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Tabloid Edition of THETECH Appears Friday Eve

Following the custom of severalyears' standing, there will be noissue of THE TECH Friday morn-ing. Instead, the special eight-pageTabloid Edition featuring the JuniorProm will be distributed Fridayevening at the dance. This TabloidEdition will contain the full descrip-tion of Prom activities.

The next regular issue will appearon the stands Monday and willconsist of the special features fromthe Prom Edition as well as theregular News section.

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As "Mr. Smith," Eastman BaffledCurious in Benefactions to Institute

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UNEXPEC:TED ACTIS LAID TO HIS

"'MENTAL STATE"Leaves Noste At Bedside "To

My Friends"; Had JustFinished Will

FUNERAL IN ROCHESTER

President Karl T. Compton yesterdayissued the following announcement:

"The exercises of the Institute will besuspended on Thursday, March 17, after1 o'clock, out of respect to the late Mr.George Eastman, whose funeral is to beheld in Rochester on the afternoon of theabove date."

Leaving at his bedside a short noteaddressed simply "To my friends," GeorgeEastman, greatest single benefactor of theInstitute, shot and killed himself Mondaynoon. Mr. Eastman wvas alone at thetime, friends and attendants having leftthe roomi a few moments before at hisrequest.

In failing health for some time, WMr.Eastman had held a sick-room conferencethat morning at which several friends andofficials of the Eastman Company werepresent as witnesses to a new codicil inhis will. Shortly after they left, the fatalshot was heard. M~r. Eastmaln's personallphysician, Dr. Audley D. Stewart, an-nounced the suicide two hours later.

The note, written in his own hand-wvriting, merely said, "My work is done.Why wait?" N~o definite reason wasfound by his close associates to explainhis action, except that he had been in poorhealth for a number of years and that itwas apparently the result of a mentalstate rather than an)ything else. Thefinancial affairs of the company, accordingto reports from bankers who were familiar

,-with them, wvere in good condition. Theefuneral wvill be held in Rochester on

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sStatement by President ComptonsUnder the date of March 14, 1932,

.President Karl T. Compton issued thet following statement on the death oflMr. Eastman:

"Through the deatll of btr. GeorgeEastman the world has lost one of its

t greatest benefactors and most inspiring.citizens. On the basis of his own geniusand industry he built one of the great

fbusiness enterprises of the, world -a busi-ness whose fundamental purpose is to give

;instruction and pleasure to everyone. Thefinancial returns from this business he

,devoted not to himself, but to the advance-,ment of art and knowledge, with par-.ticular reference to the advancement ofhuman Mwelfare. Through all his great

Eactivity and success lie found his greatest.interest in quiet, unostentatious sers ice to1his fellow men.E"Tlle Massachusetts Institute of Tech-

;nology- owes to Mr. Eastman not only thegreatest portion of its present materialresources, but also reinforcement of its

Lpurpose to be of service. First as thel"Mysterious Mir. Smith" and later as itsrecognized benefactor, this Institutionhas honored Mr. Eastman andl has beenone of the instruments through which heserved his fellow men. The Corporation,Alumni, Faculty, and students all mournthe passing of a great benefactor and agreat man."

Son of George W. and _Alarifa E. East-man, the late Mlr. George Eastman wasborn in WVaterville, N. Y., on Jrly 12,1SS. His father died shortly after thefamily moved to Rochester, leaving littleor no money and a son eight years old,Educated in the public schools Which heleft at the a-e of fourteen for a three-dollar-a-week job in an insurance ofiee.

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I In Show of CadillacThose men joining on Thursday or be-

fore will have the benefit of a closed DinnerMeeting to be held Thursday night,

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Adam Stricker 'I6, of CadillacCompany, Gives Exhibition

At S. A. E. Meeting

-Motion pictures with sound, featur;i'gthe newest Cadillac "V16", will be thefeature of the meeting of the Society ofAutomotive Engineers to be held onThursday, March 17, at 4 o'clock, inRoom 10-250. These films are to besupplemented by the exhibition that after-noon of one of these cars, in Building 31.A representative of the Cadillac Company,Mr. Adam K. Stricker, Jr. '16, who hasruade these exhibitions possible, will beglad to answer questions after the showingof the film. All members of the Facultyand student body are invited to attend.

In order to provide more convenientfacilities for those students who are inter-

it ested in joining the S. A. E., a represen-tative will be stationed at the deskOPPosite the Information Ofice fromE11 to hi o'clock. Copies of the S. A. E.|,Journal will be on display. It is the pur-pose of the S. A. E. to keep the Faculty,and students of Technology constantly intouch with the latest developments in theautomotive field. Join the S. A. E., get, ,the Journal, and learn all about the tear-

;drop car, the technique of high-speeddriving, and the latest diesel engines.

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A gift to Massachusetts Institute of Technology from the Corpora-tionn, this portrait of the late George Eastman, Technology's greatestbenefactor, was painted by the distinguished artist, Sir Philip de Laszlo.

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President's Secretary, Who Kept'The Secret, Tells Of His

Generosity

"I am often asked a recipe for keepinga secret. It is, afterall,very- simple. Tellit to no nan and to few wvomen," wrotePresident Maclaurin of the "Smith"story, in 1920. In 1912 George Eastmangave 82,500,000 to the Institute anony-mously. 'When Dr. -Maclaurin informedthe Executive Committee of the gift, thelargest in the history of Technology, hestated that the donor's Lame witS "Smith,',just "Smith." Immediately a "tessingcontest" started which ran the rounds ofthe newspapers of the country. At Tech-nology three persons knew the identity of"Mr. Smith." They were Dr. .Maclaurin'ssecretary, Miss M. R. Miller, and his vife,Mrs. Maclaurin.

Miss Miller, now Dr. Compton's secretary, knew who "M·Ir. Smith" svas fromthe first. She saw the first letter fromMr. Eastman to President Maclaurin. Al-though she was never asked directly about"Mr. Smith," Miss Miller found it neces-sary to be constantly on guard lest aninadvertant statement give away hisidentity. At one time, Miss h\liller relates,Dr. Maclaurin almost mentioned Fir.Eastman's name in speaking of the gift.In statements to Miss Miller or to Mrs.Mlaclaurin, in all documents and reports,it was always "Mr. Smith" or the "mys-terious Mr. Smith," with a smile and atwinkle of the eye, perhaps.

Visited Buildings in SecrecyTIlr. Eastman had never visited the

Institute before he made his gift, but whenthe new buildings on the Charles River,made possible byn his donation, were com-pleted, he made a quiet visit to PresidentMaclaurin. He "sneaked" into the Presi-dent's office one afternoon in 1916, said

Miss Miller, and together the two mensurveyed the new buildings. When MlissMiller again met .NIr. Eastman some yearslater, after the identity of '"Mr. Smith"had already been revealed, he told her thathe too had a secretary who could keep asecret.

Nine persons knew the identity of "Mr.Smith" during the eight years thatMr. Eastran had his name withheld.They were Dr. and hlrs. MIaclaurin, MissMiller, Benjamin Strong, Jr., Govemnor ofthe Federal Reserve Bank; Seward Pross-ler, of the Bankers' Trust Company;Frank W. Lovejoy, Mr. Eastman's Gen-eral Manager; 'Mrs. George Dickman, thewidow of one of his associates; Miss AliceR. Whitney, his secretary; and "hlr.Smith." They all kept the secret and en-joyed the guessing game. At the time ofthe dedication of our new buildings," Dr.Maclaurin reported, "suspicion centeredon two New York millionaires, each ofwhom strongly suspected the other. It issaid that they dined together to have itout, but separated without having dis-covered any secrets and with enlargedrespect for the bluffing power of eachother. As a matter of fact, neither was"Mlr. Smith." In another center a man,not "Mvr. Smith," claimed to be he, andin still another a woman made it knownto her friends that she was certain that"Mlr. Smith" was her husband, althoughhere she was in error." "I have seen someof the clippings from the Boston paperscontaining accounts of the attempts tolocate the donor and have found themvery amusing," wrote Mlr. Eastman toDr. Alaclaurin in 1918.

Secrecy Causes ComplicationsAn amusing incident resulted from the

secrecy in 1916. Dr. Mlaclaurin sent XirEastman a hasty note, "I have just heard

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March 17, at 6.30 o'clock, in North Hall.This meeting will feature a talk on "Auto-matic Clutches and Free Wheeling," byMr. F. H. Wells of the Bragg-KliesrathCorporation. In addition, a motionpicture will be shown. This meeting, al-though sponsored by the New EnglandBranch of the S. A. E., will be open to allstudent members as well.

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HUMANICS CLASSESWILL SEE FILMS OFREFLEX RESEARCHES

Work of Dr. Pavlov, Nobel PrizeWinner and Psychologist

To Be Shown

USES DOG AS A SUBJECT

In connection with the Course inHumanics, moving pictures of Dr. IvanP. Pavlov's famous experiments in con-ditioned reflexes were shown yesterdayafternoon. These pictures will be shownagain today at 1 o'clock in Room .5-330.

Illustrating the work done lay Dr. Pav-lov, Nobel Prize winner and Director ofthe Physiological Laboratories in theRussian Academy of Science, the filmsshow what has been done in psychology,especially as regards the cause of con-ditioned reflexes.

Experiments on DogsFor example, Dr. Pavlov has subjected

a dog to an electrical shock, alwaysaccompanying the shock with the beat ofa metronome. In time the two experi-ences became so inseparably associated inthe dog's mind that the sound of themetronome alone %vas sufficient to produceall the signs of electrical shock such asbristling of the hair and fear in general.

Dr. Pavlov has attempted to explainthe behaviour of frogs, monkeys, andchildren by experiments. These, togetherwith effects caused by removing variouscerebral centers of a dog's brain, are alsoshownl in the pictures.

The pictures are not restricted to thestudents of Humanics. All are invited toattend and see the illustrations of aremarkable series of experiments showinghow and why we react to different con-ditions.

CHESS CLUB ARRANGESGAMES FOR MEMBERS

In order to give all members of theInstitute Chess Club a chance to showtheir ability and to give all of them a fairchance for the team, a number of matchesbetween the members are being arranged.

A tentative list of the players has beenmade showing their relative strength asfar as has been determined. The matchesas arranged can be seen on a poster in thelobby of Walker.

In their last match with the Bay StateChess Club the team played them to adraw. Contrary to what was trie at thebe-inning of the year, it is now foundfairly easy to get enough men to show upat a match.

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IN FOR CANOPIESAND GOLD BRAID

Favors, Will Be Given To AllWho Attend; Floor Show

Follows Dinner

TEA DANCE SATURDAY

With a canopy across the sidewalk in.front of Walker Memorial, and at leastthree liveried footmen to open car doorsand the entrances to the building, theJunior Prom is to be a more elaborateaffair than previously hinted at in theCommittee's releases to the press. Dancinghas been scheduled to start a 10.30o'clock and the Committee has made therequest that those who are comning try toget there on time.

At 11.45 o'clock the Grand March xvillbegin. As the marchers start in their trekaround the hall, appropriate favors forboth the men and ladies present wvill bepassed out. This method of distributionof favors has been worked out by the Com-mittee as the best of the many possible.

Dinner at MidnightPromptly at mnidnight the dancers will

repair to the tables assigned to them. Lateenough to be called a supper, this imn-portant part of the evening's entertain-ment is officially designated a "dinner."When questioned about this point, a Com-mittee member stated that, although thehour does not warrant the name, therewill be enough food to make the revelersfeel they have eaten in dinner proportions.

Any changes in the final arrangementof the table seatings must be made beforeThursday. Lennox Lindsay '33 is incharge of such changes and avill see thosewho wish reassignments at his rooms inthe dormitories.

Beaver Key Tea DanlceAs previously announced in THE

TECH, the Beaver Key Society is spon-soring a Tea Dance Saturday afternoonfollowing the Prom. Those in charge haveobtained Sarmvy Liner, who played forthe recent ninety-eight-cent dance whichsthe dormitories held.

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l ~LOEVPS STATE"Sky Devils"

This week's attraction at the State is.another air thriller: Spencer Tracy, Wil-liam Boyd and Ann Dvorak in 'SkyDevils." As usual, the negligible plotconcerns the antics of American doughboysin France; razzing sergeants, going A.W.O.L., dodging M.P.'s, chasing Frenchgirls and meeting beautiful American ones,and so forth. In this case the heroes arein the Air Corps.

One of the cadets is such a poor flyerthat he performs almost impossiblestunts, such as flying through hangars,under wvires, and down village streets. Wedo not know who had the controls duringthe filming of these stunts, but he was asuperlative flyer. The picture is worthseeing for these too few aerial shots.Otherwise, it is much like the other suc-cessors of "The Big Parade."

Accompanying the feature is a new sreel of the fighting in China, taken on theactual front. We see Japanese soldiersadvancing and setting fire to dwellings,refugees fleeinlg, and as many of the accom-paniments of war as the cameraman couldcatch. A fen- more pictures like thismight bring home to the wvorld that thereis a real war going on over there. Theother attraction, "Piscatorial Pleasure,"was good, for those that like that sort ofthing. C. W. S.

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MANAGING BOARDJ.G. Hayes '33 .. . . ... .. General ManagerB.H. Whitton '33 .............. Editor

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ASSOCIATE BOARDC. S. Dadakis '34 ............ News EditorW. L. Wise, Jr. '34 .......... Features EditorW. Gregg Pry '34 .......... Make-up EditorH. R. Plass '34 ............ Sports EditorW. R. Churchill '34. Advertising ManagerN. B. Dxim '34 ....... Business Service Mgr.W. Brown '34 ........ Circulation Manager

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Photographic EditorD. A. Robbins '34

ReportersL. S. Banquer '35 M. H. Weiss '35H. H. Dow '35 M. Hecht, Jr. '35J. P. Mather '35 J. M. Kilroy '35J. S. Slosson '35 H. S. Mason '35S. T. Orton, Jr. '35 W. H. Stockmayer '35R. B. Woolf '35 R. E. Stanfield '35

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March Issue Less Technical AnldMore Controversial, Has

Widler Appeal

In an attempt to create greater interestamong its readers, Tn. E. NV. has departeda little from its former technical-jo-urnalstyle. The four featured articles maktingup the principal part of the Marcll issue,which goes on sale today, have been chosenso as to appeal to all students, rather thanto certain restricted groutps. With theMarch issue, T1. E. N. becomes less atechnical trade-bulletin, more a magazineof philosophical controversy.

The list of contributors is headed byFrederick K. Morris, Professor of Struc-tural Geology, whose first article on "TheStory of the Earth and Its Creatures" isa review of the theories which attempt toexplain the origin of the earth and thesolar system. In passing, Professor Morrisgives several rules for the building-up ofknowledge. "The structure of growvingknowledge is like'the building of made-land along a seashore. Based upon thesolid Known, men toil against the veryverge of the chaotic Unknown. . .. Specu-lation is ruled out; only inferences fromknown facts are permissible.''

No Theory AcceptableTwvo classes of theories are proposed; the

"inormal development theories, which saythat the solar system was formed by thecontraction and revolution of a gas neb-ula, or from a flight of meteors; or the"theories of accident" which suppose thatth e sun was struck by another star, andthat the material thus knocked or draggedout of the sun is that from which theplanets were formed. No theory is veryplausible; and "it's better science to admitthat we have no cceptable theory thanto proclaim one that hasn't been cleared ofmzajor objections."

At any rate, we may believe that theearth came from the sun, that; the outerlayer of rocks cooled down, the seas wereformed, and that in them the first lifebegan. "All this wras long before theoldest rock formations which we now camesee, were made; all this was long beforethirteen to fifteen hundred million yearsago." Although ruling out speculation asa basis of knowledge, Professor Morrismnak~es good use of it in writing his inter-esting and instru,-tive essay.

Criticizes Lecture Methods"What's Wrong with Engineering Edu-

cation?" - mnore particularly, localengineering education -is discussed byProfessor Ernst A. Guillemin and bayBeaumert H. Whitton '33. Inl character-istically vigorous style, Dr. Guillerninattacks the lecture problem, and proposeshis own theory of how a classroom shouldbe run. He thus confines his subject tothe most important single detail in thestudent-Faculty relation.

Air. Whitton, on the other hand, isbroader and more fundamental in hiscriticism, touching on more phases of thesubject, necessarily less definite in pro-posing remedies. He criticizes, amongother things, the "high mortality rate"among freshmen, as evidence of illogicalentrance requirements; lack of properclassification of students; estrangement ofstudent and instructor; lack of incentiveto study; improper distribution of tech-nical and non-technical subjects in thecurriculum.

Engineers as AccountanltsAccounting as a field for the engineering

graduate is the subject of an article byvWilliam I. MAcNeill '17, of the Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company. A Ir. M~cSeilllists four roads by whlich the position ofcomptroller or vice-president in charge offinance in a company may be approached:public accounting, credits and billing,cost accounting, general and homne offceaccounting. It is his opinion that an en.-i-neerirng training, supplemented bay train-ing in the fundamentals of accounting, isthe best possible basis on which to com-pete for high executive positions in thefinancial or accounting section of anybusiness.

An interestin- novelty is afforded in adouble page of photographs -of the topsof skyscrapers, with humorous commentsby Charles Phelps Cushing. To him theChrysler Building is a "giant asparagusstalk"; the Singer Building, a jewveled"base burner"; the top of the New YorkLife Insurance Building "an inverted icecream cone, of golden brown pastry,stamped in the -Nabisco pattern."

An engineering digest, a rev-iewv of re-search at the Institute, and a double pageof editorials complete the -March, issue.The attempt to stimulate greater interest

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Newvs Service forOver Fifty Years

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M-ASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHINOLOGY among T. E. NV.'s readers has resulted ina magazine of much wider appeal and moregeneral interest than previous issues.

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GEORGE EASTMANT HERE is really very little one can say about the passing of a

man like Mr. Eastman. He speaks for himself through hisstory, some salient points of which are recorded elsewhere in thisedition. It is the more or less familiar one of a man starting literallyfrom scratch and mnaking himself one of the world's richest mnen.America is especially familiar with men like this; they have beenresponsible in no small part for her greatness.

Technology has reason to be grateful for these men; they madethe Institute possible. Especially are we grateful to Mr. Eastman;it was largely through his beneficence that the new plant on theCharles River was built. Although he himself had little formaleducation, he was intensely interested in the education of others,and Technology appealed to his practical mind. During his life-time he gave it nearly twenty million dollars.

The Institute was not his only beneficiary; it was not even thelargest one. He gave more money to the University of Rochester,which had aided him in his early struggles. He did his bit towardAmerica's health by founding a number of dental clinics. His lifeis another refutation to the fears that all the world's wealth will becollected into a few large forttmes.

"M\/y work is done," 1\/lr. Eastman's final statement, is a chal-lenge to the world. His ideal of making photography availablefor the large body, of amateurs has been realized, many institutions,,ave felt the benevolent effect of his philanthropic purse, and theworld has felt the effect of his ability as a business organizer. Forus, it remains to express our gratitude for his life, and our sorrowat his passing; he -was one of the greater Americans.

METAMORPHOSIS

CONIING out with a new cover during the fall, T ech Enginzeesi-iigX~ews gave the first; indication of what was to be a gradual

change in policy. To the regular readers of this publication, thechanges to a magazine of greater student interest has come grad-ually and without -remarkable innovations in any single issue. Toa man echo has not seen the magazine since early fall, the changesin appearance of T. E. Al. would probably be startling.

A new covter, new form of make-up, news and lighter type, andsubject matter tending to be of interest to many rather than to"Technical groups alone, have brightened the appearance of theDublication considerably and have helped to make it more appeal-,ng, to the student reader. The circulation of the magazine beforethe recent changes is not known to us, but if the following, issuesmaintain the standard of attractive subject matter and goodmnake-up that is set by the current number, it is probable that the

stuldent circulation will rise.

The newr board of T. E. N., all of whom were on the JuniorBoard before the recent elections, has continued the policy begunduring the last few issues. The current number probably strikesthe high note of the staff's efforts to prepare a readable and inter-esting magazine. The articles are such that they appeal to morestudents than the purely technical features. For the first time inseveral vears matters of a controversial nature are introduced.The editorials strike closer to home, and are written about familiarsubjects. The feature sections introduced during the past srew.;ssues add greatly to the magazine.

Tech Enlgioncering NAwcs set out to accomplish somethingto acquire reader interest; the method used was the obvious yetdifficult one -a change in the make-up of the publication and in-the type of material used; the results obtained have been gratifyingindeed. It would be trite to say that one should buy a copy today,but if one has not seen the magazine for several issues, 4the changethat has come about through the latest metamorphosis is startling.

Intrepid Students HuntBig Game in Dormitories

Late Saturday night, two sus-picious-looking individuals appearedin the Dormitories. They weresighted first on the dizzy heights ofsixcth-floor Runkle. They stalkedsilently down the dismal corridor;one, clad only in bathrobe andslippers, played the beam of apowerful flashlight before him; theother, fully clothed, followed, carry-ing a phial of colorless liquid and asturdy hemp rope.

Into the shower room they went.A spot of light traversed the walls,stopping momentarily in the darkcorners. "Not here," one mumbled,and they departed. The nightwatchman was in the hall. Straighttoward himn they went, whisperinga question. "Look in the base-ment," he replied, and down thetreacherous stairs they went.

Again the powerful lamp flashedon, searching each corner in thedismal old Dorm cellar. A suddencry rent the air. Feet scuffled rap-idly. The uproar was investigated.There, lying on his back in a coil ofrope, drenched with a sweet-smell1-ing liquid, kficking madly in agony,was -a cockroach!

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HOLLIS STREET THEATER"Candida"l

"Candida" is advertised as Shaw's bestplay. That seems to have been the opinionof the playwright himself, as well as ofthose who have followed the Shavian for-tunes down the forty-odd years since

lShaw started writing for the stage. Noneof his plays have worn as well; the latest,"Too True to be Good," has been some-thing of a disappointment.

In 1895, when Shaw wrote "Candida,"the faults and foibles which have come tobe associated with the Sage of Adelphihad not yet fastened their grasp on hisstage-wtriting. '"Candida" is happily freefrom the shortcomings with which Shawis customarily reproached. Of course,there is a message in this play, as in theothers; but for once it is agreeably sub-ordinated to the plot. The characters arenot mere Shavian puppets, but are per-sonages in their owvn right. They do notstep out of ch~a~racter to give vent to theauthor's opinions on this and that. Thehumor and the wit are there, but they fallin a natural way. In 1895 St. Bernard hadless reputation to ride on; he had not vetbecome a law unto himself.

The single scene is laid in the dra,%~ing-room of St. Dominic's parsonage, in aLondon suburb. As Candida, BlancheYurka is once again the star among herplayers. She plays the part quietly, al-most unobtrusively, until the end of thethird act, when she becomes unquestion-ably the mistress of the scene. At othertimes, she is a passive subject for the con-flicting passions of the two men, whosequarrel she thereby throws into sharprelief. Russell Hicks plays the capable,preaching, self-es'teeniing husband, RobertHenderson the weak, boyish poet, imnpos-sibly romantic in traditional Victorianstyle. Typically Shavian is the paradoxthat makes the husband the reallv weakerof the two, to whomn the wife must finallyturn her protecting lovre.

Frank Compton, b~orrow~ed fromn theCopley Players, makes a capable Cockneyscoundrel. Doris Rich. as Prossie, thetypist, maixes, entertainingly a secret pas-sion with hard-boiled practicalitv and acaustic tongue. Alexander Onslowv, play-ing the young, imitative curate, roundsout the capable cast of six in a. play that isexcellent colnedv~.

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master, and annually they give the beasta few kicks and jolts, or perhaps a newcream bowl, and Voo Doo appears withnew zest and pep. This year the effortsof the feline under his newly-acquiredboard of directors will appear Friday,when the Prom Issue, in honor of theJunior function, of course, goes on sale.

Snappy art work and an unusually largenumber of local jokes and wise-cracks setthis issue apart from those of the past fewmonths. Tales have come down from thehaunts of the cat that the new managingboard has insisted Plosphorus stay awakenights writing the humor connected withmen of local fame. The results are ap-parent.

Less Exchange DroolBreaking with tradition, Plosphorus

and his new helpers hlave limited thenumber of exchanges considerablv. "Tech-nology humor for Teclmology men" maybe the war-cry, but whatever it is, thecolumns are now filled with original drool.

The Prom Issue will lbe on sale FridaSmorning in the corridors of the Instituteand again at the Prom that night. Thewilv cat has a wxal with the wornen (seepage 4 of his book), and the fair guestswill probably welcome the olpportunit- toget his latest work early.

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The Societal will meet at 7.30 o'clock inthe Emma Rogers Room. After a shortbusiness meeting, Dr. Bigelow will speak.Following his talk there will be a socialhour. All interested are invrited to attend.

Georgre Eastman DiesIn Rochester Home

Benefactor Of Institute HadGiven Millions To Aid

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Eastman soon developed an interest in thethen clumsy photographic methods of theday.

Ten years later, at the age of tw-enty-five, he obtained the first of a long list ofpatents. Immrediately following the grant-ing of his first patent, lie went into themanufacturing of plates and. equipment.In the course of the next ten years thegreat developments, includi-ng the per-fection of roll film, making amateurphotography% easy, and the invention ofthe flexible film used in movie cameras,produced a boom wh~ich the EastmanCompany utilized tc the utmost.

As the size of the enterprise grew andthe number of employees in the factoriesbecame an important issue, Eastmanturned his hand to efficient factory man-agement and to the human welfare of hisworkers. Cafeterias, first-aid looms, read-ing rooms, and other innovations wvereinstalled for the comfort and convenienceof the employees.

Gave Huge Sums AwayStaggering sums of money, constituting

a goodly portion of his wealth, Adveredonated by Eastman in the interests ofeducation and public welfare. The Univer-sity of Rochester, the largest recipient,lwas enriched over a period of years tothe extent of thirtv-fiv-e millions. TheInstitute, Iargelv through the influence ofPresident '.laclaurin, received nearly-twenlty mlillionls, mlost of whlich Bras orig-inally given tinder the name of "A1,r.Smith." These particular benefactionsroused great excitement throughout the-ountry, -no one being able to assign aname to the my sterious person wvho SOmnaterially aided in makting the -newr Insti-.ute possible.Other inlportallt philanthropies tinder-

.aken by Eastman include the establish-nent of five European Dental Clinics atmportant centers in Europe, each with aund of one million dollars, the presenta-ion of more than I wvo million apiece to thewvo negro Institutes, Hampton and Tuls-:egee, and innlumler-able civic improve-nents in the city of Rochlester.

Many InterestsAeside fromi his lousiness interests. East-

nian had numerous hoblelis. lotof hisricals wvere eaten to the acco-nianimlent;of music, particularly organ mulsic, whichie wvas acctlstomledl to have p~lay ed duringireakfast. Another of his enterprises wvas,n extended trip to Africa, wvhi lil e tooktartly because I-e wanted to no a~nd partlyhat he mighit discover the abilities of Iisssistants in his absence.

Attenztion AttractedThe dirigible Los Angeles gave the

Georgia Tech students a treat the otherday by sailing over the college buildings.Several professors were so excited theydismissed their classes and went out-of-doors to view the airship.

$10,000 RucgA 810,000 rug has been willed to Wilson

College in Pennsylvania. The rug is to bekept in a glass case and if any studentwalks upon it or if it is sold for less thanits original price, the bequest is void.

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On Business RecordsAlso Makes Address at Boston Dr. Bingham Presents

Chamber of Commerce Fourth Aldred TalkTomorrow

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"Adventures in Industrial Ps-cllology'will be the subject of the fourth AldredLecture to be delivered by Dr. Walter ArBingham, Director of the Personnel Re-search Federation in New York City, inRoom 102950 next Friday- afternoon at3 o'clock.

Dr. Binghaam is well lnown- for hisactivities in public safety w^ork; and inindustrial research. As special consultanton safety for the Boston Elevated Rail-Iway, he succeeded in two yo ears in reducingaccidents by 35 per cent. He has carriedon similar work in the steel industry andother great organizations.

Dr. Bingham is editor of the PersoitnrelJournal, and is director and former presi-dent of the Psychologicil. Corporationl.He is a corresponding member of tileBritishl Nltionnl T-ncqfti~t.sorg- nf s~ e

Fred W. Shible-, rice-president of theBankers' Trust Company of New York,will be the guest of the department ofBusiness and Engineering Administrationof the Institute today. In the afternoon,Mr. Shibley will lecture on "ControlThrough Business RecorT3" before one ofthe department's graduate classes.

Mir. Shibley comes here to addressmembers of the Boston Chapter of theNational Association of Cost Accountants.He will speak at the Association's dinnerto be held in the Chamber of Commerceat 6 o'clock tomorrow evening. MIr. Shib-levv's subject will be "Modern Methods ofBusiness Control." Charles F. Weed,Vice-President of the First National Bank,will preside at the dinner.

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in the WVVK+ cityGay doings in the W ell K nowncity . . . (New York to you).Next time you visit this grandold town remember the newHotel Empire is close to all thingsyou want to see and mighty softon the depressed bankroll.

Rates for quality accommodationsare from $2 for one, $2.50 fortwo.

Your Host will beEMIL H. REINERSGenweral Manager of tIe

HOTEL EMPIRT-3Broadway at 63rd St.NEWc' YORK CITY

Catholic Club Holds AffairIn Walker Memorial

Tomorrow Night

Art Marshall's original ten-piece bandwill play at the twenty-fifth annual Saint:Patrick's Day Dance given by the Tech-,nology Catholic Club tomorrow eveningin Wialker Memorial. The committee,headed by John A. Finnerty '32, president!of the Club, hase announced that anothermlusical attraction over and above thefamous band has been secured, but they

tare wvithholding this as a surprise parcelfor those who attend. They also an-

lnounced that MIr. and Mrs. H. F. McDon-"nell, Professor Matthew R. Copithorne,and lI1. and Mrs. William H. Kane will be! 'guests at the dance. Tickets, which will;be sold at the door, are priced at $1.50 a!ctolple.

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Psychology, and an American member ofthe Board of the International Association

New York, its versatile young author forIndustrial Psyrchology.filled the role of Wrigley, the multi-million- h,aire masquerading as a mortician.

It would be safe to say that the under- ington. Wrigley, however, is not, as itlying motif of the plav, is the salvation of develops, connected with tle undertakingAmelia Tweedle from the spinsterhood firm but has bought his way in so he mightwhich claims three of her aunts with whom see Amelia. When the real Worthingtonshe lives in the MVrurray Hill section of shows up in the second act and WrigleyNew York. The incidental mistaken tries to keep Worthington out of his onV1;identities and night of revelry in which drunken shoes, the situations becolne mostAunt Elizabeth indulges provided ample diverting.farcical material. Talented as the original cast, which in-

At the outset of the play, one of the eluded Genevieve Tobin, mav hlave been,five Tweedle aunts has bequeathed Amelia the players of the current production leftand her reprobate cousin, Worthington little to be desired. Shepperd Strudwick,Smythe, whom none of the aunts have as Wrigley, was most imposing and almostseen, $100,000 apiece. Worthington has made one forget that his metamorphosisjust appeared, after coming from Chicago from mortician to multi-millionaire was ato attend his aunt's funeral, in a very non needless exaggeration. Joseph Cottencompus condition and in evening clothes. made a most amusing :nebriate and was

In order to protect Worthington's be- well supported by Amy Loomis as Auntquest, Attorney Appleway passes off Elizabeth."deputy mortician" Wrigley for Worth- M . F. B.

t Students of Case Tech wiho steal lampf'blflbs, break windows, smash doors, and

y °therwise behave in an anti-social manner,g11 be turled over to a psychoanalyst forBexanination.

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Gym Team MeetsSpringfield andArmy tn Walker

Engineers Will Meet StrongerTeams From1 Colleges Than

Of Last Year

Competing against two teams that itoutscored a year ago, the Technology-arsity will meet Army and SpringfieldUniversity in a tri-meet. The meet wiltake place in the Walker Memorial Gym.nasiurn on Saturday, March 19.

Last year the Beavers won from boththeze teams by decisive scores, but thisyear it appears that the Engineers willmeet with stronger opposition. Army hashad a schedule of successful meets so far,downing in succession Bowdoin, N.Y.U.,Colgate, and McGill. Furthermore, Armydefeated N.Y.U. by a much larger marginthan the Institute team did week beforelast.

Springfield, on the other hand, has also-, had a very good season so far, defeating

N.Y.U. and Temple, tying Dartmouth,W and losing to Navy and Princeton. Dart-

mouth, it will be remembered, beat theTechnology team last week.

Among the gymnasts from West Pointare several outstanding performers. Ce-

v peda has showrn himself especially adepton the rope climb, making the distance in4 2-5 seconds. So far this season he haswon the rope climb every time for theCadets.

Steele, captain of the Academy tearn, isalso a noteworthy Fer'ormer, making high

s scores for his team on the side horse. Noless proficient on the parallel bars is King.

^ On the team from Springfield of especiall interest will be Shotzberger, who is cap--s able of excellent work on the tumbling

mats and on the parallel bars. In tumblinghe took third place at the American Ath-letic Union meet. On the high bar

t Springfield will be most strongly rep-resented by Seeley. Both Cepeda of Army

.. and Ericson of the Institute will find a@ strong contender in the rope climb in the

form of Yausu.The meet will take place on the top

floor of Wralker Memorial at 2.30 o'clockSaturday afternoon. The public is in-vited, there being no admission charge.

RADIO SOCIETY HASTESTS DURING WEEK

Having been active during the last few[. days exchanging reports with England,

Scotland, and Belgium, the Radio Society1 has been entered in the American Radio

ro Relay League's tests which are being heldthis week. Tle station was in continuousoperation from last Thursday until Sun-day. Tests were conducted in four-hourperiods; the sending of the messages wasdone by an automatic machine.

The following operators were active dur-n ing the tests: Radio M. Hisamoto '34,

] Bernard Goldfarb '34, Norman B. Krim'34, G. Donald Fenton '35, Delbar P.Keilv '34, Larry Jacobson '33, Laurence] B. Stein, Jr. '34, Charles W. Finnigan '34,andl Walter O. Nisula '34.

"Art Marshall Plays. At 25th Annual St.

Patrick 's Day Dance

RAWSON SENDS MENSTO INTERCOLLEGIATES

.] Two Fighters To Represent| Institute At Final Meet

Two men will represent the Institute atthe boxing Intercollegiates to be held thisFriday and Saturday at the University ofSyracuse.

|Wetherall and Cooper will fight for theEngineers in the Intercollegiates. It hadbeen the thought previously to send JoeCarey to box in the 145-lb. class, but in-juries have prevented the 145-pounderfrom being included. Wetherall will fightin the 135-lb. division and Cooper, captainof the Beaver team, will represent theInstitute in the 165-lb. class.

The participation in these intercol-legiate bouts is a signal honor to the mensent, as it is an invitation meet, and onlythose who have made a good showing intheir regular schedules have been invited.

Coach Rawson predicts that both menwill make good showings for the Institute,both being of excellent intercollegiatechampionship material and in perfect con-dition.

Fate Of Masque ToBe Decided To-night

Plan To Include DramashopMembers In Society

An effort will be made to decide thefate of Masque, honorary society of theTech Show, at a meeting of all membersto be held in the West Lounge of WalkerMemorial at 7.30 o'clock this evening.The society has been threatened with ex-tinction by the decision of the InstituteCommittee to discontinue production ofthe show.

It has been proposed to make Masquean honorary dramatic society so that 1Dramashop members would be eligibleto membership, thus assuring the con-tinuance of the Society. Dramashop hasno honorary society at present. Pro- visions will be made under this plan to 1allow Tech Show members to join theSociety if that activity is revived in the 1future.

IEALTH COMMISSIONER Kicks and JoltsK Inspire the Cat

Sedwick Biological Society ToHold Business Meeting To Zest and Pep

Reporters Hunted InVain For Real Name

Of ' Mr. Smith "Many Millionaires Suspected

Before Identity Of DonorWas Revealed

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by accident that Mr. A. D. Little, a xnem-ber of the Corporation of the Institute,.s going to Rochester today in the hope

of seeing you and interesting you in aproject for the strengthening of our depart-ment of Chemistry. His cause is a mostlaudable one, but of course he would notventure to consult you in the matter, if hehad any inkling of what you had alreadydone. I could not dissuade him from hisproject without revealing your identityas a benefactor." But Mr. Eastman re-ceived Dr. Little and listened patientlyto the explanation of his plans as thoughhe were completely ignorant of the devel-opments along the Charles.. Within a fewdays he informed Dr. Little that he woulddonate $300,000 to the department ofChemistry. Dr. Maclaurin was surprised,but Mr. Eastman enjoyed the game somuch that he permitted the Institute tomake a public announcement of his namein connection with the gift. This was aclever piece of strategy, for efforts toidentify "Mr. Smith" as Mr. Eastmanwere thus defeated. Between 1912 and1926 "Mr. Smith" made ten separatedonations to the Institute and the publicwas kept guessing. Dr. N'Iaclaurin's sev-eral visits to Roclester were necessarilysecret, as were all his communicationswith Mr. Eastman.

Saturday evening, Januar- 10, 1920,Professor Sedgwick read Dr. -Maclaurin'slast message at the Alumni dinner inwhich he made known the identity of"Mr. Smith." Sunday momning, January11, the newspapers throughout the coun-try let the world know, "_Mr. Smith isGeorge Eastman."

Realized Value of TechniciansMlr. Eastman always contended that <

"This country cannot progress indus-trially without plenty of highly-trainedtechnical men." He observed the Tech-nology Alumni who came to his industrial ;center at Rochester, and he studied the Z

annual reports of Technology. When he 4turned to philanthropy, he cooperated Ewith President Maclaurin in building and iembodiment of his educational ideal. 1

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ALL .,MEETINGS CANCELLEDIn accordance with President Comp-

ton's announcement that the Institute willclose on Thursday afternoon, all meetingsscheduled for that time are necessarilycancelled.

SEDGWICK BIOLOGICAL SOCIETYThere will be a meeting of the Sedgwick

Biological Society on W'ednesday, March16, 1932, at 7.30 o'clock, in the EmmaRogers Room of the Institute. There willbe a short business meeting followed by a

X talk at 8 o'clock by Dr. George H. Bigelow,Massachusetts State Commissioner ofPublic Health on, "Are There any Stand-ards for the Intelligent Curtailment ofPublic Health Work?" A social hour willfollow. All interested are invited toattend.

S.A.E. OPEN MEETINGTechnology branch of the S.A.E. will

hold a general open meeting at 4 o'clockThursday, in Room 10-250. Mr. A. K.Strickler, Jr., of the Cadillac Motor Com-pany, will show sound pictures of the newCadillac motor cars. An exhibit of thelatest 16-cylinder Cadillac will be held inBuilding 31.

S.A.E. CLOSED MEETINGA closed meeting of the S.A.E. will be

held in the North Hall of Walker Memo-rial, Thursday evening. The subject ofdiscussion will be "Automatic ClutchControl." Pictures of the filming of worldnews events will be shown. All membersare urged to attend. A one-dollar dinnerwill be served at 6.30 and the meeting willbegin at 8 o'clock.

VOO DOO STAFF PICTUREVoo Doo's staff picture will be taken at

the Technology Photographic Service at8.30 o'clock tomorrow morning in Room11-004.

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Club features (free to guests) are as fol.lows: Swimming pool; completely equippedgymnasium; game rooms for bridge andbackgammon; roof .garden and solazium.Restaurant and cafeteria service at reason.able prices.

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Large AiAudience Sees 'B. U. Fencers Lose

To Institute TeamTechnology Make Clean Sweep

In Epee--Win 6 To 3With Foils

The Technology Fencing Team easilydefeated the Boston University aggrega-tion before a large audience in the BostonUniversity Gymnasium last night. Thetotal score in foils was Technology 6 andB. U. 3. In the epee, Technology made aclean sweep by defeating B. U. 4 to 0.The summary follows:

Foils: Smith, B.U., 2; Hamilton, M.I.T.,5; Hamilton, 5; Frackleton, B.U., 3; Ham-ilton, 5; Hartman, B.U., 4; Wells, M.I.T.,5; Smith, B.U., 3; Wells, 2; Frackleton, 5;Wells, 4; Hartman, 5; Frisbee, M.I.T., 5,Smith 4; Frisbee 4, Fracldeton 5; Frisbee5, Hartman 2.

Epee: Hamilton 2, Frackleton 1; Wells2; Holmes, B.U., 0; Frisbee 2, Holmes 0;Gallese 2, Frackleton 1.

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College LifeDr. W. V. BinghamAldred Lecture A president has at last admitted the

truth. The president of the University ofMichigan recently stated that college lifeis too much of a grind for three out of fourstudents.

Oxford ProtestOxford students are protesting vigor-

ously against the invasion of their campusby women, saying that the august foundersof the university never intended Oxfordto be a place of "lost hairpins and impos-sible hats."

Friday, March 18, 3.00 p.m., Room 10-250

Dr. W. V. Bingham, Director of the Personnel Research Federation, will speak on"Adventures in Industrial Psychology."

Open to upperclassmen and Faculty.

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R.K.O.-BOSTON"Carnival Boat"

The R.K.O.-Boston features Irene Richon the stage, and Bill Boyd in "CarnivalBoat" on the screen this week. Miss Richgives a capable performance but slightlymars the effect by a speech of thanks afterthe short playlet which is obviously insin-cere; at least it seemed so to this reviewer.The remainder of the vaudeville bill isindifferent, neither good nor bad, exceptfor the Eddie Stanley, Norman Thomasquintette, which put on an act as good orbetter than the main feature.

Bill Boyd acts his usual part, the big,strong, red-blooded, hero type, and passesit off fairly wvell. The logging canp scenesare excellent, but the same cannot be saidfor the rest of the picture. An unusuallygood comedy helps fill in a fairly goodthree hours of entertainment.

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ALL BOOTHS WILLHAVE ONE PRICE

AT TECH CIRCUSBig Nellie, Largest Calliope In

New England To BeUsed at Circus

Slender budgetswvill not be precipitatedinto "the red" by the Tech Circus; depres-sion prices will prevail at all booths, theCommittee announced yesterday. Anovel system has been worked out bymembers of the Committee to facilitatethe operation of the amusements. Ticketsat five cents each will be sold at severalbooths in the Armory, and the ticket willbe good for admission to any concessionand for the purchase of drinks at the bars.

Arrangements have been made to secure"Big Nellie," the largest calliope in NewEngland, to provide music for the eveningand to create a rea! oq:nival atmosphere.

OFFICIAL BULLETESS`,OF GENERAL INT7EREST

Physics and Physical Chemistry Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyWednesday, March 16, 3.00 p.m., Room -402

Theoretical Seminar for Graduate Students: Professor M. S. Vallarta will talk on the Uncertainty Principle and Relativity.

Wednesday, March 16, 4.30 p.m., Room 4-231

Lecture by Professor P. Debye on X-Ray Scattering and Molecular Structure.

Thursday, March 17, 3.00 p.m., Room 4-231Joint Research Conference- Organic, Inorganic, and Physical Chemistry

"The Preparation of Metal Carbonyls at Room Temperature and AtmosphericPressure." Mr. M. M. Windsor.

Thursday, March 17, 4.00 p.m., Room 4-231

Physics Colloquium:1. "The Excitation of Extreme Ultra-Violet Spectra in Gas Discharges." Dr.

J. C. Boyce.2. "Some Vibrational Levels in the Amonia Molecule." Mr. Nathan Rosen.

Friday, March 18, 4.30 p.m., Room 4-231

Lecture by Professor P. Debye.

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T. C. A. EmploymentAgency Finds Queer

Jobs For StudentsNumber Of Jobs Fewer This

Year But Bureau HelpsMany Fellows

From the opening of the Institute lastSeptember until the present time, studentsseeking work at the Undergraduate Em-ployment Bureau have not been muchmore numerous than usual, but theirproblems have been considerably moreserious. This condition, coupled with thefewer opportunities offered this year, pre-sents a difficult situation.

In spite of these obstacles, the Bureauhas managed to assist many men. A com-parison with previous years shows thatthe number of students assisted to date iseighty-five per cent of the number aidedfor the same period in 1930-31, andsixty-seven per cent of the number for asimilar period in 1929-30, the year1929-30 being the best year in the expe-rience of the Bureau. The number of jobsas compared with past years shows aboutthe same percentages. As one would ex-pect, the earnings dropped off slightlythis year. Comparison shows that theearnings this year are about ninety-oneper cent of the amount for 1930-31 andseventy-eight per cent of the earnings of1929-30.

Many Odd jobs DoneGenerally, there have been fewer jobs

which could be classed as industrial orprofessional, but miscellaneous odd jobshave been numerous. There seems to beno decrease in the opportunities to earnboard or room.

As examples of various types of work,there have been some interesting jobs inobtaining data for an analysis of themarket for various anti-freeze solutionsand certain makes of tires. A task some-what out of the ordinary is performed bya student who takes a dog for an airing onhis way to the Institute in the morningand again on his way home at night.

Another man is getting his living bydoing some cooking and helping aboutthe home. A part-time barber was onerequest received by the EmploymentBureau, but unfortunately the call camein too late, as the only student with thisexperience had left school. Here's aninteresting job - a certain sports goodsmanufacturer hired several men to testtheir sports shoes. These men had toplay basketball, handball, squash andtennis eight hours a day for a week. It isall right if you can stand it!

CORRECTIONTHE TECH wishes to ma.ke a correc-

tion to the story in a recent issue concern-ing three prizes won by Course XV grad-uiate students for papers on Cost Account-ing.

Francis A. Lutz '31 was awarded asecond prize of $10, instead of the stated85 prize, for his paper on "AccountingMachines and Business Control," in acontest sponsored by the Boston Chapterof the National Association of CostAccountants.

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