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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE UNDERGRADUATES OF MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF tECHNOLOGY

All Students Will Ballot TuesdayFor Head Of Undergraduate Body;

Voting in the coming undergradu-ate"elections will be on a preferen-tial basis. Ballots will list all candi-dates for a given office, and votersare requested to list their order ofpreference opposite each name, "1"for first choice, and so on. The resultsare to be tabulated according to the"preferential proportional system."

Under this system, all votes for agiven office are distributed accord-ing to first,choice. In the event thatno candidate has a majority, the onereceiving the lowest number of firstplace votes is eliminated, andSis bal-lots are distributed among the othercandidates according to second choice.If there is still no majority, the low-est remaining candidate is eliminat-ed, and his ballots are redistributedaccording to second choice. Only sec-ond place votes are considered, allremaining ballots being set asidetemporalrily.

This procedure is continued untilone candidate receives a majority of

the remaining ballots. He then re-ceives the office, provided that thismajority 'constitutes at least fortyper cent of all, ballots cast. If not,the counting begins again, this timeincluding third place votes wherenecessary, and the same procedure isused repeatedly until one candidate'smajority represents forty per cent ofall valid ballots.

In all elections, 'the vice-presidentwill be selected from the defeatedcandidates for president. Votes willagain be distributed according golfirst choice, and eliminations carriedout as above, except that votes forthe president-elect will not be count-ed. The rule requiring forty per centof all ballots -also holds in selectingthe vice-president.

This method of tabulating the Jotesattaches great importance to secondand third choices, and so voters areurged to consider carefully the rela-tive merits of all candidates, and notmerely decide on their fiist choice.

For the first time, all four classes will participate in the elec-tion of a President of the Undergraduate Association, as one of themost interesting campaigns in several years draws to a close. NextTuesday's balloting will decide who is to occupy the highest officein student gov-ernment.

Previously, only the junior class chose the individual who per-formed the dual function of class president and head of the Insti-tute Committee. Under the new plan, the juniors will elect aseparate class president for theirsenior year.

Tile ivinner of Tuesday's election Harry Schreiber, and John J. Seller,will preside over the reorganized all of the Class of 1955, are candidatesInscomm. Under the revised Constitu- for the office. Profiles and statementstion this consists of the President of the candidates appear elsewhere in-,,, -f: ~_~_1- _ A A TT,. ,,_ .... this issue.apt-u¥ving lt, ne1w uonstlbulon. numli- nlui vlce-rresluent OJ ne unaergrac-

nat'd Len Wharton (Burton), Dave uate Association, the president and aNasatir (Baker), Sheldon Busansky represeitative-at-large from each of(East Campus), John Seller (Eas't the four classes, four dormitory rep-Campus), Eldon Reiley (East Cam- resentatives, three delegates from thepus), and Gerry Perloff (Baker). I.F.C., two commuters, a representa-Nominationswere' held opln until the tive from the Association of Womennext meeting. It is to be noted that Students, and a member of the Activi-any condidate can run whether he is ties Council.

I (Cnoti7nued on page 8) Gerald Perloff, Eldon H. Reiley,

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Balloting will be conducted in thelobbies of Buildings 10 and-2 betweenthe hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.Institute registration cards will be re-quired as identification for all voters.

The'four candidates will appear ona half-hour forum qver WMIT, onMonday night at; 7:45 p.m. They willdiscuss, without preparation, questionssubmitted by their fellow nominees.

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Dear Sirs:

This newspaper feels that it wouldbe illuminating for its readers to havesome pertinent statement from you,the candidate for this office. Since webelieve that people should be electedto office on some basis other thantheir personality, as has evidentlybeen the case in past instances, weshould like something of the natureof a definite platform from each ofyou. Obviously this is nothing morethan an outline of the things you planto do, or plan to suggest to InstituteCommittee to do, for the Undergradu-ates at the Institute, if elected to of-fice.

In addition we would like yourviews on matters, if any, which youdeem to be "issues" in the forthcom-ing election. Possible issues could bediscrimination in fraternities, assess-ments of students, expelling studentsfrom dormitories, the continuance ofField Day and associated problems offreshman hazing, the Student Unionbuilding and its method of financing,hnd the responsibilities of studentgovernment to the undergraduatebody. You can probably think of oth-ers.

We should like a statement of about500 or 600 words (not longer please)covering' these points, together witha photograph, from each of you by,next Wednesday (Feb. 17) afternoon.Please leave this material with thesecretary in the Institute Committeeoffice. Thank you for your trouble.

Sincerely yours,Norman G. KulgeinGeneral Manager, Volume 74

/JJ/l~~1 :?; /lNFlglMlJOHN J. SEILER '55

Student Government..... and-the Administration

The basic difference between stu-dent and administrative viewpoints isa varying emphasis on short-rangeand long-range policies. For example,students find it difficult to understandthe vaiue of a ten year constructionprogram in terms of their needs asstudents now. It is for student gov-ernment to represent and explain thestudent needs to the Admninistration,and to fight for policies which willalleviate present needs while stillproviding for a better educational en-vironment in the future.. ..... and Education

1. The Freshman Advisory Programof the FCC will be strengthened bothin dorms and fraternities. Upperclassadvisors will be asked to attend dis-cussion seminars this spring withmembers of the Freshman AdvisoryCouncil and the Medical Department.

HARRY SCHREIBER '55

A rapid view of the election picturethis year, and a fast look at studentsentiment, reveal that there are noconcrete issues on which this camn-paign for the presidency of the Up-dergraduate association should be wonor lost. It should be fought rather, ona principle, and our willingness andability to try to uphold this prinpi:.This principle is to make student-'ov-

ernment meaningful for the student,to make it speak for the student!What the president would have isnot a program that will follow a setplan throughout the year, but a mil-itant attitude toward student rights,and some sort of feeling for studentopinion. This year, with the imple-menting of reorganization, with theInstitute Committee 'organized alongmore representatiive lines, the chal- lenge facing it is to truly representthe student, in its actions, to the pub-lic. and to the Institute.

GERALD PERLOFF '55

The basic aim of Institute Com-mittee is to fulfill student govern-ment's obligation to the people whosupport it, you, the students.

First, let's look at student govern-ment. In reality, the role of studentgovernmen+t is necessarily a dividedone. 1. Student government must con-sider the long term results of its ac-tions as they affect the M.I.T. com-munity. 2. Student government must

represernt each and every student. In-stitute Committee's responsibility lies,.n ,hosing the path that offers themost individual freedom as is con-sistent with thie maximum good of}I.I.T.

Some of the issues that have been,videly, discussed are fraternity claus-Is, open house rules, assessments,nd Field Day. Let's discuss thesessues.

I feel that it is possible to pressureperson to change what he says, blt

f you have not changed how he feels,othing has been accomplished. Ba-ically, you cannot legislate publicPinion. Initial action' must cometrom the individual fraternities. Then

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ELDON H. REILEY '55

After more than two years of de-voting its major effort to reorganiz-ing itself, student government hasjust woken up to find itself in theposition where it must actually justifyits very existence to the student body.We have had two years oi theorizing,wishful thinking, and good intentions.Now it's time we had a little action.

There is just one issue before youin Tuesday's election. Nearly every-one agrees on what's wrong withstudent government. The question is:what are we going to do about it,and HOW?

We all agree that student govern-ment should be more responsive tostudent opinion. The problem is I-OWto make it so. This is no time foridealistic talk about something we allagree on-this is a time for concrete-proposals.

Here's how I would solve the prob-lem:

I would form a Liaison Committeeto keep student government informedof student opinion. This liaison groupwould keep abreast of student senti-ment by having its membership drawn

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This is a -beautiful objective. but "These sessions will acquaint them withhow are we going to effect it? Whatl basic methods of group dynamics andis needed to make student govern -an understanding of common psy-ment a voice of the students, and not chological problems. an echo 'of administration policy. The 2. I would recommend to the In-

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Preferential 'Balloting Syste,,,To Be Employed In ComningStudent. Government Election

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CandidatesNamedFor PresidencyOf Dorm Coun'il

Dormitory residents will elect anew President of Dormitory Council(a change from ithe traditional Dor-mitory Committee) on Thursday,Feb. 25, between 8 a m. and 8 p.rm.This past Monday the Council, after

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For Presidlen-8~8 1 1 0 !g EEDITOR'S NOTICE

The statements at the left werereceived in reply to the followingletffer, senft by The Tech fo allpresidential candidates.

Techbruary 19, 1954 No; 4

MANAGING BOARD. General Manager.Norman G. Ktlgein, '5.,UealM r ia er ....'4 ...........................................................................................]qornian G..Knlgein. '55rm an.tr r ................ . ......... Loa:, '55E dito ..................... ........................................................................................... ..... R d e W . L ogya n, 56diBsiegtor....... .................................................Philip Bryden. '56*Busine$s Manager ., . . . . . . Allan Schell, '55

ED- ITORSMake-Up ...................... Frank Berrymap, '56 Co-Sports .......................... David Apnling. '57News ................................ Stephen Cohen, '56 John Friedman, '37Features ........................ ..Edward Kaplan, '56 Co-Copy ..................... Martin Brilliant. '54

Blorn Rossing, '56 'Robert Rosenbaum, '57Photography ................ Philip Gallagher, '57

MANAGERSAdvertising .................................................... E..:rnest W Va er.nan.' 7(fice Manager ....................................... ............... acob Gubbay '5Treasurer ..... ;- ; Donald Kobbman, '56Treasurer ....................................................................... :. ............................................... D onald Koffm an, '56

STAFF MEMBERSDaniel- Schneider, '57; iHarry Gildlea. '57: Morton Cohan, '57: Stephen Edejglass. '56; PalIGoldin, '54;-Ben Chertok, '57; Robert 'Berg. '57; Peter Richards, '57; John Kretzer, '57;Robert Kline, '57; Joseph Schaeffer, 56; J. Philip Bromberg, '56.g.

I' .' OFPICES OF THE TECHNews. Editorial and IBusines..-Room 020. Walker Memorial, Cambridge 39, Mass.Entered as second class matter at the post office at Boston, Massachusetts.

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ELECTIONS TUESDAY SO WHAT?

Each year, every undergraduate contributes approximatelyfourteen dollars towards the support of Institute Committee. Thisis adcomplished without the explicit knowledge of the student inthe following manner. Fifty dallars, of the $930 tuition fee is allo-cated by the Institute for expenditures on student affairs. Thissum amounts to $260,000 per year. Of this money, some $41,000is given to Institute Committee for use in running student govern-ment and supporting such activities as the Athletic Association,the Lecture Series Committee, and the Combined Music Clubs.

On Tuesday, the entire undergraduate body, the same personswho contribute the fourteen dollars mentioned above, will choosea man to head the organization that controls this large sum of-- money. One of four candidates will be elected President of theUndergraduate Association.

In every election that we have ever' been acquainted with, biit national, local, or even high school, the candidates at least tookthe trouble ta offer some definite program to the voters. Here at'M.I.T., ostensibly a school with progressive ideas, thle candidates

.or the most important elective office in student government havenot even bothered to offer a specific platform, or, in fact, anythingthat even remotely resembles one, to the voters.

One candidate speaks at great length about communications.If by some miracle something significant should happen at anInscomm meeting, he would have the news transmitted as quicklyas possible to the student body. However, definite proposals forprompting such miracles, i.e., some constructive ideas about whathe would have Institute Committee actually do, never appear, An-other speaks in glittering generalities about student governmentbeing responsive to the needs, desires, and .opinions of students.This is a fine thought-it's just that we believe that a candidateshould have some positive ideas of his own, at least in the begin-ning. The other two candidates have roughly the same point ofview. They feel that the problems connected with the reorganiza-tion of Institute Committee are such that it will be a big enoughtask to conquer the intricacies of the new setupi let alone accom-plish any positive beneficial action for the student body.

In contrast to this common lack of a platform, all of thecandidates have something to say about what they consider to be"issues" in the forthcoming election. Some of these issues includediscrimination in fraternities, student assessments, financing ofa Student Union Building, open house regulations, and the prob-

lems of Field Day and Freshman hazing. It is doubtless true thatthe great deal of printed material distributed in the last few weekscontaining the candidates' views on key issues has been either anovert evasion of these questions, or a neutral, middle-of-the-road

approach. Nevertheless, the choice among the candidates will haveto be made on the admittedly flimsy basis of what their views onthe issues are.

All those who have participated in any M.I.T. election realizethat the successful candidate was chosen on the basis of his looks,activity. record, cumulative average, or merely by chance. Theelection for President of the Undergraduate Association offers anexcellent chance to put an end to this sham. For the first time inrecent Institute history, all four undergraduate classes will votetogether to elect a single officer; In the future, even if unfortu-nately not next Tuesday, a successful candidate for the office ofPresident of student government will have to offer some definiteprogram to the undergraduate body. People will become interestedin having something rather than someone to vote for.

In order to demonstrate to student government and to futurecandidates for office in student government that we, the undergraduate body, take more than a casual interest in our own gov- ernmefit, it is imperative that everyone vote. A truly active studentgovernment can be obtained only through a truly active, votingstudent body.

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first two requisites are a true rep-resentation of the students' views andbold leadership which is not 'afraid tovoice these views and stick by themif they are sound. A portion of the

first objective -should be realized withtle- reorganization. Closer cooperationwith - Dormitory Committee, I.F.C.,'and 5:15 club would help to reach thisgoai. I have had varied experiencesboth inside and outside student gov-ernment, and with this experience Iwould attempt to achieve this pur-

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"FLASH" BROWN'S

A certain Sophomore named Brown acquired theappellation "Flash," not because he was lightning on thegridiron, but just because he was never without an answer.

You'd-pass him on the quadrangle and say "How's it goint,Flash?" He'd answer, "Air Express." Get the pitch?

Brown often referred to his "two-headed brother" inconversations. One day a few men in his fraternity wereneedling him.

"Your brother's two heads must present quite a few problems."

"Not really. The only problem was his neatness," said Flash.

"Neatness?" "Yes," answered Flash, "he worried about it.Said he couldn't find a shirt that didn't wrinkle around thecollar. You see, he was often looking in two directionsat once, or eating and talking on the telephone.Hard on a collar."

"'What did you do?" rhey knew he did something about it.

"Simple. I got him the Van Heuseq Century shirt with theexclusive soft collar that won't wrinkle ever! 1 got himdifferent collar styles and colors. $3.95 for the white,$4.95 for the colors and superfine Whites. You sihould haveseen the grins on his faces when he saw how those collarsstayed neat all day and night without starch or stays.""I guess he can really hold his heads up now," said one.

"Yep. He figures he gets four times more wear from Centurythan from other shirts; Of course, he actually only gets twicethe tear. He just figures in both heads."

One of the men visited Brown at Christmas, and foundit was all true.

pose, and these goals.

The. whole idea of echoing the stu-dent's views, of standing up to, theinstitute for the student sounds fine,but the problem is,. how are we goingto do it ?

The new Institute committee willbe free of many of the pr6oceduralduties of the old, and will have moretime to delve deeper into basic prob-lems of the, student and of student life.

The first basic problem that shouldbe brought up to the new Institute '

Committee is a complete study of the -

-ules,- regulations, and attendant pen-alties which effect the extra curricularactivities of undergraduates, specific- ally the rules about which there is,the most dispute at the present rno- mnent. At M.I.T., we pride ourselves in the fact that individual responsibil-ity is important, that we should beable to do, within reasonable limits, exactly what we want., To keep sucha concept, it is necessary to have onlythose rules for which there exists a definite need or valid reason. Many ofour rules have such definite. reasons as a basis. but there are ,several ex- ceptions, like cooking in rooms,> which do not on the surface seem to havesuch a valid basis. Open House rules in some form are necessary, but sinceOpen House Rules enforcement is ul- itimately left to Inscomm's Judicial iCommittee, it seems only fair that the

iInstitute Committee should review the rules which it is enforcing, and the >penalties that it is imposing. In the -field of rules, the responsibility of en-forcement should carry' with it the privilege legislation and review."

A second item with high priority for the new Institute Committe is the subfect of Freshman Rules and jField Day. I am myself, quite in favor I6f retaining Field Day, and some re-vised ' system of Freshman Rules. Field Day is one of the few traditionsat this school, and it serves well topush the freshman into sworking to-'ether. Freshman rules are an outlet

for hazing enthusiasts, and a verydefinite help to the Freshman, in that they get some little knowledge ofheir surroundings, and who's who.To be of any real value, such rules gshould be planned in the early spring.

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beer can do... for only Budweiser isbrewed by thecostliestprocesson Earth.

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TinThe Candidate s: Reordse Op nions And Viewso* Ant Analysis Based on Interviews by the Features Staff

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Gerald Perloff Eldon H. ReileyGerald Perloff '55, the most recent 'Elaon Reiley '55, candidate for presi-

candidate to enter the contest for dent of the Undergraduate' Associa-president of the undergraduate asso-tiorr, and former news director ofciation, is basing his campaign on the WMIT, is placing the major emphasispremise that "each living unit should of his campaign on that grand old

have as much individual freedom as warhorse of M.I.T. political issues:is consistent with the maximum god "Commmunications" (with a c a p i t a Iof the M.I.T. community." - "C"), although (which is something

He believes that InstComm shbuld new- in Institute politics) he is doing

not concern itself "with those issues it from the point of view of a work-which Dorriitory Committee and the ing newsman.Intra-Fraternity Council are 'comp- The main trouble, as RIeiley sees it, is

etent to deal with." not the lack of facilities for communi-Perloff does nlot think, that Phst- cation between the student body, its

Comm has "overstepped its bounds in representatives, and the administra-many cases", but has not named any tion. He feels that the news gather-specific cases where he believes it insr media such as The Tech andhas exceeded its authority. WMIT do a good job so far as con-

Ile approves of the recent re-organ- ditions permit them. But that the

ization of Institute Committee, and trouble lies in the "reluctance on the

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categories: 1. Those witn neitner als- vioient elstnsuua os 3-r,, ....ii.ana. Icriminatory clauses nor - practices. ought to be found, but that a reason-ltween national affiliation and MIT

2. Those who have these clauses but able set of freshman rules should be affiliation", mainly because he thinksare doing their 'best to have hem maintained. the fraternities can do more by fight-

are doing their 'best to have them Dsrmaintationrepealed by their nationial organiza- Disrimnation ing within their national organiza-

tions. 3. Those who-have these clauses, He expects no decisive action to be tions, and parly because he believes

and say they want to get rid of them taken in the immediate future on the this is unfair to many of the fraterni-

but really do not want to eliminate question of discrimination in fratern- ties involved. In addition, Reiley doesthem. 4. Those who have these ities. However, he states that "if the not think that student opinion would

clauses, approve of them and do not new report by the InstComm sub- not support so drastic a step.

wish to eliminate them. (There is committee concerned with this topic An Alternative

only one fraternity in this last cate-!(which is expected in a few weeks) As an alternative to more drastic.. gory.) shows that some fraternities are action on the discriminatory clauses,

"Nothing More Can Be Done" 'fluffing off' Insteomm should conmpel issue, he calls for a conference of

Seiler believes that "nothing more them to show some legitimate at- New England colleges to discuss this

ean really be done than to helP those tempt to convince their national or- issue, and to work out plans for joint

-who need help in their fight with ganizations to eliminate these dis-pressure to be exerted on the national..... I-"1 .- , ..:+; .ion,,.) "He ex- _riminatovl clauses.' organizations of the fraternities in-

Schreibernational organization soliciting theirsupport in the fight to remove theoffending clauses, as well .as an in-

tensive campaign during the organ-ization's national conventions.

Schreiber 'would make an exceptionof those fraternities which limit theirmembership to a tightly defined re-

ligious group, pointing out that any-one who. wishes to join such a fra-ternity merely has to espouse the re-ligion in question in order'to qualify.He contrasts this with the clauseslimiting membership to persons of"white, Aryan blood"' which he con-

demns.No "Gentlemen's Agreements"

He is sure that the main problem

in M.I.T. fraternities is getting ridof discriminatory clauses, and believes

that "gentlemen's agreements" arenon-existent at the Institute.

He believes quite firmly that no

drastic action to eliminate theseclauses by requiring that fraternitiessecede from their national organiza-tions is advisable, and lists severalreasons why he feels such a coursewould be unjust:

"Three or four houses would befinancially ruined by secession and anumber of others severely shaken.

Those fraternities who seceded from

the national organizations would haveto change their names and would con-

sequently be at a disadvantage dur-ing 'Rushing' with respect to the;name' fraternities on camouos. And

finally, according to the InstCommsub-committee's last report all of the

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Hary Schreiber '55-believes that"now is the timne for'student govern-ment to'take a long look at the rulesit has been enforcing." He points outthat since its recent reorganization,student government "is in a positionto re-evaluate both the forms of itsrules and the penalties associatedwith them."

Specifically, he proposes a sub-com-mittee to investigate the twin prob-lems of open house rules and cookingin.the dormitories.

"InstComm", he goes on to say,"need not say 'yes' to everything theadministration proposes .. For ex-ample, until recently there was a tencent 'beer tax' on all alcoholic bev-erages served in Walker Memorialduring dances, etc. And in addition alldrinks had to be served by a memberof the Walker staff. Pressure by theSecretariat social division (of whichI was chairman) finally induced theadministration to remedy these con-ditions." He believes that this ex-ample is indicative of a general situa;tion which might be corrected by anexhaustive survey of the responsibil-ities of student government.

Favors Field DaySchreiber is in favor of the con-

tinuation of Field day, particularlybecause it is a good opportunity tolet off steam, and partly because "itis one of the few genuine traditionsat the Institute". He believes that less,,,·,1_ L fiC ~ At tortsm ~n hazinzr

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Campus beds, and ofering no explan-.ation until one was specifically askedfor by student government.

Reiley feels that it is the responsibit- ity of both student government and the administration to "take the in- itiative" in making information avail-,able to the student pubDlic.

Increased PublicityHe admits that there is little that

the head of student government cando to influence the administration ifthe administration does not choose tobe influenced, but points out thatthere is. much that student govern-ment can do.on its own, as, for-ex-ample', giving increased publicity tothe jobs open in student governmentfor freshmen.

Within the past year Reiley has hada great deal to.d6 with reporting the|news on campus. During his term asnews director of WMIT,-the station'snews staff increased from two to 18in number, and the number of newsbroadcasts increased to include thefeatured evening news broadcast"This Happened Today.".

Position On DiscriminationReiley's position on discrimination in

fraternities has changed in one im-portant particular in the months sincehe was a member of the InstComm

Isubcommittee to investigate "discrim-inatory clauses" in fraternity consti-

|tutions. He now feels that fraternitieswhich limit their ~ membership to asingle, small, compact, tightly defined,.homogeneous group should no morebe thought of as being bigoted thanorganizations such as the ArmenianClub or Chinese Club. He believes thatconcern should be' concentrated on

ithose fraternities Which- for examplelimit their membership to that lafgeand amorphous fiction, people of

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points out that "the reduction from35 to 16 members and a change toequal representation, will enable it

.to-act as a cohesive unit."

On the question of discriminatoryclauses in fraternity constitutions,Perloff states that, "Any action con-cerning these clauses thould comeinitially from the fraternities."

He believes that the "place of Inst-Comm at the present moment is tohelp individual fraternities in -theirefforts to persuade their national or-ganizations to remove the clauses inquestion," assuming good faith on thepart of these fraternities.

Perloff sees no real solution to theproblem if the fraternities really donot want to rid themselves of theseclauses, since "it is not possible toforce people to change their opinions. . . But", he continues, "if, as the lastInstComm report showed, the fratern-ities sincerely want to eliminate theseclauses, the best solution would prob-ably be reached by a combined groupmeeting consisting of representativesof the fraternities, members of theadministration, and -student govern-ment acting as a guide."

Perloff does not give his unqualifiedapproval to the effectiveness of theenforcement of open house rules dur-ing the past year. He admits thatthere has been a definite improvementin enforcement, but feels that thereis still "something' missing, that en-forcement is not the only solution."

He b'lieves that the "best solutionis to have DormComm conduct a pollis well as an educational program todetermine the feelings of each andevery student on the present openlouse rules, and use this as the basislor re-evaluating the present system. . A poll conducted in Baker House

)y its hall chairmen showed that anajority of the- residents favor the:xisting open house hours. '

Perloff is not troubled by any pros-)ect of administration or other pres-are to restrict open house hours,aying '"I believe firmly that the ad-ainistration will follow student gov-rnment in whatever course theysay take on open house hours."In nearly a year as chairman .of

he Baker house committee, PerioffI

Right under the customary prob-lem of "the lack of contact betweenstudent government and the student"John Seller '55 ranks "the respon-sibility of student government to re-sist all pressures" (presumably byeither the administration and/or out-side groups) "to further restrict OpenHouse rules."

He observes that the administra-tion is apparently "not willing toplace as much confidence in students'moral standards as they ought to,"and that what he terms "this tend-ency toward a 'paternal attitude'-eems to be in marked variance withthe general Institute policy towardsits students of allowing them to as-sume 'self-responsibility for as manyof their actions as possible."

On the other hand, he emphasizedthat all Open House privileges aredependent on the continuing strict en!forcement of existing regulations.Seiler believes that present studentenforcement of open house rules,!while not perfect is far more to bepreferred than administration enforce-ment.

On the issue of discriminatoryclauses in fraternity constitutions,Seiler "cannot forsee any motion de-signed to apply additional pressure"to the fraternities in question beingpassed by Institute Committhee thisyear.

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part of student government and theadministration to -make public whatthey are doing or planning to do untilit is already done%.... Not that eithelr(student government or the adminis-tration) intehtionally keep informationundercover, but rather that they keepit 'undisseminated'. As an example,he kited the administration's actionin rmemneinL- badsqnrpeads from EastI

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pects no really significant immediate Schreiber gives some examples of ;progress. a "legitimate- attempt"' as:, writing t

He does not propose any immediate | letters to other fraternities in the t

overt action, but rather a continua-tion of the fact finding of the past

few years by "making use of the.standing InstComm committee on dis-criminatory practices." He would like to see a report made showing'howldthe other New England schools havehandled the same problem. He wouldalso favor a poll to determine the Ostudents' senfitimrnents on the issue ofdiscrimination.

Seiler sums up his position this AO f

way: "Regardless of my personal AWopinions, any action initiated or con-tinued by the present InstComm mustreflect both an understanding of theopinions and desires of the student _community and an appreciation of the I rights of the fraternity group.'"

Student Government RecQrdSeiler entered the field of student

government during his first year; atthe Institute. A comparatively littleknown memrber of the freshman coun-cil, he was.eleted Sophomore classpresident at the end of -his freshmanyear. In this position, Seiler repre- ] sented his class on InstComm last

year, and participated in the reor-Aganization of the membership of that body. During this past year, he has } , rMbeen chairman of the Dormitory Ju- dicial Committee.

"Coffee-Pot Criminals"In addition to' open house rules

violations, Seller has become familiarduring his year on JudComm withthe problem of the, "coffee-pot crim-inals". He believes that the problemof the present ban on cooking in thedormitories can be solved. The objec- feels that the InstComm action in

tions raised by the administration to banning off campus hazing is a step

this practice--the electrical safety toward a desirable de-emphasis ofhazard, possible vermin trouble, and hazing as it has been practiced in thepossible damage to the plumbing, can past.all be met, Seiler states, by setting He is in favor of the continuationaside some rooms within the dor- of Field Day if only because of themitories which could receive .the nec-l novelty of seeing 'a large group of

essary special attention to prevent people gathered at the Institute forany trouble. the purpose of watching sporting

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tion, the topic of the conference waschanged to "Education." Due toscheduling difficulties the conference,even in its changed form, was neverheld.) He firmly believes that groupplressure exerted on a national levelis the only reasonable. approach tothis problem.

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Zone Defense A FeatureOf Tech Cage Win Streak

It looks as if Tech cage fans finally have something to cheer about. Thevarsity basketball team has swept its past four games to bring its season'srecord to the .500 mark with a very;respectable five won and five lost slate.

Coach '"Scotty" Whitelaw cited improved shooting, better condition andmore "hustle" as the main factors in his team's recent surge. Not enough hasbeen said about the importance of the Engineer defense. Improved conditionheightened the effectiveness of Coach Whitelaw's zone, and three of the pastfour wins were at least partially a result of the alert zone defense.

Much has been said about Stan Shilensky '55, whose great improvementwas a feature of the Tech win streak. We need only point out that there isa world of difference between the almost lethargic play of the Shilensky ofa month or so ago and the hustlingaggressiveness of the Shilensky of theNew Bedford and Bowdoin games. eam , Co n

Carl Hess '55 has been playing Cohen /great-ball for the Beavers. Hess, who " Cranlooks to be .potentially a great ball StateA CroLwnsplayer,. excels in every department,and is.undoubtedly the top defensive Ij M S .A Finaleballplayer on the club. He looked es-pecially impressive in the first half ofthe Bowdoth game,the Bowdoin game , An unheralded Tech freshman,

Ranigy Giff Weber '55 has been the Howard Cohen, came through with ateam's steadiest scorer. Perhaps Web- series of stunning upsets t captureer's most important contribution to the Class 'D'of stateunning upsets th campion-turethe team is his great rebounding abil- ship.ity. Off the defensive board Weber Cohen routed second-seeded EndicottPwill time and again leap high into the Pabody of the Union Boat Club inair to make a sensational one hand Pabody of the Union Boat Club inspear and come-down with the ball, the semi-finals 3-0, and continued hisspear and come- down with the ball.Offensively, Weber teams with 'Stan court mastery by defeating third-

seeded Jack Mollsworth of the UnionShilensky to play' volleyball off the Boat Club 3-1 in the finals.backboard and score repeatedly ontap-ins. The' combination frosh-JV five

tap-ins~. . ~reached the peak of performances asSports Shots they routed the Union Boat Club 4-1

Putting one little word after an- the tte ' t ch -to gain the state 'D' team cha~mpion-other, and whatever became of the si.Lang e Ba clb

freshman basketball team? We all ship. Leading the Boat Club by aknow they've go, coac . . . Why slim margin, going into the match,know they've got a/ coach .. @. WhythinprdTcfierodto

doesn't "Tiger" Britt '55 shoot more? the inspired Tech five proved too C. . . I ~~~~~much for .the U~.B.C. -He was easily the most impressiveTech cager in a pre-season game, butsince then he's been playing McGuire- type ball. He hustles and fig'hts likeAl and shoots as seldom as Dick .. The freshman squash team loasts twoof the top prospects in recent yearsin Howie Cohen, newly crowned IMassachusetts cefass "D" king, andThomas Thomas . . . Rumor has itthat if the varsity cage team continuesits improved play a road' trip will bemade next year . . Looking to the-future, East Campus' fabulous center,"Dee" Vergun ,55, has been wor'kingout with the varsity.' Looks great andhe'll be' eligible next year (he's atransfer student from Texas U.) . . .Two other top-flite intramural cagers .. [,are Mike Kennedy '55, Phi Kappa's jump shooting whiz and East Campus'big (6-2) classy Dick Hurlbut '53(another transfer) . .. Shilensky rais-ed his average from under 4 pointsa game to well over ten with his re-cent fine play . . . Keep your eye onsophomores Larry Hallee and JohnPatierno. Hallee has been strong offthe boards and a consistent scorer. A major'in glibnessPatierno is a smooth backcourtman solid information-twith a let of "savvy" . . . Don't miss mythical requirementhe All-Star-Varsity game coming up man in the old days.next month. It should be the acid test never sufficed for a for the highly touted intramural product of chemicalstandouts . . . We think next year's quintet will be a great one. Today, the diverse

Tech Rifle TeamTo Host Tourney;Rune Takes First

For the first time in the history obfthe school, M.I.T. will play host tothe ten top rifle teams in the East.

Invited to the tournament are;M.I.T., Harvard, Boston University,St. Johns University, U. S. CoastGuard Academy, U. S. MilitaryAcademy, U. S. Merchant, MarineAcademy, Norwich University, Yale,and last year's National Champions,the University of Maryland.

Two matches are scheduled, withthe Junior Varsity firing in themorning, and the Varsity in the af-ternoon. A trophy for the winning

team is being provided by Tech, andwill be presented as soon as the finalscores are official.

The results of the annual Wil-liam Randloph Hearst match have

been tabulated. The M.I.T. team, ledby Phil Rane, '54, with a score of192, and backed by Pefe Alexander,'56, Harry Johnson, '57, Bill Naylor,'57, and Paul Birman, '57, took sec-ond' place in the First Army Areawith a score of 932. The 192 firedby Rane was sufficient to. win top

place indiviiiually in this army area.

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In a fitting climax to both the var-sity and intramural basketball sched-ales, an intramural all-star team willclash with the Tech varsity for thecourt supremacy of the Institute.This game will be the feature con-test of a charity doubleheader sched-uled for Monday evening, March 8.In the first game, the Beaver fresh-man team will face the faculty nwhat should prove to be an interest-ing event.

As in the past, The Tech will .cn-nounce its all-star selections in thenext issue. With over two hundred'intramural players to choose from,the all-stars should have a top-flightaggregation- featuring height, goodball-handling, and rebounding ability.The all-stars' big' problems will bestopping Shilensky, Weber, and Hess,plus the fact' that the Varsity is bet-ter conditioned and has the advan-tage of playing an entire season t'o-gether.

The frosh-faculty preliminary willfeature youth versus experience. Thisgame should give the frosh a chanceto gain revenge on several profs whomay have given them a tough timein class.

VARSITY BASEBALL

There will be a meeting of all can-didafes for the Varsity Baseball;Tearnon Friday, February 26, at 5 p.m. inBriggs Field House.

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Hess '55, Stan Shilensky.'55 and Gif-ford Weber '55, the Engineer basket-ball team turned in its finest pelrform-ance of the year to take its fourthstraight win, routing Bowdoin, 73-58.

Close First QuarterThe first quarter was a nip-and-

tuck contest. Although the Techmenscored less than 25% of their shotsin this period they managed to keepeven with Bowdoin on the strength oftheir superior board play. After trail-ing for the first four minutes of playTech drew ahead 9-8 on Jack "Tiger"Britt '55's driving lay-up. Hess' jumpshot and Weber's three point play setup by a Allen "Dutch" Schultz '54feed completed the scoring and thequarter ended with the score 16-16.

In the second quarter the Beaversshooting percentage went up slightlyto 33%. Hess with six points andLarry Hallee '56 with five were thebig guns here. Two minutes after the

I buzzer Hess drove in for a underhandlay-up which made the score 25-24 infavor of Tech. The Beavers were nevercaught again. Hallee swished twofouls, Weber hooked one in, Hessscored two field goals and a foul, andTech finished the half seven pointsahead. J

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ing department but was particularlyimpressive on defense and off theboards. How well he and the rest ofthe team employed Coach Whitelaw'szone can best be seen through a lookat Bowdoin's shooting average. Out ofeighty-three shots taken, the PolarBears netted eighteen-a 22% aver-age. This poor showing was not com-pletely due to inexpert shooting butcame as a result of theTech defensewhich allowed the Maineliners fewgood shots.

At the beginning of the fourth quar-ter M.I.T. led by a score of 57-39, acomfortable margin. The trouble wasthat the team appeared to take thecushion too seriously. As a result ofthis and the unpoised play of many.of the substitutes Bowdoin succeededin whittleing the lead down to ninepoints with three minutes of playingtime left. This period of play waspunctuated by the ball stealing, ofJack Byrnes who scored -four points.Seeing the advantage that his teamhad built up deteriorating rapidly,Coach Whitelaw sent most of thestarting team back into the game.Hess scored a jump shot, Shilenskya foul, Weber two fouls, Benson alay-up, Hess again with a drive andthe game was officially 'in the bag.The final score-M.I.T. 73, BowdoinCollege 58.

The team netted eight out of sixteen M.shots for a 50% shooting average.Stan Shilensky and Giff Weber played Weber, rf ...............their best ball during this period. They Christie ....................

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In another case a customer wantedto reduce carbon contamination ofarc welding rod stock. A Du Ponttechnical service man suggestedchanges in cleaning procedures thatlowered contamination by 90 percent. The new process also reducedmetal loss during heat treatment-abenefit that more than offset the costof the additional cleaning operations.

Technical men interested in saleswork usually start in a laboratory ormanufacturing plant where they canacquire needed background. Depend-ing on their interest and abilities,they may then move into technicalsales service, sales development, ordirect sales.

In any of these fields, the manwith the right combination of salesaptitude and technical knowledgewill find interesting work, and excep-tional opportunities for growth in theDu Pont Company.

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By Paul Jay Go!din '54East Campus and Graduate House led the way into the third round of

the intramural basketball playoffs by registering two victories apiece. BakerHouse, however, surprised the experts by routing Lambda Chi Alpha and

-just failing to upset top-seeded East Campus.The East Campus-Baker game was a thriller from start to' finish. Led

by Gerry Perloff, Russ Cox, and Marinas Gerakaris, the Baker five out-tnhlteAna~.........1wraz nd. .L _ A . . . . . ,i ·r

re uuuutue, Uulougnt;, ana outplayedfirst half. Trailing by two points withthe half nearing its conclusion, HillyPrager, Ken Meliere, and Don Aucampsparked East Campus to a 31-25 half-

'time lead.The third quarter proved to be

:Baker's downfall as Meliere, DickHurlbut, and Prager drove throughthe -Baker defenses for score afterscore. The quarter ended with Bakertrailing 52-35. East Campus suffereda big blow in this period when DimitryVexgun, East Campus's tower ofstrength off the boards, left the'-gaipewith five personals.

The loss of Vergun seemed,-to in-spire Baker as Perloff, Giuttari, Ger-akaris, and Cox took the play away,from East Campus and cut the margin to five points. At this point Gerakaris,and Perloff fouled out, thus cutting loff any hopes of a- Baker win.

Graduate House remained undefeat-ed by easily topping the Walker Staffand Alpha Tau Omena. ATO providedstubborn opposition in the first halfbut withered under the steady pres-sure of the rebounding of 6'7" BillErman and Bill Missimer, plus the fineoutside shooting of Larry Kaufman.Erman and Kaufman. netted 25 pointsbetween them to lead Grad House toa 30-18 win.

The next night Grad House rolledover Walker in a contest spiced withtwo fights. Walker threw everythingbut the kitchen sink at the graduatesbut couldn't dent the hoops consis-

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satisfactory progress."

Schreiber's RecordSchreiber entered student govern-

ment as a member of the freshmancouncil. At the end OIf his flrst yearat the Institute he entered the Sec-retariat which he describes as doing"all' the important dogwork of Inst-Comm." At the end of his sophomoreyear he became chairman of theSecretariat's social division which isin charge, of co-ordinating all socialfunctions held on campus.

He believes that one of his majoraccomplishments in student govern-ment was his part in the emergencyexpansion of the size of the JuniorProm this year.

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established a "successful social pro-grani including an 'open house week-end' and a number of house dances."

But, there has- been a certainamount of controversy associated withhis tenure of office as well. Among

! Other things, he has had differenceswith his committee over the insertionof unaddressed material in the mail-boxes of Baker residents, and over

the use of funds (without approval ofthe house committee) obtained fromthe sale of' social membership cardsto buy athletic equipment for thehouse. Perloff. explains that themoney obtained from the sale of thesecards was originally intended to pro-vide "working capital" for the Bakersocial committee, and that he hadpersonally authorized the use' of partof this money because the-' treasurywas empty and the newv. house com-mittee would not be elected for sev-eral weeks.

Perloff explained his late entry intothe election contest with the follow-ing formal statement: "I realized theresponsibilities of assuming a publicoffice as well as the time required todo a good job. Until last week I wasnot in a position to' contemplate de-voting the necessary tile find effortto the job of president of the Under-graduate assoeiation."

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from each of the house committees,and from the fraternities and com-muters; by receiving copies of minutesfrom all dormitory and judicial com-mittees and the fLF.C.; by collectingsamplings of student opinion; and onvery important questions, by conduct-ing polls similar to the one just com-pleted by the Student Union Commit-tee. In this way it would be able tokeep Inscom briefed on the importantactions and sentiments ,of the' livinggrouns as -well as advising on con-templated actions. In all- cases theLiaison Committee should be consultedBEFORE the matter is decided byInscom.

No one who is intimately familiarwith the past actions of Inscom. cansay ' that such a committee isn't

and pending actions of his organiza-tion.

In a paper which was distributedlast week I presented a number- ofspecific proposals dealing with the dis-semination of information, streamlin-ing the operation of. Institute Com-Inittee, and other areas. I do not feelthat it is necessary to reiterate theseoroposals here. I would, however, liketo discuss what I consider our mostse r i o u s problem, discriminatoryclauses in living groups.

We're all opposed to.discriminatoryclauses as such. But merely statingour otDosition is next to worthless.Let's take a look at the facts.

Of the fraternities on the M.I.T.c a m p u s with true 'discriminatoryclauses (that is of an "exclusive" na-ture), all of them have expressed adesire to get rid of their clauses. Sev-eral of our local chapters are actively

needed! - working in. this direction. But all ofIn addition the Liason Committee the clauses are ,in the national con-

should carry recommendations of stu- stitutions over which the fraternitiesdent government to the administra- have no direct control except by act-tion; investigate areas where student ing through the national conventions.dissatisfaction is present (among the In recent years two fraternities rep-first instructions I would xive the comn- resented on the M.I.T. campus wereImittee, would be to get the full story successful in t h r o w i n g out theiron the compulsory commons feeding clauses in the national conventions. In-program); and it should be on the dicatiodns'are that at least one otheralert for new ideas and ready to relay will be successful- in doing this atthese to the proper places. i their next national meeting. The situia-

In short, it would be a' "DO-SOME- tion is certainly far from hopeless. IfTHING" committee. That's a rather local chapters-bring sufficient pressurerare creature in Tech student govern- to bear upon the. national organiza-ment, but it might be nice to have tions, the clauses can be thrown out.around! I If ever, now is the time for action.

Not only must student government But in choosing a course of action,,know what the students are thinking, one must bear in mind that this is notbut the students should know what just MI.T.'s problem, but a problem.~udent government is- doing. I be- acute at many colleges. Forcing ourlieve that every student government .local chanters to drop their clauses

]official shoild consider it his resnon- by disaffiliating from the national or-.sibility to make known the actions, ganization would be kidding ourselves

into thinking we'd won the battlecause we had shot down one plan-our own plane- to boot. I firmlylieve that leaving our local chapt(who are 11 opposed to the claus:in the national organizations whthey can fight against these thi:and eventually overcome them wobe making the greatest possible c-tribution to the solution of the rproblem. Past experience has shethat a successful effort must cothrough pressure applied by the lochapters.

I have proposed to meet joinwith the presidents of the M.I.T. fternities with clauses in the hopeworking out a correlated M.I.T. eff.to push the removal of the clausThe added prestige of a correlam o v e m e n t would add signific;weight, I believe, to the individualforts of each of our fraternities.-

I wquld also pronose to go one swfurther. I would like to %ee an int-collegiate conference on "Discrimi.tion 'In Colleges" held at M.I.T. n-fall. The IFC presidents andathe s:dent'body presidents of all New Erland colleges with discriminatory prUlems should be invited to participaA ton national figure should be ctained as a keynote speaker. The ccference should aim itself at deveking a correlated effort at a studclevel throughout New England bacinz the removal of clauses. Even ifdid not succeed in this respect, tvery ,fact that such a conference IFheld would increase the pressurethe national organizations. The berfits that evolve from the free echanse of ideas are also not tooverlooked.

These proposals are modest in pearance, but they have the tremer

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MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Cambridge, Massachusetts

The MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY offers the following Professional Courses:

School of Architecture and Planning ,

City Planning

Ae.roni.utfical EngineeringBuilding Engineering and Construction\Chemical EngineeringChemical Engineering PracticeCivil -Fngineering

Options: Theory and Design ,Planning aid Administration

Construction and ManagementElectrical Engineering

Options: Electric Power-Electrical CommunicationsElectronic Applications

ArchitectureSchool of Engineering

Electrical Engineering-CooperativeCourse

Gefieral EngineeringMarine Transportation (suspended 1952)Mechanical EngineeringMetallurgy

Options ! MetallurgyMineral Engineering.

MeteorologyNaval Architecture and Marine

Engineering

School of Scienceb

Biochemical EngineeringChemical BiologyChemistryFood TechnologyFood Technology

'Five Year CourseGeneral Science

.Schol of' Humanities and Social Studies

Economics and EngineeringCourses: Based on Mechanical. Engineering

Based on Electrical EngineeringBased on Chemical Engineering

GeoJogyGeophysicsMathematicsPhysical BiologyPhysicsQuantitative BiologyScience Teaching

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Business and Engineering Administration

Courses: Based on Physical SciencesBased on Chemical Sciences

The duration of each of the above undergraduate Courses is four academic years and leadsto the Bachelor's degree, with the following exceptions: (1) Architecture, which is a five-yearcourse leading to the Bachelor's degree; (2) Chemical Biology, Food Technology (Five-Year Course,,Physical Biology, and the Cooperative Course in Electrical Engineering, which extend over a pe-riod of five years and lead to the Bachelor's degree and the Master's degree; (3) Science Teach-ing, which is of five year's duration and leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science from the Massa-chusetts Institute of Technology and the degree of Master of Arts in Teaching! from HarvardUniversity. /

Graduate study niay be pursued in Textile Technology,.Ceramics, Sanitary Engineering, andin most of the above professional Courses. The Master's and Doctor's degrees are offered in most ofthese fields.

For information about admission, communicate with Atie Director of Admissions.The Catalogue for the academic year will be sent freti on request.L

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The Glenn L. Martin Company representative will -visitthe campus on February 23, 1954 to discuss opportunitiesfor graduating seniors of the school of engineering.

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stitute Committee that they abolishfreshman rules and substitute moremeans for frosh to voluntarily learna very few basic facts about M.I.T... 3. I am certain that the hazing sit-uation is well under control. Both Un-dergraduate Association and Dorm-itory Council have rules which restricthazing to controllable- outdoor demon-strations on campus.

4. Field Day- must be improvedsports-wise and its social ties withJunior Prom made stronger. Theglove fight seems anachronistic, butdoes offer an opportunity to blow offsteam for those who wish to enter it...... .and the Dorms

The Administration has shomn inalmost all directions that it wishes toallow the student to make as manyof his own decisions as possible. TheAdministration must be congratulatedfor allowing student government toreach its own conclusions on such im-portant campus problems as discrim-ination and drinking and for support-

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ing, the decisions of student govern- all freshmen take commons meals forment when once reached. I must ad- a full year has never been satisfactor-mit concern over a trend in admipis- ily explained. In the fall,3*we'will havetrative policy on -open house hours to cope with the problem of resettle-which would seem alarmingly incon- ment for dorm residents who will be'sistent in relation to their over-all forced to move out because of over-policy. It is very probable that the crowding. Lastly, I see a vital needconstruction of additional lounges in for a comprehensive survey of' stu-the dorms will fird the Administra- dent opinion on the above questionstion suggesting a restriction of the and such others as drinking, roomprivilege to entertain women guests rents, and discrimination. This sur-in individual rooms. Feeling as I do v e y would also cover the fraternities.that dormitory residents are essen- I..... . and the Fraternitiestially responsible and moral individ- It is my feeling that the large ma-uals, I would be very much against ijrity of the local chapters are sin-such a restriction. New lounges are cerely working for removal of theirneeded, but not in exchange for a clauses. In respect for their efforts, Iresponsibility which we are meeting would not in all honesty ask for co-and wish to keep. ercivq measures on the part' of the

I am strongly in favor of the con- Institute Committee or the Adminis-struction of commonly-shared cooking tration. This year, the Discriminationfacilities in appropriate sections of subcommittee will have two mainthe dorms. They are needed and would functions. It will report as to whichcurtail the dangers inherent in in- fraternities are actually working anddividuals' cooking in their own rooms. which ore not, and it will be asked toAlso needed is further investigation analyze student opinion concerninginto the commons meals situation. this problem. I would meet informallyThe reason for-the requirement that with the chapter presidents so that

our work would be coordinated. Wewould communicate with other col-leges in the hope that a concerted ef-

ITloliET-)ES BUT, fort might, best sway the position of

ER.T WOLD the national fraternities and alumni!LICARL' B£ IiLLEGAL! groups. This is a conservative pro-

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1. Living group governments tofocus opinions, needs, and desires ofthe members of their group.

if \ ED -~.s. 2. All Institute Committee membersto take an active part in subcommit-tee actions aimed at evaluating and

, settling some of the problems men-tioned above.

3. All subcommittees to meet regu-Idro0t Cream-thl, ¢itrun! Lm a 29i. larly with the President for informal

discussions and progress reports.4. Executive responsibilities to be

divided between the President andVice-President and fitted to their-strongest abilities and interests.

5. Institute Committee meetings toretain parliamentary form, but to em-phasize the need for thorough discus-sion of all questions brought before

,of hg es the committee. The agenda to be de-p 2A hOf V, cided upon by the Executive Commit-

ahi a goetJ l &ou h i ~ tee and distributed at least two daysprior to the meetings, along withany relevant printed material.

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Itration should try in every to helpeach fraternity solve its particularproblem.

I- firmly believe that concerningopen house rules, we have a lot ofplain campaigning to do. Mainly t e

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When you comre right down to it, yousmoke for one simple reason . . . enjoy-ment. And smoldng enjoyment is all amatter of taste. Yes, taste is what countsin a cigarette. And Luckies taste better.

Two facts explain why Luckies tastebetter. First, L.S./M.F.T.-Lucky Strikemeans fine tobacco... light, mild, good-tasting tobacco. Second, Luckies are ac-tually made better to taste better . . .always round, firm, fully packed to drawfreely and smoke evenly.

problen is: Why open house rules!Let everybody know why open houserules and then most of our problemhas been solved. Specifically, this canbe accomplished by an informativebulletin put out by Dormitory Com-mittee with past historyi and pres-ent feeling. A similar booklet putout by the administration and thenif needed some open meetings of fac-ulty, student government, and stu-dents should solve the problem. I feelthat if this is followed by an inclu-sive student poll, some of the incon-sistencies of present system willshow up and more important, a goodindication as to the right type of sys-tem for the M.I.T. dormitory systemwill develope.

I believe that the student bodywants. Field Day left as it is and Iam a firm supporter of this belief.

Concerning the present assessment,I believe that the major difficulty liesin the time difference between Octo-ber, 1952 (date of occurrence) andJanuary, 1954, (time of actioni).

In order to fulfill his obligationto you, the President of the Under-graduate Association should have in-terest, foresight, experience, and per-haps most important, the willingnessto work. After several years partici-pation in student government I feelthat I have gained the necessaryknowledge and experience. I wouldlike the opportunity to show my will-ingness to work for you.

So, for the enjoyment you get frombetter taste, and only from better taste,Be Happy-Go Lucky. Get a pack or acarton of better-tasting Luckies today.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19M.I.T.-Catho!;c Club will hold a bowling

party in the Walker Memorial alleys.Girls will be there from Simmons andBoston Teachers' College. Dancing inthe 5:15 room. Refreshments. Admission

'- 50 cents.SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20

Boston YWCA-is holding another of itsvery popular weekly dances tomorrow:Drop in at 140 Clarendon Street, nearCopley Square. from 8:30 to i1:45 todance to the nine piece orchestra. Stagadmission is 90c. By the way, the YWCAholds other weekly affairs, including aWednesday night dance.

NEXT WEEKSalem Hospital School of Nursing-These

future nurses will help you live it up at a"Holiday Dance." Nurses' Home, High-

'la'nd Ave., Salem, Mass. Admission 60bOc.Friday, February 26.

!ntercollegiate Club of Boston-A series ofdances will be held on February 26, March6, .3, and 27, at the University Club,Stdart St., Boston..Smooth niusic and acharming atmosphore are guaranteed.

PLAYSWhe.Jock College-The Dramatic Club will

present "Anr Evening of Melodrama," Feb-ruary 26 and March 5. Several Techmenwill appear in this show, which includesa can-con number. Tickets at 60c areavailable through Pi Lambda Phi fratern-ity. Wheeiock Gym. Pilgrim Reoad, Boston.

"My Three Angels,'" now playing at thePlymouth Theater, stars Walter Siezak asone of three comically helpful convictsturned hanymen.

Still running -at the Schubert. Theater is"Guys and Dolls," the highly successfulBroadway play. If you're looking for anentertaining evening, be sure to see it.

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All-Tech Dance. He feels that al-though it lost a great deal of money

. the dance could be considered a suc-cess. He is in favor of appointing aspecial sub-committee-of.InstComm todetermine whether students desire

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nominated or not. All candidates Any resident may sign as many peti-should take. out a petition fro.nm tionls as he wishes.Charles Maisison (Pres), John Blake The President of Dormitory Coun-(Sec) or one of the House Chairmen,- cil is an automatic member of 1no.'and return them with at least 15% Comn. ' -.

/Once there ras a Basketball Team thathad Plenty of Nothing. It was so poorthat even the Coach hadn't gone to agame all season. Couldn't stand towatch his Scoreless Wonders. So theFutile Five careened through the sched-ule and hit the road for the Big Game.Due to lose by 45 points, the Expertssaid.

But somebody back on campus hada Brainstorm. He whipped out hisTrusty Telegrammar (the Telegrammarbeing a pocket-sized guide to telegraphuse. If you'd, like one, incidentally,for gratis, just wriie to Room 1727,Western Union at 50 Hudson Street,New York City.)

Spotting a likely idea he started thewheels movingl So, just before galine

time, the team got more Telegrams thanyou could shake a Referee at. Grouptelegrams from fraternities and satori.ties, personal telegrams from Proxyand the Dean of Women, hundreds oftelegrams from students . . . all saying"We're behind you, team!" The reac.tion? Tremendous. The, boys pulledthemselves together, went out and lostby only 28 points instead oe 45.

The moral is Obvious. The more youencourage a guy, the better he'll do .. ,and Giving a Hand by telegram workswonders. In fact, whether it's Moneyfrom Home you want, or a Date, or justto send a Soulful Message to SomeoneSpecial, just call Westerrn Union orwhip down to your local 'Western Un-ion office.

more social events on a school-widelevel.

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