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sell had been lost to her adoring f>1-i loi°ers since after the turn of the

12elitury- The war was over and O^-o-ple everywhere joyous that there wasPeace at last, looked about them for'll"u forms of entertainment. Theyfound several.

Alollg with Paul Whiteman and aietv, catchy type of music called"jazz'; with Ty Cobb and Herb Pen-1Oek and Jack Johnson; with Charles-ton contests and the flapper, came theelatively new type of entertainment,

the motion picture, growing in im-Portance.

Silents Arrive"Miovies had been produced years

befol e the twenties, but the classicera of the silent film was at its peak

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nent track trophy to be awarded to

the winning class in the annual Sprinig

interclass track meet, it was all-

nounced by club officers last night.

The trophy, which will be a silver

column surmounted by the figure of

a track man, will be known as the

5:15 Cup. Choice of the Spring track

weet was made on recommendation

of Oscar Hedlund, track coach, afterthe club officers had consider ed sev-ei-al athletic events.

111 announcing the presentation ofthe cup, Wylie C. Kilrkpatrick, '4U,pl esident of the 5:15 Club, statedthat the cup is being given in recog-iition of the fine wolk of severalclub melmbers on the track team andill particular as a tribute to T. VernlonKy lonleii, '40, captain of the trackteams and one of the top officers ofthe commuters' organization. It is alsogiven in appreciation of the wol kof the crew which captured the GrandClialice Cup in the Challellge CrewvRace this month.

Officers of the 5:15 Club statedthat additional cups may be awardedill other sports later inl the season.

Mlagcrun Will TalkOil Enoraoements

Period Before Marriage WrillBe Subject Of Final Fall

T.C.A. Lecture

.i~an is the only animal who ex-pelrielices a -peliod of adjustment be-

t; elcourtship and mal riage," lreiiialied Professor F. Alexander Mta-goual last night as he announced that," rllle Period of Ellgagemsent" would

be the topic of his lectur e today illthe current "Preparation for Mar-ria~e" series. This talk will be givenat b~otll 4:00 and 5:00 P.M., in Room

1The l easons for the engagementPe,,iod and the type of conduct Ot.lais ILlost desirable during that timexi ill constitute the subject matter o.thle lectul e, accol ding to Professoi11alatoun. The T. C. A., Mwhich spon-sors the talks, has announced that

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Tech Man Forgets Fdx

"Work'" concluded John H.

Brannon, '41, "is equal to the in-

tegral of Fdx". Last Saturday

night he dashed out of the D.U.house hell-bent for leather, and

a dinner date. The gears clashedand he eased up on the clutch but

to no avail.

"Thesef!/*@ Chevrolets", he

hollered. The motor's drone rose

to a tenor, but motion was lack-

ing. He climbed out and raised

the hood. He taxed his Tech edu-

cation but the car still would not

move. He even Inspected the

gasoline tank.

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John's reason. Finally he took off

his coat and crawled under the

car where lo and behold he found

two tidy piles of bricks jacking

up the rear axle.

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rophotographic equipment is now ondisplay in the reading room of CentralLibrary; it will continue every daybetween 9 A.M. and 9 P.M. throughFriday.

Microfilm is of growing import-ance as a scientific aid to learn-ing as well as a commercial tool whichis receiving wide application. TheInstitute Library is fostering this ex-hibition with the cooperation of a

number of manufacturers and Pro-

fessor Ralph D. Bennett of the depart-

ment of Electrical Engineering.

Various Machines Displayed

The equipment on display includes

cameras, films, projectors, and reading-

machines which may be examined in

detail by anyone interested. A demon-

strator for these machines will be on

hand during the hours mentioned

above.

Undergraduate Notice

The official directories for the year

1939-'40 are now available at the In-

formation Office, Room 7-111. Copies

of the President's Report issue of the

Bulletin will also be available shortly.

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the Scabbard and Blade, national

honorary military fraternity, last Sat-

" urday night at Hartwell Farms near

Lexington. Dinner preceded the ini-

tiation ceremonies.

LDul ing the dinner, the memberswere entertained with skits and per-formances by the initiates, who hadeaten first. At 10:30 P.M. before'startin- on their all night hike theinitiates were drilled for an hour anda half according to a very unconven-tional manual.

Initiates Hike 12 Miles

The hike was twelve miles long,and the initiates were required tosneak back to the starting pointhirou.-h a circle of members. If they

wvere seen, the members took thema mile away and allowed them to tryto crawl back again.

At dlawnl the hike was over andthe formal initiation was held. Thlel est of the day was devoted tosleeping.

Initiates Listed

The Seniors initiated wvere EdwillH. Seim, Marshall P. Bearce, SchradeF. Radtke, William R. Taylor, PhelpsA. Walker, Roy M. Tuttle, LouisMichelson, Joseph C. Jeff erds, ByronW. Wheeler, William R. Stern, Charles

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his work and services to the team.The members of the team are Wil-

liam Cadogan, Wilson M. Compton,Joseph S. Bowman, John R. Berry,Jr., Kenneth Davis, Donald J. Dixon,William K. Hooper, John F. Sexton,Joseph H. Myers, Warren J. Meyers,Albert W. Kusch, Charles N. Gilligan,Richard S. Wiener, Thomas N. Pook,Alexander S. Poskus, Michael Driscoll,Milton R. McGuire, Filo H. Turner,Alan E. Surosky, Stanley H. VanGreenby, and Conrad N. Nelson.

Microfilm ShownAt Main Library

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just about fifteen years ago whennames like Chaplin, Pickford, Dress-ler, Murray, Negri, Keaton, and Sen-nett were moulding an industry whichwas to become the source of Amer-ica's most popular entertainment.

Lost since the disappearance of the

pictures themselves from the screen,much of the glamour associated withthat golden age of the "silents" issoon to be brought back for Tech-nology and other college students.

Harvard Sponsors Film

Beginning November 29 with ashowing of Charlie Chaplin's "TheVagabond" and Buster Keaton's "The~General", the Harvard Film Societywill present a series of six programsdealing principally with motion pic-

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Track TrophyNamed As GiftOf Commuters5:15 Club Will Award

It To The WinningClass Next Spring

TRIBUTE TO ATHLETES

To Train T enFor Seaplanes

CAA Will Consider PlansFor MIen Interested In

Naval Work

A plan to train ten of the Institute'ssixty hand-picked Civil AeronauticsAuthority cadets in a course in sea-plane flying is under consideration andwill be decided sometime today it waslearned yesterday from reliable au-thorities.

This new twist in the C.A.A. planswould make it possible for those in-terested ill naval aircraft to acquire aprivate license in this branch of flying.

Airlines to Train Cadets

All of the students, nevertheless, willreceive their training from the Wigginsand Inter-City Airlines at the BostonAirport and possibly a nearby airlinefrom the Norwood Airport. Nothingdefinite is known concerning the typeof training ships to be used, exceptthat the Wiggins School will employPiper Cubs.

Actual air training will begin in thenear future and will continue untilapproximately the first of June. Dur-ing that time the cadets will have re-ceived between thirty-five and fiftyhours of flying experience, which is thetime required to become a licensedpilot.

Pilots to Have Ground School

The Institute's student pilots willfly for one-half an hour from sevento eight-thirty in the morning, threedays out of the week. A ground schoolcourse in various phases of flyingtechnique, equipment and standardswill also form a major part of thetraining.

Guests, Learning To Sail,Capsize Dinghy Saturday

A dinghy manned by youngguests of the Nautical Associationcapsized Saturday morning justbefore noon within twenty yardsof the Sailing Pavilion Pier. Thesailors, who were learning howto make landings in the boats,were not quite fast enough whenshifting their weight and a sud-den gust of wind carried themOver.

This rare dinghy capsizal threwthe occupants in the water wherethey remained but a few minutesbefore being rescued. As soon asthey had dried out sufficiently,the young sailors went out to trytheir luck again.

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'42 Dance Committee AslksBetty Grable Teo Attend

Festivities

OPTIONS STILL GOOD

Ticket sales for the SophomoreDance have topped the three hundredmark, it was announced by the DanceCommittee at their meeting in theFaculty Room of Walker Memoriallast night. Twelve ushers are to bechosen for the dance, preferably frommembers of the Sophomore class.

A last minute boom in ticket saleshas broken the lull of the past week.Options may be redeemed in the MainLobby until the end of the week.

Table-Distribution Made

The assigning of tables will bemade to the three principal under-graduate divisions, the fraternities,the dormitories, and the commuters,and the number of tables assigned toeach will depend on the ticket dis-tribution.

Betty Grable appearing in the newmusical, "DuBarry Was a Lady", hasbeen invited to attend the dance,while Jimmy Dorsey will provide themusic. Dorsey made his way intothe big name dance world after play-ing at Frank Daly's Meadowbrook,where he broke all attendance rec-ords last spring and again this fall.Nineteen-year-old, blond Helen O'Con-nell will be his vocalist.

Prof. SimpsonShows Magic

Football BanquetHeld For Juniors

'39 School Winners Get CupFrom President Compton

Last Night

A victory banquet for the championJunior Class football team was heldlast night at 6:30 P.M. in the GrillRoom of Walker Memorial. PresidentKarl F. Compton was in attendanceand presented a new cup to the inter-class football champions.

Names of all the players of thewinning team were engraved uponthe cup as will be done from now on.There is only room on the cup pre-sented last night for the names oftwo teams, so that a new cup willhave to be presented in two years.

Lt. Wray Given PresentWilliam K. Hooper, '41, in behalf

of the team, presented LieutenantStanley T. Wray, the Junior's coachwith a desk-pen set in recognition of

Honorary SocietyHolds Initiation

After 12 Mi~ile Hike

Scabbard & Blade Receives

Forty New Members AtCeremonies

More Than 150 Hear LectureiAt Meeting Of Chemical

Society

Disproving, in his own opinion, thelaws of -constancy of natural phe-nomena, the conservation of matter,and the laws of gravity, ProfessorStephen G. Simpson, of the Chemistrydepartment, gave a demonstration ofmagic before the Chemical Societyat a meeting last night in the East-man Lecture Hall. More than 150students were present, including adelegation of 30 or 40 from Radcliffe,Professor Simpson encountered adeluge of applause throughout theshow.

Other speakers were ProfessorErnest H. Huntress and ProfessorMiles H. Sherrill, also of the de-partment of Chemistry. Stratton PrizeCompetition was the subject of Pro-fessor Sherrill's talk while ProfessorHuntress spoke about student affilia-tion with the American ChemicalSociety.

. After being introduced by HenryRapoport, '40, president of the M.I.T.Chemical Society, Professor Simpsonimmediately disclaimed all renown asa prestidigitator. Going through theold procedure of rolling up thesleeves and showing empty hands, hesaid that it was silly to go throughthis old rigamarole, whereupon heproduced a handkerchief from thethin air.

Professor Simpson classed histricks under the headings of thechemistry of cellulose, organic chem-istry, bacteriology, clairvoyance, phy-sical chemistry, and the chemistryof irium. He performed tricks withropes, cards, rings, handkerchiefs, andother equipment. A -atalyst, whichProfessor Simpson carried around in

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Dramashop PlansCourtroom Scene

Realistic Trial, Includes JuryFrom Audience, Will Be

Part Of Play

Realisma will be the outstandingfeature of the Dramashop's annual fallproduction, "The Night of January16th", by Ayn Rand, to be presentedin Room 10-250 Friday and Saturdayevenings, December 8 and 9.

In order to preserve the courtroomatmosphere the Dramashop is chang-ing its policy of presenting its playson a stage, and is presenting thisyear's production in the lecture hall.A special set is being built to coverthe front wall and blackboard, andto provide the judge's bench, the writ-ness chair, and a, Jury box. The audi-ence will be part of the court byacting as spectators, and the wit-nesses are to sit among themn toincrease the effect. Twelve persons|from the audience will be chosen tol

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Harvard Film Society To Show 4lSilents"Taken In 'Twenties, Starring Early Actors

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Staff AssistantsMalcolm lang. Anderson. '429 Charles D. Alagdsick. '42Albert F. Clear. Jr.. '42 Jonathau 1. Noves. '42John L. Collins, '42 Fredlerick H. Olsen. '42Joln S. Ewing. '4-2 Philip, E. Phanleif. '42Peter 1r'. Hellige, '42 John J. Quinn. '42Harvey I. lrawn '42 Franlklin P. Seeley. '4'ERobert 1. Kraus. ' Franll J. Storm, '4!}F'rederick Iiunlreuther. '41 Maurice E. Taylor. '4'Carthrae AI. Latloon. '42 EdvarJl P. Thode. '42James L. McCl1ellan~n, Jr., '42 John Weingarten,' '42

Staff Photographer ........................... R lobert I;. Prince, '40)

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tions, any organization of the country iscapable of fulfilling the requirements ofgovernment.

Conversely, if the executives of a peopleare corrupt and wrongly motivated, thecountry will be unjustly and inefficiently)managed under whatever form of govern-ment it operates.

If such a theory of government is ac-cepted, the claims and counter claims ofdictator, king, or president may be dismissedas either the workings of a crafty and dis-honest mind, or the mistaken reasoning ofa sincere mind.

If such a theory is accepted, the lurid pro-tests of propaganda, whatever its source, be-come the nonsense that they are; and as un-believable as they should be.

The acceptance of such a theory is one ofthe primary steps to a rational civilizationand a peaceful world.

.VICIOUS CYCLEThe development of a human being whose

life will be governed by such motives that hewill in that life not only be of constructiveuse to civilization but will by the gracious-ness, kindliness, and positivity of his actionsbe a strength and support to those of hisneighbors less well founded-such is the aimof education.

The method by which this is to be accom-plished is the subject of much discussion.The production of such beings has been a-haphazard affair, dependent on circum-stances which are neither clearly seen norunderstood. Some men stand forth in his-tory because of the beauty and power oftheir character and their minds. How theycame to acquire such power and such beautyno one knows. They have arisenifrom allconditions of living and are found in allclasses of society. Lincoln is an outstandingexample which comes to mind. Most of usknow someone whom we respect for justsuch qualities) but few know more than oneor two or ever will.

Occasionally it would seem that the oc-currence of some great misfortune in a per-son's life produces in that person the requi-site strength of charity and tolerance. Sucha procedure is, however, rather too drasticfor universal adoption. It would seem thatthe principles of living which surround mostof us are such that only a great force canbreak thru them. Obviously a change inthose principles is necessary. That changecan come only through a slow growth in theprinciples which govern the life of the in-dividual. That brings us back to the prob-lem of education.

The requisite education is not a matter forschools or colleges. It is a matter which isgoverned by the evironment surroundingthe growth of the individual up to and in-cluding the years of schooling. The motiveswhich determine the actions of the adult arehard set by the time he reaches the age ofschooling; and, as above indicated, by thattime only an overwhelming shock can alterthem.

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tures from that period which hasi been termed the "classic era of the

silent film."Although the Society is a group hi

Harvard undergraduates, organizedi-for the purpose of bringing to the| University certain memorable films,the series about to be shown is opento other college students. A pamphletissued by the Society states that "itis necessary that those who intendto see them (the films) become asso-ciate members of the Film Societyfor the duration of the series. Thecost of this form of membership willbe $1.00 each for students of allschools and colleges."

Tickets Through A.S.U.

The Technology chapter of theAmerican Student Union is associatedwith the -presentation of the films.Institute students may become asso-ciate members by arrangements with

William Sussman, '40, one of its mem-

bers.

"Robin Hood" produced in 1922 and

starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wal-

|lace Berry will be -presented by the

!Society on December 13, at 69 DunsterStreet, Cambridge, where all of the

Ifilms will be shownl.|On January 10, a short history of

the, cartoon will be given, showring

its development from pre-film anima-

tion to Walt Disney. On this same

program is "Anna Christie" with

Greta Garbo and Marie Dressler.

Six Shows Scheduled

Then on various dates throughMtarch 14, will be shown successively

.i prog-rain of Georges Melies films;

" Poten]idn'5, Eisentein's wpell known

|Photot-raphlic classic; "The River";| '' etropulis", directed by Fritz Lan?-

Iill 1920;; and "I Am a Fugitive From

|a Chain Gang", with Paul Muni.

lEach one of the six programs is re-

!PIorted to be approximately twvo -hours|in lengthl. All presentations will start

at eight o'clock.

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the series of lectures wvill be conl-

tinuedl starting. February 13, 1940,

when the problems of post-marital

life wvill be discussed. The lecture

period today is to be the last in

Ithe fall series on ipre-marital subjects

Magoun Speaks at Cornell

Technology's marriage lecturers, it,

was also learned, spoke to the Senior

class at Cornell University last Fri-

day oil the same subject he used for

his first lecture here, "Problems in

.Selection". The Cornell -student news-

paper declared that this talky had,been included in the placement lec-

.tures program at that college, be-

,cause present day business recognizes

the fact that a happily married man

.is more adequate socially, more

stable emotionally and is a more re-sponsible person.

The last of the fall discussionperiods will be held tomorrow at

5 : 00 P.M., in Room 1-190. At thistime students will have the oppor-

S ttiity to question Professor Magoun! Oll any topic in the talk which is not

clear to them. The past three periods

have resulted in lively discussions

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Peter E. Gilmer, 41Raymond F. KIoch, '41

Martin Mlann,'41HIowa rd J. Samuels, '41

Business Associates

Clayton K:. Baer, '41Leslie Corsa, Jr., '41Harold E. Dato, '41

Today, however, there are in force two orthree diametrically opposed concepts of thestate, and in nearly equal force. Each isfirmly fixed not only in a militant belief thatit is the correct form of government, bu in the belief that all other forms of govern-ment are a threat to its own maintenance,and so must be done away with. Such astate of mind has undoubtedly been one ofthe major causes of the present conflicts inthe world.

Logically it would seem that any govern-ment would be suitable for any people if itwere controlled by the proper motives. Inthe limit, this means that a properly moti-vated civilization would require no govern-ment at all. Practically, it reduces to thef act that all this rant about good and badgovernments may be stated in terms of goodand bad governors. It is the men in thegovernments who make those governmentseffective or ineffective, just or unjust.

Perhaps -since the motives of men aresimilar the world over, in any language-theproblem is that of determining which formof government {guards best the interests ofthe governed against corruption of those inpower. This statement of the problem, how-ever, is falsified by history, which shows thatno form of government protects the peopleagainst corrupt administrators.

proper caliber, the f orm which that govern-ment of 'that people takes has no bearing onits power of doing good. Under such condi-

What must be done, therefore, is to socondition the early years of the individualthat he has no contact with pernicious prin-ciples. He must be so conditioned that hehas no thought of dishonesty, insincerity,intolerance, or weakness; and so that shouldhe in later life come in contact with suchprinciples, they will have no effect on him.

How this is to be done is the problem; itappears to defy solution, or at best to requirean extraordinarily slow and uncertain evolu-tion of our entire civilization. Such anevolution, however, depends on the evolu-tion of the individual, which in turn de-pends, as shown, upon the evolution of thecivlizlation.

The education of the adult, through schooland college, strikes at the problem fromabove; and upon our education of the adultdepends the quality of his children, to someextent. It is here that we must begin theinculcation of the principles of "sweetnessand light."

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Ducks As Prizes

At Thanksgiving

5015 Club Dance

Scientific Method DevisedFor The Distributfon

Of Canards

Several ducks Will be awarded at thesixth annual Thanksgiving Eve dance,

members of the 5:15 Club dance com.

mittee announced yesterday. Previ-

ously stated plans to award the winner

of the door prize a goose were changed

to allow more couples to win a Thanks.

giving meal-ticket.A "scientific" scheme has been de

vised to choose the winners of thebirds. Ducks will be numbered andplaced in a large circle in the center

of the dance floor; winners Will be

determined by the order in Which the

ducks leave the circle.

Seventh Annual DanceThe dance will be held in Main

Hall of Walker on Wednesday, Novem-ber 29. This Thanksgiving Eve dancehas been held by the 5:15 Club everyyear since the origin of the club in

1933. Mickey Gerard and his TwelveMen and a Girl will furnish the dancemusic for the affair which will lastfrom nine until two.

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his pockets was used whenever hewished to join two ropes or rub offknots where the ropes were tied. -

Professor Miles Sherrill, in speak-ing of the Stratton Prizes, said thatthe man who is best able to get overideas clearly will receive the maincredit for the ideas. He said that thosewhllo enter the competition will im-prove aIon- these lines. He explainedhow the Chemistry department wouldhelp their students in selecting topicsand preparing them.

Professor Huntress explained thatseveral years of outside training, inaddition to college training, are neces-sary for membe ship in the AmericanChemical Society. Junior members donot need industrial experience butmust have had college training, hemaintained. Undergraduates may be-come student affiliates of the Ameri-can Chemical Society and are notrequiled to pay full membership dues.Professor Huntress continued. He saidthat M.I.T. is one of the fourteenschools who had organized student

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MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Managing BoardGeneral Manager .................. ....... William S. Rather, '40REditor .. .... John G. Burr, Jr. '40Uanaging Editor .. A. I'hell· s A. Walker '40Business Manager .................. J. \illiam Blattenberger '40

Editorial Board

Robert Ki. Deutsch. '40 Wylie C. Kirkpatrick, '4Russell T. Werby, '40

Associate Board

Assistant Editors

IDEALS, NOT IDEOLOGIESRarely has history seen so many ideologi-

cally different governments simultaneouslyin force as are present in this world today.Up until this century the earth has seen butone form of government at a time dominant.Greece was a republic for a while, but itthen ruled the known vrorld; no other formof government was near enough for conflictto arise. The same was true of monarchicalRome. In the Middle Ages aristocracy wasthe only powerful government in Europe.From the Middle Ages up until the earlynineteenth century, most conflict was be-tween opposed monarchies.

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Cross Country TeamFinishes Fourteenth

In National ICAAAA

Tech BootersRouted 6 to I

Soccer Teams Ends Seaso'nWith Eight Loses*

One TieAfter leading the highly touted

Springfield eleven for most of the :ilrstquarter, the Tech soccer team waseventually snowed under by the lop-sided score of 6-1 last Friday afternoonon Briggs Field.

Entering the contest as underdogs,Beaver booters pulled a surprise byscoring a field goal before four minutesof the first quarter had elapsed. AlWui, stocky right wing, lofted a high,forty yard kick that dropped into thegoal for one of the most phenomenalscores of the year.

Springfield Ties

Springfield came back to tie thecount in the closing seconds of thefirst quarter and forged ahead a fewminutes later, in the second quarterwith a fluke goal that bounced high inthe air, from the arms of MacPhaul,Tech's goalie, and dropped down be-twveen the posts.

Ftrom then until the final gun it wasall Springfield with Grey, the right in-side, and Fetz, the goalie, playing out-standing soccer for the visitors.

Tech Loses Eight

The loss of this last contest of theyear marks the eighth setback that theBeavers llave suffered. The only high-light of this year's campaign was a1-1 tie with the American InternationalCollege eleven.

In the nine contests of this season,Tech's opponents have scored twenty-eight goals to the Beaver team's eight.Josefowitz was the leading scorer ofthe squad with two goals to htis credit,the other six being divided among sixother varsity booters.

The season was more successful thanthe record indicates, for more thanone game was decided in extra periods,and the majority were won in lastminute spurts by the opposing' teams.

Banquet for Team

A banquet sometime during the sec-ond week in December has beenplanned for the members of both var-sity and freshmen squads. At that timeletters, numerals, and the Varsity ClubAward will be given out to the variousplayers. The Varsity Club Award ispresented annually to that member ofthe varsity who in the opinion of hismates had the most team spirit andcooperation. Next year's captain willalso be elected during the evening.

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act as the jury, and will try the caseas an actual jury would.

No Curtains to be Used

No curtains will be used since thespectators would thus, unrealistically,be separated from the courtroom.Instead, special lighting effects willbe used to show the passage of time.

Tickets q~ ats $.50 piece will gon onsale today, and may be secured atthe T.C.A. office, the Dramashop of-fice in Room 2-176, or from any mem-ber of the Dramashop.

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Manhattan CapturesSecond Straight

VictoryCrosby Antd Gow Lead Tech

Men In New YorkFinaale

,roem Special Telegraph by Oscar Hedlund;aniti Assoc ialtetl Press I)ispatclhes

MI.I.T. finished fourteenth among theoutstanding c oss country teams of

the United States in the annual I.C.4A

Sleet held at Van Cortlandt Park,New Y ork yesterday afternoon.

Led by Captain Dan Crosby, 140,hllo was runnin, his last race for

Tech, the Institute harriers-Arthur

Gow, '42, Lester Gott, '41, Stanley

Backer, '41, Judson Rhode, '40, andEd Lemanski, '40, crossed the finishline in that order.

Leslie MacMitchell Is First

Leslie MacMitchell, N.Y.U.'s 19 year

old unbeaten sophomore, scored hisfirst varsity win with New England's

champion, Don Smith of Maine, fifth.J1ailhattan finished five men in the

fiiast 15 to take the team title for

thle second straight year. MichiganState was second and Penn. State

third. As The Tech went to presslast night no further details of thelrace could be obtained.

Tech's 1939 cross country seasonwhich promised in September to be

one of the best in years with ninestl long contenders-Crosby, Rhode,Iemanski, Backer, Gott, Turnock,

Wiallace. Gow, and Brady reporting

fur practice. turned out to be onlyaverlage. Only six of the original ninerenianed to run in the New Ehglandsand I.C.4A's.

Dinghies PlacedThird At Brown

Full Below High StandardsAs Princeton Wins;

WilLiams Second

Scoring a total of 111 points, M.I.T.w.as placed third in the Brown Invita-tion Intercollegiate dinghy regatta,

w-ll by Princeton on Sunday, Nov.

',tll, on the Seekonk River in Provi-ience, R. I.

In this regatta, which closes theo11icial racing season, Tech was repre

sented by two crews consisting of

Jeilome T. Coe, 42, with Peter G. Park,

'42, as crew, and Runyon Colie, '40,with Delevan Downer, 40, as crew.

Coe Disqualified

This team did very well to placethird behind Princeton with 128 points

and WNilliams College with 118 points.Tile teams should have done better had

it not been for an accident ochringill the second race when Coe fouled amark and was disqualified.

The event consisted of five races

over a one and three-quarter mile tri-angular course, three of which wereWoni by the home crews and the othertwvo by Harvard and Yale crews re-

slyectively.

Informal Races Held

During the past week-end there werealso many informal races held on theClarles. Th'ese were the Vose CupSeries, in which Coe was high scorer,held on Saturday; the Graduate Series,

"'ion by Herman Hanson, G. also onSaturday; and the Blue Division, heldOM Sunday and won jointly by RobertI\. Chappelle, '42, and Thomas T.Croxvley, '42.

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Cross Country BanquetWill Be Held Thursday

Invitations to the annual CrossCountry banquet which will beheld in the Faculty Dining Roomon the first Thanksgiving, tnisThursday, November 23, weremailed to team members yester-day.

Speakers for the dinner havenot, as yet, been announced.Tickets may be obtained at thetrack office in the Briggs FieldHouse by anyone interested in at-tending.

FRESHMEN

Wood Is WinnerOf Dorm Football

The formidable Wood Dormitoryfootball team has been scheduled toplay the Giaduate House team for the,Lormitory championship, after its vic-tory over the Holman-Nichols gridstersay a score of 14-6. This game broughtLhe Undergraduate Dormitory footballtournament to a close. The game be-zween Wood and the Graduate Housesvill be played next Sunday morningat 10:30 on Briggs Field.

The Wood team was sparked by theoood all-around playing of Bob F'ord,,42. His playing set up the first touch-down in the championship game whenAdolph Koslowski, '43, scored on along pass. Herb Klein, '41, was play-ing the best game for the Nichols-dolman combination and his pass re-sulted in their only touchdown. Mik~e.U~asnick, '42, made many gains onpasses for Wood. The Nichols-Holman'eam, who were favored to win thecrown, were hampered by the absenceof their star fullback, Bill Schnorr, '40.

Basketball Tou~rney to Begin

As the football tourney is nearingcompletion, a Dorm Basketball com-petition is scheduled to get underwaynext week. The teams participatinghave begun practice and the tourna-ment promises kieen competition.Games will be played on Tuesday andI'hursday evenings in the Hangar Gym-nasium. Plans have also been made,or Sunday morning games between9 and 12.

All teams participating in the baskiet-ball tournament will be furnished uni-forms, as the dormitories have avail-able nine sets of eight uniforms each.The members of the winning teamwill receive individual medals.

Twenty Sign Up for Handball

A round-robin handball tournamentis scheduled to begin soon, and so far,here have been twenty entries. Hand-ball equipment, available at theDormitory Office has been supplied by-he Dormitory Commnittee. The threehighest ranking players will beawarded charms. Those interested inthe handball tournament should con-tact Joseph Blackman, '40, who is incharge of the tournament.

Four Teams Compete inBeaver Key Round Robin

The 1940 championship of the

Beaver Key football tournament will

be decided this year by a round robin

to be played during the week-ends,

Nov. 23-25, Dec. 1-3, and Dec. 8-10, by

the four top teams.

During the three week-ends each of

the four teams will play a game against

each of the other three, making a total

of six games in all. The four teams

are those representing the Phi Mu

Delta, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Chiand Chi Phi fraternities.

Initiation(Continued from Page 1)

F. Sargent, Luke S. Hayden, Paul W.

Witherell, John B. Titherington, Ralph

T. Millet, William T. Green, John M.

McKee, Stanley C. Skeiber, Francis J.Crimmins.

The Juniors initiated were Frank J.Storm, Walter P. Keith, Joseph H.Meyers, Howard A. Morrison, RobertJ. Meier, Ralph M. Hurt, John F.Sexton, Dirk Van Dongen, Thomas N.Pook, Nathaniel McL. Sage, Jr., Rob-ert Wallace Blake, Robert WilsonBlake, James S. Thornton, Conrad N.

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I T.C.A. Will Turn OverD IDrive Pledges To Bursar!

Over $1,380 worth of drive pledgeswill be turned over to the Bursar's offlce

today, the T.C.A. announced. It will

be necessary for the T.C.A. to borrow

money in anticipation of the redemp-

tion of the pledges at the end of the

year.

A meeting of the cabinet has been

scheduled for Wednesday, November22, at 5:00 P.M. Changes in the budget

necessitated by the failure of the drive

to meet the $4,250 goal will be dis-

cussed. Every possible economy will

be made, according to Albert H.Bowker. '41.

Fifty tickets for the Harvard-Yale

football game on Saturday, November

n124, are now on sale at the T.C.A. offce

at $3.85. Seats are located in section22.

Chemical Society(Continued from Page 2)

affiliate chapters in the last year,bringing the total number up to flfty-one.

Rapoport also announced a plant

trip to the Colonial Beacon Oil Com-

pany this Friday in Everett. Thesociety will visit the testing and

analytical labs. Members will meetin the Eastman Lobby at 1:30 P.M.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21

Magoun Marriage Lecture-Room 10-250.

Freshman Council Meeting-East Lounge.

Debating Society Ileeting-W\est Lounge.

A.I.E.E. Meeting-West Lounge.

Faculty Drama Club Dinner-North Hall.

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Luncheon-Silver Poom.

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A.S.I. Membership Drive Begins.

5:45 P.-M. Graduate House Reception and Dinner-Graduate House

6:1 P. i. A.E.S. Movies. Room 6-120.

8:00 P.M. A.I.E.E. Smoker-Faculty Room.

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