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Enthusiasmf M IT Newman Club Institute Purchases Caembridge Armory;Cited With NationalGrand Award New lntrnllrnI gr 1}a, v'l, nl For their outstanding achievements

during the year 1956-57, The Tech-0logyCatholic Club has been award-

The Federation Cup, highestard of the National Newman Club.e highly coveted trophy was pre-

nied to Art Ballato, President ofeTechnology Club, at the Wal-orf.Astoria in New York City. Thejp, for which several thousandItbs competed, was donated by theub at New Yo&k University in 1936.he award was accepted at the Na-bi0lnl NewmnLan club convention whichas held August 27 through Sep-mtber 1.The whole-hearted interest of the

all Harringtorno iaison Post

Thomas W. Harrington, Jr., ofinchester has been appointed place-ent officer at the Institute. He suc-eeds Joe Jefferson, who has resign-

to become assistant provost atlumbia University.

Mr. Harrington has been in thevision of Sponsored Research atcInstitute since 1954 and for the

ast year has been assistant to therector of the division. He came toIT in 1953 as a member of theat of the Flight Control Labora-n. In his new position, he willse the responsibility for advisingaduating students in respect to em-~!ou-ment and providing liaison withmpanies and agencies which inter-ew prospective employees.

H3. Harrington received an A.B.Igree from Harvard College in 1950.d during the Korean War servedthe Army for two years. He is I

arried to the former Nancy Tinker 4{Wa]lingford, Conn. They have ayear-old son, Mark, and a daugh- ar, Helen, who is 8 months old. aey live at 19 Stevens Street, Win-

Neter.

Fifty men and two women all in-sted in the new sport of sky div-,turned out to hear a discussionthis sport on Wednesday after-n. Captain Jacques Istel, Ameri-'champion sky-diver, spoke herethe invitation of the Textile Di-on of the Mechanical Engineer-Department.

Sky diving, as Istel described it, is'achute jumping raised to a highec of skill. In this sport, theper is required to coast downr the plane, in free fall, for aified time, and perform aerialeuvers before opening the 'chute.described the sensation as "al-

ast like flying . . . like being im-rsed in very light water."Captain Istel, an amiable, rugged-

ing man with a mild French ac-t, as born in Paris and gradu-

from Princeton Univers.Ay in. After several years in the Ma-uhe began "hacking" with para-des, and joined the then smallchute Club of America. In 1955,

led a delegation to Vienna, to en-the United States as a competi-a the forthcoming lIoscowv Tour-~nt. At Vienna, he learned ofSky-diving feats as target-div-

from 12,000 feet, and glidinggh fiure-8's in free fall. Backe U.S., he put together a team

last six months that was able tosixth in a field of ten at Mos-almost tying with the experi-f French team.

uring February of 1957, he vis-

members is probably the most im-portant reason for the award. Oneof their more enthusiastic efforts wasthe commencement of their Ethicsclass last year. These classes wereheld in a formal routine, in whichsixty to seventy members participat-ed each week. Father Smith of theDominican Seminary in Dover willagain preside at the classes this yearon Fridays from five to six in 10-275. The Club also holds many lec-tures throughout the term, at whichnotable speakers such as DorothyDay, ex-communist who has turnedcatholic and at the present time isengaged in a momentous labor dis-pute are presented. This year, BishopWright, head of the WorcesterProvince will make a return visit.The Club also plans to have a seriesof taiks on such subjects as sex, the-ology, church history, and marriage.

The Catholic Club held a retreatlast spring, amidst the hustle andbustle of the school. The retreat,which was held at the chapel, lastedfor three days. They were led inprayer by Reverend Father Nugentwhose work centers around Bostonand Wellesley. At mid-semesters, agroup of members usually have amore formal retreat, in which theyattend a retreat house and are ableto get completely away from thenuisances of civilization.

With more than three hundredmembers, the club is one of the larg-est on campus. The dues are threedollars a year, and include a sub-scription to the club magazine, 'TheNewman. The club here was the firstto initiate the practice of includingthe subscription in the dues.

An Honorable Mention (Best Six)was won by the club for their week-ly publication, The Chlallenqe, theeditor of which is Joe Canny '59.

Other activities of the club includea Freshman Community Breakfastand the All-Tech acquaintance Dance.

The club's next meeting is Wed-nesday in 2-190.

ited Harvard, Bates, Princeton, Yaleand Williams, and spoke on sky-diving; soon after each visit, an in-tercollegiate parachuting team wasformed. In May, these clubs met inWoodbury, Connecticut, in the firstintercollegiate sky-diving comlpeti-tion. The Harvard team, captainedby jump-master Dick Tomkins, wonthe meet.

Speaking here at MIT Wednesday,Istel first outlined the problems hehad in forming a team to competein the international tournaments. Hethen told of the methods of training

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When Alberfo Velaochaga '59, left, presented payment of his first term bill in the formof 743 silver dollars, it was thought wisest to repair to the office of poker-faced bursarWV. A. Hokansen, right. MIT policeman Fred Kneeland looks on.

SmallBands Of lnsconmm MembersWill Scout Fate Of Forgotten BillsDuring its short meeting Wednes-

day, Institute Committee made twochanges: operation and policy. At-tempting to expedite business, presi-dent Arnie Amstutz introduced aplan for the Committee to meet everytwo weeks (more frequently if nec-essary) at 8:30 Thursday evenings.This has been done, according to Am-stutz, to allow the members of Ins-comm to have supper and to relaxbefore the meeting in the hope thatthis will result in faster, smoothermeetings; yet allowing time for longsessions.

The change in policy, also initi-ated by Amstutz, partially revives

the executive function of InscomnAfter looking through six years oCommittee minutes, he found liteially scores of resolutions passed ansince forgotten. Amstutz then prcposed that Institute Committee spliup into groups of two or three t,find out what happened to 'these resolutions in the faculty and administration. At the next meeting lists o:appropriate resolutions will be passed out and the committees formecto investigate exactly who stoppecthe action on these resolutions andwhy, and if any consideration or ac-tion is in effect now to what extenthas it gone. Among those resolutionsbeing considered will be the glassingin of bulletin boards, a move whichis now being held up by a committeeon architecture.

Architecture ExhibitFrom Latin AmericaIn Hayden Galleries

"La t i n American ArchitectureSince 1945", an exhibit of photo-graphs and plans depicting the re-markable range and variety of re-cent Latin American achievementsin architecture, is being shown inthe New Gallery of the Hayden Li-brary through October 6.

According to Professor Henry-Rus-sell Hitchcock of Smith College, whoprepared the exhibit, contemporaryLatin American building surpassesEuropean work in quality andmatches in interest and vitality mod-ern architecture in this country. Toillustrate the unique Latin Ameri-can use of color and curved forms,Professor Hitchcock and photogra-pher Rollie McKenna use such out-standing buildings as Mexico's Uni-versity City, Brazilian architect Os-car Niemeyer's Church of St. Fran-cis, and Venezuelan Carlos Villa-nueva's University City and Olym-pic Stadium in Caracas.

Examples fromn Argentina, Chile,Colombia, Cuba, Peru, Puerto Rico,the Republic of Panama and Uru-zuay are also included in the exhi-bition which was organized for pres-:ntation at the Museum of Modernkrt as part of its 25th Anniversary'car. The exhibit is open weekdaysromn 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturldaysnd Sundays from 12 noon to 5 p.m.

With the signing of the final pa-pers on Sept. 10, a long-time ambi-tion of the Institute was finally re-alized: after an act of the state leg-islature and a transaction of $375,-000, the Cambridge Armory was fital-ly purchased by MIT.

Richard L. Balch, Director of Ath-letics, explained that, "The transferof the ar-mory was the first deal ofits kind in the history of the Com-monwealth; thus an enabling act ofthe Legislature was required." OnMay 14, Governor Foster Furcolosigned the historic act, allowing MITto make the purchase on the condi-tion that the National Guard be per-mitted to use the facilities for fiveyears, or until a new armory isready to be occupied.

For the present time, approximate-ly half the building will be occupiedby the National Guard, which willhave precedence on Tuesday andThursday nights. For the remainderof the time, the freshman and juniorvarsity basketball teams will be oc-cupying the floor. During the frceevenings, the intramural teams willshare the floor, thus allowing an ex-panded schedule which has beenplanned for several years. Week-endswill probably be opened later in theterm for parties, but permissionnmust be obtained from the Dean ofStudents for affairs at which alco-holic beverages will be served. Thearmory, which has been designatedBuilding 62, has been used for manyyears as the drill field for the ROTCcorps and will be used as such forthe time being.

The only improvement being con-templated in the 60-year-old buildingis the refinishing, or replacement, ofthe well-worn floor. None of the new-ly-vacated offices have as yet beenassigned.

The National Guard will retain itsfacilities here, probably until thenew armory on Fresh Pond Park-way is completed. Federal fundsmust be matched by a local alloca-tion, however, before constructioncan commence. The old building hadoutlived its usefulness because of itslocation, which had proved to be ofmore use to the Institute than to theGuard.

Further additions to the schoolare planned with the construction ofthe new DuPont Building which willgo up beside the armory. A meetingwas held Wednesday to decide on thedesign of the south facade, the archi-tect's renderings of which will bepublished in The Tech as soon asavailable.

3 Alumni ExecutivesJoining CorporationFor Five Year Term

Three alumni term members, whowill serve on the Corporation forfive years, were appointed recently.

They are Charles A. Chayne 'L9 ofBloomfield Hills, Michigan, vice pres-ident in charge of the engineeringstaff of General Motors Corporation;Theodore T. Miller '22 of New YorkCity, president of the Polymer Chem-icals Division of W. R. Grace & Co.and retiring president of the MITAlumni Association; and Clarence L.A. Wynd '27 of Pittsford, New York,vice president of Eastman RodakCompany, assistant general managerof the Kodak Park Works, and a di-rector of Eastman Gelatine Corpora-tion.

Gilbert M. Roddy of Concord, new-]y-elected president of the AlumniAssociation, will be presented at thealumni banquet tonight.

a sky-diver, stressing the point thatthe spor-t is safer per man-hour ofpractice than skiing or motorcycling.He cited the fact that in 75.000jumps made at the French NationalTraining Acadermy, there was not asingle accident.

The audience was responsive toIstel's talk throughout, but when heproceeded to the topic of the sportitself, they appeared frankly dubi-ous. He described some typical ex-ercises, such as free-falling for thir-ty seconds, making four complete lat-

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editorialThe Changing Scene

The changing American social structure as shown byseveral books in recent years is becoming more evident inthe MIT student atmosphere. David Riessman in his THELONELY CROWD shows how conformity and group di-rected actions are more important traits in America'sSuburbias than the rugged individualistic attitudes of prei-ous decades. W. Whyte in THE ORGANIZATION MANextends this philosophy into the realm of business and thelarge corporations.

These people-istic attitudes are becoming part of thecampus way of life. The Ryer Report is evidence of tets.It calls for close-knit, small dormitories, where a residentcan be identified with, and be a part of, a group. Even theindividualist who wants a refrigerator would have to go toa communal kitchen.

But even more prevalent is the changing student, andthe changing attitudes of the Institute. The character of thestudents is becoming more uniform-less odd-balls. Ccr-tainly, many of the great unwashed will not be missed butamongst them were a lot of sharp minds with maybefunny, but good ideas. A statement by a fraternity manabout the incoming freshman class, ". . . they're all goodred-hot rushing material", seems to sum up the inputcharacter of all people coming to MIT.

And the Institute's general trend toward student rela-tions is changing; cracking down on the trouble maker andsetting the pace for being "regular fellows". The MITPolice, while not being specifically for the control of st.u-den s, do add a small 1989 aura to the campus.

The educational system changes for a changing society.We are truly becoming "whole men".

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ticularly attractive has been the policy of having all seatsunreserved, so that each ticket holder mnay suit his indi-vidual taste as to "the best spot in the hall". Some preferthe front of the floor; others, farther back. Many devoteesalways choose the balconies, both for listening, and for an"airplane view" of the Orchestra. The doors open at 6:45,the rehlarsals start at 7:30.

Each Open Rehearsal is a preview of the weekl;cnd con-certs, with the privilege retained by the conductor to rmal:eoccasional repetitions, to "dot the i's and cross the t's".Audlicnres thus have both the opportunity to hear the Bos-ton Symphony Orchestra in all its brilliance, and also towitness the perfecting touches by which the conductor rn-il-tains that superiority.

It is an annual source of surprise to many, to learn :hatfor many years the Friday afternoon symphony concertswere called Rehearsals, while the Saturday night repetitionsof the same program were considered to be Concerts.

This season's series of Open Rehearsals (the seventh)opens on Thursday evening, October 31, at 7:30. Theschedule continues as follows: Thursday, Dec. 5; Wednes-day, Jan. 8; Wednesday, Jan. 29; and the three Thursdaysof Feb. 27, March 25, and April 24.

Seasons tickets are now available at the Symphony HallBox Office at $9.00 for the series of seven concerts.

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Opening lead: King of DiamondsThis hand came up in a rubber bridge game at the

Gradual House, and was the cause of a bitter argument.The bidding was strong, to say the least, but the final con-tract was a very sound one. Unfortunately south ":as notUp to the play of tlie hand.

The opening diamond lead was ruffed on the board, andtwo rounds of clubs pulled trumps. South cashed the aceof spades, led a low spade and finessed the Jack. Eastgleefully jumped with his stiff queen, and the contract wasdown one. South immediately yelled at his partner for bid-ding seven clubs, and his partner screamed at him forfinessing the wrong way. Both partners were wrong--asusual in such arguments.

The hand really has quite a few different methods ofplay. The way that seems to have the best chance of successis this one: Ruff the opening diamond lead. Play one roundof clubs (a pleasant surprise when the queen drops). Goto thle ace of hearts, return a heart, trumping high. if theking doesn't drop, then you make the spade guess. It turnsout that it drops on the second heart lead, but this merelymakes it easy. The moral of this hand is simple: postponeyour finesses to the bitter end.

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Symphony Open Rehearsal SeriesExtended

The popularity of the Boston Symphony Orchestra'sannual series of Open Rehearsals has increased so steadilythat Charles Munch, the Music Director, has decided tocxtend the series. Season tickets, at less cost than ticketsobtained singly, will now cover seven rehearsals (insteadof the former six) starting Thursday evening, October 31.

Originated by Dr. Munch seven seasons ago, at theurging of college students eager to hear the Orchestra, butconfronted with the scarcity of tickets for the regular con-certs, this innovation soon met with an additional warmresponse from the general public.

A multiple appeal has been found in the Open Re-hearsals. Held at early evening in Symphony Hall, they notonly make the Orchestra available to those encountering thesold-out-for-the-season situation in the regular series, butoffer a lower subscription rate. Even though individualtickets are higher, they are still considered a bargain. Par-

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The Junior Prom Conzmittee yes-terday released the option and ticketsales dates for this year's *Prom1Week-end, to be held the week-endof November 1st. Options will go onsale to Juniors at 9 a.m., Friday,October 18 in building 10. Ticketswill be sold the following Mondayand Tuesday, October 21st and 22ndin Rockwell Cage. At this time tablereservations will also be made.

The Commnittee a I s o announcedthat the number of tables allotted tofraternity and dorimitory residentswill be divided in the same propor-tion as the number of options boughtby the residents. At the time ofsale the purchaser of an option willsay whether he is a fraternity or dor-mitory resident, and different col-ored options will be issued.

The JP band nanie has not yetbeen released, but will be out with-in the week. From all indicationsthe -week-end will be a full one, start-ins, with the dance and queen crown-in; Friday night, luncheon in thecage and the "all Sports day" Sat-ur.day afteirnioon; and ending withthe Infornial Dance Saturday night."Full details on the Pronm will be outSoo0," a committee spokesman com-mented.

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The outstanding perfolrmance orthe freshman heavyweight crewv .tthe Intercollegiate IRegatta in Syra-cuse has assured the squad of the in-crease in depth it has alavays des-perately needed. W'ith many more up-perclassmen 1returning to the Boat-house, the varsity oarsmen eagerlylook forward to the coming seasonunder the direction of the new HeadCrew Frainlk DuBois, last year'sheavyweight frosh coach. A definitefighting spirit prevails at the Boat-house and the determination to mectand defeat MIT's rival up the riveris very evident.

A larger varsity squad will rovvthis year. The heavies alone expectcto keep four boats on the water.There are cxcelelent opportunities for;varsity coxswains and managers, be-cause of the expanded participation.These are positions vh-hich cannot beunderrated.

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eral rotations or two figure-8s inmid-air, and landing on target with-in ten feet. He then described thelatest team variation:five men, drop-ping simultaneously in sixty seconds'free fall, and exchanging relay sticksin mid-air all the way down. Butthe audience's skepticism at this fad-ed when Istel showed filnms of'theseactual perlforlmances at the MoscowTournanlent.

Istel described sky-diving as amushroonming, up-and-coming sport.He plans to field a team at thePrague Tournament next year, andhe is quite confident that sky-diviilwill be included in the 1960 Oly-.-pics, in which he hopes the Uni- IStates, backed by its intercolle;.x-teclubs, wvill win the ehaml!ionship.

The talk was concluded by an ex-planation of how- to go about form-ing a club at MiT. Istel felt that,wvith a group of interested people, ateam could be organized within a fewmonths. The high cost of equipment-$550 per parachute rig--vould bespread out if a large number of peo-ple joined the club. He was particu-larly pleased at the availability ofaircraft through the MIT FlyingClub.

After the talk, seven people signedup immediately for a nucleus group.Three of them-Charles Negin '60,John Cadwallader '60, and Ted Ans-bacher '60, of 528 Beacon Street,Boston, (CI 7-7790)-have volun-teered to collect names of prospec-tive members and help organize agroup. They have a contact with theCambridge Parachute Club and Para-chutes, Incorporated, who will helpwith outfitting. About a dozen moremembers, Istel feels, would be rightto put the club on an operationalbasis.

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freshman frack are invited to meetingto be held Monday afternoon at 5p.m. in Kresge Auditorium. Admis-sion is free. Movies will be shown andinformation pertaining to the sportwill be dispersed at this meeting.

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Waiton's FACADE; Gregory Tucker's CON-CERTINO; Members of the Boston Sym-phony, Klaus Liepmann, conductor; NormaFarber, reciter; Gregory Tucker, pianist.Ernst Levy, pianist-Sun., March 23, 3 p.m.Series tickets: $7.50 (tax exempt) by mailfrorn Room 14-N236, MIT, Cambridge 39.Reserved seats. Single tickets: $1.75 (BostonSymphony $3.50) on sale on Nov. I.!Checkspayable to MIT Hurnanities Series.

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Tech DinghiesDown Three TeamsAt Coast Guard

Starting what promises to be asensational season, the Tech sailorscopped its first two trophies of theseason in the two opening regattas.

Saturday on the Thames River atNew London, four of New England'stop teams competed in the CoastGuard invitational regatta. Eachschool manned four boats in the coin-petition. For MIT team captain BillWidnall '59 skippered the Ravenclass sloop, Damon Cummings '59captained the Knockabout, and Den-nis Posey '59 and Jan Northby '59manned the two National-twelve din-gies. Applying constant pressure, theall junior Tech team jumped into anearly lead and stayed ahead through-out the regatta for the win. Finalscores: MIT 98, Boston U. 81, Brown78, Coast Guard 74.

Returning to home waters on Sun-day, Tech defeated four competitorsto take the Jack Viood trophy. Nam-ed in honor of Tech's beloved sail-ing master, this trophy returns homeafter six years in the possession ofother teams. Skippering for the en-gineers were Juniors Bill Widnall,Will Johnson, Dennis Posey, and JanNorthby. Ten races in the gustywind were all that were needed tosink the opposition. High point skip-per for the regatta was Widnall with51 points. Final totals: MIIIT 154,B r o w n 139, Harvard 124, CoastGuard 119, Dartmouth 103.

Shopping In Londonby Albertle Turtle '59

Anybody who gets ideas aboutshopping must necessarily considerthat the cost of living can be reduc-ed to a negligible amount if oneplays his cards well. However, theuni;itiated and those who feel in apl Ticular "hell of a mood" (e.g.after finishing the year at MIT)nay prefer to bargain than to riski-'-tting involved in more difficult,though cleaner business.

By fal the place where shoppingis most abundant is London. Thevery distinguished district of ParkLane offers lots of products of allsizes, colors, tastes; but with arather standard price of threepounds. The population's density ofthe shopping district gets in theneighborhood of 20-25 per block,there being about 10-12 blocks fromMalrble Arch to Kensington. Fica-dilly, with the statue of Eros is cer-tainly a good place towards the Sohodistrict. Specially catering to -Tech-men, we find two shoe repair shopsat Rupert Street near the ApolloTheater. The prices are about halfthose of Park Lane and the qualityruns likewise.

Hyde Park has many obscureplaces which are obviously not wellknown; but it pays to be familiarwith them. For Americans with lotsof dollars to throw, the New YorkerClub on Park Lane and its nearbyEspresso Coffee Shop offer special-ties, sometimes at higher rates. Cab-arets are not recommended exceptmaybe one or two on Regent Streeton the Oxford Circus side.

In general, London is an expensivetown where quantity exists; but qual-ity is demanding and the prices arenot always convenient to the buyer.

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