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Dr. OppenheimLecture TonightIn Walker Mlem.

Subject of AddressTo Be "LPhysics in theContemporary World"

Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, chair-man of the Advisory Committee tothe Atomic Energy Commissionand Director of the Institute forAdvanced Study at Princeton, is todeliver the second in the series ofArthur Dehon Little Memorial Lec-tures in Walker Memorial tonightat 8:30. "Physics in the Contem-porary World" is the subject of Dr.Oppenheimer's address.

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Long before 1942, when he as- T141E C oNTE S T.sumed directorship of the atomicbomb laboratory at Los Alamos,New Mexico and subsequently be-came a national figure, Dr. Oppen- Do heimer was distinguished amonghis colleagues for his work on thequantum theory, fundamental par-ticles, cosmic rays, and nuclearproblems. The Los Alamos Labora &tory was considered the nerve cen-ter of the Manhattan project and $l 4++Ssh\the then Secretary of War Henry 7a ST so RADCL6~L. Stimson cited Dr. Oppenheimer's WON'T HAVE UNABIR"Genius and leadership" and the COMPETIT IOlNN .War Department commended himas a man of "boundless energy and _rare common sense." Zimmerman, Brock

Dr. Oppenheimer, who receivedhis B.A. degree, summa cum laude, Chairmenat Harvard University and his Ph.D.degree at Gottingen, is a distin- Of Inst. Open Houseguished humanist as well as a bril-liant administrator and physicist. Broadcast of MeetingsAlthough he believes in the for- Permitted by lust. Comm.ward progress of science, what the After Long Discussionworld actually does with scientific Williadiscoveries is a conscientious con- Kenneh S. Brock '4, were el'ec tedcern to him. nI n -hairmna n f noon -,n a . - 4-UA

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The Freshman Athletic Progranwill get under way December:with all freshmen reporting forswim tests according to scheduleexcepting men excused from thisactivity by the Medical Department

Due to the large size of the classesreporting a special schedule forthe administration of the swimtests will be followed. All freshmenwill secure mimeographed instruc-tions by Thursday of this week.

Freshmen must have a towelcard before taking tests. Thesetowel card privileges are obtainedat the Buildings and- Power officein Building 24 for two dollars peryear. This card entitles the holderto the issue of clean towels at anyplace of issue by Buildinlgs andPower on the campus.

Other activities to be taken upby these classes upon the termina-tion of the swim tests will be bas-ketball, squash, badminton, etc.Freshmen are urged to securesquash and badminton racquets fortheir own use although some rac-quets can be furnished by the de-partment.

Staff Players To ProduceM~uch Ado About Nothing

The Staff Players will dramatize"Much Ado About Nothing" in thePeabody Playhouse the nights ofDecember 11, 12, 13. The cast ofthe Shakespearean comedy will be:Don Pedro, D. P. Warrgh; DonJuan, W. R. Hawthorne; Claudio,J. Oberg; Benedick, W. Siebert;Leonatto, A. T. Gifford; An~tonio,W. C=. Greene; Balthasar, IS. C.Brown; Borachio, V. Chambers;Conrade, J. wStaley; Dogberry, R.Connor; Verges, A. W. Nolle; Hero,Katherine Stratton; Beatrice,Katherine Bolt; Margaret, Mar-ga-ret Whitecomb; Ursula, BarbaraBurke,

co-elnlairmen ur open House -by tneInstitute Committee at its regularmeeting Thursday, Nov. 30. Thetwo were chosen without oppositionafter Richard H. Harris, '48, head ofthe Technology branch of theAmerican Management Association,and Benjamin J. Brettler, '48, ofthe T.C.A., declined nominations.

Zimmerman is currently chair-man of the Walker Memorial Com-mittee, and Brock heads the PublicRelations Committee. As chairmen,they will be responsible for coordi-nation and the undergraduateshare of the work. Open House,which has been scheduled for nextspring, has traditionally been anaffair in which the entire Instituteis thrown open to the public, andexhibits, demonstrations, and lec-tures of general interest are heldby all departments.

Discussion of preferential treat-ment in the allotment of Junior Prom tables was postponed. until the next meeting of Inlstitute Com-:mittee, to be held Dec. 4. At thistime a report will be presented bylthe Junior Prom Committee, which,is expected to include recommendations for the prevention of prefer-ential treatment in any studentactivities in the future.X

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JProofs For SeniorPortraits Now Ready

The proofs of senior portraitsare now available and may bepicked up by Seniors in Room309, Walker, during the nextweek. All proofs not deliveredby December 12 will be selectedby the Technique staff. Tech-nique will be out May 15, 1948.

Activity OfficersThere are rooms available

for Activities in need of officespace. If your organizationdesires an office, contact theWalker Memorial Committee inthe basement of Walker Mem.orial 4 to 6 P.M.e any weekday.

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Compton, Dahl, and Powers

Beauty Contest

Chosen1lJudges

ro Select Queenand Her Court)uringBigRallyStreet Car ParadeFollows Over BridgeTo Game At- ArenaWith the release of the names ofe judges for the beauty contestd the announcement that gen-al ticket sales will be resumed-is week, plans for Techsapoppinzekend, December 5 and 6, areling towards completion. Dr.irl T. Compton, president of thestitute; Francis Dahl, noted Bos-n cartoonist; and John R. Powersthe Powers Model agency are theree distinguished judges chosenr the Saturday evening beautyntest.

I'he beauty contest will featuree activities of the pre-gameckey rally in the Great Court.Lis rally, to start at 7:30 p.m., willfollowed by a mass street-car

rade over Technology Bridge toL Boston Arena, at St. Botolph*eet, near Massachusetts Ave.

No Bathing Suit BeautyChe selection of the contestIges represent, according to thely committlee, an attempt toure that the choice of the Techs-)ppin Queen and the six pr-in-ses will be based on "charm and.uty.", This, it was explained, is)osed to the more common.thing-suit type of beauty."' It is-that the cold -fall weather willact as a -deterrent to a scanty

intic City type of contest.

'he preliminary judging for thetest will be done by a group ofsidiary judges, selected on theis of their participation in thehsapoppin planning. Working-;eams of two, these judges willct some 30-50 girls during therse of the Tech-B.U. basketballie and the Saturnalia DanceParty which will follow at Me-nics Hall.

ayone associated 'with Tech or)mpanied by a Technology-iated person is eligible for the-Ition as the Queen or the six.cesses. Those selected duringcourse of the Friday eveningLts will parade before the as-bled crowd at the rally on Sat-ty night. A further paringn by the select three judgesfollow, and the final selectionbe made before the rally breaks

Queen Given C~rownwe queen will be presented withown and will carry a sceptre,h according to rumors will be

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amashop's Play6Hedda GableFredda Gabler," by Henrik Ibsen,be the fall term production of3ramashop, to be presented onBy and Saturday evenings, Jan.nd 17, at the Peabody Play-e in Boston.

e cast for the play has beenn and rehearsals are sched-to begin this week. Reports;hat an excellent perforsaancepected because of the unusual;y of the players. The plays much opportunity for theay of acting talent, since it is)f the most dramatic plays by, whose works also includeoll's House" and "Peer Gynt."

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Miss Aileen Howell andI D. Dennis Allegretti, '48,

Are Romantic PrincipalsThe cast of the 1948 Tech Show,

headed by Aileen Howell and D.Dennis Allegretti, '48, in the ro-mantic leads was announced yes-terday by Harold D. Field, '48, Gen-eral Manager.

Supporting roles will be taken byJoseph S. Gottlieb, '50, GeraldineR. Sapolsky, '49, Robert P. Abelson,'48, Eleanor Semple, '51, Philip J.Friedlander, '48, and James Kuhn,!51.

Rehearsals for the show, to beheld in March, begin Tuesday, De-cember 2, and will be held there-after between 7:45 and 9:30 pan. inTQrler Lounge, Walker Memorial.There is still a need, according toField, for more girls to sing in thechorus. Those interested are urgedto come to rehearsals or to contactWilliam S. Peppler, Jr., '50, at SigmaChi, 532 Beacon Street.

The book and lyrics for the 1948show have been written by PhilipR. Macht, '48, with music by Wil-liam E. Katz, '48, and Arnold S.Judson, G. Jack C. Kiefer, IG, willdirect. Assistant to Mr. Kiefer isS. James Adelstein, '48. Robert H.Giljohann, '40, is choral director.

Working with Field are James K.Berman, '49, as Production Mana-ger, Arnold H. Smith, '48, as Busi-ness Manager, and Peppler incharge of personnel.

Leading chorus parts will be heldby Adrian P. Van Stolk, '49, Ar-

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Elect Eames, DurlanTo N.S.A. Offices

U.S.-Canada StudentExchange Report Read

Earl W. Eames, 49, was reelectedchairman and Rosemary Durnan,'48, was elected secretary of thelocal NSA committee at the weeklyNSA meeting held in LitchfieldLounge at 5:00 p.m., Monday. Eamesand Miss Durnan will serve in theirrespective capacities for a period ofone year.

Included in the business meetingwas a report by Eames on the for-mation of a United States-CanadianStudent Exchange Committee, ofwhich Eames is this country'schairman. The program of studentexchange is to be set up in NSAschools throughout the country act-ing in conjunction with the Na-ltional Federation of Canadian Unli- Iversity Students. l

Eames pointed out in the report ithat Canadian schools differ widelyfrom American schools in their re-espective modes of education. The 'aEnglish-speaking schools in Canadaemploy the Oxford honor system IWhile the French schools use theFrench lycee, five-year high schoolplan.

Lloyd A. Haynes, '49, reportedthat he had sent 80 letters to Na-tional Student Unions in foreigncountries concerning the "StudentShips" to go abroad next summer.He expressed the desire to obtaina report as soon as possible on thenumber of Technology students in-terested'in going to Europe thissummer via the "Student Ships."

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Dormitory Housihn ProblemExpected To Improve In 1948

In February, at the end of this '51 who are now in Building 22,,

term, it is expected that between and who desire to enter the iper-2

50 and 75 vacancies will occur in manent dorms, will be given an op.

the permanent undergraduate dor. portunity next fall to do so. Some

mitories. These vacancies will be time before the end of each term

filled for the most part from resi- the dormitory board distributes

dents in Building 22. In all prob- ballots, on which all students state

ability the group will be comprised their preference of housing units,,

mainly of Sophomores and will not and although this ballot will mean

affect the Class of '51 men now in little to the freshman class this

the barracks. The openings -will be fall, it will be of major importance

made available by students who next spring. The priority lists are

are moving into vacancies in the made out according to the results

Senior House, by those who are of these application circulars.

taking outside rooms, and by those If the new Senior house is not--

few who. each term, fall. The completed, it is hard to say at this -

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Many students are probably un-aware of the fact that the ad-ministration of the Institute, wish-ing to insure a successful orgamiza-tion, provides a channel throughwhich suggestions may be madefreely by any student. This chan-nel, the Student-Faculty Commit-tee, has been functioning success-fully for over twenty-five years,but it is only through the interest,and cooperation of the entire stu-

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The 1 TechiTUESDAY, NOVtEMBDER 25, 194'1 No. 29Vol. LXVII

M)IANAGING BOARD

General Manager . H. Spltz '48Editor George A. Freund, 149Managing Editors ........-. , ,Louis F. Kreek, Jr., '48; Arnold M. Singer, '48

Business Manager Robert D. Fier, '49

ASSOCIATE BOARD

'49; Malcolm E. Reed, '49, Harrison E. Rowe, '49, Joseph A. Stern, '49; Theodore E. Thal, '49.STAFF ASSISTANTS

David W. Marcus, '50; Irving Weinzweig.

9TAFW A88B1TANTS

Guy C. Bell, '50; Stanley L. Chatk;ind, '50, Norman B. Champ, Jr., '50; Everett P. Dulit,

'50; Jon L. Ganger, '50, David A. Grossman, '50; Jerome K. Lewis, 150, David Relner, '50;Sander Rubin, '50; Klchard P. Sabln, '50; William Toboeman, 150; Harrison White, 150,David W. Marcus, 150.

EDITORIAL BOARD

Richard Bakal, '48; Carleton H. Boll. '48; Benjamin J. Brettler, 148; J. David C: s, 148;Earl W. Eames, '49; Mary R. Gregory. '48; William Haddon, '49- Jerome D. Krinsky,'48; John D. Little, 48- William B. M~aley, '4b; G. Kendall Parmnelee, 148; Duane D. Rodger,'48; Ephraim M1. Sparrow, '49; John *i. WNell, 148; William R. Zimnmerman, '48.

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Business-Rooms 302, WNalker IMemorial. Telephone KIRkland 18S1.Student Subscription, $1. 50 per year. M~ail Subscription s, $2.00 per year.Published every Tuesday and Friday during college year, except during college vacation.Entered as second class matter December to, 1944, at the Post Office, at Boston, Mass.,

under the Act of March 3, 1879..Kepresented for national advertising by National Advertising Service, Inc., College Pub-

lishers Representative, 420 Madison Ave., i,4ew York, N;. Yi.Mleniber, Associated Collegiate Press, distributor of Collegiate Digest.

Night Editor: Sander Rubin, '50

AXssistanlt Sight Editor: Frank E. Heart, '51

time just what the situation will -be, and no statement was made at this time by either ProfessorHamilton or Mr. Dow.

One very unfortunate aspect of--the housing situation is the fact;that once a student moves offcampus, he is automatically re--moved from the priority lists. This -is detrimental to some students, but ~has been the established policy ofthe dormitory board. The policy-is based on the theory that thosewho can "stick it out" are more eligible for consideration.

Building 22 will continue to beused as a home for a large part ofthe entering classes, and untilsome large change is made in the-housing facilities, the barracks willbe a permanent member of the-dormitory family.

ent body that the Committee canIach its maximum efficiency,

Sophomore class this year is over1000, but there is only a fairly smallgroup of Sophomores which is stillliving on the campus, and who de-sire rooms in the permanent dor-mitories. It is expected that thevacancies will coincide fairly wellwith this excess part of the Sopho-more class.

The new Senior Housing Unit,contracted to be completed on Oc-tober 1, 1948, will comprise the realfactor in alleviating the housingtroubles. It will hold 383 men, andwill take a substantial number ofstudents out of the undergraduatedormitories. According to Profes-sor L. F. Hamilton, Chairman ofthe Dormitory Committee, andHenry K. Dow, manager of the dor-mitories, if the senior house is

completed, all men in the class of

All first term sophomoreswishing to compete for posts onthe Student-Faculty Committeeshould report to LitchfeldLounge in Walker Memorial at5 1p. m. on December 2.

Here's how the Committee oper-ates. Suppose a student has aquestion concerning some policy ofthe Institoutes or a complaint aboutone of his instructors, or any simi-lar problem. The simplest thingfor this student to do is to expresshis problem in writing, include hisname and address, and drop theletter in the suggestion box op-posite the cashier's window inBuilding 10. The Committee willthen contact the student, talk overthe problem with him, and ifworthy of attention, the problemwill be discussed in their nextmeeting with the faculty. There'sno need for the student to worryabout his name being, mentionedduring the meeting.

First General MleetingOf Flying Club HeldToday at 5:00 P.M.Ameeting of the new Tech Fly-

ring Club is scheduled for 5:X0 p. m.today in Room 1-19-0. All personsinterested in becoming membersare invited to attend.

The club was organized last yearunder a diff erent name, and lastweek received recognition as aClass B activity f rom the InstituteCommittee. Membership is opento the entire student body.

The purposes of the club areprimarily to interest students inflying, to facilitate the training ofstudent pilots, and to enable stu-dent pilots to extend their flyingtime. At the present time the clubowns an Aeronca training -planebased at the Bedford Airport. Ar-rangements have been made to pro-vide flying instruction there atspecial rates to club members. Asa protective measure the club is in-corporated and the plane fully in-sured.

Tau Beta Pi ElectsThirty N-1ew Members

As the result of elections heldlast Tuesday evening, November 18,25 men from the class of 1948 wereelected to Tau Beta Pi, engineeringhonorary society. On Thursdayevening five juniors were chosen.

The j uniors chosen are: LouisBucalo, Mario S. DiQuilio, HowardR. Feist, Robert Hanpeter andHarrison E. Rowe.

The following seniors wereelected: Paul H. 03aker, WilliamBangser, Jr., John A. Baring, PhilipBragar, Mark E. Campbell, ThomasCantwell, Jr., Richard A. Cleveland,Robert C. Dean, Daniel J. Fink,Guido J. Frassinelli, Robert S.Friedman, John E. Fries.

Also: Wesley M. Hague, WilliamF. Horton, Mieczyslaw Kamieniecki,George M. Keller, William J. Lar-kin, Denman K. McNear, Allan U.Munck, Melvin Posinl, Roger L. Sis-son, Felipe A. ITorndike, H~arryr N.Upthegrove, Milton A. Widelitz,and Robert A. Wofsey.

Model Builders HopeTo Form Group ForAdvanced ResearchThe Tech Model Aircrafters held

their first general meeting in theWare Lounge at 5:00 tp. m. on Mon-day, November 24, 1,947. The clubwas started by a group of enthu-siasts who organized to more fullyutilize the equipment and know~l-edge available at the Institute. Themembers of the club have plannedto make their organization morethan merely a pastime for modelbuilders by establishing a nucleusfor advanced research in designand flight characteristics of modelair planes. Plans have been formu-lated whereby individual memberswill devote time to research onspecific problems such as effect ofrudder area on flight stability andwill deposit their results in a clublibrary. By this means the clubwill have at its finger tips the mostup to datelinle on design charac-teristics, and they will have thespecialists in each field.

A few weeks ago you may haveseen some gliders being flown nearthe Eastman Building. They werebeing tested in preparation for thefirst glider contest which was heldNovember 2. Ed Lays amazedspectators at this meet by pro-ducing a hand launched gliderwhich stayed aloft for over sixminutes before it flew out of sight.

At the general meeting the clubdisplayed some unusual models in-cluding a microfilm plane Ewhich

flies slow enough to be flown in amedium sized room, and a revolu-tionary channel wing monoplanewhich develops vertical thrustwhile at rest. F'or any informationabout the club contact Henry Jexin the barracks or Yen Whitney inthe dorms.

WMIT FeaturesMusic of Bill Katz

For the past several weeks everyTuesday at ten, WMIT has beenpresenting a new sort of programcalled "Music from a Beat-up Bar,"featuring Bill Katz at the keyboardof the battered upright piano -andpop announcer Chuck Licht de-scribing the characters who dropin to listen.

According to Bill, who dreams upthe script. the idea of the show isto present original arrangements ofold standard popular tunes in"their natural surroundings." Sayshe, "There is something fascinatingand friendly about -the little seedybars of America which blends wellwith our popular music as playedon a slightly jangling upright piano.

"I have tried, without too muchchatter, to create such an atmos-phere as a back-round for the pro-gram-no vaudeville jokes, nothingtoo loud or too long, just a corn-forta~ble fifteens minutes of enter-tainment for people to relax andhear."

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a worn-out slide rule. Last Thurs-day in response to frantic criesfrom the Techsapoppin committee,twelve. girls from schools in thegreater Boston area met in DeanEverett Baker's office for te. AIserious consideration of the prob-lems of prizes to be given the Queenand the members of her court fol-lowed. Results of the conferencewere not revealed in anticipationthat the prizes will come as a sur-prise.

After the choosing of the queenand her court the crowd will moveover to Massachusetts Ave. wherefree trolley transportation will be provided to the Boston Arena. ItIis hoped that permission will be|granted by the city to clear thestreet for the parade that wild beled by the queen and court in openconvertibles. Torches will be litand the parade will proceed downMass. Ave. with music being pro-vided by the R.O.T.C. band.

Dear Sir:Before the 1947 Junior Prom

fades over the horizon the PromCommittee would like to express itsappreciation to the costumed cou-ples and activity booths that madethe Saturday night party such asuccess. Many less spirited Tech-men expressed the opinion thatvery few in the Junior Class wouldattend in original costumes. How-ever, the results were not onlygratifying but were terrific. Theoriginality and the imaginationthat went into the get-ups demonIstrated that the '49 spirit andpunch is among the best in the In-stitute.

Since many students and activi-tlies unselfishly contributed to theProm in the form of time, work andideas, with little or no return, wefeel that a public acknowledgmentof their service is in order. There-fore, the 1947 J. P. Committeewishes to sincerely thank Len New-ton, Tom Toohy, Joe Gottlieb,Cooper McCarthy, Bob Gilmeister, and a group of SAE's and theirdates who gave their Saturdayafternoon to help decorate thearmory. In line for special thanksare the active activities -that origi-nated, built, staffed and ran theMardi Gras booths. These were -theA. M. A., Voo Doo, 5: 15 Club, Catho-lic Club, WS.S.F. and TX.N.

The Junior Prom Committee

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FROSH COUNCILAppointment of freshmen to the

Student-Faculty Committee wasdiscussed at the meeting of theFreshman Council last Friday. Pos.sibilities will be investigated by theCommittee.

ALPHA PBI OMEGAAlpha Phi Omega, a national

scouting fraternity, is being re-organized by Robert Giljohann, '48,with Coach Oscar Hedlund asfaculty guide.

PROPELLOR CLUBThe Propellor Club heard a re-

port on the 21st annual conventionbetween the Club and the Ameri-can Merchant Marine Conference,which was held in New York lastmonth, at a supper meeting lastWednesday.

Opening the season with twoconsecutive victories, the Tech-nology soccer team suffered a stringof defeats in the final section of itsschedule to finish the 1947 seasonwith a record of two wins and sixdefeats.

Springfield cracked through theTech defense for five goals last Sat-urday, at Springfield, while theEngineers fail to score in the sea-

I son's final game to lose 5-0.

Win First GameThe Cardinal and Gray booters,

starting their first year underCoach Dick Thomas, marched to a4-0 victory over Fitchburg StateTeachers College in the season'sopener. Playing on the loser'sfield, on October 15, the Tech boot-ers dominated Fitchburg through-out the four quarters of play. Scor-ing a minute after the openingwhistle, Dimmi Dimmitriou regis-tered the first of Tech's four goalswhen he booted a free shot follow-ing a Fitchburg foul.

In the second half Jaime Patron

added two more goals to the Beavertotal, with Ed Lacson assisting onthe second tally. The final scorefor the Engineers.also came in thethird period, when Harry Falcaobooted the ball off a defense playerinto the cage.

Defeat TrinityAt Trinity on October 18, the

Engineers racked up another tri-umph, defeating the strong Trinityaggregation 2-1. Taking advan-tage of every opportunity, Techscored after two minutes of play,and again after Nelson, of Trinity,booted a goal on a penalty shot.Jaime Patron chalked up the initialpoint, and captain Jim Veraskicked a low ground ball into thenet for the final, victory-clinchinggoal.

Although outplaying the Tuftssoccer team for three periods, theEngineers suffered their first lossof the season, October 22, as thedefense collapsed in the final pe-riod to give Tufts a 5-4 victory.

Two goals by Patron, and twomore by Dimmitriou and SteveRozendaal, gave the Tech soccer-men a 4-2 lead over Tufts at theend of the third period. In thefinal period, however, the Jumboinside left punctured the Beaver de-fense for three goals to providethe one-point margin of victory.

BRIDGE CLUBThe Technology Bridge Club will

inaugurate a series of lectures andlessons on duplicate bridge nextWednesday at 5:00 p.m. in TylerLounge. In addition, eliminationsfor the tournament are now beingheld on Saturdays.

SCABBARD AND BLADEScabbard and Blade, the honor-

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The synthesis of a new dye in the labo-ratory or even the development of amanufacturing process from that syn-thesis may still be a long way from therealization of the full potentialities ofthe new compound as a coloring mate-rial. This is illustrated by the commer-cial history of the exceedingly fastbright blue dye indanthrone and itshalogen derivatives.

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Coach Primes SquadFor Opening BattleWith Harvard Teanm

In their first taste of intercolle-giate basketball of -the fall season,Ted Heuchling's fifteen-man var-sity squad scrimmaged with theBoston College and Holy Crossquintets last week. The results ofthe scrimmages were not impressiveas the scores went, -but were in-portant in -that they gave Heuch-ling an opportunity to check onthe flaws and weaknesses of thesquad as it prepares for the seasonopener with Harvard on Decemn-ber 3.

Lack of HeightPlaying on a slippery floor at B.C.

the Tech quintet obviously sufferedfrom a lack of height. This wasobserved time and time again asthe Engineers experienced consid-erable difficulty in taking the balloff either backboard. With theexception of Lou Morton, the start-ing Tech five is all under six feet,and although several others on theTech squad possess the necessaryheight they did not use it to theirbest advantage.

Playing against two very aggres-sive teams, the Techmen sufferedby comparison. Employing theweave which, however, was notbacked up with a crowding-in ofthe defense, the Techmen could notpenetrate the Crusader defense andwere forced to shoot from far outon the court. In addition, againstthe long-armed Crusaders Techpasses were, more often than not,incomplete. In the waving ofarms and the like, the Techmencould take several pointers fromHoly Cross.

Defense EffectiveOn the defense the Engineers ap-

peared more effective althoughhampered by lack of height andcontrol of the backboards. TheHoly Cross five was able to get intoeasy set-shot or lay-up range asthe Techmen were unable to switchtheir men with man-to-man de-fense. With Holy Cross using fastbreaking plays, fast switching wasneeded, called for, although thiswas made more difficult since theCrusaders wore no identifyingnumbers. It was noticed that al-though the Holy Cross plays wereeffectively set up, their shooting waspoor and certainly could use someimprovement.

In general the squad is not incondition. Lou Morton was injuredin Field Day football practice andhas not had much of a chance toget into condition, while only Wat-son and Jim Madden appear cap-able of a long stretch of playing.

Watson InvaluableAnq was the case last year, Dioug

Watson is the mainstay of the team.Playing his usually superior brandof ball, he alone seems capable of

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Soccer Team Completes 147 ScheduleWith Record of Two Wins, Six Losses

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'Come As Apaches',Says Dance CommitteeThe Dormitory Committee's An-

nual Christmas Dance, whose datehas been moved from December 13to December 12, is going to be anApache costume dance. Accordingto Webster, a French apache (notthe Indian) is "one of a band ofwtarlike persons frequenting thestreets of Paris by night."

The male apache is usuallydiressed in a turtle-necked (or otherhigh-necked ) sweater, peg-bottomtrousers, a beret, and a cigarettedangling loosely from his mouth.His "moll" usually wears a slinkytight-fitting dress with a black slitskirt, and black silk stockings.While most people will probablywear something like tllis, it is notexpected that every. ne will comedressed strictly as an apache. Va-riations on the above costume, ac-cording to Ralph Segal, '48, DanceCommittee chairman, might be asilk scarf f or the men, instead ofa sweater, and a peasant blouse forthe girls, instead of the tight-fitting top.

While this is to be the basic cos-tume, it is not required, and anyIcostume with a French motif isIencouraged. Suggestions along thisline are French nobility, a Nor-mandy fisherman, prominentFrench historical characters, suchas Napoleon or Robespierre, oranything which is characteristic ofFrance, such as a chef or Parisian.Masks will be provided for every-one at the dance. Prizes are to beawarded for the most original cos.tume, and the best costume. How-ever, no one should have to rent acostume -simplicity is the mainidea.

The general atmosphere of thedance will be that of the street-side cafe, and of the smoky dive.Morss Hall will be lit so as to givea low-ceiling effect, instead of theusual lights from the ceiling. Toadd to the atmosphere, the chap-erons will be in costume. Musicwill be supplied by Baron Hugo andhis orchestra. Tickets, at $1.80 percouple, will go on sale Monday, De-cember 1.

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"Russia distrusts the UnitedStates," said Dr. Struik "and hasdue reason to do so. The fact thatthe United States has harboredsuch fascists as Franco has causedill-feeling and distrust between theUnited States and many othercountries, including Russia. Theabolition of UNRRA and the forma-tion of our present political systemof distribution of food to the Euro-pean countries has added to theirsuspicion."l

Following Dr. Struik was Dr.Baker who agreed that, in order toinsure peace, a compromise woulddefinitely have to be made withRussia, although the critical periodwill be within the next 10 years, notat present,

After the formal speeches hadended, there was a period duringwhich the followers of the issuewere able to question the twospeakers. When asked, "Is Russiafeverishly preparing for war?" Dr.Struik replied, "No. Russia is fever-ishly rebuilding her country forpeace, trying to raise the bomb-shattered buildings to their normallevel. Hardly a single Russian fam-ily is free from the loss of somemember in World War II. They donot want this condition repeated."

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running the team on the floor. Very

shiftyland not easily fooled,Watson

steadies the team and as was no-ticed in the last half of last seasonhis presence on the floor is invalu-able.

Jim Madden seems the most im-proved player over last season. Ap-parently tireless, he is hard-driving

and seems to have improved hismarkmanship. Morton, once over

his injury and back in condition,

will aid the team with his height.

Under the basket he is dangerous,and his newly perfected over-the-head shot should help the teampoint totals.

Institute Committee(Contivlied frow Page 1)

record and rebroadcast excerptsfrom Institute Committee meetings,with the provision that no discus-sion may be omitted on topics thatare broadcast.

Opponents of the rebroadcastingclaimed that the plan would havethe effect of hampering debate oncontroversial subjects, and wouldgive candidates for office thechance to campaign. Furthermore,they objected that the broadcastswould only reach one living group.Members favoring the motion saidthat the Committee had no ethicalright to prevent the broadcast,since the meetings are open to thestudent body by constitutional rul-ing.

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Professor Dirk J. Struik of the Mathematics Department, and Dr.Baker, professor at Harvard University, spoke on the question, "Russian-American Relations," at the November 19 meeting of the AmericanManagement Association.

The discussion was begun by Dr. Struik, who stated, "In order to

M. . T. SymphonyTo Give Messiah

The M.I.T. Symphony Orchestrawill open the Boston musiced seasonthis year with two performancesof Handel's "Messiah," in accom-paniment with choral groups. Thefirst concert will be presented De-cember 7th, with part of the M.I.T.male Glee Club, and a female gleeclub, which rehearses under KlausLiepmann, Director of Music at theInstitute, at the Cambridge YoungWomen's Christian Association.This concert will be given at RindgeTechnical High School in Cam-bridge, with Mr. Liepmann con-ducting.

The second performance of the"Messiah" will be at Jordan Hall inBoston on December 13, JordanHall is in the vicinity Of iSymphonyHall. The choral group at thisconcert will be the Combined GleeClubs, under the direction of HenryJ. Warren, leader of the Glee Clubs.

Hillel Hears TalkBy Professor Rae

Palestin-ian Problem IsReviewed by Hist. Prof.

Professor John B. Rae, speakingat a meeting of the Hillel Founda-tion last Thursday, asserted thatthe world is obligated to guaranteea national Jewish homeland inPalestine. Disclaiming to be anauthority on the subject, ProfessorRae pointed out that such a home-land was recognized by the worldin the League of Nations mandateof 1919, and was approved byAmerican presidents.

ProfessorRae contended that thepresent partition plan was not anideal solution of the Palestine prob-lem, but the only feasible one atpresent. He stated that solution ofthe problem is a test of the effec-tiveness of the United Nations,which should uphold the plan. TheUnited States, as a member nation,is obligated to share in the en-forcement of the plan.

The apparent hostility of theArabs, according to Professor Rae,is exaggerated and represents thefears of a comparatively small rul-ing class. The problem of Pales-tine, he stated, should be consid-ered part of the general problem ofdisplaced persons. He advocatedthat all nations should share theresponsibility of providing homesfor these people.

Professor rRae's lecture was fol-lowed by a general discussion of theproblem of Palestine.