he relinquishedthis desire on account of the immediate call of business; if it had been-permitted to him to set his hand to the work it would have been the'ideal expression of his devotion to Technology.

Sulch a career calls for a memorial which shall be an integral part,of the strident life which "Pa" Coburn loved so well. May the time benot far distant when a memorial many be begun which shall speak hisspirit to all the sons of Technology.

Spies Add LiesGerman agents are everywhere, eager to gather scraps of news

about our men, our ships, our munitions. It is still possible to get suchinformation through to Germany, where thousands of these fragments-often individually harmless-are patiently pieced together into awhole which spells death to American soldiers and danger to Americanhomes.

But while the enemy is most industrious in trying to collect infor-mation, and his systems elaborate, he is not superhuman-indeed, he isoften very stupid, and would fail to get what he wants were It notdeliberately handed to him by the carelessness of loyal Americans. .

Do not discuss in public, or with vice in the Expeditionary Force, and othersetalestroop and and certain to disturb American patriots

transport movements, of bits of parents.gossip as to our military prepara- And do not wait until you catch sometions, which come into your post on, prputtinegnan b~ohmb upndaedr a fajct~ortysession. stories, divulges---or seeks--confidential

Do not permit your friends ini military information, cries for peace, orservice to tell you-or write you belittles our efforts to win the war.

- insie facs abou wher they if they are in uniform, to the Departmentare, what they are doing and of Justice, Washington. Give all -theseeing. details you can, with names of w~itnesses

Do not become a tool of the be at hslim lat hshow teHn thame o v cltngHun by passing on the malicious, scattered information and putting it todisheartening rumors which he so wvork- Tlle fact that you made the reporteagerly sows, Remember he asks wl o eoepbino better service than to have an iodaozu jurst ais trcuolnyas if youtlfaed ehimyspread lfis lies of disasters to t-Ar solie~r's across No Alan's Land. In your handsand sailors. gross scandals in the Red are tvo powerful weapons wtitt wbich toCross, cruelties. neglect and wholesale met Lim-discretion and vigilance. Useexecutiioncs-i- mr camps, drunkenness and thffe1S

CO., MIfTTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION8 JACKSON PIACEw WASHI0NG: ')N. D. C. George Creel, Chairman

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ycoungest captain in th- U'n;ted Statesregcular army, being, only 23 years ofage. Captain )IcDonald is the oldestson of MIr. and Mrrs. NT J. I-TcDonald ofCambridge.

The funeral of Ernest V. Bowditch '69pioneer landscape architect, who diedlWTednesday at his home, 336 Adamsstreet, MAilton, ivill be held at the resi-dence tomorrow. He was 69 years oldand wvas the son of William 1. Bowv-ditch, a, conveyancer. He rvas a directdescendant of Nathaniel Bowditch, au-thor of "Bowditch's Navigator," a ree-ognized authority.

He wvas graduated with the class of'69 at, Technology. For a time after hisgraduation AIr. Bowditch engaged inrailroading in the Wiest. Lter when liereturned to Boston he established officesfor himself as an engineer.

Tile estates of Cornelius \and~e-',:'Cr0sden Goelet. J. J. Van Allen. E. J.3erwlind and the old Lorillard estate at-New^port stand as a. monulment to -hisn-enhis. Ho played a canspicuou s part inth-e developnlent of Newport as a sum-mieT resort.

.\,r. Boiv-ditech is sllrvil ed by hisvioAraraaret Lvlon Swvann, daughiter

of Thomlas L. Swvann, a commander inthe Unlite-d States navy, and four child-re n, Wuilliaml I., who is in the avia-tion corps and b~elieved to be on hisvay a to Franlce; Ricllard L., who isstild,.iin- at the ]Hotchk~iss school inlConnectieut, and twvo daughters, MisoElizabe~th fSwann iBowvditch and MissSarahl Hictainson Bowvditeb.

Perry Bush Bryne '19, Theta Xi, en-listed in the Navyl about foulr monthsago. He llas just passed the examina-tions for Nav al Ensign Scllool and isnowv at Harvardl, having entered Juine 18.

The announcement has been madeof the engagement of Chief Quarter-master Austin D. Higgins '20, to MlissAfary V. L. Ryndlers of North Cohoc-ton, M. Y. Higgins is a member of the,.Theat Xi Fraternity.

OUTDOOR SPORTS.

Now that the warm summer evenings have come, the dormitory-men caEI spend more of their time out of doors, and nearly every even-ing now taco groups of men can be seen in the dormitorv yard, each

n-enjoincd a form of outdoor sport and each apparently having a gQoodtime. One group sill be in their shirt sleeves. Their hair wtill be all-ruffled tip and their hands dirty. Tlis group is playing ball. The other-group is standing around the front steps. They have their straw hats-on, and their clothes are neatly pressed and brushed. Individually theyare a pretty slick looking article, but we cannot regard them as acrowed as much of an ornament for the front steps, for this crowd arewasting their good time shooting pennies, or dimes, according towhether they fee! rich or not.

Now this is not intended to be a "goody-goody" editorial. WVeare not going to say a single word about the morals or ethics of thematter. That part of the matter is perfectly straightforward, and youknow just as much about it as anyibody. We will say this, however;as for the ball-pIaying crowd, keep at it fellows; you look pretty goodto us, even if you are in your shirt sleeves. But as for the crap shoot-

,ers, please gao around on the BACK steps at least, and if you are will-bw ~to be real obliging you might move across the road, say about half

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WHY RYE FLOUR WAS REMLOVED swould not have lasted one month. InFROM SUFR BSTITUTAR E LIST order that there might be even a lilnitedFROM SBSTITUE LISTsupply for the norinal uses of' rye flour,

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IThe followina recently appeared as aneditorial in the Boston Herald:

The announcenlent that Technology isforced to begin at once . constructionwolrk to tle extent of $100,000 or more,is a vivid reminder of the -way in whichthat splendid institution has given overits plant, equipment and resources to these rvice of the government in this crisis.While most institutions of higher edu-cation, naturally enough find theirnumbers depleted by the war, their new-est buildin-s little needed and theirplans for the future clouded withdloubt, leclnolo ry has risen to its op-portunity in a manner that points thewayr for scientific and technical schoolsthe country over.

In its special departments for thosepreparing for service. with the colors ithas enrolled some 2000 young men, andit has about 2500 in uniform for dailynilitary exercises. For the use of themanf hundreds vho are entering on thew-ork that wvill prepare them for navalaviation work is beginning on a nea sea:plane, hangar that will cost about $45,-000, and for the larger drill field thatis necessary there is the enlargement ofthe grounds from Vassar street to Am-herst-a happily suggestive combinationof names, by the vay. With this wor.Kthere is also the building of a barracksfor some of the student aviators and anaddition to the imposing WValker Mle-niorial. Hlow happy Gen. Walker wouldbe at the patriotic uses to wvhich theyhave been putting the imposing struc-ture dedicated to his cherished memory.

Coming on the heels of its removalacross the Charles, all these readjust-ments and these enlargements bevondits nmost ambitious plans have put astrain on the Tech authorities thatIni-llt well have daunted the adminis-trators of any university. Until a yearago Tech had not housed its own stu-dents. Nowv it is not only caring forthem in permanent dormitories, but itsuddenly finds itself the host of thou-sands of young men in the governmentschools that are part of itself and letdistinct. It is writing the brightestchapter in its insuiring history. Inci-dentally, more than 2000 Tech men arenow in active service, au ama inglylarge proportion of them being overseas.

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one thing, hoWvert that modern scielice has nlot been able to contend with,is the damaged spine. Except in rareinstances, cases of this kind are eitherpartially or totally paralyzed, and oftendie. AI pathetic instance of this kind oc-cuarred here just the other day, A Cana-dian boy was brought in whose spine atits base had been slightly touched bya fragment of shrapnel. In spite of thefact that he was paralyzed from theBeek down, his bright and cheerful dis-p03ition created an intense regard forhim by every one, that was nlothing lessthan love- Hiis mother was notified ofhis misfortune, and she braved the dan-gers of submarine warfare and came allthe -way from Canada, to England tofleet Winl there. He was as happy as aboy homne from school when we dressedhim up to send him over to meet her inBlihltly. Hardly had wve gotten himTOay whlen lie suddenly became deliriousand sllolted, "Ha, there's one Boche Itrot- look,. I nicked another one; heret~lle comle over the top! My God, theyot Ric, I'm groing West," and with that

.lie drew his last breath and died. Itvlas the molst dramatic scene I ever wvit-nessed.

One can buy almost anything overllere, but one thing 5-e lack, are goodf(,otihl)ruslies. It is hard to find enoughtinle for one's teeth whlile in the army,>e it is essential -when they are brushedth41~at it iss done right. Therefore. at yourflirst opportunitv, please send me a haltdozen ProPI'Ylactic tooth lbrulises -%vithd.kard bristles '"baby size." Don't (yet,l>,rniolat ZLmy asking for baby sizedtenth brllsles and imagine that I am

reiiga young colony over here. Ther(].ason for asking for so many of thelial>5y size is simply as a preventive meas-Ul/' to haive a supply on hand until thehitter pArt of 1918 at least,, for we be-Ilie+ve that wsar wvill last ant least thislomn. and the babvr size -makes it easierto fret, around the oral cavity.

Di;loeksed find four photographs -whichI had tak~en in a nearby town. Tlle boys

5rit is a pretty (rood likeness. so youKriln use your imagination. You canacqilv picture mie nowv as I have shavedl4 inva nllstache.I sent vou a hand-carved meerschaum

Cif arette holder, 1-ielvin, w hich I pur-diasedl in Paree. as an expression of my-,apreciation of your promptness in send-ino flhe fulrloughl noney for my leavethere. Yv original intention wvas to tellnou all about myT-waonderfull stay inParis, bult I hiave written so imillil onther sull,jects that I weill not llaiv time'

to tell voul about it since "call to quar-ters' ilas; already blowi. So I wvill haveto call it off lntil the next. letter.

Normaii joins in sending lots of lovelo vou all. _

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MASKS ADJUSTED-GAS MASK DRILL AT TECHNOIOGY U. S& SCHOOL

OF MILITARY AERONAUTICS

(Continued from page I.)The horrors of -as attacks are only

partially appreciated when one consid-ers only their immediate effects. Menwho have been subjected to prolongedgassing are much more susceptible topneumonia, tuberculosis and other dis-eases of tile lungs. W.hile wearing a

mask the efficiency of the fighter is re-duced about 50 percent. The "box re-spirator" used by the British, protectsthe wvearer from all the gases in use es-cept the 'miustard gas" of the Huns; itis understood that the Yankees havesolved this difficult problem satisfac-

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LFEDERAL COUNCIL WILLI (:CONTROL ROAD WORK.

A ll functions of Government agenceie|.relating to streets and highways here-|.after aire to be coordinated in a body|, alled the United States Highwvays|

Council, composed of one representativel,each from the War Department, the De-|. partment of Agrriculture, the United|

S-'tates Railroad Administration, the|W5ar Industries Board, and the FuellA dmzinistration. The council wvas formed|prim: rily to prevent delays, financial I

loss, and ulnce-rtaintv incident to the|method of takling up each highwaly prob-|lein in its turn withe a separate andidistinct Government agency. This|council svas constituted at the sug-IL estion of the Secretarv of Agriculture_. 'lhrouab the Department it will con-|tinule the close contact already estabelished,_ both formially by law and in-|formza~lly practice, withl the State|Hi-hwava Commission in each State of|the Union.|

MNembership of the board follows: 'War Department, Li-eut. Col. WV. D.|Uhler; Fuel Administration, C. G. Shef-field; War Industries Board, RiebaruHumphrey; Railroad Administration,G. NV. Kirtley; Departnient of A -ricul-ture, L. W. Page. These representa-tives have selected TLoaanl Waller PagreDirector of the Office of Public Roads,Department of A"'ricultulre, as chair-man, and J. E. Pennybacker, C-hief of'Nfaragement of that office, 9s secretary.

The council utilizes the organizations,of the forty-eight state highwava de-partments with their trained personneland their kinowvled-e -of local condlitionsand provides a single ag~ency wohere allhighway projects eallino for tgovern-nillntal action of any eharacter, -whetherit be a question of finance, of materials,transportation, or o f ivar necessity, ordesirability, may be dealt wvith. Theeooinecil has provided a definite form onWvliel ,applications for relief are to bemadle through the respective state higil-wvay departments, and has, sent suppliesof the forms to the departments. It em-pblasizes the great need of conservationof inonev, transportationi, labor, and ma-terials bv restricting hi rhwa~y andstreet work to most essential needs. Itranks maintenance of exuistingr streetsiandl hi-rliways first, r econiistrucetion ofI)adlvs damagged streets and highwlaysnext, andl it places last newv construc-tion justified only on account of Xvital

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NEWS FROM BATH IR2ON WORKS

Tlle followving communication wvas re-cently received concerni-n the Tech-nolo- delegation at Bath, 11aine.

The delegation at the Iron W~orks com-pletedl their first week's wsork todav.John A. Facey '21, J. D. Harvey '°1,and Edward W. Jack-son '21, are ma.chinists; Freddy Britton '20. and Law-rence Burnham '29, are outside machin-ists, mnost of their work being in thehaills; Henry B1. -Vasey '20, is in theplate shop; George W. Spaul'ding '21, isan electrician's helper; Phillip Nellis '2D,and Irvning c'enison '19, are in the ma-chine shop; George Dates 121, AlfredSbaugthnessy '21, and myself are ship-fitter's helpers, althougltg jiist at presentwe are assembling bulkheads. HenryA. Grosseup '20, leads the delegationwith a bona fide shipfitter's check which

he obtained by virtue of his three years'experience ith the Ne-v York Shlip-b~uildingr Company. I~en Akers '20,found his -va;ry into the civil engineeringdep. rtment some way or other and talksof being sent out on the river to makesoundings. Chris Carven '21, is puttingsome of MIr. Gracey's theories into prac-tice up in the Architectural Department.He had some spare timle this afternoonand spent it in making a tour of inspec-tion of the yard. He made several caus-tic conlments in the speed of our workand only the presence of the foremansaved him from a little impromtulaunchinrl

The fellows have been wvatching theTECEI for newvs from the other y ardsand are ready to swap yarnl f or yarnwith, them if the occasion demands.Here's hopingy a certain drool artist fromuTexas takes the hint and delivers.

Sincerely yours,L. B. BARKER.

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conduct laboratory experiments on all shipments ofour products to make certain that the require-ments have been satisfied in every respect.

The engineer who specifies Du Pont will be cer-tain of getting a uniform, high quality productguaranteed to do the work for which it is intended.

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ENGLISH PROSECUJTIONSFOR FOOD PROFITEERING

In the month of April, 1918, theEnglish Ministry of Food institutedmore than 7,000 prosecutions for foodprofiteeringu In 6,600 of these convic-tions were secured and the profiteersfined.

principal products are:

Patent Leather Solutions Pegamoid Aluminum

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Ipon the results of photographic ob-servations obtained by- army aviators,who flew over darkened New York willbe determined the question of furtherdarkening the city as a precautionagainst possible German air raids.

Electric signs and all lights, exceptstreet lamps and lights in dwellings,were out at night by order of PoliceCommissioner Enrigght, at the sugges-tion of the War Dep~artment officials,and it was New York's darkest night inmany years, not even excepting the"lightless nights" during last winter'fuel famine.

The main object of the airplane ob-servations, it wvas said, was to show howfar the lights permitted an aviator fa-miliar with the miap to find strategicspots or places where bombs would dothe greatest damage.

Wihen you buy War Sa-vings Stampsyou do not give your money, you loanit at 4 per cent. compounded quarerly.Y:ou help your Government, but youhelp yourself even more.

The Government needs your money;you need the stamps.

a h rNiae 'in- eac f room asking- l- tguests use ice sparingly. The result hasbeen a reduction in the calls for ice wa-ter, and the bell boys are now feelingthe terrors of war in the reduction oftips. Ammonia is used in large quanti-ties in making artificial ice and, becauseof the demand for this important chem-ical in the manufacture of explosives a.shortaae has been created. It is ex-pected that other hotels will follow thisexample and that a considerable saving,of ammonia used in the manufacture ofice for hotels will be effected.

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CB~03e3dmmw VmS A-'SUBSTITUTE FOR

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DESIGN steam power stations, hydr.electric developments, trananxisftlines, city and interurban railwaysgas plants, Industrial plants ancd

CONSTRUCT either from our own den

Tbhe food administration in Aichigancredits the Lansing State Journal withthe following:

Roy E. Carver, of the medieal depart-ment, one hundred and nineteenth FieldArtillery, writes in an interesting wayof food conditions and the country inFrance. He says, in part: "The peo-ple here buy food only when they havea food card. If they have no food catdthey can't buy. Soldiers are now al-lowed to buy food in a city. They haveto buy what extra food they want incamp where there is an extra place pro-vided for that purpose. Then they canbuy only 8 pence worth at a time. Hereis one place where money will not talk.

"Take my tip and tell the peoplenot to waste food. They don't see whynow, but if they -were placed as theseforeign countries are they would real-ize it then. You see the people are al-lowed only so much so that the soldierscan have more. We get good healthystuff to eat here. I like the war breadbetter than I do white bread. It issomething like brown bread and sure isnourishing. Wve have sugar in our cof-fee and are certainly living high forsoldiers."!'

Anything that can be used an a sub-stitute in these days of high pricesand give good results at the sametime is a welcome addition in helpingto keep down tie high cost of living.Boiled carrots, according to the Popu-lar Science Monthly, when properlytredted? form an excelIent substitutefor eggs in puddings. The carrots areboiled until they are tender andnearly ready to fall apart; then cartfully drained and mashed and pressedthrough a coarse cloth or strainer.This pulp is then introduced amongthe other ingredients of the puddingand the eggs omitted. Puddings madein this manner are equally as lightand as palatable as where -eggs are used.The carrots also impart a rich yellowcolor to the pudding, so that no onecan tell whether eggs were used or not.oolpv-ctu~fithe,- emfsak hrdl hrdl rldh

AMMONIA SAVING EFFECTEDBY A NVEW YORK HOTEL

In response to a request by the FoodAdministration that the use of artificialice be reduced to a minimum, the Mlajes-tic Hotel of New York City has posted

The owners of the following articlesmay obtain their property by applyingto the office of the Superintendent ofBuildings and Powver, Room 3-005, witha complete description of the miffingthings: TWDo sets of drawing instruments; one copy of "United States as a

World Power;" one copy of "DescriptiveGeometry;" one notebook;; one copyof "Plane Trigonometry;" one copy of"Physical Laboratory Experiments;'-one copy of 'American Society for Test-ing Materials;" one copy of "Else von

der Tanne;" one bundle of time tables;one steel protractor; twro pearl handlepenknives; one silver Signal Corps ring.

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