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VOL. 8(). NO./ MIT, CAMBRIDGE. MASSACHUSETTS FRIDAY. APRIL 25. 1969 TiIS ISSUE DISTRIBU'I !:D FREE

toMike Albert described as the "mostpressing issue on this campus rightnow-war-related research." Tlhe spon-taneous forum Wedncsday convincedthose involved that consideration ofsuch issues as l-lab research and ROTCdemanded the prompt attention of theMIT community.

Two specific proposals were de-bated, one by UAP Mike Albert '69,and one by Steve Carhart '70. Both callfor a day of concentrated discussion ofthe issues by the entire MITcommunity-with classes cancelled forthe occasion.

Albert's proposal calls for a massmeeting of the entire community tobegin the day. There would then besmaller discussion groups dealing withspecific issues, at which all individualswould be able to present their viewsand discuss them with people who hadstudied the issues in depth. The centraltopic of discussion would be the ques-tion of war-related research. At the endof the day, there would be anothermeeting, at which everyone wouldpresent his views, and a consensuswould be formed.

Carhart's proposal differs primarilyin the scope of its proposed discussion.Whereas Albert's proposal would treatwar-related research almost exclusively,Carhart's proposal would cover suchadditional topics as ROTC, concern forBlack equality, internaldecision-making, and educational re-form.

Carhart also called for a mass meet-ing to begin the day, followed bysmaller discussion groups. UnderCarhart's proposal, each of the smallergroups would discuss one of the vari-ous topics mentioned. The day wouldnot end with a second mass meeting,but rather with an informal continua-tion of the smaller groups' delibera-tions.

One 'of the central concerns ot theplanning group is the involvement oflarge numbers of people from many

Draper d,By Greg Bcrnhardt

President H1oward Johnson pro-Ini'ised to tart a "re-examllination of therclationship of the Institute to nationaldefense" at a spontaneous meetingTueday afternoon of more than 250,tudents and faculty members.

1The meeting grew out of a briefsit-in outside the President's office.About 75 mcielbers of SAC('C had satdown outside thile office after returningfronm a protest march to the Insturumen-tation Labs. Johnson and Dr. James R.Killian, Chairman of the Corporation,met with the protesters briefly outsidethe office and then moved the meetingto Roonm 10-250.

I:For nearly tour hours charges aboutNliT's participation in war-related re-search were exchlanged in an cmotion-ally heated atmosphere. Demands weremade for a moratorium on MIT's re-searth on1 helicopter guidance systemsand the guidance systenms for the Poic-don missile which will be used with theMIRV warhead.

Also brought under severe question-in_ were Dr. Stark Draper, Director oftile Instrumentation Labs. ProfessorJack Ruina, Vice President for SpecialLabs, and Provost Jeroine Wiesner.

irhe events began at 1 2:30 that daywhen about 75 SACC pickets left thestep.l of the Rogers Building. Marching> noisily with colorful posters, the groupmoved down Massachusetts Ave tol-Lab 5 \where they were met at thedoor by Draper and Joshua F:eldman,an I-Lab administrator.

Leaders of the march asked permis-sion to enter the building as a grouppbut were denied. When questionedabout. war research going on in thebuilding. Draper replied. "We are notworking on anything that has anyapplication to Vietnam." He alsostated. in reply to the war researchcharge,;. that "We have tried our bestto get money for other things. Thefault is not mine. but Congress's."

After about a half hour at the l-Lab,the pickets moved back to the maincomplex. Loudly shouting "Make love,not MIRV," the group moved up tothe second floor outside the President'soffice. Neither Johnson nor Killianw ere in tile office at the time so thepickets sat down to wait.

'I he protesters then started an infor-mal open discussion about war re-search. The crowd soon swelled to thepoint where it almost completelybolocked the hall. Students and profes-sor% offered their views while adminis-tration officials ran in and out of theoffice. IFinally, word came that John-son and Killian' were down in theBusch Room and would hold an openmeeting to discuss the research issues.

Thlle crowd had little intention ofleavitig tile hall to see Jollnson. Prot'es-sor Louis Kampf, Department of Hu-manities. called it '"degrading" to beassigned to a room at their convcnienceand chlarged. "they can comec to ourrooml at our tilmes."

About ten Iminute: later Killian,Jolinson, and Wiesner did come up totile office \where Johnson stated hisintention "to look at the laboratory."When asked to puit a moratorium onthe MIRV and helicopter research. heremarked that "a moratorium doesn'tmake sense to me." Johnson affirmedthat "MIT does have a responsibility toits projects" and told the protestorsthat the heat and pressure of their'campaign was constructive.

At this point tile crowd numberedabout 200. The suggestion to move to10-250 was made and accepted. Onceinside the lecture hall, Professor NoamChomsky. Department of Modern Lan-guages. made the point that military

reseatrci is a problem of society and

not just MIT.Draper was once again put in the

hot seat over the defense Contracts atthe i-Labs. When questioned specifi-cally about the helicopter contract,Draper explained that "thile project is aproject that deals with stability andnavigation." He called it "truly funda-nmental research" and denied any pos-sible use of the helicopter in Vietnam.

D)iscussion returned to the con-cept of a moratorium. Speakers alter-nated in defending and attacking theidea, each time receiving applause fromdiftfercnt parts of the audience. Eachside held firm and the meeting endedon a note of anticipation of the firstimportant move to be made on thepart of the administration.

The SACO; leaders appeared to beunable to grasp that the decision wasnot one to be arbitratily made by anyone administrator. Killian, in shortremarks, touched on this when he said"The real power lies in the totalcommunity."

By Josephi KashiCalling tor a more equitable di.-

tribution of national medical resourcesto the poor. John (;ardner. formerChead of HFW. stated thlat institutional

inertia must be overcome if thiere is tobe a si.nificant gain in providingneeded health services to the nation'sunder-privilcged.

Doctor Gardner, head of the UrbanCoalition and visiting Professor at MIT.suggested that America's medical insti-tutions must be revanmped if tile deliv-ery of their medical services is to proveuniversally adaquatc. Appearing onWednesday's Compton Scminar "withDoctor Gardner were Joseph lEnglish.Director of healtlh services for HEW,Alfred Hayncs. Director of the Nation-al Medical Association foundation.Irving London. Chairman of the medi-cal department at Albert EinsteinMedical School, Doctor George Silver,member of the Urban Coalition staff,and Brenda Shocklecy, a staff memberof the Urban Coalition under DoctorSilver. who recently worked inMississippi on public health problemsof the rural poor.

Doctor Gardner noted an improve-ment in the ability of the poor toobtain modern services and facilities.Ten years ago, he said, the inferiormedical access of the poor wentunnoticed. Today, many attempts arebeing made to alleviate this inequity.The l;ord Foundation is especially ac-tive in promoting the institution of

community planned and built healthcenters. However, the resistance tochange of most American medicalorganizations has complicated the initi-ation of coordinated efforts to increaselocal access. Hc predicted that we willmake no significant strides forwarduntil the medical professions are readyto take direct action on the problem.

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Although tlhe health industry reprc-sents about 6 percent of thile AmericanGNP, Doctor English of lEW statedthat thile United States has a long wayto go. One half of all poor childrenhave not received the basic immuniza-tions taken for granted by Middle ClassAmerica. About 5 percent of poorchildren are born retarded; by theirtwelfth birthday, about twice as manyare retarded, due to the negative anddulling effect of their environment.

A quick federal response to com-munity problems, coupled with exten-sive local planning for thile servicesrequired. offer part of the solution.Also, the technology of the distribu-tion of these services must be cxpan-ded and implemented. Finally, thefragmentation and utter disorganiza-tion of national medical services mustbe reduced, in order for America'spoor to have the greater and quickeraccess to those modern medical facili-ties they need so badly.

Doctor Silver observed that thegrowth of medical institutions has notkept pace with the rising expectationsof the poor and their health problems.Thlus, many under-privileged people areunable to receive the benefits ofmodern medicine due to faulty andslow distribution in poor rural andurban areas. F:or example, most physi-

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'day-V·ou plans of concernI

e ^ Faculty('onccrned 'that events at MIT

-. gia~ n lmighlt Ilead to anotlher Harvrad-likeincident. an ad loc group of students

· r-P~eG, ~and nleliers of the faculty and admin-istration has been nmeeting almost con-tinuously since Tuesday to determine ameans of improving conimmunicationsbetween various canimpus factions.

A special faculty Inmeeting Mondayat 3: 15 pni in 10-250 will hear a planto be generated by this group. Adefinite plan had not yet been decidedupon at press time, and debate appear-ed likely to continue well into theevening last night.

The discusqonll was precipitated bySACC's presentation of demands toPresident Hovard Johnson, and plan-ning done during the past two weeksby a student seminar with ProfessorJerold Zacharias, demands about what

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Mondaysegments ot the Institute conmmunity.Thc5 felt that another open meetingsuch as they held Wednesday wouldattract only the same limited numberof people.

Referring to a student who left inthe middle of the debate Wednesday toattend class, Carhart said, "the SocialContract, the very assumptions underwhich lie is operating, are being ques-tioned by enough people that theworld, as he sees it, is clhanging. 1te'dbetter stand up and defend it. or elsenot expect to be around tomorrow."

UAP Mike Albert '69 elaborated,"F:eeling that MIT is in a state of flux,that the Social Contract under whichtie MIT community works is, in manyinstances, anachronistic, this commit-tee should be concerned that construc-tive reforms evolve from the presentdialogue. Contemporary decisions atMIT should be made on the basis ofcontemporary analysis and data, ratherthan on outdated rules."

Peter Harris '69 underlined some ofthe promotional possibilities: "If this isgiven enough publicity, we can encour-age students and faculty to formgroups ahead of time. This would b e aquick thing that could be done in theclassroooms or living groups. The daycould be started with a statement byPresident Johnson detailing the reasonsfor calling off classes."

A major issue throughout the meet-ings was a concern for proper timing.Some members of the committee argru-ed for having the collaquia as soon aspossible, to capitalize on the interestgenerated by the war-related research.Waiting, they felt, would undercut thismomentum and convince the commun-ity that no urgent action was needed.

Dean Kenneth Wadleigh counteredby maintaining that he could not fulfillthe personal commitments lie hadmade in too short a time. If thecommittee wanted faculty and other"resource people" to attend, timewould be needed to assemble them.

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questioning Mr. Doan. A member of the Dean'sAdvisory. Con7m7itteeS' Mr.' Butler also participatesactively in professional engineeril7g organizatiols0o7 campus; anticipates graduate studiesbefore developing his career.

In the course of the entire Dialogue Program.Staln Chess, Journalisn7 major at Corn7ell, alsowill probe issues with Mr. Doal,' as will MarkBookspa7n, a Chem7istry major at Ohio State, anzdDavid G. Clark, i7 graduate studies at Stanfod.,with Mr. DeYoung; and similarly, Arthulr M.Klebalnoff, in7 Liberal Arts at Yale, alrnd ArtnoldShelby, Lati7 American Studies at Tulan/e,with Mr. Galvin.

on specific issues raised by leadingstudent spokesn7en.

All of these Dialogues will appear i/ thispublication, and other cam/pus newspapers acrossthe country, throughout this academic year.Campus con7177elnts are invited, and should beforwarded to Mr. DeYoung, Goodyear, Akron,Ohio; Mr. Doan, Dow Ch.e77ical, Midlanld,Michigan; or Mr. Galvin, Motorola, Franlk/in7Park, Illinois, as apropropriate.

Here, David M. Butlei; coM7p/eting his studies i/Electrical Er7ngieeri/7gat Michigan State, is

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Tf7ree chief executive officers- The Goodyear Tire &Rubber Compan7y's Chair/7an, Russefl DeYoung,The Dow Chemrical Co77pa1nyS President,H. D. Doan, and Motoro/a's C/hairmnan, RobertW. Galvin-are responding to serious questionsand viewpoints posed by students aboutbusiness and its role i7 our chalngileg society ...and from their perspective as heads of majorcorporations are exchangilg views throughm7eans of a campus/corporate Dialogue Program

Mr. Doan:

need for government policies and rutiles tomatch these much improved valuesystems, and to insure that in'custry'sefforts are of maximum benefit to all.

On this basis, let me turn you.r questionon taxes around. There is not a singlethriving community today whose healthdoesn't come from jobs; primarily, jobsprovided by industry'.

Look at the imipact made on anycommunity through a new industry nmovingin. For every.hundred people on itspayroll, there will be 165 new jobsthroughout the community, bank delpositsincrease by over $229,000 annually andiretail sales ju np accord i ngly.

So, Chambers of Commerce, in theircomnpetitive efforts.-to-praioo-te- cfz--tn-vztuij ty -.-growth, historically have offered taxincentives to attract industries to theirarea. I say historically because I (don'tthink this is now the paranioint colnsI(!eliltion for plant re-location. It simplyly is *1'factor along with other business reasonsand aspects of community environmentavailability of decent housing andconvenient retail shoppin!l . . . of properlyaccredited schools with ;ufficienlt class-roonim space . . . of chtlrches... ofrecreational faciltties... and the wholerange of nl-nicipal services. And noresponsible business enterprrise willshirk payment of its proporrtio.,atf' shattof the taxes required for ch'j SIuplortof its community.

I disagree with your suggestion, lIoweveithat it is up to business to assureeffective utilization of tax reverlles' Thnswould attribute powers to business th;ltit doesn't have, snmacks strongly of "paternaism. and implies a better atblilton the part of an indListrial concern to,solve the comillUnity's prohlenls thtll tti,conmmunity itself has.

This is not to say that indivi'tlual tisis.osmen shouldn't advise their coint)ll Int",.on taxes or other matters v\within tllenpersonal competence and experiencebut as private citizens with a sense ofcivic responsibility, and not speaknec fto..a particular business entity.

What it all boils dowvn to is that tlheobjectives of society's principalinstitutions are well-definaed. By e:actcontinuing in its own orbit, doing wlat Itbest can -do, the social responsibilities otthe times can be met mnore effectively.and society's needs better served.

Dear Mr. Doan: Dear Mr. Butler:

There currently is a great deal of debateabout social responsibility in today'ssociety. People have become much moreaware of their responsibilities whichaccompany the many personal benefitsin our society. Business firms should bejust as aware of their social responsi-bilities: firms can no longer ignore racialinjustice, the inner city, pollution of ourenvironment, and the many other problemsthat face our society. But they wouldseem to on the basis of indirect evidence.

For example, increasing local tax revenuesis one way to promote local action inproblem solution. Why is it, then, thatan "attractive" tax base is one of themain selling points for Chambers ofCommerce trying to lure firms to locatein their area?-The-clear implication is thatfirms want to bypass their obligation topay for the services they receive fromthe community. Why should others,.whomake up the remainder of the tax base,take up slack for business? Firms benefitfrom the educational system, utilities,roads, and the many other communityservices. Even more so, perhaps, thanany other single taxpayer.

A better approach would be to see thattax revenues are effectively utilized in thebest interest of the community. Business-men should apply their special abilitiesto the problem of creating efficiency inboth revenue collection and expenditure.Business could lead rather than appear toexploit society in this connection. I

Today's student would be much moreinterested in working for a firm thatemphasized providing constructive advicerather than one that is quibbling over afew extra dollars in assessments. Anactive, sincere interest in society -notjust superficial action such as joining thelocal Chamber of Commerce- would domuch to change young peoples view ofbusiness and its motives. Profit is anecessary but not sufficient condition fora firm's existence in today's society.Students are as much concerned abouthow companies utilize their resources toshoulder a fair share of responsibility insociety as for the generation of profits.

Sincerely.,¥ours,

Let's consider your proposition -thattoday's student is terribly concerned aboutsocial responsibilities, and that profit isnot a sufficient condition for a firm's -existence in society---from the perspectiveof business' basic objectives.

Business exists because it is of service tohumanity. it accomplishes this serviceusing the discipline of profits as a relativelyimpartial measure of performance, andthrough the'development of the individual.There must be a balance between thesethree factors . . . an imperfect but directcorrelation.

IMaximum long-term profits is consistentwith, and cannot be achieved without,maximum service to society. Maximumservice to soctiety can be achieved onlythrough the maximum development andrelease of the ability of individuals. Andmaximum release of individual abilitiesbrings about maximum profit growth.

In the structure of our society, of the freeenterprise system, busi ress essentiallyis an economic instrument, and it can beof service as a social instrument onlyindirectly. If it charges in to straighten outthe nation's social problems, as many onthe'campus would like to see, it will' ceaseto perform effectively its basic functionsas an economic instrument.

This does not mean that business isindifferent to social problems or that itis not working toward practical solutions.

Take industry's efforts to reduce thepollution of our environment, as aninstance. Many companies have beeninstituting controls over air and waterwastes at their production facilities. AtDow Chemical, we have expendedapproximately $10-million at our plants inMidland, Michigan, alone, with an annualupkeep cost of a million dollars.

Along with this program, we have madea "business" out of Environmental Control.Research and development alone costs$1-million annually. This program has beenmade possible only through the disciplineof profit, which brings me back to mystarting point: Service to society isachieved only through accomplishment ofour primary objective---maxinmum long-term profit growth.

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To me, the social involvement from this isquite clear. If business is to respond tothe challenge of the times, to work towardsolutions worthy of human effort andskill, there must be value systems, and anenvironment that favors highly moral,ethical behavior This is the responsibilityof managemer.', industry at large, andsociety as a whole. Implicitly, there is a

Sincerely,

'a',,H. D. DoanPresident, The Dow Chemical Conmpany

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nuntnurim tl 0i.* Interested in guiding visitors for Open House, May 3, noon to 5? If so,contact Vaf Livada, x3265, John Drobak, x3617, or the head of your livinggroup.

* All students should obtain a final exam schedule at the InformationOffice, Room 7-111. Any conflicts or exams not listed should be reported tothe Schedules Office by Friday, May 9.

* Anyone interested in working on the Student Government Secretariatshould come to the meeting of the Nominations Committee at 7:30 pmTuesday in Room W20-400 of the Student Center. People are needed to workin all areas.

* Interested in a teaching career? Alan Blakmer, of the Harvard GraduateSchool of Education, will discuss opportunities and methods of getting intothe field Thursday, May 1, at 7:30 pm in room W20-473 of the StudentCenter.

* Continental-style breakfasts will be served in the Sala de Puerto RicoMonday through Friday for the rest of the term on an experimental basis. Thebreakfasts will be a la carte.

* Nominations are still open for the Everett Moore Baker Award foroutstanding undergraduate teaching. Any student may nominate a juniormember of the faculty who he feels has demonstrated outstanding concernfor his students, both within and outside the classroom. Nominating aninstructor for this award is virtually the only means presently available tostudents to promote public recognition and professional advancement ofthose instructors who have given generously of themselves. Nominations maybe directed to the Baker Award Committee, c/o The Tech, or Mickey Warrenat AEPi.

* The Pot Luck Coffeehouse will not be open tonight due to SpringWeekend. It will be open next Friday, May 2, at the usual time.

* The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics will hold a freshmanOpen House Wednesday from 3 to 5pm in room 33-206. Students and staff ofthe Department will meet informally with students interested in a Course XVImajor. Refreshmants will be served.

* Any student who has ideas or suggestions for the selection of the newDean of Student Affairs is encouraged to submit them to Karen Wattel at theInscomm Office, room W20-401.

* MIT Urban Action needs old comic books to help kids who have anaversion to reading become interested in reading something, old parts ofradios, motors, etc., so that boys can begin to learn how to put themtogether, through Tutoring Plus, and old clothing, shirts, overalls, etc., to beused as cover-ups and smocks. Items can be dropped off at room W20437 inthe Student Center. For more information call x2894.

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Housing program inBy Steve Kaiser

Despite the overwhelming newssignificance of the Harvard protests,many students have maintained anactive interest in the recentlyannounced MIT housing program,especially the off-campus componentof this effort. The ba c questionremains for many MIT undergraduatesand graduates alike: how can we asstudents help in the proper implemen-tation of this housing program, con-sistent with the desires and preferencesof the local community?

Already there is talk of an inter-disciplinary systems course to beoffered this summer, for a wide rangeof tasks aimed at the design, planning,and development of new ideas pro-posed by the Institute. The UrbanAction Committee is actively pursuingthe idea of Urban fellowships forsummer community work, with con-tinued opportunities part-time in thefall.

Other action ideas axe:

*Becoming a member of Urban Action,Committee on Community Service, theGSC Housing Committee, etc. to dis-cuss strategies and tasks for interestedstudents. The general theme shouldbe a coordinated concentrated effort.

*Working with the MIT Real EstateOffice, Planning Office and other staffon site development, obtaining data onthe surrounding neighborhood , pro-viding feedback to MIT from citizensand students in the areas, givingcomments and personal advice onplans.

*Recruiting faculty, students, andfunds for workshops or inter-disciplinary courses on the Cambridgearea rnd planning for the specific sites.

*Direct community work off-campus:- various rent control campaigns- CEOC-sponsored Planning Teams

and their housing subcommittees- Cambridge Housing Convention- CEOC Housing Assistance Pro-

gram and associated Task Force onHousing

- work directly with city agencies(City Manager's office, CommunityDevelopment office, CRA, CHA) Pro-vide advice or coordinated information

*Conduct site surveys to find out goodlots, empty apartments (and' those

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which could be fairly easily put backinto service via rehabilitation 'and re-pair).

*Letter writing to Congress, HUD, orPresident Nixon supporting Federalsubsidy programs for urban housing,particularly any effort to remove redtape and speed construction; workingas a housing intern or research assistantin Washington, to help expedite fund-ing, information flow, get goodlearning experience for working withlocal and regional governmentauthorities.

*Encouraging other local institutionsto support housing programs, such asHarvard, Boston University, Polaroid,local banks, etc.

*Encourage faculty members to relaxtheir tendency to keep students work-ing hard in the labs, with little time foroutside activeity; the faculty should bepersuaded to support a genuine,deep-seated desire for communityinvolvement by their students, just asother students are turned on by aspecial course or off-beat researchproject.

General AdviceIn some ways, I hesitate to give

advice to students who want to helptackle the housing problem. Each per-son has his own style, his own capabili-ties, his own deficiencies. Whatever Isay reflects my own background, cir-cumstances and past participation(Cambridge resident for 4 years,Mechanical Engineering representativeto the Grad Student Council, Chmn.GSC housing committee, Treas. ofCambridgeport Planning Team, Cam-bridge Housing Convention - com-mittees on university negotiations and

Ivites helprent control - and CEOC HousingTask Force.)

You should be prepared for a com-plex learning experience. If you thinkyour task will be the dissemination ofexpertise from the word "go" you'relikely to be very ineffective and neverreally trusted by the residents. It maytake many months of dedicated listen-ing and understanding before one canadd personal ideas to the discussionprocess. One immediate thing one cando is provide supporting services, suchas research on questions residents raise,aiding the information flow, helpingelderly bring their housing complaintsto local authorities (transportation formany people in Cambridge is a prob-lem) and even doing a little manual orsecretarial labor (not only for its in-herent helpfulness but also because onegets to know people better and canprove that one is not arrogantly above"menial labor"). The crucial thing toavoid is the Grand Entrance of theExpert-Advocate who - although anewcomer - quickly sizes up the situ-ation and decides for himself what thecommunity needs.

The important factors here arepatience and quiet competence: as thecitizens come to know and trust you,they will be more willing to let you betheir advocate for housing, communitydevelopment and the like. This processcan be a very rewarding human experi-ence.

I catn describe only one way, thetrial at ' error path I had to gropealong. Undoubtedly there are manyothers, and the key to all of them isthe patience to make an investment ofeffort necessary to avoid the earl)frustration and confusion caused byexpecting results to come in a matterof days or weeks, rather than months.

By Dave deBronkartLast night the city of Cambridge,

in conjunction with the Institute, be-gan a project which will simulateproposed changes in MassachusettsAvenue in front of the Institute. Park-ing meters were covered and signschanged in preparation for the closingof parking, effective Saturdaymorning.

Safety projectAccording to William R. Dickson,

Director of Physical Plant, the mainpurpose of the project is to alleviatesafety conditions near the Institute,both in pedestrian accidents and autocollisions. 77 Mass. Ave. and the inter-section of Vassar St. and Mass. Ave.are among the worst in Cambridge inauto and pedestrian accidents, res-

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pectively. Existing lanes of traffic willbe widened, and free of all obs-tructions from parking cars and opendoors. Barricades with flashing lightswill be placed along the proposedcurblines, shortening the crosswalk at77 by 16 feet. MBTA buses willco-operate in the use of new busstands (one per side, directly in frontof 77, rather than the two now oneach side.)

The barricades will stay up till nextFriday noon; the street will be back tonormal in time for Open House thatSaturday.

$250,000 costIf this experiment runs well, the

Avenue may be remodeled as planned.If so, it would be the last step in along-term quarter-million-dollar pro-gram of modernization for the Ave-nue. Earlier proposals had includedtunneling under Mass. Ave. fromMemorial Drive and coming up atAlbany St., putting pedestrian bridgesover at 77. but all were abortedbecause of excessive cost or difficulty.

The first step was the erection of"Walk" lights at the 77 crosswalk,prior to which traffic had been con-trolled by policemen. Then, this yearsemaphores were placed at the Am-herst St. and Vassar St. intersectionswith the Avenue. Dickson voiced par-ticular approval of the results achievedat Vassar, calling them "fantasticallygood."

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The task we face,It is time to recognize that events on this and other campuses-signify

nothing less than a redefinition of the place of the university in oursociety for tile next few decades.

The universities are simultaneously the sources of the most sensitivebarometers for tile pressures which distort our society and the technicalexpertise which makes it function. As such, they are both the servant

and critic of society. Clearly the universities can abdicate neither ofthese seemingly contradictory roles: consequently, they must find somesort of trade-off between these two functions which will survive the testOf conscience.

It call be seen that it tile universities call resolve these questionsto theiown satisfactions. many of tile thorny issues we now face will

lie re!olved as a by-product. Consider ROTC: to what extent should aulliversity co-operate witli a system whiichl makes decisions most of itsmembers oppose" In the case of war-related research, the question issimilar. Consider curriculum: is the student being programmed to solvecerlain cl asses of problems. or is he Icarning to deal with people, values,and iSSLCs as well') Will lie master our society or be its pawn?

it is * Ital that all members of the Institute community recognize thattills 'els.,essment is happening. It is also vital that they recognize that

conditions in our society make 'this inevitable. No one will be able toforestall tilis needed effort by ignoring those who lhave already thought

about these issues and are trying to being about this reassessment.When most members of the MIT community arrived here. they

probably came with the assumption thai a certain "social contract" was

ill effect, which enabled them to concentrate all their efforts on theirprofessional careers. Their conception of their work did not include, forthe most part. grappling with tile moral. political, and social issueswhfich are now being raised. Yet MIT occupies a very special place intills coulltry. Ulnder the current circumstances, it would be criminal fortile Institute Commuill.11ty to fail to face its responsibilities, to redefineits role in society. If professional work must be placed on the backburners for the moment. so be it. Those who do not do so may find no

,aft' haven otr their work after the current turmoil is resolved. In thepasl. apatlhy is something which everyone has criticized on this campus.but it didn't reallymatter if someone was apathetic simaply because the

issues toward which lie was apathetic were not of great import. Thetilee is rapidly approaching. however, at which those who are apatheticoward_-thle cu-rreC t situation will simply he disenfranchised -by-the-courCse of even _:. Period.

If the n-,C,'itgs, next week are viewed as the best way to decide uponways to achieve needed change rather thlan a mICans of avoiding'confi'ontation 'at a minimum cost, they will be an appropriate first step

toward redrawing the MIT social contract. This task will undoubtedlytake place over a long period of time. It will be difficult, for we will betrying to resolve all the big issues at once: academic freedom, powerwithin the university. our stance in the nation. and so forth. NationalissuLes will Be inextricably bound up with internal problems. as though

each alone were not tough enough to solve.Let us not shirk the task MIT owes our educational system and

tlCe nation no less than leadership ill resolving this crisis.

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sanctioned destruction of its life o,property.

3) To sanction violation of 'objec-tive moral law is to sanction theviolation of objective moral law against

It is seen that, excepting the casewhen a person voluntarily sanctionsthe use of force against himself, it isimmoral to use force against a personunless he sanctions an immoral act.

Sanction of an act is a function ofconsciousness. It is not an attribute ofobjects that do not have. conceptualconsciousness. Therefore demon-stration of immorality is not depen-dent on non-conscious objects.

Things such as napalm; H-bombs,helicopters, steak knives. or hockeysticks are not immoral in themselves.Nor is the possession, manufacture,purchase or sale ot same; Only thesanction of the immoral use of same ispunishable.

I therefore conclude that war-related research is not immoral.

Sincerely yours,Johnnie B. Linn 111, '69

OptimistTo the Editor:

The MIT housing program for Cam-bridge. The editorial in The Tech advo-cating, for solid reasons that will standduring good times and bad, that ROTCnot be given for academic credit. Pres-ident Johinson's profound remarks atFaculty Meeting about the Rostowaffair. The crystal-clear exposition bythose wise people-the student leaders,Professor Gray, President Johnson, etal.--of the solid program for recruit-ment and training ot black students.

One intelligent move after theother-real substance coming fromdeep feeling and rational discussion.

Like it's Mens et Manus, even!David Frisch

Professor of Physics

For the recordTo the Editor:! r_ _ t--w,- go on record as fully andunequivocally supporting last Thurs-day's decision of the Harvard adminis-tration to call in the. police. Criminal-ity, yes criminality, is the only wordwhich can adequately describe anyillegal, forcible ejection of anyonefrom any building-be it deans from anadministration building or a studentfrom his dormitory room. And, inaccordance with the laws governing oursociety at large, the police have the-right and the duty to apprehend thecommitters of a criminal act.

Universities are really forums offree speech: for all to talk and for allto listen. By, acting rashly and violentlyamongst ourselves, we destroy thequintessence of the university. We alsoincur the wrath of the community atlarge (Cambridge and the state ofMassachusetts) who have it in theirpower the ability to strangle us asstudents with oppressive regulations ofconduct. We could very easily lose ourchgished 'separate society' status vis-a-vis the city of Cambridge.' So cry a little for those who got

their heads bloodied while occupyingHarvard's University Hall; cry a littlefor the omnipresent innocent by-stander who gets hurt in an enterprisenot of his own doing; just don't forgetto cry a little for yourselves, who standto lose all that you value in a collegeexperience.

Stephen Cohen '7

Reply to FreemanTo the Editor:

In factual content, Mr. Freeman'sletter is a mixture of half-truths, non-sequiturs. and lies. In moral content. itis a mixture of exhortation. blame-casting, and threats., In these respects,it typifies the bulk of what we studentsread these days concerning the causesa-nd cure of ."student protest". Onewould ignore Mr. Freeman's letter,were the existence of universities notat slake.

Mr. Freeman begins by urging that"students" be given partial control of

MIT policies with regard to admissions.curricula, new construction, and re-search contracts. He follows with athreat that universities which do notfollow his advice may be "put out ofbusiness".

fic does not say explicitly how sucha university wouild be put out ofbusiness: but it becomes clear later thathe has in mind picket lines, bombscares, burning of files, destruction ofequipment, heckling, and occupationof classrooms and offices. He con-gratulates himself as one of a "growingcore of liberal faculty" who have work-ed closely with the militant "students"whomn he expects to carry out thesethreats should his advice not be fol-lowed. He emphatically expresses hisdesire to accompany such "students"to the barricades. "The victory," hesays, "we shall cherish."

Mr. Freeman states that' MIT is"particularly vulnerable" to violence,because its governing board is com-posed of industrialists rather thansocial protesters.

Mr. Freeman speaks of a "struc-ture" for implementing his "propo-sals''. He does not go into detail, buthe makes it clear that the "structure"w{Suld be powerful enough and"liberal" enough to threaten the vitalinterests of every student (e.g. in mat-ters ofAndustrial co-o__erative programs, NASA and DOD research. etc.).He also makes it clear that no studentcould participate effectively except bybecoming active in a special-interestgroup such as SDS. IFC, or BSU. Themajority of Tech tools (i.e. individualstudents dedicated to preparing them-selves for careers as scientists or en-gineers) would be unrepresented anddefenseless. In short, Mr. Freeman's"proposals" are totally unacceptable toa great many students.

Mr. Freeman promises MIT a "greatpage in history" if it acquiesces to his"proposals", and violent disaster if itdoes no I wish to say that, if the daycomes when militants "occupy everyuniversity building in the country" (asMr. Freeman advocates in his letter),then history will cease to be written.The fault will not lie with the "Ameri-can industrial complex", nor even withthe MIT governing board. The faultwill lie with the Freemans of the

D world, that is to say,with the irrespon-II sible fanatics who constitute the major-)I ity of our intellectuals.

If men wish to discuss their dif-ferences, they must begin by renoun-

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Smullin on RostowTo the Editor:

I believe the U.S. military actions inn Vietnam can only be described as mad;

history.Nevertheless, the spectacle in

Kresge last Thursday was stupid andvicious. Students who this week areprotesting violence at Harvard, per-petrated a most direct form of violenceat the Rostow meeting. At the sametime, they played upon the restraint Ofthe majority in the hall, who clearlyindicated that they wanted an orderlymeeting, and who refrained from in-flicting violence upon the minoritywho destroyed the meeting.

Rostow is not just another profes-sor coming to exchange his scholarlyideas with his colleagues. Rostow wasan executive responsible, in part, for areal war. The war has continued andexpanded despite the endless reasonedarguments presented against it (andtrue in retrospect). Thus it is easy tounderstand the ,qense of frustration ofthose who have tried being reasonableand have been ignored. We have toremember, however, that in the dyna-mics 'of human affairs, ad-hominenaffronts and insults are seldom forgot-ten and are almost always repayed inkind or worse. in a never-endingspiral of escalation. The fabric of oursociety is thin and it may not survivetoo many rents. As impossible as thejob of patching may seem,back lash isnot an acceptable alternative.

Finally, I point out that I didn't usethe word "shocking" in describingwhat happened at Kresge. It was pre-dictable. The fact that he and hiscolleagues here at MIT believed it waspossible to smuggle Rostow quietlyinto MIT (while announcing it in TheTech} indicates the same lack of under-standing of revolutionary forces thatconsistently ignored and politicalnature of the war in Vietnam andtrusted all to the military.

-Louis D. SmullinHead of the Departmentof Electrical Engineering

Objective?

To the Editor:Your editorial, "MIT: War Crimi-

nal?", 'in the April 22 issue 0f TheTech,calls for a "debate of conscience"on the moral implications of researchat MIT. I wish to make the followingcontribution:

It is necessary that all participantsin a rational discourse on moral issuesacknowledge objectivity of moral

principles. To the extent of my know--ledge, SACC has not done this. Perhapsthey would wish to make their positionclear in a reply to this letter. Of course,the same condition applies to anyother participants. I have specificallymentioned SACC, however, becausethey are the protagonists in this caseand I also have doubts as to whetherthey in fact acknowledge objectivity ofmoral principles. To not acknowledge astatement to be objective does not, ofcourse, invalidate that statement, butsuch a statement cannot be claimed tobe valid. "Objective" means: derivedfrom reality.

I hereby acknowledge objectivity ofmoral principles, which I term objec-tive moral law.

I have observed the following facts:1) Objective moral law applies to

beings with conceptual consciousness.2) It is a violation of objective

moral law to destroy life or propertyof such a being, unless that being has

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grant any new appointments for todayor next week.56. Sign at an LSC movie: No oneunder 18 admitted without proof ofage.57. "I'm not a bigot. I hate everyone,regardless of race, creed or color." -an East Campusite.57V2. A computer matching disksounds like a dating service for frisbees.58. Massachusetts Avenue is beingnarrowed to provide a greater trafficflow.59. George Flynn says he has foot-noies, but none are printable. Reliablesources report that Institute officeshave practiced putting certain filesquickly into vaults in case of . . .

55. The administration has justshifted into high gear to respond to thecurrentJohnsonKenneth

situation. President Howardand Dean of Student AffairsWadleigh have decided not to

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By Joe Kashi, Alex Makowski

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The Reserve Officer's TrainingCorps will be facing a challenge to theiracademic standing, if not their exist-ence, when the faculty convenes in aspecial meeting May 14. Before thefaculty will be two motions: one thatwould strip credit from ROTC courses;and a second that would terminatethem entirely.

The two motions reflect the ques-tion currently being debated on manycampuses- does military training haveany place in an academic institution?Or,.more specifically, does an externalagency whose primary purpose is torecruit have the right to set academicpolicies independently of the academicstructure itself?

The question is not simple, for itultimately reduces to defining the re-lationship between MIT and the mili-tary. With this in mind, The Tech ispresenting the background of the issueas well as a position paper of a facultymember who is arguing against the veryexistence of ROTC at MIT. A similarpaper defending ROTC at MIT will begranted equal space in a future issue ifsomeone chooses (o submit it.

'"Th general purpose of the ArmyROTC program is to attract, motivate,and qualify intelligent, well-rounded,and broadly educated male collegestudents who have a potential forservice as commissioned officers in theUnited States Army," begins a reportfrom Colonel Marshall Becker, Head ofthe Department of Military Science, ina report to the Committee on Educa-tional Policy.

Army ROTC has been in existencesince 1865 when "Small arms andsimpler parts of tactics" was listed inthe catalog.- The -govermment didn'tbegin the program of uniforms andcompensation until 1915. At present,Army, Navy, and Air Force units areon carpus.

Was MandatoryROTC was mandatory for two

years for all male students at MIT until1958 when it became voluntary. Sincethen, the enrollment has fluctuatedaround the level of 150. The enroll-

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Academic criticismMuch of the criticism against ROT(

has been directed against the nature othe courses it requires. Major GeorgeGamache, head of the Air Force unitstated, "We believe that the subjectoffered are intellectually challengin

and sufficiently enriching to serve aselective credits at the same time asthey serve to meet pre-commissioninrequirements."

Every Army and Navy course iopen to all students, but some AiForce subjects are restricted due tstaff limitations. The Navy program ithe only one in existence designed tproduce only "engineering duty" officers.

MIT's attitudeMIT first began to scrutinize aca

demic policy regarding ROTC yeabefore the present spate of collegialapprehension about ROTC's academistatus and its presence on universitcampuses arose.

Beginning in 1953, a series of ad hocommittees chaired by Professor JameAusten, Depxrtment of Meteoology, initiated continuing development and refinement of the basiROTC courses required of all studenuntil the aboliton of compulsorROTC in 1958. Until this time, MIstudents were required to enrollROTC for their freshman and sophcmore years. The dr4p-out rate for thClass of '61-the last to fall urdecompulsory ROTC-was 83% by tlend of their senior year.

Flexibility introducedIn 1957, a third ad hoc committre

under Austen began the developmetof a new curriculum for the NayScience department. This curriculustressed the engineering aspectsnaval service. MIT is still the oncollege in the country to have a nayunit whose graduates are assigned onto engineering duty.

The-Navy program was built arounthe concept that the basic ROTC couses should be compatible with ttstudent's regular academic program. A

ment is up for the 1968-69 yearbecause graduate students are nowadmitted to the program. This year'senrollment of 190 breaks down into 94in the Army, 39 in the Navy, and 57 inthe Air Force. This includes 32 grad-uate students in the program.

Two- and four-year sequences areoffered in all the ROTC programs. TheArmy and Air Force programs lead tocommissions as Second Lieutenants,while the Navy program prepares stu-dents for commissions as Naval Reserve.,Officers. The two-year programs, in allthree cases, are preceded by a summertraining session between the sopho-more and junior years to make up forthe remainder of the entire four-yearprogram.

Frosh-soph programA Pre-Professional Division for the

freshmen and sophomores is includedin the four-year Army program for thepurpose of giving the student a "great-er perspective and deeper under-standing of the historical and politicalevolution to the military institutionand its role in international affairs."The student's junior and senior years inArmy ROTC are spent studying Armyleadership and management, with an"advanced Summer Camp" just beforethe senior year for field training.

No ROTC program carries a mili-tary obligation during the freshmanand sophomore years, but students areexpected to sign agreements to serve intheir respective service before begin-ning their junior year.

During their two upperclass years,the students receive a monthly $50.00stipend, uniform, and relevant texts.Scholarships are also offered by theArmy and Air Force. Upon graduationand commissioning, the students fulfdlltheir military obligations. Air 'Forceofficers are assigned to four years ofactive duty, whiie Army and Navyofficers are placed in the active re-serves, subject to call-up by the secre-tary of their department.

The percentage of students whocomplete the entire ROTC program islow. The drop-out rates, expressed asthe number of freshmen who sign upminus the'number left four years laterover the number signed up, give thefollowing results: 1964-76%,

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Staff screeningStaff appointments at MIT are the

result of a long screening process. TheNROTC procedure, comparable to theother services, begins in the Depart-ment of the Navy. Volunteers forteaching positions are first processedby a special agency. As CommanderHarold McEachen, Associate Professorof Naval Science, pointed out, manyofficers apply for posts at universities,as such a post gives them an opportun-ity to continue their education whilestill in the service.

The department list is then for-warded to Captain Dean A. Horn,Commander of the detachment here.After adding his suggestions, he passesthe nominations on to Professor CarlFloe, Vice President of Research, whohandles relations between the facultyand the three service detachments.Floe decides which names to submit tothe faculty, which makes the finaldecision on all appointments.

As required by law, the Command-er of the naval unit is awarded the fulltitle of professor, while the rest of theteaching staff is given associate profes-sorial rank.

The criteriaWhat criteria are used during the

selection process? Besides his militaryrecord, a Naval candidate's educationalrecord is scrutinized. The officer musthave at least a Bachelor's degree insuch a field as Industrial Managementor Economics, though a Master's ispreferrred. In addition, many app4-cants have had previous teaching exper-ience at Annapolis. Those officers thatthe faculty approve must report to thetwo-month instructor's school.

JustificationFinally, there is the crucial issue of

justification; why have ROTC at all?Some of the arguments against ROTCon campus were presented in ProfessorWilliam Watson's report. The militaryarguments have been detailed in var-ious memos and conferences.

The Army report previously men-tioned discussed some of the benefitsthe student derives from the ROTCprogram. Besides becoming a commis-sioned officer, rather than a lowlyprivate, if drafted, 'rhe student learnsthe basic ability to motivate men, toseek their confidence, and to supervisethem effectively- an educational ex-perience which is the foundation ofsuccess in any line of work." AndCommander McEachen pointed outthat a large number of students feel anobligation to their country, a dutythey can fulfill through ROTC.

As for the nation, the Army reportmaintains that ROTC "insures the pre-servation of the citizen-soldier conceptwhich is so basic to the freedoms weenjoy in the United States." It pre-cludes the development of the profes-sional Army, the "General Staff"mystique associated with Germanyduring the early 20th century. And theprogram provides "the continued inputof the high level of educational andscientific and technical expertise sonecessary to defense in the modernworld."

a result, many of the courses relatingDe to narrowly military topics, such ases map-reading, navigation, etc., were re-or- placed by MIT subjects in history~gndp- political science.ic The new courses are taught by thets regular faculty of the Institute. In ary similar manner, courses which are aimed[T primarily at indoctrinating ROTCin students were eliminated. Second ando- third year subjects, which dealt mostlyhe with weapons systems, were dropped.er Substituted for these strictly military-he oriented courses were offerings in a

broader historical'sense. For example,17.51 and 21.545 are required in Army

ee ROTC. During the fourth year, thent Austen committee arranged for the7al students to take management coursesm in the Sloan School.of The Air Force and Army, whilely utilizing different courses, operate ontal the same principle of opting for morely broadly-based subjects. However, some

third and fourth year courses dealingnd directly with the strictly professionalar- training of the officers, such as Small-he unit tactics, are not given credit underAs existing arrangements.

Army optionThe Navy and Air Force subjects

are mostly four-unit courses, whichwere developed primarily at MIT bythe Austen committee. The Army hasallowed MIT to install the Plan Coption. About 15 students are involvedin this option, which has been des-cribed as experimental and highly flex-ible. Out of 260 colleges with ROTC,10 others in addition to MIT offer thisoption. It represents an attempt toabandon the concept of a commoncurricula, as MIT hid protested thatthe courses mandated by law were notin line with its character and academicstandards.

Plan C went into effect last year atthe Institute. The portions of theROTC law dealing with curriculum are,according to Austen, "...more of abroad outline which the services areleft- free to administer." Althoughthere was a standard curriculum for theAir Force and Navy, MIT pointed outin 1953 that it did not like thecurriculum. As a result, the Facultyand Administration initiated a contin-uing study of the curricula and thefaculty. MIT has modified a number ofROTC courses so that they combinethe material content of certain Insti-tute courses, primarily in the areas ofhistory and political science. Also, MITis free to reject any service professorialnominee whomn it does-not considerqualified to teach at the Institute.

MIT uniqueThus,' %the recent trend at MIT

towards integrating ROTC courses intomaterial regularly offered by variousdepartments and taught by regular

is the outgrowth of the exten-sive revamping begun in 1953 by theAusten Ad Hoc Committee. Accordingto Austen, "...there is no other collegein America which has three ROTCunits like MIT's, and where the facultyhas been interested for the past 16years in developing a more challengingand suitable curricula."

Does ROTC belong in the academic commnunity?

TOTAL ROTC ENROLLMENT AT MIT

Courtesy of Professor William B. Watson

THE URBAN CALENDAR

At MIT:

The Urban Systems Laboratory Computer Group seminars will include the following:

Jane Jordant will lecture on "The New Version of CMS/67" on Monday, April 28.

Ron Nilsson will speak on "CMS/ICES: Tis Use and Subsystem Development" on

Monday, May 5.

Ronald Walter will speak on "Assisting Health Planning with CMS/67" on Monday,

May 12.

All lectures will be held in the fifth floor conference room in Building 9 from 3-5 pm.

Elliot Liebow, author of "Talley's Corner," will speak on "Work, Money, and Poverty" at a

Joint Center for Urban Studies seminar to be held Tuesday, April 29. The time and locationwill be announced.

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The following is a position paperwritten by Professor William B. Wat-son, Associate Professor of Humanities,Jonathan P. Kabat, SACC, and GerryStein, Social Inquiry. The paper ex-plains the reasons behind the motionto eliminate ROTC at MIT.

At last Wednesday's faculty meet-ing, the issue of ROTC was scheduledas the last item of business. To thedisappointment of many faculty andstudents, the issue was never broughtup. Had the resolution to eliminateacademic credit for ROTC coursesbeen presented to the faculty, we wereprepared to offer another resolution onROTC, because wve are convinced thatthe real issues of ROTC are not ade-quately met by the disaccrediting reso-lution. We recognize that there is needfor better information on ROTC thanis now available to the MIT commun-ity, and that the issues surrounding thissubject must be stated more clearlythan they have been thus far. By theend of next week, a full report on theROTC at MIT will be available to theMIT community. In the meantime, thisstatement of the principal issues repre-sents the substance of the remarks we

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govern its conduct. Nor can this facul-i ty change the character of ROTC. We

cannot make it into- a student-sponsored club, like the sailing club orthe mathematics club, for the ROTC isa national recruiting agency of thearmed forces established as a "perman-ent" institution on the campuses ofAmerican universities for the purposesof recruiting college-educated officers.To pretend that we can nmIke it into anextra-curricular activity, comparable toother extra- curricular activities of thestudent body, is only to deceive our-selves and those students who look tous for advice and counsel. The ROTCwill remain, regardless of our actions,an externally controlled agency of thearmed forces conducted according toits own standards and policies for itsown special- objectives. On the otherhand, this faculty cannot prevent its-students from entering into individualcontractual agreements with the ROTCif they so wish, for to do so would bean unconstitutional abridgement of theindividual's rights to make such agree-ments as a free member of this society.

What this faculty can do, for it hasdone so in the past when the threeR0OaTC units were first established atMIT, is to determine what relationship,if any, this Institute shall have with theROTC. The present motion before thefaculty to remove academic credit forROTC subjects represents a very mod-est and, in our view, an ineffective andmisguided change in that relationship.Its only practical effect will be to makelife more difficult for MIT studentsenrolled in the ROTC. Most students inROTC, to be sure, now carry theirROTC subjects as an overload and thuswill not be affected one way or theother by the removal of credit fromthese subjects. There are, however, afew. students who do take ROTC sub-jects for credit (mostly freshmen). Byremoving academic credit, you willonly increase the course load of these50 or so freshmen who join ROTCeach year. We see no point in penali-zing these students for the dubioussake of preserving the academic re-spectability of the faculty, especiallywhen- this faculty has done so much

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ROTC because, given the present draftlaws, they eventually will have tospend time in the military and wouldprefer to do so as an officer rather thanas a footsoldier. None of the ROTCstudents interviewed for this reportregarded academic credit as an import-ant factor in their decision to joinROTC. Even the armed forces doesnot, it turns out, regard academiccredit as crucial to its position onuniversity campuses or to its recruitingmission. The Army, for'example, hasalready initiated proposals that wouldremove from their contracts the reqhirement that universities must giveROTC subjects academic credit.

Furthermore, the removal of creditraises other issues which will onlyconfuse rather than clarify the Instit-ute's relation to the ROTC. The facul-ty may not realize it, but a fair portionof ROTC subjects are now being taughtby regular MIT faculty and more areplanned for the future. Moreover, someof the subjects in ROTC presentlytaught by military instructors-are re-garded by some students in ROTC asbeing no better and no worse than a lotof other subjects taught at MIT. Someof these subjects are, to be sure, littlemore than military nuts-and-bolts(small unit tactics, naval orientation,and the like), and others have a clearpropagand a slant that is repugnant tomost MIT students, but there areothers which obviously stimulate andchallenge our students. Are some sub-jects, then, to be approved by thisfaculty and others denied credit? If so,what are the criteria and who is goingto apply them? And if we do this forROTC subjects, will the faculty besetting a precedent for doing it -toother subjects in the MIT catalogue?And if not, is it willing to defend adouble standard? The faculty shouldrecall that the stated purpose of theROTC is to train and educate potentialofficers and that this purpose wasaccepted by the faculty when theROTC Units were established here.Who are we, then, to now say thatthese purposes are no longer acceptablesimply because we now find that themilitary is doing a sufficiently profes- jsional job? If this faculty does not wishto have training courses for military jofficers or to maintain a military re- cruiting program on campus, it ought ito say so directly instead of attacking cby implication professional officers rand enlisted men who are honestly X

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would have made jointly before thefaculty last Wednesday.

Many MIT faculty members andstudents are agreed that the ROTCraises a number of issues that must beexamined by this community. It wouldbe an illusion, however, to pretend thatthe proposal to eliminate academiccredit for ROTC courses represents asolution of these issues. This is a

effects.At the same time, we must take

into account the limitations imposedupon us by the laws of this countryand by the nature of the ROTC organi-zation. We cannot abolish ROTC. TheROTC is established by the UnitedStates Congress. No vote of this facultyis going to change the laws and regulat-ions which established the ROTC and

recently to make the freshman yearless subject to academic pressures.

On the other hand, if the facultybelieves that by this measure it willmake the ROTC less attractive tostudents and thus gradually force it outof existence through a process of at-trition, the forthcoming "Report onROTC at MIT" will show that thistactic is an illusion. Most students join

by law, by contract, and by externalprocedures and discretionary powersthat contradict the policies and prin-ciples of the Institute and as suchrepresent a serious infringement uponthe academic integrity of the' Institute(as the 'statement accompanying thedisaccieditinrg motion suggests), thento remove academic credit is a veryinadequate instrument.

(1) It will not, for instance, removethe power of the military to nominate(which in practice is to appoint) mili-tary officers to the MIT faculty and toremove them whenever it wishes, forthat power is written into MIT's con-tracts with the armed forces.

(2) It will not change MIT's obliga-tion to give the ranking officer of eachROTC' Unit the title of full professor,for that obligation is a United Stateslaw passed by Congress in'1964. (TheArmy, however, is presently trying tofigure a way around this statutoryrequirement by making such professors"visiting professors." This would notbe an effective dodge at MIT, wherethe title of visiting professor is custom-arily reserved for distinguished visitingscholars.)

(3) Under MIT's ROTC contracts,the commander of each ROTC Unithas the power to designate his own rep-resentative to all faculty committeeswhose recommendations would direct-ly affect ROTC. The removal of aca-demic credit would not remove thatprivileg.

(4) Nor will it relieve MIT of itsobligation to produce a minimum num-ber of officers each year for the armedforces (the number is presently 25 forthe Army and Air Force; the Navy hasits own quota of 20); nor of itsobligation to maintain a minimum en-rollment of 100 in the basic Army andAir Force ROTC courses (that is, thefirst two years), because these too arecontractual obligations which MIT in-curred when it requested the ROTCcome on campus. (In actual practice,since we don't even come close tothese figures, the "military co-ordinator" at MIT, presently a memberof the administration, writes a lettereach year to the appropriate militaryauthorities asking permission to violatethese clauses of our contract.)

(5) MIT is required by public law toallow the Secretary of each armedforce to prescribe and conduct theROTC curriculum, which MIT mustthen adopt as part of its own cur-riculum. Removing academic creditwill not change this law nor the ano-maly it represents for an independentuniversity. (The statement accompany-ing the disaccrediting motion claimsthat ifrom a pratical standpoint thisanomaly could be contained by theelimination of academic credit, but it isa very dubious claim. The ROTC sub-jects will still be offered in the In-stitute catalogue as regular MIT sub-jects, even if non-accredited, and MITwill still be bound by other clauses ofits contracts to promote the purposesof the ROTC. The only practical effectmay be to remove the minimal checksnow exercised by the Committee onCurricula, since the ROTC programwould presumably not involve theusual credits and hours questions thatconcern that Committee.)

(6) The removal of academic creditwill not lessen in any way MIT'sobligation to require each student inAir Force ROTC to complete the

serious matter, for the penalty paid foroffering the wrong solution, or aninadequate solution, will not be paidby members of this faculty, but by thestudents of MIT who must deal direct-ly and personally with the questionswe shall be debating-not only theROTC and the university, but the draftupon which the ROTC depends, theVietnam war to which it contributes,and the military which controls andregulates the ROTC and, in turn, issupported by it. To pretend thatROTC is simply an academic issue is atemptation to which many universityfaculties have already succumbed asthe most honorable and convenientsolution to their own problems. Weshould not make the same mistake. Topreserve the academy at the expense ofits students, to isolate the issue fromthe context of American militarismand imperialism would be self-servingand short-sighted. We have a responsi-bility to our students and to ourcountry to see the issue of ROTC in allof its contexts and in all of its practical

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ROTC is not tie most fundamentalproblem this faculty will have to facein the near future, but it is the onenow before us, as it has been before somany other faculties, and the issues itraises are not trivial. Removing ROTCfrom MIT is one way to oppose theforces of militarism in this country andto make clear to all concerned that thisInstitute will no longer support therecruiting of young men for the armedforces as part of its regular functions.

We therefore move that:This Institute shall terminate im-

mediately all contracts and agreementsregarding the ROTC and shall not signany new contracts or make any agree-ments, either formal or informal, forthe establishment of ROTC on thiscampus in any form whatsoever.

In addition we recommend that thefaculty adopt the following statementsof intent:

I) That the ROTC scholarships nowheld by students in the ROTC bereplaced by MIT scholarships accordingto the usual standards of the Institute.

2) That the Institute make what-ever arrangements it can with thearmed forces for those ROTC studentswho wish to continue their militarytraining, so long as it is not conductedon this campus and does not representa function of this Institute.

3) That pending the expiration ofthese contracts no new students beadmitted to the ROTC program at:MIT.

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and tie Navy ROTC' Corps expect toproduce about 25.000 commissionedofiicers this year. an increase of sonic40 percent over the 18.000 of lastyear. Clearly the ROTC' is an essentialpart of the "officer proctrcment pro-gram" of a military force that isemployed throughout the world toinsist on the American vision of "free-dom and democracy." siore often thannot on behalf of privileged elites whoare struggling to maintain their controlover large groups of politically awaken-cd peasants and workers.

'Fo be sure. tile ROTC at MITmakes an insignificant contribution tothis supply of colle-c-educated andROTc-trained officers (33 officers thisyear. 60 next). but tile contributioncannot be measured by numbers alone.David Rosenbaunl of 'The New YorkT'!mcs report% that "Pentagon officialsfear 'that the fitct that the protests areoccurring at the elite universities pre-sages a wide impact." lit goes on to

our national conduct which we believeare unwise and dangerous, then it isour responsibility to do what we can tochallenge those trends. Within the uni-versity this means speaking out public-ly and taking collective action to dis-sociate ourselves from such trends, tooppose thenm where we can. and tomake it clear to others in this countrywhy we regard them as dangerous.

What those trends are need not be

spelled out in detail here. It is clear to

rniny of us that the government isembarked. and has been for somne time.

on courses of action which not onlyfail to meet tile pressing domesticpriorities of our society. but also seekto impose our will upon other nationsthrough the use of military might andtechnological sophistication, all at e-normious expense in lives, resources,and our moral sanity. To many of-usthese policies only serve the politicalinterests of small groups of determinedmen wilt then try to persuade us thatthese policies are in our national inter-est.

Our society. in short. has evolved tothe point where it has become neces-sary for many of LIS, whether we reallylike it or not, to speak out against thegrowth of militarism and the forces inour society which promote it at hiomeand abroad.-

Obviously the ROTC is only onepart of these developments, and at MITan insignificant part. Like many in-stitutions of higher learning, but morethan most, we are tied to the gargan-tuan "defense" establishment in thiscountry through contracts for the de-velopment of military hardware (ABM,MIRV. all-weather guidance and re-connaissance systems for helicopters,air-dropped sea-mines, and the like),and we have made our own contribu-tions to political intelligence and socialmanipulation that are so much a partof the arsenal of cold-war and counter-insurgency policies. As the number oneuniversity in defense contracts, we canhardly evade the charge of SenatorFulbright thaii "[The universities havefailed to form l an effective counter-

·weight to tile military-industrial com-plex by strengthening their emphasison the traditional values of our demo-cracy. [but have insteadi joined the

'ROT(C course as a pre-rc quisite for hisgrraduation from tile Institute. for thatobligation is written into tile Air Forcecontract. (It is of some interest to notethat the University of Michfigan recent-ly, refused to graduate one of' its ownstudent,; for failin, to complete hisROTC(' course. )

t7) Nor will tile removal of acadeni-ic credit relieve MI11'T of its contractualobligation to require each rtudent en-rolled in thle Air I-orce ROTC' todevote-an avera,,e of 4 hours per weekper academic year. exclusiv e of hispreparatio n time. to Iii,; ROTC course.{This works ot. by the way. to a totalof 440I contact hours thiat we mustrelquire studennts to spend in Air l'orceROTC' classes. including z 120 hours, of'drill.}

18) This resolution Will ,tot relieve

'tto RO, tutlents, frot their obliga-tinto sign at .,pcial .loyaltyot

prescribe'd by the Secretary of' Defcns,,c%%hich .under latw% every student inRe FC( must ,,vi.m by the be,.inimin of'hi,, ;unior-vear. Nor \\ill it eliminatesect, sitv chiecks for Na'vv ROTC stu-dents, Mid similar procedures in tileother ROT(' Unit,,.

19l The w\ithdrawal of academiccredit will not affect the punitiveclauses attachied to the contracts whichievery R.OT' ,student mulist g at sonmepoint ill thle ROT(' courses. Th'lesepun~itive chlauses make everv ROT('student liable to immediate call to,invoIluntary active dtitt as anl cjnliq4edman11 1,,houl1d lie violate. or be chiar,,edwith violating' Ithce military IhIa,, comn-plete discretion htcre}. tile fetler, of hiscontract. ifIt'ci i,; a scholar--dip) quL-dent. lie can be called upl for four yecarsof involuntiary active duty: if lie doesnot hiave at sciiolarsqtip. lie canl be calledup. for two y'cars of involuntary activeduty.- 'I'hlcse punitive clauIsc, wverc writ-ten into the 1 964 !axx. the -so-calledROT(' Vitali/ation Act. anti c:.mnot hechian,,d by vote of this faculty.

Tha flits punislinent. or thireat of'punishment, is not ,,ometfliin,, abstractand remote for our ROTC' qudent,,A is

,illustrated by thle followill,g case hlis-tory.

Last y'ear an MIT junior. whlo wxasonl ROTC schiolarqtiip. asked to berelieved of hii, contract obligations. aswas hiis righit under the provisions oftile 1964 la\w. in makin,2 tltix reque,,t.hie was doing nothing, wronL' and hadno indication from, tile ROTC that liehad broken any re,2, Ulation,, or laws. litewa-, given a hearing on his request byart inve.'tiuatin- officer of (lie ROTC' atMIT according to standard proceduresor that particular branch of tile mili-tary. A report on this hearing and atrecommendation of the Re'F( conm-mianding officer %vas ,sent to tile ROT('headquarters of this arnied force. Theheadquarters thien ruled thart thle ,,tu-dent had wvillfully evadedt the ternms ofhis contract, charged him with refusingto complete hlis professional officer'scourse. and ordered himtl to reportimmediately for fou~r years of in-voIluntary active duty as an enlistedman. ThIis student. it should be cm'phasized. was not considered a malin-gerer by hiis ROT(' commander. mxhojudged his performance in ROTC' satis-factory up to that point. Tile studentappealed hiis case to the Secretary ofthe concerned arnmed force. \whIo sub-

education at MIT before reporting foractive duty. The case is now being,

appealed, but if it is denied, thisstudent has orders to report for dutyon Augu1Lst 14th of this year.

]'his is : stark example of theextraordinary discretionary pow-ersgiven to the ROTC( on university cam-puses. 'ile removal of academic creditwvill in no way affect these discretion-ary power, (andi tlhe many others

wIhich ROTC' enjoy% and exercises). norwill it in any way relieve the Instituteor its students of tile obligation, andproscriptions which the ROTC' pro-gram impose. upon u% by law. bycontract. and by its own externalprocedutres. The only way in whichthese anomalies can be effectively re-moved f'rmll this campus is by re-moving the Institution that broughtthrem here in the first place.

These are thle principal ac'ademici,,.,ues of RO'I'C'. thotgh obviously theyare 1t \ so aIcademIic~ to our studennts.

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note that senior military officers "arefearful that the military will lose in-fluence in the country and that theysee the weakening of the 1ROTC]corps as a step in this direction." (NewYork Times. April 19, 1969)..Tihesearguments can be put another way: Bykeeping ROTC at MIT in whateverform. our actions will be read by theAmerican people and its military lead-ers as an indication that we support thegrowing influence of the military inthis country and approve of thosepolicies. both at home and abroad.which increasingly depend upon theuse of armed mighlit for their prosecu-tion.

As citizens of this country. we mustrealize that this faculty cannot take a

non-political stand on the ROTC. Indeciding what to do about the ROTCat MIT we must. like the military andmany other citizens. assess what isgoing on in our society and take ourstand accordingly. if, as individuals, werecognize consistent overall trends in

could live w,'itli them much longer wereit notf toy tile falct that ROT(' hasbecome not just an academic or auniver,,ity issme. but also a politic-a'issue. Itf the MIT faCculty no\\ Iha,hefotre it a nuhmber of proposaks to altertile qatLta of ROT('. WC e m11ust admit toour,elves that tihis v i[ot .o much dueto at cri.w cle conscience regarding tile;tcatdemic ilsuIS of RO'!'('. but to thefact that the ROT(' anti the miliwtryinqtitution, it ,upports have becomec\xpioive political issucN on nman,canllptLsc. -

Many univerqty faculties and inter-ested observers. among theim thc Anier-ican Civil Liberties Union. have tried toclaim that these political issues have nobearing on tile SUbjcct of ROTC. Thisclaim strikes uI as patently misleading.At issue is not tlhe "purity" of theuniverqity: it is already deeply "politic-i/ed." and tile presence of ROT(C onthe university campus is one of thereasons. 'tile ROT(C provides 85 per-cent of tie second lieutenants and 65percent of tile first lieutenants now onactive duty in the Army. many of themfighting in Vietnam where casualtyrates among these junior officers arehigher than any other officer rank. Toreplace these losses and those fromother Nources (completion of thle Viet-nam tour-of-duty. return to Reservestatus. resignations. etc.) an "annual.supply of young officers is essential..."(ROTCM1 Iannval 145-10. p41). Thisyear. the Army expects to obtain morethan 16.000 new, officcrs through theROTC' as against 14.000 'in 1968 andover 10.000 in 1967. The Air F-orce

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able to push theirround consister/tly. Butm had trouble getting then the right place to score.ed off well, receiving thedriving inside their op-

but the Crimson was able Dave Dewitte lays down' a perfeiall out of danger. Neither 7-4 despite two well executed T7eose'to a score until, with

"We may have lost the ball ganes gone, a Crimson centera 30 yard run and a try. but at least we gained back some i

r, the Harvard kicker our respectability." Such were the se0 yard penalty goal. The timents echoed by varfity baseb;

!d 8-0. coach IFran O'Brian after the enginecits best scoring opportu- had played one of tie most inspire

he second half as Captain games of the season, only to be spearheaded the scrum on back 7-4 by a superior Harvard b;

team. The game was played last Tuc:he one which he scorediams. Harvard, however, day afternoon at Harvard's Soldie

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[hound ball to Cleveland. This tinme,with plenty of tinme to release the ball,he steered his throw and bounicedI it infront of first baseman Bob Gerber.Both i unners scored. A hit batter and acouple of base hits provided Harvardwith two additional runs. By the timeDewitte pitched himself out of theinning, foul unearned runs had crossedthe plate.

Instead of playing dead, theengineers came roaring back. Two sin-gles, by Jeff Weissman and Rich Frcy-

beqr, brougrit the score to 6-3. AfterHarvard added another run-in tileseventh, the batsmen staged a last dlitchrally in the eighth. I.'reyberg andt PalulSedgewick led off the inning- %ilthwalks, After a fielder's choice. JohnCompton singlcd to score I:re'ybenrg andcut the margin to 74. But !crce DaveDewitte, who had gone three for three.Iannetd-:- the -air. 'When l tLe Bristol

ground~.'d out, the threat was over anidso was the ball g_,amne.

fourth in the NCAA baseball cham-pionship despite a 4-2 loss to theTechmen, looked upon this game as alaugher..They constantly tided all theTech ballplayers, as well as the um-pires, and anything else which strucktheir fancy. But the laughter turned toquiet shock in the third inning whenthe engineers gave the Crimson a lessonin baseball execution.

John Compton '70 led off the inn-ing with a walk. Senior pitcher DaveDewitte came to bat with specificorders to lay down a bunt and movethe runner over. His bunt was soperfectly placed that neither the Har-vard pitcher or first baseman couldfield it. As a result Tech had runnerson first and second with no one out.

'A wild pitch moved t!~e runners tosecond and third, and then with Cap-tain Lee Bristol hitting, Coach O'Briancalled for the suicide squeeze play.Compton broke for the plate the mo-ment tie ball left the pitcher's hand.Bristol got the wood on the ball, andthe only play the Harvard pitchercould make was to first base, leavingTech with a one run lead and a runner

By John Lightnish at the Concord Coun-,esday ruined the varsity

chances for their firstton gold championship.es of the 36 hole tourna-ngineers held a 3 strokearvard. However, three of

half win over MITThe Tech rugby club again fielded line for a try.

two teams as they faced the Harvard Wintery enBusiness School on Wednesday. The A game, as he seteam lost 11-3 on Briggs Field, drop- tackler eightping them to a 1-2 New England making the firRugby Football Union record. The B The B ganteam was shut out 8-0 at Harvard for For the secontheir second straight loss. scrum was

The A team was up against a for- opponents an

midable oeponent in Harvard's Captain again, the tea]Wilson Wintery who unfortunately right people indecided not to study business at the Tech starteSloan School. Wintery is inter- kick-off andnationally famous as the Captain of the ponents 25, tNew Zealand Blacks-one of the best to punt the baamateur rugby teams in the world. team came cle

Uintery scored first in the game, fifteen minutekicking a 15 yard penalty goal which got loose formade the score 3-0. This slim lead Minutes latedisappeared when Charlie Finn retalia-' scored on a 4ted with a 35 year penalty goal. With first half endeRalph Masieilo containing Wintery and Tech hadthe rest of the MIT defense holding nity early in tfirm, the first half ended with the score Derek Moss spstill 3-3. a play like t

Tech continued battling in the against Willi;second half, but the stronger and more managed to sexperienced Crimson serum forced after several rTech back near their own goal line. gle withinThen, a Harvard forward intercepted a Harvard waspass and raced five yards over the goal danger.

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Baseball (V&F)-Bowdoin, away 2 pmHeavyweight Crew-Compton Cup:

Harvard, Princton on the Charles tearmLightweight Crew -Geiger Cup:

Columbia, Cornell, at CornellGolf (F)-Tabor Academy, away, 1 pm A weak iluLacrosse (V&F)-Bowdoin, away, 2 pin try Club TeSailing (v)-NEISA Dinghy Champion- golf team's

ships at Tufts Greater BosTennis (V)-Williams, home, 2 pm After 18 holTennis (F)-Belmont Hill, home, 2 pm ment, the erOutdoor Track (V&F)-Bowdoin, edge over Ha

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their second round, leaving Harvardwith a 23 stroke advantage. The engin-eers finished second, 9 strokes ahead ofthird place Northeastern.

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loss negated two fineperformances. Mikeshot a 77-74-151 to take

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s soared into the 90's on second place in the individual stan- on third.dings. Coach O'Brian was so impressed

Despite the cold, gloomy day which with the bunt that he called for ano-saw unusually high scores, McMahan's thee suicide .squeeze on the next pitch.tewashed u.sus=timesopho, ore Mnot Clvelansteady shotmaking constituted an out- This time sophomore Minor Cleveland

was the executioner, and his perfect

Northcastern's -LeMaistre - was'bunt g ve'-the.xmgineers the ir seegav~qu-6btie medalist with 77-73-150. Closely fol-run of the inning without'the ball

lo win vg McMahan was Greg Kast '69, having ever left the infield.

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By Jeff GoodmanBill Stage '69 pumped in eleven , goalsto lead the water polo club 'o an 18-9victory over Browin last Saturday atAlumni Pool. The ,\win upped theundefeated cngineels' record to 4-0.They registered two \%ins last wcck inscrimnmages with Hiarvard (15-11) andTufts (20-2).

The \\in was ilnpressive because atstarting time. the engince's had onlyeight polo players - enough f 'ojr one fullteam with only one substitute. Oin theother hand, Brown had txelvc nmenavailable. As a result. Bir-o\ n grabbed a2-1 lead by the end ofthe first qua ,rtc.

In the second quaarter. the engineerr sfunctioned as a unit and controlled theplay. The two additional Techinen whosllowed Lip aided the cause greatly.MIT ,nrnXlf, rodt ho,'t fJl R riiin,¢ X-'" thi'rinay

whlb tied for third place honors with a78-75-153. Kast's round was featuredby his usual scrambling game. lteneeded only 54 putts to traverse the 36holes.

Smolek at 157

Two other !inkstees finished withscores among the top ten for the day.They were Ken Smolek '70 and DonPenderson '70, who shot 77-80-157.and 82-80-162, respectively. Smolekthreatned to break through to themedalist range several times. He semii-ison the verge of some excellent play.

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":'. The other Tech golfers just couldn't"< put things together. Tom Thomas '69,

John Light '70. and Carl tovereatt '69were all unable to break the 170 mark.

Hopefully, they will recoup their formnext Tuesday when the-engineers takeon Harvard again, this time in a dual

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Bob McKinley "69 smashes an overhead return during the BostonCollene match. McKinley, playing in the number one position, turned ina 6-2,6-Owin as Tech downed BC.9-0.

By Ray Kwasnick major weapon in the victory.Despite the absence of their number Baron, Cross win

one player, the tennis team continued In the fifth position, Joe Baron '70their victory march. The netmen stopped Ron Foniri 6-1. 6-3. whilescored their third straight shutout with Steve Cross '71 utilized a good serve in

a 9-0 whitewashing of Boston College. overcoming his opponen~t 6-2, 6-3.Eighth seeded Cross replaced seventh

With top seed Skip Brookfield '69 see tv o~lc 7,wowsil out due to illness, every player on the seedd Stee Got9rcb , wo wasill.

team oved p onenotch Bob McKinley and Weiss toppled BC'steam moved up one notch. Bo0b number one doubles pair of GingrassMcKinley '69 took over Brookfield's n ac 61 - Mtlf dspo an reponed itha 60. -2and Harney 6-1, 6-3. Metcalfe andspot and raspended with a 6-0. 6-2 twa e Rnld uri o ovictry verBC' Petr Gngrss.Stewart sent Ryan and Kurtin down tovictory over BC's Peter Gingrass. defeat 6-l, 6-0. Scudder Smith '69 andMcKinley's steady play combined with

Cross completed the rout by -whipping.some brilant net shots was enough to eFoniri and Higgins 6-3, 6-2.crush his eagle foe. O cnsn. tecninCTOin Wednesday. the engineers

Captain Bob Metcalfe '69 moved to traveled to Amiherst, Mass. to playthe number two slot and. defeated UMass. However, the weather hadHarney of BC 6-2, 6-2. Metcalfe has. other plans. The match was rained out,had an exceptional season. He is the but not before the engineers won twoteam's most consistent performer, wit h of the - three matches completed.a 9-2 record. Metcalfe and Stewart took their singles

matches 6-4, 6-3, and 6-1, 6-4, whileManny Weiss '70 swept Ryan of BC Weiss dropped his 6-3, 6-2.

in straight sets 6-1, 6-1. Tom Stewart The netmen are scheduled for one'69 put together an overpowering, all a-round gaene to smasch Kurtin of BCof the biggest matches of the year

moun ~nm to mashKurttl o BCtomoirow. They hnost traditional rival6-3. 6-1. Consistency on shots fromdeep in the backcourt was Stewart's Williams at 2:00 pro.

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The lacrosse team traveled to theNutmncg State for their first encounterwith the University of Connecticut-and came away victorious from a 13-7contest. The Patriot's Day win pushedthe stickmen over .500 for the secondtime this season. The squad now sportsa 4-3 record·

Thc engineers got off to a slow startas UConn. quickly registered the firstscore of the game. but the Tcchmenwere never behind after that. FrankTaylor '71 whipped in the first Tech

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Maling sparked the offe.nse withfour goals. and twNo assists. The thirdattackman Jack Anderson '69 beat theConnecticut netminder once and hadone assist. Carl Brainard '69 also scoreda goal and an assist.

Last Saturday's game with Amherst.which was postponed due to rain, isbeing rescheduled for Wednesday.April 30. The stickencn journey to thewilds of Maine ne::t Saturday to takeon Bowdoth.

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The Techmen exploded in the sec- Tennisend quarter, grabbiffg a 5-2 lead. Fast MIT 9-Boston College 0breaks resulted in most.of the scores Golfwith feeds going to either Ken MITsecond in the(.;B('AA

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9-0 by surgingWater polo team triumphantas Stage nets eleven goals

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layout. the second quarter to end the hialf with

Stickmen. stop UConn /3-7;mprove season record to 4-3

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