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- 11318CRIAllAll - .Y·-·l-.-.llsno·a-·CI1--···un rl - ---. --- ·- --·ll·D _ __, , -----alPB __ ___ -- -- --- Fraternity Par ies Give Cheer Posll Idzeas: Freshmen Protest aker 'ood I THE TECH Exten I L Danzbergar Krmi onen, M iea, Cicero 'erat a W-ill F-ora I I ii I I I rl L - I I i C I I I II I I I I I I L L I p F l .1 I I I II I I I I I I 3 I I r n, j 3 *.t , I T w ,- ,n 4 1, , . ' N "I ~s- ·- I .. ) . -i- 11- i 95i F~ "~ r" "- Carols Will Ring ThBrough Institute A Christmas program to put the Institute into the proper holiday spirit has been arranged for Friday, December 21, the day before vacation. The lobby of Building 7 will be the scene of a half-hour ceremony, beginning at 11:45 a.m., which will include greetings from President Killian and Robert Briber, carols sung by the assembly, a Christmas reading, and selections by the Glee Club and the Horn Choir. To accommodate the program, the third class on Friday will end ten minutes earlier- at 11:45 a.m. These arrangements are tentative; a final program will be announced shortly. Frank Succseeds Slater As Head Of Physcs Dept. Former Head of Dept. Takes Newly Creafed Post of Institute Prof. Co-business Managers. -Edward F. Leonard i of THE TECH for the seventy-second I. Danzberger '53, General Manager; , Editor; Carroll F. Miller, Jr. '53, Mara- Peralta '53, and Arthur B. Cicero '53, '53, and Gilbert H. Steinberg '52, will The appointment of Dr. Nathaniel K. Frank as head of the Depart- ment of Physics at the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology was announced on Dec. 15 by Dr. George R. Harrison, Dean of Science at the Institute. Dr. Frank succeeds Professor John C. Slater, who had been the head of the department for over twenty years. Dr. Slater was recently appointed to the newly- created and distinguished post of Institute Professor at M.I.T. and is now on a year's leave of absence to carry on research at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island. Born in Boston, Dr. Frank received the degree of Bachelor of Science from M.f.T. in 1923, and the degree of Doctor of Science in 1927, and has been associated with the Institute ever since. He served the Department of Physics as executive officer from 1949 to July 1951 under Dr. Slater. Dr. Frank spent 1929-1930 in Munich, Germany, doing research in theoretical physics with Profes- sor A. Sommerfeld, and in 1935 was a guest of the Institute for Ad- vanced Study at Princeton. During World War II Dr. Frank contributed important service to research and to development in the war effort. His war activities may be divided into two distinct phass3: first, a period from May 1941 to January 1943 during which he was a staff member of the Radiation Labora- tory at the Institute. His work at the laboratory comprised theoreti- cal researches of phenomena asso- ciated with the propaganda of microwaves. The second period was after Jan- uary 1943 during which he held the post of Expert Consultant, Office of the Secretary of War, with head- quarters in Washington. In this post he was engaged primarily in the formulation and monitoring of technical programs. Regisfration Dafa .. Spring Term 1952 Registration material for the Spring Term will be issued as follows: FIRST-YEAR STUIDENTS Obtain material in Chemical Lab- oratory dclasses beginning January 7. Any not takling Chemistry obtain material in BRoom 4-258. ALL dTHER. COINTINUED :ompose the editorial board. The promotions were announced at the annual banquet of THE TECH, held last Friday evening at Howard Jolulson's. Guests at the banquet included John Crider, former editor of the Boston Herald, Thomas L. Hilton, Assistant Dean of Students, John J. Rowlands, Director of the News Service, Pro- fessor Frederick G. Fassett, Jr., faculty resident of Baker House, and Charles Kane, Chairman of the Alumni Advisory Board on Publica- Ltions. Junior Board Announced Other promotions included the appointment of Mark Caplan, '54, and Jerome Cohen, '54, Co-sports Editors, with John Margulis, '54, Associate Sports Editor. Sheldon L. Dick, '54, will be Exchange Editor, Hugh G. Gallagher, '54, Assign- ments Editor and Edwin G. Eigei, '54, Features Editor. Malcolm A. McLeod, '55, will continue to be Photography Editor and Arthur F. Eckert, '54, his assistant. John F. [D'Anlico, '54, was pro- moted to News Editor, with John M. Dixon, '55, and Arthlur Webster (Continued on Page 4, Students For Sim& |Spansor Lectuare On Civil Libert es Issues Students for Struik has an- nounced its first meeting to .be held tomorrow, December 19, at 5:00 pan., in Room 1-190. All M.I.T. students have been invited to attend and hear a lecture by Pro- fessor Harrison L. Harley, of Simmons College, on "Civil Liber- ties Issues in the Struik Case." The committee will distribute literature dealing with the back- ground of the case and the program and purposes of Students for Struik. In announcing this meeting spokesmen of Students for Struik have stressed the fact that the committee speaks for itself only, an organization composed of MI.I.T. students, and not as representatives ; of the Student Body, Student Government, Faculty, or Adminis- STDIENTS (except special studenats) Obtain material in Building 10 Lobby on Monday, January 7, from 8:45 am. to 4:30 p.m. After 4:30 p.m. obtain material at the Infeor mation Offiee, Room 7-[11. SPECIAL STUDENTS & STUDENT ENTERING G JRADUATE YEAR Have application approved by Ad Aissions Offce before obtaining ma. terial at the Registrars Office, B6oom 7.142. REGISTRATION MATER:IAL FOR TH[E SPRING TERM MUST BE FILLED IN AND RETURNIED TO ROOM 7-142 BEFOfRE 2:00 P.M., TUESDAY, JANUARY 15. REPORTS FOR FALL TERM Reports for Fall Terma 1951-1952 will be mailed to the Term Addreses on Thursday, January 31. Students who wish to have their reports sent (Continued on Page $) course at the Institute. This ob- jective has be6n referred to by the State Department as the first posi- tive implementation of Point Four. For the first time in four years all five continents are represented. All of the participants must possess a degree and two years' experience. The project is designed as an in- tensive "packaged" program. Every attempt is made to give them a bal- anced view of American life. Program Includes Industrial Tours The program is divided into three parts. First is an intensive 12-week course of study on special research projects of interest to their omwn countries. Then tlie participants will be taken on an industrial tour of New England by the National Association of Mamnufacturers. Later, opportunity is provided for a few weeks of individual industrial vis- The Foreign Student Summer Project of the NSA will be host to 80 scientists and engineers of 35 countries. The aim of the FSSP is to join in the drive to further better international understanding and to stimulate technological develop- ment of war devastated and under- developed areas by giving their technologists a short and intensive tration of M.I.T. its. withold payment of the commons meal fee next term. The .main complaint of the fresh- men is that the food is invariably cold and the bread usually stale. Some felt that expensive extras could be done away with in the interest of economy. The freshmen included in this category fancy sauces, such as salad dressing com- prised of mayonnaise and marsh- mallow, or baked ham topped with cooked pineapple and raisins. The complete results of the poll are expected in a few days and will be presented to the Dean's office by Ben Sack, East Campus House Chairman. residing on East Campus are com- pelled to take their meals at Walker. The following four questions are being asked of the 231 freshmen: 1) Would you eat in Walker next term if given a choice? 2) What specific "gripe" do you have? 3)Would you write home to your parents asking them to write to the dean complaining about the quality of food you are getting? 4) Would you be willing to withhold payment next term of the $182 f Dr the commons meals fee? At this time about 30% of the freshmen have been polled. 78% of these said that they would eat elsewhere if given the opportunity, while 72% said that they would By NORMAN G. KULGEIN About 70 % of the freshmen who have so far replied to the East Campus poll on contract feeding have expressed dissatisfaction with the current setup, Bennet Sack, '53, House Chairman revealed. During the regular meeting of the East Campus House Committee on Dec. 12, it was decided to poll all Freshmen living on East Campus in regard to their opinion of the eating arrangements at Walker Memorial. This action was prompted by the disclosure that Donald A. Pollock '55 would have to move from East Campus for failure to pay for com- mons meals at Walker. According to Institute rufing, all freshmen 2fiAr ~ O.....X_.A__.................. - . Photo by Chau Pitured above as Santa Claus is Alan J. Block '54 of Alpha Epsilon PL - --------- Playing host to fifteen or twenty kids is something like experiment- ing with a miniature cyclone, but the fact is that the fraternity men enjoy the bedlam as much or more than the kids themselves. Games, movies, skits, refreshments, Santa Claus and toys are the program for these parties, which usually last for two to three hours. Though some of the fraternities arranged for parties on their own, (lontinsed on Page 8) By Clifford E. McLain Many children in settlement houses around Greater Boston have no chance to attend a real Christ- mas party; and so last year the custom of giving parties for these children was started among the fraternities through the efforts of the T.C.A. Boys' Work at the In- stitute. The parties have been very successul and this year almost every fraternity participated or plans to give a party soon. CAMBRIDGE, M TUESDAY, DEC 18, 1951 PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL hXXI NO. I Of VNE "'F. U1RAWMSMA e ------ 9 0 is :Peasions tn s . v. aas i ord I, - . - -- -- ~The managing board Registrat on Data volume will be: Alex l Sprng Term 1952 Stephen A. Kliment '53, prilng Eerm 15~ laging Editor; Luis A. I I 1 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i$-peed(Computer Elet~aicWhirlwind Is Now In Operation The Institute's Digital Computer Laboratory in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research has an- nounced that Whirlwind I, an ultra- high-speed digital computing ma- chine, is now in operation at the Institute. One of the features of this fast electronic machine, the only large- scale computer of its kind in full operation in this country, is its electrostatic "memory,': which ex- ists in the form of specially de- signed electronic storage tubes. With its ability to remember, act upon, and deliver information at a rate of 20,000 times a second, Whirlwind I, is the first machine suitable for supplying instantan- eous instructions for such applica- tions as controlling aircraft traffic patterns. Whirlwind also has many other applications for the study of industrial process control, insur- ance handling, inventory, economic analysis, census problems, and scientific and engineering compu- tations. Will be Used for Military Industrial Research During the next year Whirlwind will be devoted to a variety of en- gineering, scientific, and industrial applications as well as to military projects sponsored by the On.ice of Naval Research and the United States Air Force. Among the important studies to be made are problems of control where the machines, devices or sys- tems to be controlled will operate at their own actual speeds, In such applications the computer receives a continuous flow of data to be processed instantaneously into in- Lstructions for operating the control Lsystem. For example, Whirlwind could be part of an air traffi~c con- trol center, setting the flight pat- tern of hundreds of aircraft of vary- ing types and speeds approaching the airport from several directions and leaving it for various destina- (Conitinued on Page 4) Cr mIoan sphet Lass In Strulk Deense The first attempt of Harvard University students to form a com- mittee to aid Professor Dirk Struik failed last Thursday night. Onlyl two of the twenty-five students who had previously signed a Dean's Oftce petition for the committee showed up at the meeting called by Acting Secretary Stewart G. Bryant 2G. According to the Har- vard Crimson, "Bryant Iblamed the poor reception on a'fear of identi- fication and possible labels of sub- versive activities.' " To get Struik -to speak at the University on civil liberties was to be the purpose of the undergradu- ate organization. However, Bryant arttrounced that he was still plan- ning to have Struik speak at Har- vard sometime before Christmas. F.S.S.P. Aids Point 4 Program) 5 Continents To Be Represented

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Carols Will RingThBrough Institute

A Christmas program to putthe Institute into the properholiday spirit has been arrangedfor Friday, December 21, the daybefore vacation. The lobby ofBuilding 7 will be the scene ofa half-hour ceremony, beginningat 11:45 a.m., which will includegreetings from President Killianand Robert Briber, carols sungby the assembly, a Christmasreading, and selections by theGlee Club and the Horn Choir.To accommodate the program,the third class on Friday willend ten minutes earlier- at11:45 a.m. These arrangementsare tentative; a final programwill be announced shortly.

Frank SuccseedsSlater As HeadOf Physcs Dept.

Former Head of Dept.Takes Newly CreafedPost of Institute Prof.

Co-business Managers.-Edward F. Leonard

i of THE TECH for the seventy-secondI. Danzberger '53, General Manager;, Editor; Carroll F. Miller, Jr. '53, Mara-Peralta '53, and Arthur B. Cicero '53,

'53, and Gilbert H. Steinberg '52, will

The appointment of Dr. NathanielK. Frank as head of the Depart-ment of Physics at the Massachu-setts Institute of Technology wasannounced on Dec. 15 by Dr. GeorgeR. Harrison, Dean of Science atthe Institute.

Dr. Frank succeeds ProfessorJohn C. Slater, who had been thehead of the department for overtwenty years. Dr. Slater wasrecently appointed to the newly-created and distinguished post ofInstitute Professor at M.I.T. andis now on a year's leave of absenceto carry on research at BrookhavenNational Laboratory on LongIsland.

Born in Boston, Dr. Frankreceived the degree of Bachelorof Science from M.f.T. in 1923, andthe degree of Doctor of Science in1927, and has been associated withthe Institute ever since. He servedthe Department of Physics asexecutive officer from 1949 to July1951 under Dr. Slater.

Dr. Frank spent 1929-1930 inMunich, Germany, doing researchin theoretical physics with Profes-sor A. Sommerfeld, and in 1935 wasa guest of the Institute for Ad-vanced Study at Princeton. DuringWorld War II Dr. Frank contributedimportant service to research andto development in the war effort.His war activities may be divided

into two distinct phass3: first, aperiod from May 1941 to January1943 during which he was a staffmember of the Radiation Labora-tory at the Institute. His work atthe laboratory comprised theoreti-cal researches of phenomena asso-ciated with the propaganda ofmicrowaves.

The second period was after Jan-uary 1943 during which he held thepost of Expert Consultant, Officeof the Secretary of War, with head-quarters in Washington. In thispost he was engaged primarily inthe formulation and monitoring oftechnical programs.

Regisfration Dafa ..Spring Term 1952

Registration material for the SpringTerm will be issued as follows:

FIRST-YEAR STUIDENTSObtain material in Chemical Lab-oratory dclasses beginning January7. Any not takling Chemistry obtainmaterial in BRoom 4-258.

ALL dTHER. COINTINUED

:ompose the editorial board.The promotions were announced

at the annual banquet of THETECH, held last Friday evening atHoward Jolulson's. Guests at thebanquet included John Crider,former editor of the Boston Herald,Thomas L. Hilton, Assistant Deanof Students, John J. Rowlands,Director of the News Service, Pro-fessor Frederick G. Fassett, Jr.,faculty resident of Baker House,and Charles Kane, Chairman of theAlumni Advisory Board on Publica-Ltions.

Junior Board AnnouncedOther promotions included the

appointment of Mark Caplan, '54,and Jerome Cohen, '54, Co-sportsEditors, with John Margulis, '54,Associate Sports Editor. Sheldon L.Dick, '54, will be Exchange Editor,Hugh G. Gallagher, '54, Assign-ments Editor and Edwin G. Eigei,'54, Features Editor. Malcolm A.McLeod, '55, will continue to bePhotography Editor and Arthur F.Eckert, '54, his assistant.

John F. [D'Anlico, '54, was pro-moted to News Editor, with JohnM. Dixon, '55, and Arthlur Webster

(Continued on Page 4,

Students For Sim&|Spansor Lectuare OnCivil Libert es Issues

Students for Struik has an-nounced its first meeting to .be heldtomorrow, December 19, at 5:00pan., in Room 1-190. All M.I.T.students have been invited toattend and hear a lecture by Pro-fessor Harrison L. Harley, ofSimmons College, on "Civil Liber-ties Issues in the Struik Case."

The committee will distributeliterature dealing with the back-ground of the case and the programand purposes of Students for Struik.

In announcing this meetingspokesmen of Students for Struikhave stressed the fact that thecommittee speaks for itself only,an organization composed of MI.I.T.students, and not as representatives

; of the Student Body, StudentGovernment, Faculty, or Adminis-

STDIENTS (except special studenats)Obtain material in Building 10Lobby on Monday, January 7, from8:45 am. to 4:30 p.m. After 4:30p.m. obtain material at the Infeormation Offiee, Room 7-[11.

SPECIAL STUDENTS & STUDENTENTERING G JRADUATE YEAR

Have application approved by AdAissions Offce before obtaining ma.terial at the Registrars Office, B6oom7.142.REGISTRATION MATER:IAL FORTH[E SPRING TERM MUST BEFILLED IN AND RETURNIED TOROOM 7-142 BEFOfRE 2:00 P.M.,TUESDAY, JANUARY 15.

REPORTS FOR FALL TERMReports for Fall Terma 1951-1952

will be mailed to the Term Addreseson Thursday, January 31. Studentswho wish to have their reports sent

(Continued on Page $)

course at the Institute. This ob-jective has be6n referred to by theState Department as the first posi-tive implementation of Point Four.

For the first time in four yearsall five continents are represented.All of the participants must possessa degree and two years' experience.The project is designed as an in-tensive "packaged" program. Everyattempt is made to give them a bal-anced view of American life.

Program Includes Industrial ToursThe program is divided into three

parts. First is an intensive 12-weekcourse of study on special researchprojects of interest to their omwncountries. Then tlie participantswill be taken on an industrial tourof New England by the NationalAssociation of Mamnufacturers. Later,opportunity is provided for a fewweeks of individual industrial vis-

The Foreign Student SummerProject of the NSA will be host to80 scientists and engineers of 35countries. The aim of the FSSP isto join in the drive to further betterinternational understanding and tostimulate technological develop-ment of war devastated and under-developed areas by giving theirtechnologists a short and intensive

tration of M.I.T.its.

withold payment of the commonsmeal fee next term.

The .main complaint of the fresh-men is that the food is invariablycold and the bread usually stale.Some felt that expensive extrascould be done away with in theinterest of economy. The freshmenincluded in this category fancysauces, such as salad dressing com-prised of mayonnaise and marsh-mallow, or baked ham topped withcooked pineapple and raisins.

The complete results of the pollare expected in a few days and willbe presented to the Dean's office byBen Sack, East Campus HouseChairman.

residing on East Campus are com-pelled to take their meals atWalker.

The following four questions arebeing asked of the 231 freshmen:1) Would you eat in Walker nextterm if given a choice? 2) Whatspecific "gripe" do you have?3)Would you write home to yourparents asking them to write tothe dean complaining about thequality of food you are getting?4) Would you be willing to withholdpayment next term of the $182 f Drthe commons meals fee?

At this time about 30% of thefreshmen have been polled. 78%of these said that they would eatelsewhere if given the opportunity,while 72% said that they would

By NORMAN G. KULGEINAbout 70 % of the freshmen who

have so far replied to the EastCampus poll on contract feedinghave expressed dissatisfaction withthe current setup, Bennet Sack, '53,House Chairman revealed.

During the regular meeting ofthe East Campus House Committeeon Dec. 12, it was decided to pollall Freshmen living on East Campusin regard to their opinion of theeating arrangements at WalkerMemorial.

This action was prompted by thedisclosure that Donald A. Pollock'55 would have to move from EastCampus for failure to pay for com-mons meals at Walker. Accordingto Institute rufing, all freshmen

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Pitured above as Santa Claus is Alan J. Block '54 of Alpha Epsilon PL- ---------

Playing host to fifteen or twentykids is something like experiment-ing with a miniature cyclone, butthe fact is that the fraternity menenjoy the bedlam as much or morethan the kids themselves. Games,movies, skits, refreshments, SantaClaus and toys are the program forthese parties, which usually last fortwo to three hours.

Though some of the fraternitiesarranged for parties on their own,

(lontinsed on Page 8)

By Clifford E. McLainMany children in settlement

houses around Greater Boston haveno chance to attend a real Christ-mas party; and so last year thecustom of giving parties for thesechildren was started among thefraternities through the efforts ofthe T.C.A. Boys' Work at the In-stitute. The parties have been verysuccessul and this year almostevery fraternity participated orplans to give a party soon.

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Is Now In OperationThe Institute's Digital Computer

Laboratory in conjunction with theOffice of Naval Research has an-nounced that Whirlwind I, an ultra-high-speed digital computing ma-chine, is now in operation at theInstitute.

One of the features of this fastelectronic machine, the only large-scale computer of its kind in fulloperation in this country, is itselectrostatic "memory,': which ex-ists in the form of specially de-signed electronic storage tubes.

With its ability to remember, actupon, and deliver information ata rate of 20,000 times a second,Whirlwind I, is the first machinesuitable for supplying instantan-eous instructions for such applica-tions as controlling aircraft trafficpatterns. Whirlwind also has manyother applications for the study ofindustrial process control, insur-ance handling, inventory, economicanalysis, census problems, andscientific and engineering compu-tations.

Will be Used for MilitaryIndustrial Research

During the next year Whirlwindwill be devoted to a variety of en-gineering, scientific, and industrialapplications as well as to militaryprojects sponsored by the On.ice ofNaval Research and the UnitedStates Air Force.

Among the important studies tobe made are problems of controlwhere the machines, devices or sys-tems to be controlled will operateat their own actual speeds, In suchapplications the computer receivesa continuous flow of data to beprocessed instantaneously into in-

Lstructions for operating the controlLsystem. For example, Whirlwindcould be part of an air traffi~c con-trol center, setting the flight pat-tern of hundreds of aircraft of vary-ing types and speeds approachingthe airport from several directionsand leaving it for various destina-

(Conitinued on Page 4)

Cr mIoan sphet LassIn Strulk Deense

The first attempt of HarvardUniversity students to form a com-mittee to aid Professor Dirk Struikfailed last Thursday night. Onlyltwo of the twenty-five studentswho had previously signed a Dean'sOftce petition for the committeeshowed up at the meeting calledby Acting Secretary Stewart G.Bryant 2G. According to the Har-vard Crimson, "Bryant Iblamed thepoor reception on a'fear of identi-fication and possible labels of sub-versive activities.' "

To get Struik -to speak at theUniversity on civil liberties was tobe the purpose of the undergradu-ate organization. However, Bryantarttrounced that he was still plan-ning to have Struik speak at Har-vard sometime before Christmas.

F.S.S.P. Aids Point 4 Program)5 Continents To Be Represented

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upon it. I do nlot hold ProfessorStruik responsible for the apparentirresponsibility of the Committeestatement; consequently, I cannotsee how my opinion of the Commit-tee statement in any. way pre-judges the guilt or in ocence ofProfessor Struik. As a matter offact, this explanation is offeredonly because I assume Mvr. Glad-stone had meant somehow toconnect the Committee criticismwith the issue of pre-judgment andinadvertent.-3 left out the middleof his argum rent.

Next, I would like to take upthe letter signed by Messrs. BruceKellogg, '52, George Langer, "52 andRobert Lauffer, '52. In the firstparagraph, after a quotation fronmy letter, they conclude by asking"Does Mr. Fitch mean to say thatit is in contempt of court that anindividual or group of individualsholds an opinion on the guilt ofProfessor Struik?" I feel that anexpression of ,an opinion as to theProfessor's guilt or innocence ofthe charges against him comesdangerously close to contempt ofcourt: 1) The indictment againstProfessor Struik is based on secret

fContinwe on Page 4)

NO. 51TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1951 Dear Mr. Weber:

With considerable interest did Iread THE TECH's summary of thearticle, "What Kind of Incentives?"by Crawford H. Greenewalt, pub-lished in the December 1951 issuedf The Technology Review. In se-lecting the head, and in the earlyportions of THE TEG- article, itseems to me that your staff hascompletely misinterpreted Mr.Greenewalt's message.

Careful reading of Mr. Greene-walt's article, as printed in The Re-view, will disclose that nowhere didhe ask for "emphasis on profits" asyour head claims. IHe did say:"What is important is that he(man) do his best, for only thencan the nation reap the greatestbenefits from his abilities." In or-der that these benefits may cometo fruition, Mr. Greenewalt holdsthat the ancient, and almost for-gotten, American custom of enab-ling a, person td benefit from hisown honest efforts and labors hasproven to be sound. He believes,"That nation is strongest thatprovides whatever incentives areneeded to make its people -do theirbest. That nation is weakest thatfails to utilize the tremendouspower of self-interest."

Mr. Greenewalt makes the state-ment, "But for most of us, prob-ably the strongest and most desir-able incentive of all is financialgain-not of course in money itself,but because of what one can dowith it." In so ,doing, Mr. Greene-walt is reporting a highly signifi-cant fact of human nature. He isnot attempting to dictate moral orsocial conduct, as could easily beinferred from THE TECH's conclu-sion that Mr. Greenewalt believes"financial gain should be thestrongest and most desirable in-centive in a free country."

B. Dudley, Editor

Dear ,Sir:

Since all the references to lilyletter of December 11 in your"Letters to the Editor" column ofDecember 14 are either critical orbemused, I feel I must answer.

First, before angwering the lettersindividually, I want to state mystand on the Struik affair, cate-gorically and clearly: 1) I have noconviction as to Professor Struik'sguilt or innocence-and I do notsee how anyone, unless he is privyto the secret evidence before thegrand jury, can have such a con-viction. In keeping with Americantradition I assume ProfessorStruik's innocence unless he isproven guilty but this assumptiondoes not amount to a crusadingconviction. 2) I have no obJectionto any group which seeks to raise

funds to aid Professor Struik inhis defense against the chargeswhich he faces. I most emphaticallyprotest against any effort to raisefunds to aid Professor Struik in adefense against imaginary charges.

Turning now to the letters of lastFriday, Robert Glad§tone, '52,makes the general assertion thatI have labeled the Struik Commit-tee's statement of purpose as. a"typical piece of Communist party-line writing." On the strength ofthis premise, Mr. Gladstone con-cludes that I am pre-judging thetrial of Professor Struik. Com-munist party-line writing inmatters of defense traditionallyand inevitably seeks to cloud theissue by posing a defense to a Laon-existent charge while ignoring thetrue issue. The committee state-ment spoke of many things notincluded in the indictment againstStruik and stoutly defended theProfessor against these non-existent charges. On the ,basis ofthis, I noted the lamentable simi-larity of technique and commented

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DISSATISFACTION AT WALKERThe freshman class doesn't like contract feeding in Walker

Memorial. Although the results of the poll being taken bythe East Campus House Commit-tee are not yet complete, it doesnot take a public opinion expert to attest that widespread dis-satisfaction exists among those men who must take their mealsin Morss Hall.

Making contract feeding a requirement for freshmen liv-ing in East Campus is an Administration prerogative; but aswe said last spring, the spirit and philosophy behind campusliving regulations should be that of providing the best facilitiespossible, thus drawing rather than forcing men into a cohesiveliving group.

Many of the complaints reiterate the feeling that the foodas now prepared is loaded down with too many fancy accesso-ries and that inculcating a few notions of simplicity into thechefs would be a big improvement. One freshman has beenexpelled from the East Campus for refusing to pay for commonsmeals which he refused to eat. Whether this is a "crank" caseor not, the Administration should do something about theWalker situation by next term. either by dropping requiredcommons meals or by bringing about a major improvementin quality.

ENGINEERS AND THE OVER-ALL MANPOWER PROBLEMThe following is a report prepared by THE TECHI on the current

national manpower situation.You may look forward to a good position upon graduation, accord-

ing to present statistics, if you are pursuing ,a course in the field ofengineering or science.

This should not be selfishly regarded as a desirable situation, how-ever; instead it should cause concern, for it, indicates -but one funda-mental thing-there is a large shortage of engineers.

If you stop to consid.er the number of engineers lacking at presentand the decrease in output of new engineers, in idcdition to their grow-ing demand due to increased tecimical growth and intensified industrialand government research programs, I am sure you will agree that thisconcern is not unjustified.

Fortune magazine, on, e of the many agencies and organizationsrecognizing ,the problem, points out in an article that this -deficiency,serious -as it may be, is yet more serious in light of the fact that Russiais -training young scientific and .technical men at ,the rate of about1,00,000 per year-or almost seven and one-half times oue' expected out-put in 1954.

The large number of job offers per graduate and, the high startingsalaries may increase more,,if the successive decreases in the sizes of thegraduating classes continue, as is expected, ast least until 1954.

With an average annual decrease of 28% in .the number of estimatedgraduating engineers through 1954, this represents an over-all drapfrom an all-time high -of ,52;000 in the 1950 classes ,to some 12-14,000in 1954, or a 70-75% decrease.

Since half of the gradua[ting engineers will in all likelihood bedrafted, unless something is done about the present .draft laws, thisleaves industry very much lacking its necessary annual quota of 30,000new engineers. The graduating engineers, however, will be sitting prettierthan ever before, -with industries and even government agencies com-peting highly for their services. Already they average three to five joboffers and contracts vdith starting salaries of better than three hundreddollars per month are common, the best in history.

Why this shortage of engineers? 'There are several factors contrifb-

uting to this shortage, the most significant probably being the indis-criminate drafting methods employed during World War II. This drainof potential engineers has already affected the profession, to the pointwhere it is nolwi short well over 60,000. This represents almost a 15%deficit according to a recent survey by -an Engineering Manpower Com-mission. This figure is exclusive of military needs.

The effect of the heavy influx of veterans into engineering schoolshas now almost completely dropped off. This, combined with the reason-ing that the significant decrease in the number of births in the depres-sion era of ,the early 1930's.would be reflected on present enrollmentfigures, accounts for another part of the shortage of engineers

It is interesting to note, just as a sidelight, the use to which thoseengineers who are drafted are put. Rather than being placed in mili-tary research, design, or development, where their training could be putto good advantage, the majority of them are made to march with a rifleon their shoulder and do K.P. just as the other recruits. I do not inferthat they are superior to the rest and therefore .deserve partiality, butin view of their shortage---Why not make proper use of them?

As recently as last year, statistics were released by the- Bureau ofLabor Statistics which pointed toward an approaching oversupply ofengineers. This false statement, -with its wide circulation via the press,naturally found its way to high school students and advisers eventuallyserved to discourage potential engineering school students. Why, in thelight of the many warnings and predictions of a shortage, was a reportsuch as this made?

Fortune magazine brings to mind ,the great post-war technicalgrowth of industry. During the past decade, it explains, research anddevelopment have increased almost 500% in the industrial field and1500% in government agencies, whereas the number of engineers pro-duced in that time hah scarcely doubled.

What will be -done to alleviate this shortage? Better yet, what canbe done about the shortage? A large, yet not effective, step -along thisline was taken w;hen the Selective 'Service adopted a plan whereby ascore of seventy or 'better on a special nationwide test would make acollege student eligible,for deferment from the draft. The most pene-trating plan was proposed by the Scientific Manpower Advisory 'Com-mittee, headed by 'Charles Thomas, president of the Monsanto ChemicalCompany. This plan, endorsed ,by all the leading engineering societies,proposes a national board with centralized power over the technical-manpower problem and would try to effect the diverting of technicalmen into critical positions. The .committee also proposed a programdesigned to maintain an adequate flow of men into technical training.

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With the advice and assistanceof men representing 27 of the 40teams which competed in intra-mural basketball this -season, anall-star team was compiled foreach of the six leagues. On mostof the choices there was generalagreement. Because there were somany teams and players, it is in-evitable that many good men werepassed up in favor of others.

In each league ten men werechosen, five on the first team andfive on the second. The great num-ber of forfeited games kept eachteam from playing every other inits league, but each man contactedgave his frank opinions on themerits of the individuals.

League One:First Team

P Bill Hecht, Delta UpsilonP Cliff Rounds, Delta UpsilonC George Barclay, Graduate HouseG Glen Maxon, Delta Kappa EpsilonG Wilbur HaDkey, Graduate House

Second Tea.mF John Pease, Phi iSigma KappaF Tex Hinckl, Delta Kapa EpsilonC Bill Lintner, Pegis ClubG Chuclk Mathews; Phi Delta ThetaG Henry Van Gleson,

Phi Sigma KappaLeague Two:

First TeamF Cliff Herdman, East CampusF Ben Saclk, East ,CampusC Bob Chamberlin,

Burton Student StaffG Emil Tessin, Burton ,Student StafG Bob Lait, East Campus

Second TeamF Joe Brodzik, Phi KappaF Bud Jacobs, Pi .Lambda PhiC Dick .Dine, East CampusG Ed Cole, WestgateG Bob Elliott, Burton Student -Staff

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Second -TeamF Bard Crawvford,Sigma Alpha EpsilonF' Arnold Langberg, Burton No. 2C Ed Porter, Sigma Alpha EpsilonG Bill Horner, Sigma ChiG John Jones, Beta Theta Pi

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first period. The -most excitingthe last Fresh-man bout when Gisler(heavy) wrestled it out with hisopponent for nine minutes withthe score 16-14. If that match waslost the Freshmen would have lostbut Gisler won a decision.

Outstanding men for the Varsitywere three. First Jack Graef, who,for the second time, was "thrownto the tigers." As it happened in thematch with Earvard, Graef, whowrestles in the 130-pound class,was put up against a 137-pounder.

part of the whole match was

Both times his opponents were cap-tains. Graef has had no experiencein wrestling and although he waspinned he deserves a lot of creditA second outstanding man wasJohn Ridde!l who won his decisionin the 167-pound class. Seymour,the Engineer heavyweight, had lnoopponent to speak of and he wonhis matches in 2 minutes and 23seconds Iby a pin.

The lineups and events as ,theytook place are:

Tech Freslunen123 lbs., Nasatir-draw130 lbs., Kennady-pin137 lbs., Mr-Auliffe-pin147 lbs., Evans-was pinned157 lbs., Cutksky-was pinned167 bls., Savin-won decision177 lbs., Brooks--drawHeavy, Gisler--won decision

Varsity123 ]lb,s., Blanchard (Tufts) vs Aleyers

XTeeh)-decision, Tufts130 lbs., Burns (Tufts) vs Wolfe (Tech)

-decision, Tufts137 lbs., Capt. Vinton (Tufts) vs Graef

(Tech)-pin, Tufts147 lbs., MAastoras (Tufts) vs Buckstaff

(Teeh)--deeision, Tech15] lbs., Swain (Tufts) vs Robertson (Tech)

-dlecislon, Tech167 lbs., Aloore (Tufts) vs Riddell (Tech)

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most took advantage of the Boys'Work Committee's offer to makepreliminary arrangements withneedy settlement houses. T'he fra-ternities furnished the transporta-tion and the settlement houses senta leader along with the group.

After the parties were over andthe debris cleared away, mosteveryone agreed that it had beenworth all the effort and that theywould certainly give another party-next year. Both the settlementhouses and the T.C.A., not to rnen-tion the children themselves, ex-pressed gratitude to the fraterni-ties for these parties.

The 'Boys' Work ,Committee con-sist of Arnold G. Kramer, '52, Direc-tor; Dickson Chau, '53; Clifford E.McLain, '53; Robert A. Naber, '52,and Charles W. Sorenson, '52.

Fraternities which have alreadygiven ,parties are Alpha Epsilon Pi;Alpha Phi Omega; Beta Theta Pi;Chi Pi; Delta Tau Delta; DeltaUpsilon; Kappa Sigma; LambdaChi Alpha; 'Pegis Club; Phi Kappa;Phi Sigma Kappa: Pi Lambda Phi;Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Sigma Chi;Theta Delta Chi; MIT StudentHouse. Theta Chi will have a partyon Dec. 20.

Phi Kappa, having given a partyfor 65, holds the record for playinghost to the greatest number ofchildren.

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Intramural Round Up Mr. Ian J. GeigerElected Chairman To.CA.C For 52 Ivan J. Geiger, Director of Ath-

letics at the Institute, was electedchairman of the Eastern CollegeAthletic Conference at its closing

meeting last Saturday in Washing-ton. The EOAC has evoked consid-erable interest with its banning ofpost season bowl games and en-dorsement of limited televising ofcollege football games.

As chairman, M. Geiger will headthe only true -athletic regulatorybody in the East for the comingyear. He will be assisted by LouisAndreas of Syracuse, Vice-Chair-man. None of the conferenceedicts affected the Institute. Aproposal to limit out-of-seasonpractice, which would have affectedTechnology's crew, was turned

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Dr. Isadore Amdur, Professor ofPhysical Chemistry at the Institute,has .been elected to Fellowship inthe New. York Academy ofSciences. Dr. Amdur -has receivedthis honor in recognition of hisoutstanding achievements in chem-istry.

A member of the Departmen~ ofChemistry since 1934, ProfessorAmdur did important wartimework in ceramics and optics, espe-cially in research on methods ofgrowing crystals.

At the Institute RonaldGourley, an instructor In archi-tecture, is the co-winner of thefirst prize of $1,000 in competitionfor the design of a $1,Q00,000 memo-rial union building at the Univer-sity of New Hampshire. He collabo-rated with Dan Kiley of Fxanconiato win the $1,000 award.

Re tration(Gontinued froms Page 1)

elsewhere must caHl at the Registrar'sOffice not later than Tuesday, Janu-ary 15. Duplieate reports for studentswho are under 21 years of age Wm besent to the parents. No reports willbe prepared for candidates for a de-gree in January 1952.

Promotions(oUntinued from Page Z)

Haines, '54, as his associates. nl=-agers will be Martin B. Mills, '54,Advertising, Robert 8. Young, '54,Circulation, Stanley M. Bloom, '53,Sales, Klaus Zwilsky, '54, Treasutrer.Charles H. Ehlers, '52, assisted byGeorge L. Perry, '54, are in chaxgeof personnel.

F:ormer Herald Editor Giwes ViewsMr. Cricter, ex-ediar of the

Herald, spoke about his career injournalism which has includedpositions with the New York Timesand Time magazine. His recentbreak with the Herald resulted froma disagreement over editorfal policytoward Senator Taft, whom Mr.Crider openly opposes as a presi-dential candidate.

In speaking of Boston newspapersin general, he said that most ofthem stress the entertainmentvalue of the news rather than Itrying to honestly evaluate it.

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evidence presented to a grand jury.2) To divulge or make known grandjury testimony is unlawful. 3) I mustassume that when someone passeson the guilt or innocence of Pro-Aessor Struik, he does so by meansof one of two yardsticks--either a Ivacuous hunch or a knowledge ofthe testimony to the grand jury.4) I cannot assume that thelearned members of the StrlikDefense Committee could reachsuch an important decision on ranything less than a knowledge ofthe facts. 5) I now leave it up to 1those who have formed a mental cverdict as to the Professor's guit or 1innocence-have they reached this tbelief without knowing anything rof the nature of the evidence 1against him or are they unlaw- rfully familiar with the grand jury ttestimony?

One other point needs to be ham- rrered home to Messrs. Kellogg, ILanger and Lauffer. They say, "with rrespect to prejudgment of the case, tit might well be asked why the bgovermnent of Massachusetts offl- tcially proclaimed a Philbrick Day. sThe State of Massachusetts (and eit seems, Mr. Fitch) assumes that (the trial is over and thanks to FPhilbrick, Prof. Struik convicted." ti would like to point out that this 1nis a plain case of jumping from a ffalse hypothesis to a ridiculous con- fclusion. Let me quote from Bill cCunningham's column in the itBoston Herald. "First off, and last 1off, that wasn't the way it was, at t:all, as . . . (he) could have dis- i,covered if he'd asked anybody who owas there, or who had anything cto do with the dinner. The affair bhonored Philbrick for his part in ohelping convict the 11 top Com- tmunists in that world-famous trial rin New York. It was built entirey n

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L"Uda Chi AIphi ..a .CiM Rounds

Delta Upsllon .........Bill /ecat

Delta Upallon .........George Barclay

Urauuare douse .......Bob Chamberlin

BurtoQ btudeet staff .John Ma1ttsoa

Phi hppa Sigma .....John Mc.Nefiy

Lambaa ~Chi Alpha ....Paul Valerlo

Waler Staff ...........Jack Britt

Waoker Staf ...........Stan Auistutz

Theta Chi ..............Charles Brown

khi uamma ]Delti .....Roy Westlund

,uskies ......... .......Bob White

Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

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last week a; Don 8urgenor scoreda basket vith only five seconds re-maining and then made good a freethrow to make the score 17-15.Despite Cliff IHerdman's great play-ing, East Campus was downed bythe surprising Burton men, as EmilTessin and Bob Chamberlin sparkedthe clutch victory. Each team hadwon five successive games previousto this one.

Graduate House defeated DeltaKappa Epsilon 23-19 to'give thevexes their first loss as agamst fivewms ano this threw the league raceinco a tie between the losers anarni Sigma !Kappa. Last mnight thisle was removed as the laoter two

oeams mec on the Walker Court.'The Detes' Glen Maxon was notnltting in the game, and Georgetarcay, Al Gallagher, and Wilburlxian;ey sparked trad House to itsvilctory.

The HuIskies waltzed easily to theleaguae taree tikle as Lenox Cluo£aile to appear for thelr gameWItn the former school champions.L'aroughlou the season Ken Wllson,donn Y'unghouser, Roy Westluna,and Tom Hoffman formed asiootnay-working combinationwrmcl was threatened only by SAz.m League Four, ATe hac clncheaine tlue by last week wrch lvesuraight victories. WiLh a well-rounued and hard-playing squaa,,ney had disposed ot their tougheropponents early in the season anaunished on top with ease.

Theta Chi, threatened with athree way tie and playing withoutnigh-scorer Ed Ort, defeatedLanmbda Chi Alpha 41-38 last weexmn a game wwch was decided onz;d Chaa's hook shot in the last 15seconas. Lamoda Chi, sporting theaghest team average in LM basket-oali wich 42 points per game, wasneaten largely through the play oiStarn Amtutz, who dropped in 16pomets.

Last night Baker No. 1 met PhiKappa Sigma for the second time,after thelr first had ended inBaker's favor and had been pro-tested successfully by the losers.Last week, Baker failed to furnishreferees and lost to Theta DeltaChi, who may possibly fiish in aChi, who may possibly finish in a

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IWagner, Thulman, and John andMel idattson have been sparkingthe team's victories. Selby, Scala-mandre, Riordan, and DiLorenzohave led the large Baker Housesquad.

*Indicates game yet to be played.**Teanz withdrew during season.

{ lMounfain Climnbing LecfureAn illustrated lecture on "Clmb-a

ine Mt. MicKinley'" will be given todayby Bradford Washburn, noted glacialexplorer and director of the BostonMullseum of Science. The LSC talkwill be held at 5:90 p.m. in ooms10-250. Admissiona is free.

L. S. C. Movie"Great Expectations,'" based on

Charles Dickens' famous novel andstarring Jean Simmons and John HYills,will be presented on Thursday, Dec.20, in Room 10-250 at 5:00 p.m. admat 8:00 p.m. Adnmissiou is thirty cent.

Chrisfimas DinnersBy contacting T.CoA,, students who

stay here will be able to enjoy Christ-mas dinner at the home of some Tech-nology family. Foreign students areespecially welcome to this service.

Freshman CommenetryOn The 55' Dr k Test:

"It was easy," said the majorityof the students wlho took the Selec-tive Service College QualificationFest last Thursday. Ralph M. Shofi-ner, '55 said, "The test was deft-nitely much easier than the collegeooards tests. I do not thhimk thatit was as easy for a technical manas I was led to believe. The mathe-matics was an insult."

Robert C. Hoffman, '55, felt that,"Although the math. was very easy,che wording of the problems nayhave slowed down a few students."

"I didn't think it was too bad,"commented James R. Bartwh, '55.Richard T. DiBona, '55, felt that'Any average high school seniorcould have gotten at least an eig-htyin the test." In general, the stu-dents who took the test felt that.hey could have done all the mathe-matics with only a limited knowl-adge of high school algebra. How-ever, one unidentified student mut-tered, "I'm in the Army now."

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Whirlwind has fulfilled the prin-cipal obJecrlves of the project wnchlwere to achieve ultra-hlgth speedswiCh a digital computer, high re-liability in large electronic systems,and the applncation of a digitalcomputer "to control systems inciviian and military operations incerms of actual time and speed re-quirements.

Whirlwind will also be availableto members of the faculty andgraduate students of M.I.T. for re-search and instruction in the Flec-

entering incoming data and reccd-ing results, and messengers to bringin the problem and carry away theanswers. On Whirlwind 1, the arith-metic element corresponds to thedesk calculator, the control maybe likened to the operator, the stor-age or memory is the notebook, andthe input and output ate messen-gets.

laronal MemoryOf particular interest electroni-

cally is Whirlwind's internal mem-ory section. By means of speciallydesigned electrostatic storage tubes,a sixteen-digit number can be readinto or out of the machine's memn-ory in twenty-five-millionths of asecond. Each electrostatic storagetube, like a television tube, uses amovable electron beam to distributeinformation over a surface. A high-velocity and sharply focussed elee-tron beam "writes" a digit in theform o0 a charged spot on the stor-age surface. The same beam is alsoused to "read" the stored informa-tion. Still another guardian beamkeeps digits "in storage" for as longa period as desired.

league two champlon p in a sist;ance of four forfeit victories.thrillig game with East Campus Phi Kappa Sig's four little men, Automafic COperation

Whirlwind is an el6tronic digitalcomputer. Once a problem has beeninserted, the machine operates au-tomatically. High-frequency electri-cal pulses travel along transmissionlines from one element of the com-puter to another, causing electroniccircuits to be turned on and off.The resulting electronic states ofthese circuits represent the num-bers in the problem. Since Whirl-wind selects, remembers and oper-ates on all the digits of the numbersimultaneously, it can completemany thousand arithmetic opera-tions per second. It can solve infifteen minutes some problemswhich would require years of workby manual methods.

Every computing system has cer-taian basic elements. In a typicalmanual system these elementsmight be the familiar desk calcu-lator, an operator, a notebook for

that way, with one of that trial'slawyers brought on from New Yorkto be the principal aker. Struik'sname was not mentioned at anycine during the evening to the bestof my remembering. So far as Iknow, and I was the toastmaster,it wasn't even thought of. The planWo honor Philbrick in that fashionwas in the works before .truik waseven indicted, and it would havegone through even if the Strulkcase had been tossed out of court.In other words, Struik didn'tmatter."

Thle tna letter from EobertSteinberg, '54, is si r to theoriinal cmcmittee statement in atleast one respect--it has one per-tinent paragraph followed by anumbrer of erroneous deductions.Mr. Steinberg sums up my argu-ments as "1) that Prof. Strulk hasbeen charged with advocating theviolent overthrow of the govern-ment of Massachusett and theUnited States; (2) Nothing elsematters; (3) Let's wait for thetrial." Thus far I agree and amhappy that Mbr. Steinberg was ableto capture the essence of my letterso sucxcinctly. Unfortunately, heenlarges on these points as follows:(1) " . . . the state charged thatProf. Struik used 'the methods ofthe Communlsts in his tcaching.'Wr. Fitch has stated that 'academicfreedom' is not at stake, and infact has nothing to do with thecase.' Academic freedom concernstself with what goes Into the teach-ng and so does the above men-tioned charge of the state." Thiss, to borrow Mr. Steinberg's terinn-Dlogy, "muddy thinking." Thetarge against Prof. Struik is thathe advocated the violent overthrow3f the United States government. Ifthe Professr did this in the elass-roanm which to my knowledge hasaot been alleged) then it is aca-

demic license, not academic liberty.if on the other hand, the Professor,ms heli political conversationswith students and if he limited,,hem to the expression of his beliefsand if this expression did notencompass the advocacy of theirolent overthrow of the govern-ment, they will not figure in evi-aence as Mr. Steinberg knows per-.ectly well. (2) Mr. Steinberg states'"A Pastor was discharged from hisparish because he stated his beliefmn Struik's innocence." Mlr. Stem-oerg could find, if he bothered to'ead the statement by the ChurchBoard, that they had been consid-2rinrg the removal of ReverendAbbe for several other reasons andGlut his recent statements on thestruik case were only the finalo.traws. But most important, therightness or wrongness of the treat-ment of Reverend Abbe is anentirely separate issue and hasnothing whatsoever o do with thetrial of Professor Strulk.' The

remainder of Mr. Steinberg's letteris filled with sweeping generalitieswhich indicate that he either didnot try or was unable to under-stand my criticism of the commit-tee. In either case, my recom-mendation to Mr. Steinberg is thathe read my letter more carefully.

In conclusion may I: 1) callonce again on the seven Instituteprofessors who signed the com-mittee statement to explain theirreasons for dokqg so; 2) publiclyexpress my appreciation to thosemembers of the faculty and studentbody who have written to me atmy home in support of my views;and 3) again borrow from ths sarrecolumn by Bill Cunningham to saythat "It would be a very nice thingif we all just shut up, but I'm notshuttin' unless the facts are left inshape."

John Pitch '52

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