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QUIET MOMENT AT THE TECH-VOO DOO BRAWL

V-12 SINGER

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Foaming brew spills as umpires narrowly escape lynching after a deci-sion. (Note pitcher of schnapps at left center.)

I.F.C. Elections T. E. N. Holds

LEAVING TO GIVE THEIR BLOOD

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Solons Fill VaeantCommittee Posts

Hildebrand, Thorkilsen,Murray Get Positions.

Robert B. Hildebrand, 6-45, andGilbert Y. Murray were appointedto the Student Faculty Committeeby Executive Council of the Insti-tute Committee and their appoint-ments approved at the meeting ofthe Committee held yesterday after-noon at 5:00 P. M. in LitchfieldLounge. The election of thesemen was made necessary by thedeparture of two Student-FacultyCommittee members to the armedservices. The Executive Councilalso appointed Harold Thorkilsen,6-45, as Junior Member of the seniorWeek Committee.

Karnig A. Berberian, 1044, thengave a report on the activities ofthe combined Musical Clubs ofwhich he is president. He men-tioned that the Techtonians andthe Concert Orchestra have beendiscontinued temporarily, leavingthe Glee Club as the only remainingMusical Organization outside of theNavy's Orchestra and Band.

Robert L. Hunter, 10-44, and PeterL. Quattrochi, 10-44, were absent.Bruce K. Lamberton, 10-44, HillmanDickinson, 2-46, and King Caycewere present by proxy.

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LEowell Instituter Graduation HeldLast WednesdayThe fortieth graduation exercises

of the Lowell Institute School,which is conducted under theauspices of the Institute, were heldin Huntington Hall, Wednesday eve-ning, May 24.

The commencement address wasgiven by Professor George E. Russell,professor emeritus of the Depart-ment of Civil Engineering, who hasalso long been a member of theinstructing staff of the Lowell Insti-tute School. In the absence of Dr.Karl T. Conpton, the official greet-ings of the Institute to the LowellSchool graduatesswere given by Dr.Robert S;. Williams, Deputy Deanof Engineering and head of theDepartment of Metallurgy.

Diplomas and certificates werepresented by Mr. Ralph LowelI, soletrustee of the Lowell Institute. Thegraduating class included 50 candi-dates for the regular two-year cer-tificate in the mechanical and -elec-trical courses, and approximately 83candidates for certificates in thesupplementary or advanced coursesin these fields.

The graduation was the first inwhich Professor Charles F. Park,director of the school since its estab-lishment in 1t903, did not preside.In the absence of Professor Parkbecause of ill health, ProfessorArthur L. Townsend, acting directorof the Lowell Institute School,presided.

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The Tech BeatsVoo Doo 9-8In Softball (?)

Phos' Flunkies DownedIn Game HighlightedBy Poor Ballplaying

In a game highlighted by anabundance of the amber brew anda lack of ball-playing ability on thepart of the Voo Doo forces, TheTech's softba'l team downed theirWalker rivals by a 9-8 score lastSaturday at Amory Field in Brook-line. Led by ace pitcher Dvorak,The Tech would have triumphedby a much tarter score had it notbeen for the fact that Voo Doowas somehow allowed to play with-out Ray Vlilding-White.

The Tech won the opening tossand chose to bat last, whereuponVoo Doo went down promptly 1-2-3.Then the beer arrived. For a mo-ment it appeared that the gamewould end then and there, but afteran intermission of some ten min-utes, umpires (?) Cayce and Hullstarted things ro'ling again on theball field.

The Tech Gains Lead

The Tech's mighty sluggers, aidedby a walk and several errors on thepart of Phos' wobbly infield, imme-diately went out ahead by threeruns. Unhampered by decisions onthe part of the arbiters such as theone that allowed a Voo Doo batterto go to first on being hit by apitched ball, The Tech piled upmore runs, until, at the end of thefourth, the score stood 6-2 in theirfavor.

Then something happened. Inthe top of the fifth, Voo Doo loadedthe bases with none out on a pairof passes and an infield error. Adouble then cleaned the bases, andfor a time it looked rather bad forThe Tech, f or Voo Doo somehowforged ahead to a 7-6 lead! Umpire(Cayce came out with a pitcher ofliquid refreshment and proceeded to"refuel" The Tech's stellar infieldof Leslie, Koerner, Segal, andGruber, whereupon the boys settleddown and promptly retired the side.

Voo Doo's period of glory was,however, short lived, for The Techpromptly went ahead to an 8-7.ead. Voo Doo came back in thetop of the sixth to tie it up, but,with none out in the last of thesixth, the winning run came overthe plate for The Tech.

Umpires in Pond

After the victory was clinched,the inevitable happened. Angeredby the myriad poor decisions on the

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I.O.C.AX. To V~isitWest Gloucester

Reach Trip GOianaed:Will Go To Wiingaersheek

The location of the I.O.C.A. beachtrip has been changed from IpswichBeach to Wingaersheek Beach,which is near West Gloucester. Thischange was necessitated by the con-Fusion the train schedules to Ip-iwich would cause. The group going'vill assemble in North Station atLbout 10:00 A.M., Sunday, May 28,tnd from there proceed to West1loucester by train and cycle theix miles from the station to theeach on bicycles they will takelong on the train for the purpose.Saturday evening, June 3, there

'ill be an I.O.C.A. Square Dance atlemorial Hall, Harvard Square.his will be the last dance of therrm for Technology. It will begin; 7:30 P.,M. With half an hour's in-ruction in square dancing. At00, regular square dancing willimmence and last until midnight.-e next day, Sunday, there will

a rock climbing expedition intoe Blue Hil1s.

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Featured VocalistsWill Be Don D'ArcyAnd Dorothy Claire

Boyd Raeburn and his orchestra,featuring Dorothy Claire and Don

D'Arcy, have been chosen to playat the V-112 "Anniversary Ball" onFriday, June 9. The dance will beheld in the Imperial Ballroom of

the -Hotel Statler.

Raeburn is not a newly madeband leader. After being a favor-

ite in the Middle West, he reorgan-ized his orchestra, changing to his

present unique, danceable style.

Among those engaged as members

of his band were several who hadplayed under such famous leaders

as Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey,and Sonny Dunham, as well asothers.

When fully organized, Raeburn

brought this band east to play in

New York City at the Hotel Lin-coln in the Blue Room and then at

the Hotel Commodore. His com-bination of arrangements and

tunes and his talented musicians

soon brought him to success.

Now he comes to play for theTechnology V-12 Unit on their first

anniversary. He is bringing with

him his two vocalists, DorothyClaire and Don D'Arcy. DorothyClaire is probably one of the pret-

tiest of the nation's; vocalists, being

a five foot three blonde. H~er twosist~ers, Delby and Betty, are alsosinging with the band.

The chaperone list, although

only partially completed, is to in-

clude Mrs. Karl T. Compton, Lie-

tenant and Mrs. F. Curtis Canfield,

and Lieutenant and Mrs. ClaudeFaucett.

25Announce AppointmentOf Managing Board

The twenty-fifth anniversary ofthe founding of the Tech Engineer-ing News was cominemorated at abanquet held last Monday eveningat the Hotel Statler. The new man-aging board was announced byJohn L. Hull, i0-44, President of theInstitute Committee, in the absenceOf Robert M. Gould, 6-45, formerGeneral Manager, who has enteredthe service. Carroll W. Boyce,10-44, is the new General Manager;Curt B. Beck, 6-45, Editor-in-Chief;H erbert R. Kaewert, 2-46, Business|Manager; and John S. Howkins, Jr.,6-45, Managing Editor.

Boyce then presented keys to theManaging Board and dedicated theanniversary issue of the Tech En-gineering News to Doctor Karl T.Comptton, President of the Insti-tute, who accepted the first copyof the anniversary issue and gave ashort talk in which he stressed theneed for technically trained men,who have writing ability in thearmed forces and in various gov-ernment agencies.

The guest speaker. for the eve-ning, Arthur W. Norton, a formerBusiness. Manager of Voo Doo whois now General Manager of theChristian Science Publishing So-ciety and Publisher of the ChristianScience Monitor, spoke on the gen-eral subject of the social obliga-

i tions of the press. Others presentat the banquet were Dean aroIldE. Lobdell; James R. Killian, Vice-President of the Institute, and Pro-|fesor Frederick G. Fassett', Jr., of|the. English department.

Dorothy Claire, featured songstresswith Boyd Raeburn's orchestra,which will play at V-12 Ball, June 9.

Assembled at the Building 7 entrance prior to leaving for the Blood DonorCenter Wednesday morning are, left to right: First row, Harvey Coul-ombe; Wallace M. Ross, General Secretary of the T.C.A. and Chairman ofthe Blood Donor Committee; Wolcott A. Hokanson, Assistant Bursar;Delnert L. Rhind, Bursar; James R. Killian, Executive Vice-President;and Albert W. Bridges, Manager of the Walker Dining Service. Secondrow, John P. Lucas; Wallace L. Hancock; R. Samuel Hudson; Robert M.Kimball, Assistant Director of Admissions, Donald P. Severance, AssistantRegistrar; John W. Scarr; Norman. T. Harrison; and William H. Carlisle,

Jr., Assistant Manager of the Walker Dining Service.

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Boyd Raeburns OrchestraWill Play For The V.12Anniversary Balls Jne 9

;Held Last NightConferenlce Discusses

|Plans for Rush WeekL|Pending approval of the Institulte

,|Committee, Carroll W. Boyce, 10-44,-|was elected chairman of the Inter-|fraternity Conference last night atLa dinner meeting- he'd at the Smith'|House. Previous to his election the

,|former dance chairman resigned

|his seat on the Intstitute Committee,>|which he held as representative

of the T.E.N. IThe election was nec-

|essitated by the departure- of Peter

lL. Quattrochi, 10-44.

|Alexander E. Halberstadt, 2-46,L|was elected secretary of the Con-11ference. If appro'ved by the Insti-

T|tute Committee, he will replacelHugh Taft, 10-44.

¢ A constr uctive suggestion- for)IRush Week was, discussed, namely|the establishment of a clearino,house at the Dorms for the enter-|ing Freshmen anld an information

}center. An investigating commit-||Ltee of the following was-appointed:|Halberstadt, chairman, Robert F.

|Hoffman, 2-46, and William Richard|IShields, 2-46.

iBowling Alleys 'Almnost Completed

|The Walker Memorial Bowling,|Alleys will open within a week or||ten days according to Ed Pung, in}charge of their construction. After}fire destroyed four out of six alleys {some three months ago, it took I|some time to acquire the materials||and carpenters to rebuild them.|{Now, finally, the alleys are almost {completed.

Several new features have been||added to the bowling alleys. It will||now be possible to bowl regular ten|1pins besides candle pins a change|which has long been asked for. New reflectors have also been installed.{

Mr. Pung stressed the urgent|need for pinlboys which has existed|for a long time. He also stated that there are still no benffieslbehind the alleys for spectators.

Math Club Meets-Wed.|For Talk By Warrenl Loud;

At the last Mathematics Clubsmeeting Prof. Raphael Salem pre-sented a very interesting talk on "La~me" Sequences. Their next meet- c ing, which promises to be very in- terestin-, will Ibe held on Wednes-:day, May 31, at 4:00 P.M. in Room,2-170. Warren S. Loud will speakon "Frivolous Fallacies With Fig-:ures; " refreshments will be pro- vided.

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at Wooster College, Wooster, Oh-oWang attended the meeting as boti.an M.I.T. delegate and a foreigrstudent. Many nations were represented, all with the slogan "Students and the Pioneering Church.'

Worship was the most importan-part of the conference: black, ye]low, and white people humblesthemselves under the same roofAnother part stressed was Chrisstian vocations, not in the sens,that all are encouraged to Ibecommissionaries, but that every Chriqtian must practice Christian .prirciples in his own vocation. ReprEsentatives left the conference wit]a new realization of the resprons.bilities of students under the inpact of the world-wide conflict.

Inimary ListAt the Homberg Infirmary la.,

night were:.Ned C. Rice, Jr., 6-45Joseph G. Jordan, Jr., 2-46

J. Maoskey

No. 19Vol. LXIVbut I soon discovered that I was apretty good runner, for I was lick-ing plenty of kids in the informalmeets we had on the Brookline play-ground. This surprised me morethan anybody else; but I got agreat kick out of it.

Managing Board

General Manager ....................... George R. Dvorak,Editor ........................... ....... ... ... T. Nicolas Berlage, Jr.,Business Manager ..................... Herbert A. Frankel,Managing Editor ..................... Harmon A. Poole, Jr.,

Editorial BoardCoirtlandt F. Ames, 10-44 R. Bruce F'skbens, 10-44 Herbert F. Knape, 6-44Carroll WV. Boyce. 10-44 W~ilsonl N. Gilliat, 6-44 GSilb~ert Ki. Iirulee, 10-44King Cayce 10 44: J ohn L. Hull, 10-44 Peter L. Quaittrochi, 10-4~G orb B deftoetth, 10-44 Robert L. Hunter, 10-41

-Associate Board

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A I First Race in Boston"When I was nineteen, an old

gentleman who was a veteran ob-server at the playground, suggestedto me that I run in some of theBoston meets. I hesitated for aIlittle while; but when he registeredI

Personnel Manager .................. ................... .......... H. James Rosenberg, 8-45Sports Editor ................................. Ralph R. Scherer, 6-45

Staff AssistantsDean Bedford. Jr.. 2-4 Arthur Schiff. 2-41 William L. Phelan, 2-46Arnold S. Judson. 2-46 Rlay E:. Homan. '2-46 H~enry, Koerner, 2-46William HI. Schield. Jr .......... 2-46 Stevell J. Miller. 2-46 N V111iam iF. Herberg, 2-46Alan R. Gruber. 2-46 Peter H. JT. Svit7. '-46 Robert G. Wilson, 2-46

ReportersWilliam C. Dowling, 2-46

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me as an amateur, I consented. Andmy first race off the playground wasin a Fourth of July handicap on theBoston Common." Austen Lake, ofthe late Boston Transcript describedthis incident. "The youth enteredthe handicap race, cutting an im-posing figure in a track uniformthat consisted of a suit of summerunderwear unadorned by the flamn-ing emblems that covered the chestsof the other competitors. GratefullyIhe accepted the forty-two yards ad-vantage that placed him in front ofthe pack, and he won that 440 inastonishing, good time and also wonthe next eight races he tried."

That was the beginning of thecareer of Oscar Hedlund, who wasto smash plenty of world recordsand see the world while he wasdoing it. He travelled over the coun-try, and went to Europe with 1912Olympic Team. Oscar's specialty[was the mile event, and in thejtyears between 1910 and 1915 he was

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OSCAR HEDLUND

"I was a pretty frail youngsteras a kid. In fact, I was so puny that{our f amily doctor ordered me to dosomethigingi the way of exercise,so I started to work in the BrooklineGym. That was in 1906." Oscar|Hedlund was talking, as he sat onthe small cement wall just outsidethe Briggs Field House. The trackcoach, who in his twenty-three yearsat Technology has become a greattradition, was on f amiliar ground.

|And he continued the story ofthose days that were still fresh inmind. "Well,'it took me a littletimne to get into the swing of things,

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A GOOD PRECEDENT VIEarlier this week The Tecet received f rom. the Chairman pi

of the Interfraternity Conference Dance Committee a completeITcopy of the financial statement for the recent formal dance at the Hotel Statler. This statement included a complete itemization of all expenses.T

In submitting this statement, the Dance Chairman ex- Rpressed a hope that his action wrould set a precedent f or otherGschool dance chairmen in the future. We agree with him that Cin the past dance funds have been mishandled to a greater or lesser extent, often benefiting dance committeemen, and that Tsome unbiased accounting of all dance funds would be in order.aSince the students pay for the dances, it is certainly their right Ito know that these funds are not being misused, especially inldances that lose money which must be made ulp from the under- cgraduate budget. A

Following the Dance Chairman's lead, and as a represen- tative of the student body, we submit the services of The Tech as an accounting agent on the assumption that the threat of fpossible publication of out-of-line items will strengthen any IPweakened will that a school dance committeeman may develop I'while handling the dance funds. We realize that the BudgetaCommittee has some measure of control in this matter; we offer cour services not as a substitute for their jurisdiction, but as can aid in seeing that the itemized expenditures are above board.I

In the past, the I.F7.C. Dance Chairman has read a summary tof his financial statement at a meeting of I.F.C., and has then iturned in the summary and the itemized expenditures to theTreasurer, who is himself a member of the Dance Committee.Any member curious as to just how the money has been spent must contact the Treasurer.

Under such supervision, misuse of funds would not be difficult. If, on the other hand, every dance chairman knewthat his report would be subjected to a cold, impartial examina-tion and perhaps published, we submit that he would be morecareful than have some in the past.

As far as the report on the last dance is concerned, we findleverything in order. We are satisfied, that the best interestsof the I.F.C., and of the student body, have been observed indisposing of the receipts from the ticket sales.

We hope that the precedent set by the chairman of thisyear's I.F.C. Dance Committee will be continued in the future.Too many people contribute money to the various dance com-mittees' "Income." We feel that their <'Expenditures" shouldnot be left unapproved.

A WORD TO THE WISEYesterday the student branch of the American Society of

Mechanical Engineers presented the last of a series of threelectures on jet propulsion. Over three hundred persons attendedeach one of these lectures. Some persons had been turned awayfrom the first, which filled up Eastman Hall, and the otherswere held in Huntington Hall. Interest has been so high thatthe A.S.M.E. is planning to publish a transcript of the lectures.

The enthusiasm with which they have been received by themembers of the Institute shows how popular lectures of thiskind are. It offers an idea which many of the other professionalsocieties and minor activities might take up. They have forsome time featured miscellaneous lectures at their meetings, -butthese have been for the most part of limited appeal, and onlyoccasionally has one been presented which drew much morethan the membership of the organization.

We congratulate the A.S.M.E. on arranging this interestingand informative series; we hope to set. many other such seriesin the future.

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Long range battering rams, these bi-, mobile gtnsbombard enemy positions, laying down a creepingbarrage in advance of our infantry and tank attacks.

Gun crews keep in close touch by telephone with"fire control." Oxver quickly laid networks of wiresthe battery command -coordinates these heavyartillery units, effectively focusing their combinedfire power.

Peacetime telephones doing a wartime jobIThat's also the main assignment now of Bell Tele-phone Laboratories' scientists -for this country,with the world'as best telephone service in peace,can give no less to its fighting forces in war.

War calls keep Long Distance lines busy* e. That's why your call may be delayed.

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Tech Tennis Tournament;Entries Sign-Up Now

Coach Jack Summers hasannounced that there will bea tennis tournament for the

M.I.T. championship in thenear future. All those inter-

ested may sign up to play onthe sign-up board in the lobbyof Building 10.

This tennis tournament is

held every year in the Springand early summer. The WalkerMemorial courts will be in ex-

cellent condition for the games.

This is a good chance for allTech men to compete in aschool athletic activity andshow what they can do. Thetournament has been very suc-cessful in previous years andhas discovered some excellent

players.

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Tech TrackmnenTrounce W. P. IsLast Wednesday

Whipple Kick In2-Mile Big Thrill;Inter-Class Tomorrow

Bob Whipple stole the show last

Wednesday afternoon out on BriggsField as the Beavers soundlytrounced Worcester Poly, 81 1/3 to44 2/3. He didn't win anything.As a matter of fact, he only placedthird in the two mile event.

The excitement came in the clos-

ing seconds of the race. As thefun went off for the last lap, theWhip was away and afar to therear, as Grant Umberger of Techwas striding to an easy victory.For the first half of the gun lapthe positions of the four runnersdid not change. Then in thestraightaway down towards thefield house, the kick finally camefrom Whippie, he surged up intosecond place so fast that it almostseemed as if the whole'field juststopped running.

Falters at EndThe fifteen yards from the tape

lie faltered, ran neck and neck withW.P.L.'s Brooks, and then gave wayto him in the last second.. id cross country man Whilpplu

after his first try at the two mnile,`You can have it."

BUil Casey doub'-ed with a 10.3in the 100 and 22.9 in the 220.Captain Bud Bryant coasted to aneasy win in the half at 2:04, as com.-pared to the 1:55.4 he ran down inPhiladelphia last week in the IC4Afor a fifth place. Le'w McKee, DickPoorman, Dave Bailey won theirI espective events, but the Beaversf ell down in the field events, asWRLPI took three firsts, t-hree sec-onds, and two thirds for their big-,-est block of points.

Tomorrow afternoon the SpringInter-class meet will be held on thefield. "The spirit's running highfor this meet," says Oscar, "and weexpect a big turnout." Five placesw-ill be counted for each eventtoward the competitors' respectiveclass.

The boxseore follows:

At Beiggs Field, Cambridge120-yard high hurdle-won by Mc-

Kee (M); second, Neher (W); third,W~hite (W). Time-16.2 seconds.100-yard dash-won by Casey (M);second, Hollister (M); third, Wehrle(W). Time-10.3 seconds.

220-yard dash won by Casey (M);,second, Wehrle (W); third, Baileyl M ). Time-22.9 seconds.

Mile won by Poorman (M); sec-ond, Chase (W); third, WangbergAM). Time-4:42.5.

440-yard run-won by Bailey (M);second, Goldie (M); tie for third be-tween Chapman (M) and Wellen-camp (M). Time 52.7 seconds.

880-yard run-won by BryantlM); second, Stuart (M); third,Chase (W). Time 2:04.

Two mile-won by Umberger (M);second, Brooks (W); third, Vlhipple(M). Time 10:45.

Jave in-won by Norige (W); sec-ond, Upton (M); third, Bagnaski(W). Distance-168 feet./ inch.

220-yard low hurdle-won byWhite (W); second, McKee (M);t1hird, Neher (W). Time-26 sec-onds.

Discus-won by Dickinson (W);second, Norige (W); third, Hayward(Ws) . D~istance-118 feet 43/4 inches.

Pole vault-tie for first betweenWright (M) and Fletcher (M); tiefor third among Adamts (W), Bolk-able (W) and Hildebrand (M).Height-11 feet.

Shotput-won by Norige (W); sec-onds Napzelecich (W); third, Roy(bM). Distance 42 feet 33/4 inches.

High jumpwon by HumPihreys(M); tie for second between Pass-

|field (M) and Bagensk (W). Height-5 f eet 9 inches.

Broad jump-won by Crowell (M);second, Adams (W); third, Schultze(M. Distance-21 feet 111/4 inches.

.Doubles Fall To Tech;As Individual StarsSweep Matches By 4-2

The M.I.T. Tennis Team garnered

their fourth straight victory with-out a loss, as they downed thestrong Exeter Tennis Team by a 6-3count. The matches, played lastSaturday at Exeter, saw the Tech-men sweep four out of six singlesmatches, and then finish withtwo out of three in the doubles.It was the first time in years. thatthe Exeter Tennis Team has beendefeated by the M.I.T. Beavers,and it was also the first time inyears that the doubles have beenswept from Exeter so decisively.The M.I.T. Tennis Teamn looks to beheaded for their best season inmany a year, as this last of thefour victories they have compiledwas over one of the strongest teamsin the East.

Tech Takes Four Out of Six Singles

M.I.T. 'opened the meet withChun in the number one spot, andlost that first match to the Inter-scholastic Champion Shively. Fromthere on, the meet was all M.I.T.'s,as Noriega, Hewson, Mayer andSchaefer followed with victoriesthat just about sewed up the matchfor Tech. With victory almost intheir grasp, the Beavers slipped inthe next two matches, one the num-ber six singles and the first doubles,but then came back to sweep thenext two doubles matches, andbrought the victory home to Cam-bridge. Mayer and Schaefer, in thesecond doubles, played very goodtennis for M.I.T., as they carried

,the fifth point for the team. Hugusand Hewson followed wth a victoryin the last match.

Tomorrow the M.I.T. TennisTeam will play a return engage-ment with the Worcester Polytech-nic Team, whom they defeated ear-lier in the season. The score of thatmatch, played on May 13th atHarvard,, went to Tech by the closemargin of one point, as the totalsread 4 to 3. M.I.T. should be ableto take this next match, and con-tinue their unbroken win streak.

BAKE Track MeetSunday M~orni~ng

The Beavey Key track meet, re-sumed after a three-year lapse, willtake place this Sunday, May 28,1-0:00 A. M., at Briggs Field. OscarHedlund will sbe on hand to super-vise the running of the meet.

The following events will lbe in-cluded: 1-00-yard dash, 880-yard 4-man relay, medley relay, high jump,

Last Meet in '41

The last Beaver Key track meetwas held in 1;941. The winner ofthat meet was Phi Gamma Delta,with Delta Upsilon taking a dis-tant second, followed by Phi KappaSigma.

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121 Pound

Winner: F. D. McCurdy, Co. 3.

128 Pound

Winner: S. D. Timmermaln,Co. 6.

136 Pound

Winner: R. Hershey, Co. 4.

145 Pound

Winner: E. P. Miklau, Co. 9.

155 Pound

Winner: A. H. Edward, Co. 10.165 Pound

Winner: A. -Fletcher, Co. 2.175 Pound

Winner: F. N. Brown, Co. 3.

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120 Pound

Winner: P. Armstrong, Co. 7.

128 P~ound

'Winner: J. C. Bennett, Co. 5.135 Pound

t Winner: R. Black, Co. 3.

145 PoundWinner: C. Wiseman, Co. 8.

155 Pound

Winner: H. Harpman, Co. 9.

165 Pound

Winner: D. Hixon, Co. 1.

175 PoundWinner: H. Ross, Co. 5.

185 Pound

sWinner: D. Rbussell, Co. 2.

Crew FinishesSecond In Race

Lose To Navy AgainIn Regatta At Cornel

Last Saturday, the Tech crewrepeated its performance of theprevious week by finishing secondto Navy in a two mile race on LakeCayuga. The Annapolis crew wonin the time of 10:43, and Techwas a length behind in 10:47. The-race was again between Navy andM.I.T., as both crews easily out-distanced Cornell and Columbia.

The water was calm and the dayperfect for racing. Navy took anearly lead, with Columrbia 'second,and Tech and Cornell behind. Atthe halfway mark M.I.T. had movedinto second, and Navy held itslongest lead of the race with openwater between the two boats. Witha half mile to go, Tech started itssprint and steadily closed the gap,but Navy had too much to be over-taken and emerged the winner.

Jayvee LosesThe jayvee crew did not do very

well this time as they finished lastamong the four boats. The crewrowed at too low a beat during thewhole race to compete with theother crews.

The regattas of the past twoweeks have proven Ithat Tech reallyhas a fine crew. True, many of usexpected them to win this weekafter their wonderful performanceat Annapolis, but it must be remem-bered that Navy has one of thefinest crews it has had in yearsand deserves anuch credit for theirrowing. The Annapolis squad isnow the informal intercollegiatechampion.

Race with Harvard, June 3Next week there is no race, but

on June 3, Tech will meet its oldrival Harvard, hoping to repeattheir recordibreaking performanceof last year. Tech Varsity Boating:

Bow, Clare; 2, Street; 3, HQoag-lund; 4, Russell; 5, Cook; 6, Kalb;7, ;Hield; stroke, Thorlkilsen; cox-swain, Grant.

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Spectators watching the races from Tech's sailing pavilion on MemorialDrive during the regatta which took place last Saturday and Sunday.

,Bright and Worrell were the Techskippers in these races.

.Next weekend Tech will race atCoast Guard in stars and dinghies,with no cup involved. On Saturdayit will be M.I.T. versus Coast Guard,and Harvard versus Yale. The fol-lowing day the winners of Satur-day's races will race against eachother and the losers will do like-wise.

May Sail at DartmouthThe spring sailing is now just

qbout at an end. However, some ofthe MacMillan cup eliminations maybe held here and Tech may meetDartmouth in a dual race at Dart-mouth.

Lacrosse TeamGoes To Stevens

The M.I.T. Lacrosse Team leavesfor Hoboken tonight, for their tiltwith Stevens Institute of--Tech-nology on Saturday. Stevens hasone of the strongest teams in theEast, but the Techmen, at fullstrength for the first time in sev-eral weeks, will go all out for vic-tory. After a two week lay-off, theteam is in good shape, and the menreturning after injuries, will bolsterthe team's strength. Rocky Meyer-hoff, who suffered a practice injuryseveral weeks ago, will return tothe defense, and Pete Wyckoff willbe back in there tossing goals andsparking the attack, after his in-jury in the Dartmouth game.

Coach Charlie Van Umberton,who has done a fine job this yearin building a team, has devised sev-eral new defense systems for theoccasion. The lacrossemen havebeen working on them every day,and it is hoped that the Stevens'attack will be stemmed.

With Wyckoff, Brayton, Meyer-hoff, Bronson, Meduski, and thewhole team- out to show that theymean business, it promises to be agood, hard Siame on Saturday.

M.I.T. placed third in the racesfor the Morss Trophy, held on theCharles last Saturday and Sunday.It was a close battle between CoastGuard, M.I.T. and Harvard, rightdown to the end with Coast Guardtaking top honors, and Harvardcoming in next. In losing the races,which are considered the most im-portant of the Spring series, Techhad to relinquish the large cupwhich they won last year.

Smith and Schwartz were theskippers in the Tech boats, theformer racing in the A division andthe latter in the B division. Smithdid very well, gaining several firsts.Daniel of the Coast Guard, whoraced in the B division set a re-markable record of eight firsts ineleven races.

Tech Loses at AnnapolisTwo weeks ago, Tech lost a dual

meet at Annapolis, but tied forsecond following Coast Guard in theSharpe Trophy races held at Brown.

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Received Doctorate In 1937

This was the beginning of Wood-

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nology. Each term he book tre-

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in 1917. Walter B. Brown, father ofthe present director of the BostonGarden and then chief of BostonUniversity athletics, called the re-tired miler into his office, and laidthis proposition in Oscar's lap. "Iwant you to organize track at B.U."Without a second's hesitation, Hed-lund emphatically said no. Whatdid he know about coaching track?But Brown convinced him to thinkthe whole thing over.

"The big question in my mind atthat time was this," Oscar says,"Can I teach these youngsters thesame fundamentals that I havelearned?" He gave himself a cau-tious yes, took the job for a year"on trial," and in a very few yearsdeveloped a champion team out atB.U.

Oscar Comes to TechHow did Oscar come to Tech?

Well. he was drafted from B.U."Doc" (Allen Winter) Ross, who wasconnected with B.U. and also secre-tary of the Advisory Council ofAthletics at Technology, called himup on the phone, "Oscar, I want tohave breakfast with you tomorrow."A little bit puzzled, Hedlund ac-cepted without any question. Andthen over the breakfast table thegenial Doctor let the B.U. coach inon a little secret, "Oscar, you'regoing to coach trach at Technologythis fall. Everything has been ar-ranged." That was all there was toit.

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)nent Placens HobokenI. WorcesterMeet Briggs Field

Fhe Tech-Voo Doo(Conltinlued front Page 1)

3art of the umpires, a horde of ball-players surrounded Cayce and Hulland proceeded to carry them to aaearby pond. into which they werevery unceremoniously heaved.Mleanwhile, Cort Ames was trying;o win a Machiavellian moral vic-tory for Voo Doo by stooping to theLowly act of "mi king" what wasLeft of the keE of beer. Even thisruse failed as an alert The Techball-player spotted the attemptedtheft and rushed to rescue thevalued prize.-

As the Bun set on Amory Field,two things were surely certain:Scheid and company are certainlycapable of drinking nothing morepowerful than diluted 7-LrP. andThe Tech stands unchallenged inits rightful place as the master ofWalker Memorial.

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i M.I.T. In 4 Yearsany, classes. By 1936, he wasawarded his Bachelor's degree, andin 1937, one year later, he receivedhis doctorate. In his second year,Woodward began research on thefemale sex hormone, a work whichearned him the Austen ResearchFellowship of $1000, the highestaward in the Department of Or-aanic Chemistry. He continued thiswork until he received his Ph. D.

Professors who have known himwell have stated that Woodwardwas excellent not only in chemicalsubjects, but in academic studiesas well. Because of his remarkablememory and reasoning powers,Woodward could get top grades inany subject. His friends on thefaculty have also stated that Wood-ward was definitely not a ",brown-bagger," but a very personableyoung man who was very popularwith everyone With whom he camein contact.

Assistant to Late Dr. Kohler

After his graduation from Tech-I nology, Dr. Woodward became an ;instructor at the University ofIllinois and then became privateassistant to the late Dr. Elmer P.Kohler who was head of the divi-sion of organic chemistry at Har-vard. In 1941, he was made instruc-tor in fields of organic chemicaltheory and organic chemical syn E

thesis at Harvard.In 1943, he was employed along

with Dr. Doering, also of Harvard,by the Polaroid Corporation to doresearch on quinine, and in less Ithan fourteen months, they hadthe solution to the problem of syn- .-thesizing quinine which had beena major difficulty since the early -l9th century. Since the supply ofnatural quinine has been cut offby the Japanese, this discovery willbe of inestimable value in winningthe war.

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would build deeper and then anoutflow would develop. I saw onetongue like a long sleeve 20 ft. highcrawling 211/min.. toward a buildingwhich it eventually consumed. Theashes from the volcano ranged from6 in. diameter at 10 miles to silt likesize at 50 miles. The abrasion ofthe feldspar, basalt porphyry washard on glass and cruel on any ma-chinery. At ten miles there wasabout a foot of ashes and at 50miles, 1/4 inch. All of the ash waseast of the crater. A professor ofgeology at M.I.T. would have given,anything to have been in my shoes.IWhat an uncontrollable mass ofenergy that was."

(Ed. note: The following eye-witnessaccount of the eruption of Mt.Vesuvius is an excerpt from a letterwritten by Paul S. Crandall, 42, tohis father, J. Stuart Crandall, '27.The letter was given to The Techby Dr. Warren J. Meed, head of theGeology department.)

"I am now permitted to say thatI was a witness to the 1944 eruptionof Mt. Vesuvius. In fact, at themoment of greatest lava flow I wasalmost at the top of the craterwhere the volcanic bombs wereflying and the old mountain roaredlike a trench mortar about twiceeach minute. The principal flowwas 2,00 ft. across 8 ft to 10 ft. deepand a center portion about 100 ft.wide flowed at 15 MPH down a50 degree slope. It was terrific. Theheat at 200 yards was like a hotfireplace at 10 ft. and yet you couldstand on the edge of the coolclinkers even though they movedabout 2 in. per min. The gassescontained mostly water, proven bycloud formation, and sulphur andarsenic or antimony sulfide de-posited as crystals on the ashes.

Shortly after I came down, thewhole inner cone blew off throwingdust to 20,000 ft. What a sight!

The lava flowed principally downone side in a deep groove meltedinto the old ropy formations. Theearth would quake very often butnot severely and one's imaginationwould make it seem greater. Thelava would freeze on the surfacemaking an insulated tube for itselfmuch like a termite tube and thisflow would branch out for 5 miles.In the valley the more viscose lava

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A few weeks ago, the chemicalI

world was astounded by the an-

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synthesizing quinine had been per-

fected by two young chemists, Dr.

Robert B. Woodward and Dr.

William E. Doering. Although the

announcement came as a surprise

to the general public, many Tech-

nology professors were not at all

astounded, for they had predicted

success for Dr. Woodward long

before he graduated from the

Institute.

Given Special Privileges

When Bob Woodward entered

M.I.T. at the age of 16 in 1933 from

Quincy High School, he appeared

no different from any other fresh-

man. Not long after his enroll-

ment, he requested permission from

the Department of Organic Chem-

i try to "fool around" in their labs.

His request was granted, and sub-

sequently, no one paid much atten-

tion to the lowly freshman who

|liked to putter around. When the

end of the term rolled around, he

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Junior subject, even though he had

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time with each one of them. They'rea great bunch of fellows; they workhard. They'll do anything I ask."

Regular Afternoon SessionsEvery afternoon now from three-

thirty to six-thirty the coach is outon the field. As each man comesout he has a little session, whichusually begins with the words,"Well, what is it today." He is re-ferring to the chart on the toolshed which gives explicit directionsto each man. "440" or "sprints" or'starts" are typical answers. Thenhe jokes for a minute, solves anyproblems on the guy's mind, andgoes on to another fellow. Oscarusually wears the same clothes re-gardless of the weather, an old blackcap, a plaid wool shirt, an army fieldjacket, and a pair of old pants.Last week, when the thermometerzoomed, he showed up only in a teeshirt without the plaid and jacket.

Oscar spends his mornings at aninsurance firm, plays a very goodgame of golf (his best is a 73), is agreat lover of nature, and religiouslykeeps a scrap-book of all trackevents since way back. Oscar livesin Newton.

Oscar has been here a long timenow, and he enjoys his hobby, forso he considers his track coaching,more every day. "I like to work withthese kids out here," he says, "Idon't care whether they happen tobe good athletes. I like to spend my

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Dr. Woodward, SyntReceived Ph. D. Froij

Oscar Hedlund(Contimlzted front Page 2)

tops in his field. He remembers witha big smile on his face how he rana 4:18 mile in Buffalo, N. Y. to a rec-ord that was disallowed because thetrack was twelve yards too long. Itwas good for a 4:17 mile.

Rivalry with Kiviat

Oscar's great competitor in thosedays was Kiviat. "'Kivie and I,"Oscar remembers, "were great rivalsin those days, running special racesup in Troy one night and someother place the next." And. thenthe coach goes on to relate how hebroke the anile record during theN.Y.A.C. Games in the old BostonGarden. That was one race Kiviedidn't enter. He sat it out in thepressbox, because he preferred amatch race and couldn't see his wayclear to entering a handicap field,but Oscar liked a field in front ofhim for then he ran his best race,as he was adept in passing otherrunners in fast time. That 1913 rec-ord was 4:18.8.

Eventually the time approachedto quit big time racing, and Oscardescribes the end, "I was determinedto quit at my peak. And in 1915L knew I was reaching that pointvery rapidly. In March of thatyear I entered a two-mile race inMechanics Hall on Huntington Ave.,and I won easily, breaking the NewEngland two-mile record. After therace, I walked downstairs to thedressing room and took off myshoes. I've never put them on since."

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