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ACTIVITIES PAY OFF!

Jr. Prom RWedemptionDrawing Held On Tues.

The drawing for the threefree Junior Prom tickets willbe held in the Lobby of Build-ing 10 on Tuesday, December 4,at 1:00 P.M. The winners willbe announced in next week'sTHE TECH and if not presentat the drawing may obtaintheir tickets from Daniel Green-baum, 2-47, Munroe 506.

The remaining options willbe on sale in Building 10 onTuesday from 12:00 to 1:00P.M., Just before the lottery.Those who purchased optionsthrough the Bursar's office andhave not yet received themmust pick them up at this timeif they wish to have a chanceat the Annie Oakleys-

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To the student body:A top reason for subjecting oneself to the discipline of

higher education is that the longtime benefits outweigh anytemporary discomfort. A brain equipped with tools so acquiredwill pay off its owner many-fold during a lifetime throughthe fun of sound personal accomplishment achieved as a resultof understanding and partial control of the natural and humanforces which determine the quality of one's existence.

A most important factor noted above, an understandingof humanity, is acquired best through contact with it, and asound area in which to get experience while at M..LT. is inundergraduate activities.

One reward, for instance, is that Industry, in hiring, gives

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Tickets On SaleToday, Tomorrow,And All Next WeekDance Comm. ExpectsSales To Reach 300;Corsages. Are Outlawed

The annual Dormitory Christmasf Dance will be held Friday, De~cem-

ber 14, from 9:00 P.M. to 2:00 A.M.' in Morss Hall, Walker Memorial.1 All of Walker, including the Lounge

Bar, will be open for the occasion,l and open house will be held in thet dormitories. Morss Hall will be ex-1 tensively decorated for the occa-

sion on the Christmas theme.Mal Hallett who played for the

last Junior Prom, and his orchestrawill play for the affair, which will

l be semi-formal. A no corsage rulehas been passed and will be ,en-forced

Tickets will go on sale today fromnoon to 2:00 P.M., on Saturday fromnoon to 1:00 P M. and Monday

I through Friday of next week from11: 00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. in the Lobbyof Building 10. The price of ticketswill be $4, tax included, and salesare expected to reach 3DO tickets.

s Among the chaperones who havebeen invited, Dr. Avery A. Ashdown,and Prof. and MMrs. Hamilton haveaccepted to date.

, The IDance Committee of theDor-mitoryg (ommitee, which is in chargeof the dance consists of: Robert G.Marcley, 2-48, chairman, Frank H.Durgin, 2-47, Robert P. Abelson,10-47, Harold Ottobrini, 1047,.Marshall Diek, 10-47, Richard C.

: Davila, 248J, Caliste J. Alster, 248,and Edward IE tNewdale, 10-47.

Prof. Alvar AaltoReturns To Staff

Noted Finnish ArchitectIn Europe Since 1940

Alvar Aalto, internationally knownFinnish architect, has rejoinedTechnology faculty of the School ofArchitecture and Planning for thefall term. Professor Aalto was amember of the Staff in' the fall of1940, when he returned to Finlandto direct the national reconstructionprogram.

Since~that time he has been activein the reconstruction o'f destroyedtowns and last summer worked onthe problems of building shelter inLapland before the freezingweather set in.

In announcing Professor Aalto'sarrival, Dean William W. Wurster ofthe School of Architecture andPlanning said that the distinguishedarchitect would begin teaching im-mediately. His lectures will bebased on the combination of cityplanning work and the building ofhouses.

Professor Aalto, who is 47 yearsold, was graduated from the Hel-singfors Technical College in 1921.As a leader in the modern move-ment in architecture, his achieve-ments in design in Finland haveattracted the attention of architectsthroughout the world, and exhibi-tions of his work ihave been held inLondon, Zurich, Milan, and -NewYork. A versatile and brilliant de-signer, Professor Aalto was the ar-chitect for the Tu;run Sanomatbuilding in Abo, Finland, the tuber-culosis sanitorium at Paimio, andthe Viipuri library. -The library isfamous :for -the use of daylight Mlu-mination. Its reading rooms include

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DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL COOPERATIONMASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

November 20, 194S

Ipreference to men whose experience in activities has made themI

broader gauged citizens. Such men are better bets to be success-'ful in industrial life.

Because of the academic load at M.I.T, the happiest resultsare obtained when the individual's energy level is sufficient tocover academic and extra-curricular demands. A congenialactivity is best, and the chores, over a period of time, must haveenlarged the individual's horizon.

Many of M.I.T.'s outstanding men first showed their valueas good workmen by their accomplishment on The Tech, Tech-nique, Institute Committees, etc. They give generous creditfor their success to a fortuitous start due to the happy accidentof fate that matched their interests to an activity. Try it out!

(Signed) N. McL. SAGEDirector

The need for volunteer asistants

and leaders in neighboring BoysClubs is now -more acute than it hasever been. The T.C.A. Work Dlvision

has been literally swamped with re-quests from the Boys' Organizationswhich are desperately in need ofstudent leaders to conduct variousmanual and athletic classes.

Since professional help is now un-available the group must leanheavily on college students who areinterested in conducting suchclasses; and the T.C.A. Boys WorkOrganization serves as intermediarybetween the Boys Clubs and inter-ested volunteers.

Right now there is need for lead-ers in photography, woodworkingand crafts, basketball, boxing andwrestling, model airplane building,dancing, singing, scouting andmany others. The classes are usu-ally held once a week and thereforerequire only one of the volunteer'sevenings. If any one is interestedin such a class, he is urged to cometo the T!C.A. office, and all arrange-mlents will be made to suit his con-venience.... The TC.A. office is inthe basement of Walker Memorialand is open every day from 9:00AX. to 5:00 P3M.

Girls Needed TooThe need is not confined to boys;

at present two girls from Technol-ogy are conducting classes withIgirls' groups, and many more areneeded. Girls can lead in sewing,

cooking, dressmaking, and any sortof 'Girl Scout classes.

The Boys Work Division of theT.-CA. now has 36 volunteers fromall walks of Institute life assignedin various places. There is repres-

entation from the Instructing staff,the Radiation Laboratory, the Dor-mitories, Fraternities, the Navy, andthe Secretarial staff. This activityis open to anyone connected withTechnology in any way.

Charles. Dobony, 2-46, Associate Director of the Boy's Work Division 'ofthe T.C.A., supervises what appears to be a really desperate battle.

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Wheaton DanceTo Be On Dec. 1

Fourth Annual AffairPromises 125 Girls

Tlhe fourth annual Wheaton Ac-quainance Dance will be held thisSaturday, December 1, from 8:30P.M. to 11:30 P.M. in the StudentActivity Hall at Wheaton College,Norton, Mass. This affair is beingsponsored by the T.C.A. and theWheaton Y.W.C.A. for the purposeof acquainting the newly enteredfreshmen class of Wheaton withTechnology students. Music willbe supplied by recordings.

Transportation will be conductedfor all those without cars as ;fol-lows: Trains will leave South Sta-ton at 7:30 P.M., Back Bay at 7:34P.IM., and will arrive at Mansfield alittle after eight o'clock. From therebuses will transport the men toNorton, seven miles away. At theconclusion of the dance the buseswill leave in time to make the 12:09A.M. train from Mansfield, whichwill arrive at Back -Bay 12:40 A.M.and at South Station 12:45 A.M.The fare for the round trip will be$1.66, and constitutes the entireevening's expense.

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Cosmo, FestivalTomorrow In'Walker Meml'l.

1755 Girls Invited ]FromrILocal Colleges. M~usicB~y Ken Reeve's Orch.

~The Cosmopolitarn ~Festival, spon-sored by the East and West Associa-tiona and the International Club,will be held tomorrow in WalkerM~emorial from 4:00 PM~a. till mnid-

nigh~t.The festival will open in Pritchett

Hall at 4:00 P.-M. with varied enter-bainment which will include selec-tions of Indian music and dancingby a group of Indian students,Latin -A~merican exhibition danc-ing and music, Chinese chorusand instrumnental music by a group:Df Technology Chinese students,piano solo selections, and folk d'anc-~ing by diff erent national groups.

Supper will be served in PritchettHall at 6:30 rP.M. and will include.samples of Indian, Chinese, and Ira-quian food. The cost of the supperwill -be 95c per person Sulpper tick-ets are necessarily limited andshould be procured in adv~ance. Dis-plays of foreign national costumesand jewels will be on exhibition inLitchfield and Tyler Lounges from7:00 PdM. to 8:00 P.M.

Ken ]Reeves T~o PlayDancing to the music of KEen

Reeves and his orchestra will be inMo~rss H~all from 8:00 P.~M. till mid-night. For this part of the programapproxirmately 175 girls have beeninvited from W7ellesley, Pine M~anor,Rad~cliffe, Emersonl, Wheatona, Sim--mo~cns and Boston University so thatthere should -be no excuse for baash--ful freshmenl to stand around thewalls. Intermission will be at 10:00P~M., at which time refreshmentswill be served and a Russian ·Dancegroup will provide entertainment.

Tickets for this dance ar~e on salein the Lobby of Building 10 and alsoine the Dormitories at $2.20 for cou-ples and $1.40 for stags. For theconvenience of those Tech men whocan't purchase a ticket before theFestival, tickets will be on sale atthe door.

The Doormitory Board has an-nounced, in conjunction with theFestival, Open House rules, will bein effect from 3:00 P).M. to 12:00midnight.

Acqluaintance DanceTo B~e Held 'Mee. 7By Catholic Club

400 Girls ExpectedFrom Nearby Schools;Chappie Arnold To PlayThe annual Fall Acquaintance

Dance sponsored by the CatholicClub will take place Friday, Decem-ber 7, from 8:00 P.M. to 12:00 P.M.in Walker Memorial. Four hundredtickets have already been sold togirls at nearby colleges, and ticketsfor male students are now on saleat $1.00 including tax.

Among the many girl's schools tobe represented are Wellesley, Regis,Boston Teachers, Wheelock, BostonUniversity, Radcliffe, Simmons, andEmmanuel. Chappie Arnold and hisorchestra will supply the music forthe occasion.

At the last regular meeting ofthe Club Anal plans for the dancewere discussed, and an interestingtalk was given by the guest speaker,Father Masterson, chaplain of the

.US.S. North Carolina.

Dormitory Christmas Hop To BeDecemnber 14; Mal HallettTo PlayAt Semiformal Affair In IIaller

T.C.A. Boy's Work Division Urgently Needs MenIn A Multitude Of Manual And Athletic Activities

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Letters to the EditorNoveinber 19, 1945

The TechWalker MemorialM.I.T.Gentlemen:

Please accept my congratulationsand thanks on behalf of the In-stitute for the fine special issue ofThe Tech on November 10. Pleasebelieve that I would express thisappreciation even if you had notincluded the very complimentarystatement about me on the secondpage.

Seriously speaking, I thinky thisissue was of great value in ac-quainting the students and friendsof M.LT. with reference to some ofits war activities and some of theinteresting technological develop-ments which were made here andelsewhere during the past fewyears.

Very sincerely yours,

Karl T. ComptonPresident

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UN() CENTER?As the newspapers, radio stations, etc., make plain, there is

going on in London a discussion of where the United NationsOrganization Headquarters should be.

Naturally this country wants the headquarters here be-cause of the prestige it would bring and the somehow intan-gible feeling that we could see nothing was being put over on us.

Just as naturally, Boston is putting in her two-bits worth.Everyone realizes howr important atmosphere is to work.

The men of the UNO would be engaged in especially seriouswork, and, obviously, need an especially picked atmosphere.If we may be so bold we would like to suggest a list of con-triibuting factors that would include: climate, and communi-cations. The former is nature's contribution and the latter,man s.

Climate is one of the mnain reasons why we would discardBoston or New England as a location. It may be all right forspinning mlills, but for humans it istoo humid in summer andtoo wet and cold in winter. The west coast is too wet. Theinland country is too subject to temperature extremes, so allthat is lef t is somewhere on the cast coast where it is neithertoo hot nor too cold nor too damp. Air-conditioning could beused to improve indoor conditions, but we can never air-condition the great outdoors.

Communications-the other item on our list-can be con-trolled by man. Therefore, whenever the climate is consideredsuitable, communications conveniences can be set up. Withmodern technology, highways, railway tracks, and air stripscan be built anywhere; telephone and radio networks can beset up in any locality. The United States, however, excels inthe availability of important scientific knowledge and engineer-ing "know-bow."

The matter of putting up buildings, and transferring andsupplying personnel, is basically a matter of communications.

We feel that climate and commnucations should be theimportant f actors in deciding where the UNO Headquartersshould be located. The decision must be based on logic, and noton the persuasive ability of the various speakers who presentthe cases of their cities or countries.

DUE RECOGNITIONLast night, at its bi-weekly session, the Institute Committee

extended Class A recognition to the Outing Club. Possiblythis is the first time that many people have realized what a largeand active organization the Outing Club is. The members ofthis organization have earned their new status through a greatdeal of eff ort and initiative. We should like to congratulatethem on their attainment of Class A status, due recognitionof their eff orts.

WALKER AGAINAt yesterday's meeting, the Institute Committee appointed

a committee to investigate the "conditions" at the WalkerMemorial Dining Service. This is the latest of a series of attemptsIto improve the quality of the food served and lower the prices on such. None of the earlier ones accomplished -anything worthmentioning. It is hoped that an intelligent "approach" coupledtwith the culmination of the war will bring about a solution which will be satisf actory to the large number of the Institutefamily concerned. '

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Vol. LXV

The o TechFriday, November 30, 1945

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No. 3

One of the Bay State's sons(though its claim is slightly dubi-ous), whose rise to fame at Tech-no10gy has recently culminated inhis election to the chairmanshipof the Walker Menorial Committee,Bill Semple becomes the man inthe Spotlight this week.

William H. Semple came into thisworld in Easton, Pennsylvania, onMay 6, 1926. His characteristicability to get around showed up atan early age, for he moved aftersix years to Schenectady, Buffaloand Quincy, where some twelveyears ago he decided to settle down.He has attended a number ofschools, including Quincy HighSchool and Thayer Academy inBraintree, from which he wasfinallygraduated.

There is no record as to why hechose Technology, but in July,1943, he entered as a freshman andwas promptly pledged by Chi Phifraternity. In March, 1944, heheeded his country's call, set upheadquarters in the GraduateHouse, and has worn blue suitsever since. A strong ambition,which he evidently entertains alongwith many of his colleagues, is toget out of the Navy.

A rather surprising statement inlight of Bill's numerous activitiesat Technology is that he did not domuch in high school except getgood grades. Sports he claimedwere "much too dangerous."

Bill was apparently an eager butmisguided freshman, for he joinedthe art staff of Voo Doo, but hequickly saw where this was leading

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Managin- Editors

Noel N. Coe, 2-46Donald S. Cohen, 10-46

Richard Bakal, 2-47William C. Dowling, 2-46

RoLbert E. Spoerl, 2-46Mlarshall P. Tulin, 2-46Louis B. Wadel, 2-440Robert G. Wilson, 2-46

Leonard J. Stutman, 2-47

\\Walter A. T,ack, 2-47

Editorial BoardThomas F. Kelley, Jr., 2-46William H. Peirce, 2-46\\illiam J. Rapoport, 2-46WXilliaml H. Semple, 2-46Marvin Sparrow. 2-46

Associate BoardDonald A. Mains, 2-47Paul V. Osborn, Jr., 2-47

Staff AssistantsLouis F. IKreek, Jr., 10-ri

Offices of The Tech

James S. ir:iig. 2-46Russell E. r~l,·i·tl, 2-46William (C. IOw \Oing, 2-46Herbert J 11:1 l 11. 2-46William F . 11 r i, 2-46

Claude Wo. I:rr 2-47

Bernard It c; i* A 10-47

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BILL SEMPLE

and he resigned because of moralconvictions. He was also a fresh-man section leader and partici-pated in various other activities,but "nothing fascinating."

In his sophomore year he becamea member of the Q-Club, in which,according to his words, "we didnothing, except hold beer parties--but I don't drink beer." TYEN.was fortunate to have his servicesas Circulation Manager in "thedays when circulation was so lowthat we didn't talk about it." - H-emade his contribution to the T.CA.,conducting an art class for theBoys' Work division.

Bill was elected vice-president of(C'ontiorzzedl on Page 8.X

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Night Editor: Louis F. Kreek, Jr., 104.The regular Institute Committee

meeting was held yesterday at 5:10P.M. in Litchfield Lounge. Thefollowing business was transacted:

Investigating CommitteeA special committee was organ-

ized to investigate conditions atthe Walker Memorial Dining Serv-ice and to submit recommendationson its findings. The members ap-pointed are David G. Blacks 2-46;Edwin T. Bean, 2-46; David Cist,10-47; Harvey S. Freeman, 2-46;Herbert J. Hansell, 2-46; Norman N.Holland, 2-47; Howard V. Perlmut-ter, 2-46; Peter L. Richman, 10-46;and Marshall P. Tulin, 2-46.

, Outing ClubThe Outing Club was granted

provisional Class A recognitionafter the report of a special com-,mittee, headed by Philip D. Jones,2-46, was heard and discussed. TheO.C. will report in one year on itsactivities to obtain permanent rec-ognition.

Class ElectionsThe motion to hold elections for

the Senior, Junior and Sophomoreclasses in March was amended sothat only the Senior Class (7I1)will do so, and was subsequentlycarried. Some future arrangementas to elections will be made by theInstitute Committee to compen-sate for the rapidly changingclasses and the possibility of themajority of the student body con-tinuing through the summer term.Dean Lodbell has estimated that60 per cent of the present studentbody was not here last term. Theytherefore had no voice in the selec-tion of present officers.

Reorganization of ActivitiesThe Committee approved the mo-

tion on the procedure for those stu-dents who wish to reorganize ac-tivities, currently defunct. Theprocedure is outlined in the By-Laws of the Institute Committee,Article VIII, Sections 1 and 2.

Each group so reorganizing mayobtain $10.00 for reorganizationalpurposes upon application to, andapproval of the Walker Memorialand Budget Committees.

5.15 Club ElectionHarold Jacobson, 2-46, was ap-

proved as Member-at-Large of the5.15 Club Executive Committee.

AbsenteesAbsent were Russell K. Dostal,

2-46; Robert E. Spoerl, 2-46; Wil-liam C. Cahill, 246, and Willard J.Boston, Jr., 10-47.

Wheaton Dance(Continited fronm Page 1)

Edward F. Brylawski, 2-46, vice-president of the T;C.A., and MissSuzanne iLawes, Secretary of theWheaton Y.W.C.A., are in charge ofthe attendance of the representa- tives from the two schools. Wheatonwill have 125 girls present andwould ilke to have 135 Tech men at-tending.

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The first meeting of the termof the M.I.T. Athletic Associa-tion will take place Monday, De-cember 3, at 7:30 P.M. in Litch-field Lounge, Walker Memorial.All members are urged to at-tend.

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IHoopsters ToPrepare ForHarvardContest

Test W'ith CrimsonHeld Away Dec. 8rFifteen Ganmes Set

With its first game scheduled fora week from Saturday, the basket-ball team is rapidly rounding intoshape. Coach McCarthy has beendirecting practice nightly in Walkergym, and he thought the team wellenough along to scrimmage a groupof outside independents lastWednesday-the results were en-couraging.

Eight veterans of last year's ag-gregation are back again this sea-son. Of these, Captain Ted Heuch-ling, Chuck Wellard, and Jack Ait-ken were regular, while Ciccone,Cr aig, Meduski, Ryan, and Clarkwere also on the squad, After aperiod of extensive tryouts nine newmen were added to this year's squad.They are Diowitz, Dunmire, Fren-zel, ( Honkalehto, Murphy, Waldron,Day, Kurinski, and Scoves.

Besides the three returning reg-ulars from last year, Craig, Hon-kelehto, Murphy, Ryan, and Wal-dron are condidates for the fivestarting positions when the teammakes its first appearance againstHarvard on December 8.

Af ter playing Harvard, the teamtravels to Tufts and Stevens beforeits first home game against North-eastern on December 19. The season,which extends throughout most ofthis term, is scheduled for a totalof fifteen games.

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Contest UndecidedAfter Two RoughOvertime Periods

The M..T. soccer team ended asuccessful season last Saturday bytying the Harvard booters 2-2. Thiswas the first time the Tech-menhave gotten as good as an even drawwith their upstream neighbors inover two decades.

It was a long contest featured bytwo overtime periods during whichboth teams fought hard to breakthe deadlock. However, close de-fensive play coupled with a slowmuddy field defeated their best ef-forts. In fact the weather was themost formidable factor in the con-test, with the ankle-deep mud mak-ing fast breaks and smooth team-work well-nigh impossible.

Tech scored first early in thegame on a sice shot by Jamie Rizo-Patron, but Harvard tied it up be-fore the first half ended. In thethird quarter the Crimson took a2-1 lead, but another pretty effortby Rizo-Patron knotted the count.The play was furious and ruggedfrom there on in. M.I.T. just misseda chance to add a Merriwell finishto the game when a scramble infront of the Harvard goal with onlya minute to go almost resulted inthe winning marker. Harvard man-aged to get possession of the ball,however, and the period endedshortly after.

Coach Craig and the entire soccersquad have good reason to be proudof this season's efforts.

Outing Club-PlansSki Team Smoker

The M.l.T. Outing, Club will spon-sor a ski team smoker, Wednesday,December 5, at 5:15 P.!M. in Room6-120, if it is available. Anyone in-terested, who has a knowledge ofskiing, is invited to attend.

Harry M. Johnson, 2-46, managerof the ski team, will describe thevarious activities of the team forthe forthcoming season. Motionpictures on skiing will be exhi-bited, and the Christmas vacationski trip to Mount Mansfield, inStowe, Vermont, will be discussed.

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Keifer, World ChampionTo Swim At First Meet

Through the interest and co-operation of Lt. CommanderCanfield and Specialist "Bill"Strickland, Tech has been mostfortunate in obtaining Lt. AdolfKeifer, Worlds -Champion Rec-ord Holder in the 150-yard back-stroke, to give an exhibition atthe time of our first home meetof the season with Brown Uni-versity, Saturday, December 8,at 3:00 P.M.

Lt. Keifer has at one time oranother held thirty Champion-ship Records, including Na-tional Collegiate, American andWorld; and was a member ofthe 1936 Olympic Team whichcompeted in Berlin, Germany.

Although the backstroke ishis specialty, Lt. Keifer's swim-ming exhibition will by nomeans be limited to this alone.No admission will be charged.

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Civilian SwimmingClasses Announced

Coach Gordon Smith has askedus to announce that he will be avail-able every Thursday from 2 P.M. to4: 00 P.M. to help any undergraduateimprove his swimming. He regretsthat these two hours are all thatare available because of the NavyV-12 program and swimming teampractice (but feels that this may bejust a beginning to what may followin future semesters).

He asks that anyone interestedin attending swimming classes dur-ing the above hours see him in hisoffice at the pool any day during theweek from 2 P.M. to 6 PjM. Thesehours of instruction will start De-cember 6.

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parabolic openings in the roof withuniform dispersion of daylight toevery part of the rooms.

One, of his notable achievementswas the design of the Sunila Sul-phite Mills, a manufacturing plantbuilt by an association of all thebig Finnish industries and the gov-ernment. This development in-cluded construction of an entirecity for workers and officials, in-volving a laboratory experiment incity planning and traffic control.

Thousands of Americans are fam-iliar with Professor Aalto's work inthe buildings he designed for theFinnish government at the NewYork and San Francisco fairs.

Squash Team DropsFirst Two Matches

In the past week M.I.T. squashteams participated in two matchesin the Massachusetts Squash Rac-quets Association. The A team wasnosed out by Harvard, 3-2 whilethe B team traveled to Newton toabsorb a 5-0 beating.

In the A match for MI.T. RogerSonnabend lost to Tom Baker ofHarvard, 3-0, Bill Pierce defeatedH. Roitman, 3-1, A. P. Rogers lostto Jack Barnabee, 3-0, Larry Bern-baum. lost to Roger Merriman, 3-0,and Hill Huntington defeated Dr.Finley, 3-0.

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the Junior Class, which he claimswas a "sdelightful"S position. "Ididn't have to do anything." Otheractivities included chairmanship ofthe Budget Committee and, there-fore, membership in the ExecutiveCommittee of the Institute Com-mittee. In fact, he had so manyinterests that year that he cannotremember all of them. Whenthinking back, he could not recallwhether or not he had been a mem-ber of the Junior Prom Committee.

A student in Course I, Bill be-came (and still is) president of theAmerican Society of Civil EngI-,

neers. In addition, he joined theEast and West Association and waswelcomed by the Elections Commit-tee as a member. Last term he wasappointed to the Editorial Board ofThe Tech, and this term he becamechairman of the Walker MemorialCommittee.

He does not claim track as anextra-curricular -activity, but he hasbeen out for it since his Sophomoreyear.

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B.K. FootballIn Final Round

P.K.S., S.A.E., HaydenTheta Chi Favored

The Beaver Key football leaguewent into its final round this week,marked so far by several rough conl-tests and one spectacular upset.Walcott dormitory surprised every-jone by knocking the Phi Gams, lsyear's champions, ollt of the linning, edging them by a score of12-6.

The game was hotly contested allthe way, Walcott scoring twice onlong runs, after apparently beingstalled. Both of these scoring playswere disputed, but the official ruledin favor of Walcott on each occa-sion. The Fijis were not at fullstrength for the contest, because ofa scheduling mixup, but they werestill potent enough to grind outeight first downs to the opposition'sone. They missed their chance towin when they were held threetimes for downs inside Walcott's tenyard line; each time the Walcottpunter got off a finee kick to set thePhi Gams back deep in their ownterritory again.

Elsewhere in the league the favor-ites played according to form. Aftersputtering and stalling through ascoreless first half, Phi KappaSigma finally hit its stride andpoured the power on to Phi SigmaKappa to the tune of 34-6. GlenDorflinger spearheaded the attack,throwing two touchdown passes andlateralling to Stan Meduski, afterintercepting a pass, for a thirdscore. Jack Aitken and Meduskiboth scored twice, with Ray Browngoing over for the fifth marker.The four extra points were alladded on rushes.

S. A. E. PowerfulS. A. E. served notice on the rest

of the league that it is loaded withtalent by suing four teams to downPhi Beta Epsilon, 26-6. Dobony tooka long pass from Halberstadt toscore on the opening play of thegame, and S. A. E. was never headedfrom there on. Dobony later addedanother counter on a pass f romBrowine, while EBrowne also turnedin some fancy runs to keep thepressure on the Phi Betas. Inci-dentally, the S. A. E.'s introducedthe league to the system of usingoffensive and defensive teams,

In other games played, Sigma Nu downed Phi Delta Theta in a roughtbattle, Wood dormitory forfeited to the Student House, the Dekes oustedIthe dChi Phis from the running, andITheta Chi bested Theta Delta Chi.jHayden dorm won by forfeit fromiD~elta Tau Delta, but had demon-strated considerable strength inbeating Sigma Chi the week before.

In the contests scheduled for this Xweekend, Phi Kappa Sigma is ex- Npected to down the Student House, IS. A. E.'s will probably show too cmuch for the Dekes, Theta Chishould take Sigma Nu in a tradi-,tionally rugged battle, and Haydenshould just squak by Walcott inwhat promises to be the closest bat- Itle. l

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iHedlund AnnouncesTrack Schedule

Track Coach, Oscar Hedlund, hasjust given a brief outline of theweeks ahead as far as indoor trackis concerned. The boards for thetrack have been laid and Mondayafternoon all will start practice onthem. The first handicap meet onthe boards will be December 8, itwill be an intermural meet. Thenext intramural meet will be De-cember fifteen, the annual Christ-mas Handicap Meet. Then therewill be no track activities until afterthe Christmas vacation. January2, 1946, there will be two FreshmanMeets, and January 19 there will bethe Y.MjC.A. meets at the BostonY. Tech has received an invitationto compete at the 38th Annual In-vitation Indoor Games February 2at Madison Square G~arden. Lastyear, when Tech competed in theOne Mile Relay, they won first prize.Tech is also scheduled to competeat the "57th Annual," which is a.series of mile relays, sponsored bythe Boston Athletic Association.

Coach Hedlund has said that ifenough freshman come out for trackthere may be a possibility of enter-ing a few freshman teams in theFreshman Relay.

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The men pledged from the Seniorclass are Edwin F. Brylawski, 2-46;Weston W. Goodnow, Jr., 646; JohnA. Guunarson, 2-46; Peter F. Hag-erty, II, 2-46; Richard B. Marsten,246; James A. Moore, 2;46; RichardG. Rauch, 246; B3halchandra R.Sule, 2-46; Louis B. Wadel, 2-46; andRobert G. Wilson, 2-46. The Juniorsare Norman N. Holland, Jr., 2-47, andPeter L. Richman, 10-46.

The scholastic requirements fora candidate are that he be in theupper one-fifth of his class if a Sen-ior or that he be in the upper one-eighth of his class if a Junior. Afterthe scholastic requirements are met,selection of pledges is based on in-tegrity breadth of interest both in-side and outside of engineering,adaptability, and unselfish activity.

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Of World OrganizationPres. Karl T. 'Compton is now. in

Europe as a member of the commis-sion representing Boston at themeetings at which the site of theUnited Nations Organization centerwill be decided.

Dr. Compton, John Lynch of theBoston Traveler, and Orson Adams,Jr., vice-president of the First Na-tional Bank accompanied GovernorTobin to London last Monday. Theywere preceded by an advance com-mittee consisting of Dean RobertB. Stewart of Tufts College, andWilliam J. McDonald, a New Eng-land magazine executive.

Should the UNO center be locatedin Boston, Pres. Compton has prom-ised five scolarships to the Institutefor children of UNO members.

Dr. Compton is expected to leaveLondon tomorrow, and to arrivehome on Sunday.

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not find time for classes in additionto his many extra-curricular activi-ties, but he manages to keep up acumulative somewhat better than3.00. However, he admits that goingwas a little rocky in 6.18, which wasthe worst subject he ever had any-where. The second time he took it,he got by with an L.

It was our impression that Seniorshad to give up fun during the lastterm to work on a little articlecommonly called thesis. But notBill Semple. Taking advantage ofthe wartime waiver of that require-ment, he substituted a course inwater supply and purification.

The vices which Tech men re-putedly possess are not a part ofBill. He admits that he has suc-cumbed to the habit of consumingnicotinic weeds, but he does notdrink. Instead, he likes the finerthings in life, such as art, music,and literature.

When asked about his plans forthe future, he said that he will goback to college -after he is dis-charged from the Navy; a certainschool at the end of the subway lineis under consideration. He empha-sized that he is not going to be anengineer, because he is "bored bythe whole business." He is fairlysure that he will enter the church,for at Technology he came to theconclusion that the essential thingsin life are spiritual. Which, say we,is something to ponder over.

CourtesS of Catholic Club

Sponsored by Ithe T.C.A. Boys'Work Division, Prof essor Kurt Lewingave a talk entitled "Experiments inLeadership Techniques," Monday,November 26, at 5:00 PMI. in Room6-120. The presentation was de-signed to aid prospective leaders inall walks of life by showing the re-sults of experiments with actualgroups and leaders. These resultsare especially applicable to the sit-uations in which M.I.T.Boys' Work-ers find themselves in boys' clubs.

The experiments had been con-ducted by colleagues of ProfessorLewin, Professors Lippitt andWhite. Nine groups of young boyswere organized to do simple clubactivities under the leadership ofthree leaders. Each leader con-ducted his club in one of three man-ners which have been convenientlynamed: 'autocratic," "democr atic,"and "laissez faire." The autocraticleader made all plans for the clubbut did not describe them to theboys, gave orders, and maintainedall-round strict discipline; the dem-ocratic leader asked for suggestions,made known his ideas for the fu-ture, and entered into the work ofthe club; the laissez faire leaderdid nothing unless asked.

Each group was subjected to eachkind of leadership but in differentsuccessions. In this way the effectsof order on certain results could be"cancelled out" and also the effectsof the order iself could be deter-mined. Careful records were keptof the behavior and productivity ofthe groups as units and of the indi-vidual members under the differenttechniques of leadership. Theserecords were iput into the form ofgraphs, some of which were shownat the lecture.

The graphs showed that there isconsiderably more spirit of aggres-sion under an autocratic leaderthan a democratic one; in the caseof the boys' clubs, the boys quark

reled among themselves rather thanagainst the leader. Invariably on-efellow was "zpicked on" in particular.Productivity of the autocratic anddemocratic clubs was good; that ofthe laissez faire was nil. The laissezfaire club was completely disorgan-ized; the boys "rough-housed" atfirst but eventually became j ustbored. In each club observationswere made when leader left theclubroom for a few minutes. Atthis the autocratic club ceased workimmediately only to return to itwhen the footsteps of the leaderwere heard approaching. The dem-ocratic club continued workingwhen left alone. While the demo-cratic club was at work, the boys'conversation followed lines quiteoutside of club activities; there wasreal contentment. There were manymore very interesting results. Ingeneral they were quite conclusivefor these clubs though ProfessorLewin was reluctant to make gen-eralities about larger scale groups.

Research Center HereProfessor Lewin is now Director

of the Research Center for GroupDynamics located here at M. I.T. inBuilding 1. The Center was estab-lished quite recently with the two-fold purpose of conducting research,including experimentation, in thedifferent fields of group psychologyand giving training to M.I.T. mlento prepare them for academic or ap-plied fields. The courses are offeredto graduate students and may leadto the degree of Ph. D. in GroupPsychology.

One of the basic philosophies be-hind the work of Professor Lewinand his coleagues is that, with thetremendous advancement of phys-ical science, there has been a sadlack of equally conscientious en-deavor in the field of human rela-tions and that, in this field also,

lthe scientific approach can be prof-itably used.

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Dramashop To Play"'The Male Animals

January 25-26Wm. M. Siebert ElectedGeneral Manager, M9ichelBrenner Gets New Posts

Tryouts for parts in James Thur-ber's play, "The IMale Animal," wereheld yesterday, and will be held to-day from 4:00 P. M. to 6:00 P.M. inRoom 2-190. The Dramashop pres-entation of the play is scheduled forJanuary 25 and -26, at the Peabody

.Playhouse on Charles St. in Boston.,New officers of the Dramashop,elected Wednesday, November 14,are William IM. S3iebert, 2-46, Gen-eral Manager; Laurent P. Michel,2-46, Business Manager; and ClaudeW. Brenner, 247, Secretary-Treas-urer.

At a Dramashop meeting heldWednesday, November 28, at 5:00P.M. in Room 2-178, the functionand ideals of the society were ex-plained to interested members ofthe freshmen class and veterans.

After tryouts have been held andthe cast picked, rehearsals for "TheMale Animal" have been scheduledfor sometime next week.

Twelve PledgedBy Tau Beta Pi

Ten Seniors, Two JuniorsChosen EBy Honlorary

T. C.n A. AnnouncesNewt AppointmentsTo Senior Cabinet

I10 Divisioii Alsna-mersNaniedl Wlaflel To EdlitFt-eshnilaii Hai.idbook

Ten addiions have been made tothe Senior Cabinet of the Technol-

ogy Christian Association,Louis B. Wadel, 2-46, heads the

list of 1lewx appointees as Editor of

the H~andbook, wnith Robert B. Mott,headino its business staff. Richard

E. Lev~itanl and Armand E. Brach-

man. both 2-4=8. have been electedCo-M~anawer s of the Religious ActionDivisionl. Jail M. Jennis, 10-47, is the

new Director of the Lecture Series,wshile Walter M. Chaiko, 2-48, will

hold doll n position of Director of

the Social Action Department.

Robert A. Wofsev, 2-47, and Stan-

lerJ. Adlelsteill, 10-47, are the new

Director s of the Information De-

partmenlt and the Roomz Registry,

respectively-. Ben;jamin Brettler,

2-48, as Director of Book Exchage,anid Rcamlakrishna Chattopadhyaya,

2-46, as Drector of Foreign Students,compllpete the list of new memnbersIof the Sellior Cabinet.E

142 Pled-es OutstandingLetters are being sent to the 142c

mleni who still leave not paid theirIT.C.A. drkv,, pled-es, amounting tosome S395. IThese men are re-qulested to pay their pledges as soonas possi'ble either at the Cashier's Off-ce or at the T.C.A. office in thecbasement of Walker Memorial.

Russian Relief AppealsA representative of the RussianI

Relief will be on hand at the T.CA.Iofficev oll Tuesdays. December 4. 11Iand 18 from 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.ill order to sell Christmas cards,cigaiette boxes, towels. compacts |

and other ulsef ul items. All profits If rom. the sale of these articles will go to Russian Relief.i

TR.EATN To Featur-Tech War Effort

Th-e Tech Engineering News iscoming oult with its largest issuesince the start of the war withinthe next ten days, it was announcedthis week by Louis B. Wadel, 2-46,General Manager. This issue willbe dedicated to Technology's partin the w ar eff ort.

Onle of the chief articles will bea detailed account of the Cyclotron,written by Stanley Ruttenberg, 10-46, who has worked for somne time on the instrument. Also included inthis issue is a } esume of the achieve-menlts of the RadiationLa~boratory.

President Karl T. Compton hascontributed a personal message.Other articles deal with the Diff er-

tomotive Laboratories.

Articles have been added on theWright Brothers Wind Tunnel andthe Institute's Chemical WarfareService Bureau. A complete descrip-tion of the Draper Gun Sight, de-veloped by Prof. Charles S. Draperof the Aeronautical Engineering De-partment, completes the/Decemberissue.

According to Wadel, this editionis the first in a series of bigger andbetter issues Of our technologicaldigest.

Compton MemberOf U.N.O. Group

Want Boston As Home

Prof. Lewin Gives Talk On ExperimentsIn Leadership Conducted By Colleagues

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Lar us DO OUvRtGlee Club To SpendWeekend At Colby

The Glee Club will present a con-

cert tomorrow evening together

with the Glee Club of Colby JuniorCollege, at New London, New Hamp-shire. The combined chorus will

sing parts of Handel's "Messiah,"

The group leaves for New Londontomorrow morning at 9 A.M. A

dance is to follow the concert, and

on Sunday the Tech men will be

guests of Colby and return late inthe afternoon.

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