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A Record ofContinuous News Service

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In a statement issued after the meetingof the Corporation, President Comptonsaid:

"The new plan of administrative or-ganization of the Institute adopted by theCorporation is a natural extension of theadministrative plan begun two years agowith the appointment of a chairman ofthe Corporation as well as a president ofthe Institute.

"The subdivision of the Institute, foradministrative purposes, into the Schoolof Engineering, the School of Science, theSchool of Architecture, the Division ofHumanities, and the Division of Indus-trial Cooperation, recognizes the fivemajor aspects of its work. The threeschools comprise those departments ofstudy in which degrees are given, whereasthe two divisions are essentiallh 'service'divisions. That of the Humanities is de-signed to give to outr students that furthercultural training and background wVhichwoe deem an essential part of at well-balanced training. The Division of Induts-trial Cooperation is designed to malke aseffective as possible the assistance whichthe Institute renders in a varietr of waysto business and industry in solving theirtechnical problems. W1hilc the otitstanld-ing position of the Institute in the field ofengineering cducation is generally- recog-nized, its equally strong position in scienceand architccture is t)robably not so widelyknown, since these -activitics are notexplicitly indicated in the name of theInstitute.Explicit Recognition of Graduate School

"An important feature of this new or-ganization is the explicit recognition of theGraduate School. The Institute hasawarded approximately one-third of allthe advanced degrees in engineering givenin this country, and in certain depart-ments, notably chemical engineering,electrical engineering, and aeronauticalengineering, has awarded approximatelyone-half of all the advanced degrees. With

every indication that this feature of ourwvork is becoming relativelv more andmore important, it has seemed advisableto provide adequately for its recognitionand its constructive administrationthrough the establishment of a GraduateSchool embracing engineering, science.Iand architecture.

"'Although thus divided into theseschools for the purposes of administrationand administrative responsibility, the fac-ulty as a whole will continue to be thefinal authority in matters of educationalprocedure.

"Because of their high standing in theirprofessions, their thorough knowledge ofthe affairs of the Institute and their per-sonal qualifications, I believe that theaddition of Deans Bush, Prescott. andEmerson to the administrative staff willresult in a marked increase in the arnountand quality of the service wshiclh thisInstitute can render througxh its work ine|lduca tion and in the alvl n(mieln t ofknowledge."

The new organization p)rovides for anadminiistrative council, an informal or-| galnizaLtion which will hold wveekly- meet-ings in order that all its members may bekce)t fully informed of prog-ress in v'Motisdep:;rtmcnts of the Institute. This counci[will consist of President Compton, Vice-President Bush, memnbers of the Execu-tive Committee of the Corporttion, Deanof Science Samnuel C. Prescott, Dean ofArchitecturc William Emerson, the t)rcsi-dent of the Alumni Association, chairmanof the Faculty Frederick S. Woods, BursarHorace S. Ford, Professor Charles L.Norton, Director of the Division of In-dustrial Cooperation, Dean of GraduateStudents H. Manley Goodwin, and Deanof Students Harold E. Lobdell.

The School of Science includes biologyand public health, chenmistry, geology,general science, mathemnatics, and physics.

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Junior Prom Signups AreClosed Until Monday at 9From the time this issue of THE

TECH appears on the stands untilnext Monday morning, there willbe no opportunity for redemptionof Junior Prom signups or forfurther reservations, it was statedby Richard L. Fossett '33, chairmanof the committee in charge.

Beginning at 9 o'clock on Mondaymorning, there will be a period ofthree hours in which the delinquentholders of signups may still redeemthem. For the benefit of anyoneinterested, the committee said thatthey had vacancies for about fifteenmen at different tables throughMain Hall and that first come firstserved would be the rule of the dayon Monday.

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DR. COMPTON ANNOUNCESPLANS FOR SUBDIVIDING

INSTITUTE INTO SCHOOLSWill Form School of Engineering, School of Sci-

ence, School of Architecture, Division of Hum-anities, and Division of Industrial Cooperation--Explicit Recognition of Graduate School underNew Academic Organization.

Appointment of Dr. Vannevar Bush '16 as vice-president ofTechnology was announced by President Karl T. Compton follow-ing the regular meeting of the Corporation of the Institute Wednes-day afternoon. Dr. Bush has been a member of the Faculty ofElectrical Engineering since 1923, and is noted for his achieve-ments in research and contributions to technical education. Withhis appointment as vice-president, Dr. Bush also was elected amember of the Corporation.

In announcing Dr. Bush's elevation to the position of secondin command at the Institute, President Compton revealed plansfor the subdivision of Technology into the School of Science, theSchool of Engineering, the School of Architecture, the Divisionof Humanities, and the Division of Industrial Cooperation. Heannounced the selection of Dr. Samuel C. Prescott, head of thedepartment of Biology and Public Health, as Dean of Science,Ianei Prnfessonr Wm11; Emerson, head of the department ofArchitecture, as Dean of Architecture. In addition to his dutiesas vice-president, Dr. Bush will be Dean of Engineering.

Another important feature of the new academic organizationis explicit recognition of the Graduate School, under which alladvanced work at the Institute will be administered.

CO-EDS PETITIONFOR PERMISSION

TO GO TO CIRCUSClaim All Technology Students

Should Be Allowed ToParticipate

SAY RULE IS AN INJUSTICE

Committee Chairman Refuses ToExpress Any Opinion

On Question

Technology coeds will be allowed to at-tend the Tech Circus if a petition receivedyesterday by the~chairman of the CircusCommittee is granted. Addressed to theCommittee and signed by a number ofcoeds, the petition requests that the rulewhich makes the Circus a stag affair beabolished so that coeds may participate inthe next Circus to be held April 1.

If this request is granted women will bepresent for the first time in the long historsof the Circus. The origin of the custom ofbarring females is not known but at thelast affair, held three years ago, and ate.vIry previoi-,m CiTCuS the rule was strictlyenforced.

Call Rule InjusticeThe coeds believe it is an injustice to

exclude them because of their sex, froman affair which they think should be opento all students. They stated that theyare willing to support the Circus and can-not understand why they should be re-fused admission.

No action has yet been taken on thequestion by the Circus Committee and thechairman -was unwilling last night tocomment on the probable decision of thebody. A meeting will be held within the

j next few days to consider the request.[ Following is the text of the petition:

"We, the undersigned coeds of theMassachusetts Institute of Technology,hereby petition the Circus Committee to

i allow Tech's coeds to attend the Circus."We think it is an injustice to limit

this affair, which is supposed to be for theentire student body, solely to the malestudents of the Institute. We realize that

, although, in the past, this event has been$ closed to us, it has always been against

our wishes. We can see no reason forexcluding our sex who are eager to supportthe Circus to the full extent of our ability." |

The names of the signers were withheldbv the Committee.

Institute CommitteeVotes Objection To

Filter Paper IssueI}

Edward L. Wemple Is AppointedTo .J,,n;ir Rnara. nf The

Walker Committee

At one of the shortest meetings inmonths, the Institute Committee lastnight voted to accept the recommendationof the Executive Committee that it goon record as opposed to the publication ofa Filter Paper this year. The reason ad-vanced for this action was that there isgrave danger this year of financial troubleresulting from such publication.

Approval was given to the appointmentof Edward L. Wemple '33 to the JuniorDivision of the Walker MIemorial Com-mittee. Wereple was named by theExecutive Committee to replace James E.Turner '33, who left the Institute in Feb-ruarv. This action was necessary to makethe competition for Senior positions legal,since there has been but one man, JamesP. Mills '33, in the Junior competition.Louis P. Holladay III was appointed aschairman of the Freshman Rules Com-mittee.

Request was made by the Committeethat THE TECH publish, in accordancewith the regulations and by-laws of thatbody, the names of those men not presentat the regular meeting of the Committee.The following men were absent from themeeting last night: Edward D. Stevens,Jr. '32, and Arthur N. Rinehimer '32.

Sammy Liner PlaysAt Beaver Key Dance

Tickets For Junior Week FinalAre On Sale For First

Time Today

Sammy Liner's band, which plays thisevening for the dormitory depressiondance, has been engaged to provide musicfor the Beaver Key Dance, which will beheld the day after the Junior Prom in theMain Hall of Walker Memorial. Thisdance will be in the form of a tea danceand will be conducted by the BeaverKey Society for the first time, it havingbeen given formerly by the Corporation.The dance is scheduled to last from 3.30to 6.30 o'clock in the afternoon.

ST. PATRICK'S DAYDANCE IS PLANNEDBY CATHOLIC CLUB

Art Marshall's Band Wlli MayIn Walker Main Hall

From Nine to One

EXPECT LARGE CROWD

| With the approach of Saint Patrick'sDay, interest and curiosity in regard tothe annual Acquaintance Dance givenunder the auspices of the TechnologyCatholic Club are on the increase. Stu-dents have for some time seen posted onbulletin boards around the Instituteposters advertising this coming event, butTHE TECH is the first to actually abridgethis meagre information with releases per-sonall- given them by those in charge ofthe dance.

Catholic Clubs InvitedInvitations have been sent out to all

of the Catholic and Newman Clubs inMassachusetts. Among those invited are:Janet Stuart Club of Boston University,Newman Clubs of Framingham Normal,Boston University Evening Club, BostonUniversity College of Engineering Admin-istration, Emerson, Wellesley, Jackson,Radcliffe. }tarvard, and Simmons.

The dance will be held in the Main Hallof Walker Mlemorial, Saint Patrick's Day,March 17. Dancing will continue from9 until 1 o'clock. Tickets are now on sale;they may be secured for the price of75 cents a single, or 81.50 per couple.

Art Marshall to Furnish MusicThe band furnishing the music at the

Saint Patrick's Da! Dance is the sameorchestra which p3la yed last year at theFall Acquaintance Dance, packing Walkerwith more than three hundred and fiftycouples, a record which has never sincebeen broken. The orchestra is led byArt Marshall, who is without a peer asa violinist in any New England college.Ten pieces comprise the orchestra. A sur-prise musical specialty will be rendered bya lady student from the Boston Con-servatory of Music.

The Dance Committee is headed byWilliam G. Brockmann '34 and WilliamD. Murphy '33. They are assisted by

I Harry Egan '34, amd Andy Anderson '34.

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MANAGING BOARDT.G. Hayes '33 ............ General Manager

%.H. Whitton '33 ................ EditorD. H. Clewell '33. ......... Managing EditorD. B. Smith '33._. ._....Busine,,s Manager

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

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTEditorial Board

C. W. Sweetser '33 W. L. Sheppard '33F. W. Wehmiller'33 F. W. Kressman '33

Night EditorsPaul Cohen '34 P. A. Daniel '34D. Horvitz '34 T. M. Rimbach '34

Photographic StaffD. A. Robbins '34

Reporters

Entered as Second Class Matter at the Boston Post Office

Member Eastern IntercollegiateNewspaper Association

BUrSINESS SERVICE DEPARTrMENTB. Goldfarb '34, Associate Manager

J. D. Hossfeld '35

CIRtCULATION DEPARTMENTJ. ID. DuRoss '35

In Charge of this Issue: M. Hecht, Jr., '35f

Lydia Lee -LuncheonSpeeials 40c. 5e-.

SERVED DAILYOpen 7.30 A. M. to 3.00 P. M.

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Friday, March 11, 1932Page Two

of icica NewsOrgan of the

Undergradusatesof M. 1. T.

A Recordof Continuous

Newvs Service forOver Fifty Years

that he had this beat when Technologywas in the process- of construction, anidhe has always entertained fond memoriesof the place.

He had nothing but good things to sayabout the students and officials. He saidthat there were little things that do cropup occasionally, but he went on, "ByGawd, we've certainly got plenty of coop.eration from the officials there. Every-thing that turned up has always beencleared up in no time."

Officerl Commends OfficersOnce started, the officer continued, "I

think that you've got a wonderful outfitover there. Major Smnith deserves a lot ofcredit for the fine manner in which thingsare handled. You have your private dis.turbances, but they're kept in your ownterritory. We don't interfere, because theofficials don't want us to, and becausey ou're not disturbing anyone. Of course,that's when you're not doing any con-siderable damage.

"Last year there wvere about twelvestudents arrested for drunkenness, dis.turbances, and the like, and none of thesewere Institute men. From appearances,however, the men from the Institute liketheir speeding, as there have been twocases of this sort already this year."

Speaks of "Naughty" HarvardHe stated that there was a lot of petty

thievery going on, but admitted that itseems to be among ourselves. He alsomade numerous references to the"naughty " behavior of the Harvardboys, but revealed nothing veery differentfrom what the Captain had said. He,too, was of the opinion that he had "nevermet a finer baunch of fellows," and saidthat there seems to be a lot of good dis-cipline at Technlology.

While thinking of somne new interroga-tion by which I might lead him to discusssome hidden crime of the Technologyundergraduate, a hard-looking individual,who appeared almost hard enough to be anewspaper reporter, sidled into the roomnand began perusing the cases of the dale

OFFICES OF THE TECHWalker Memorial, Camnbridge, Mass.

News and Editorial -Room 3, WalkerTelephone, University 7029

Business -Room 302, WalkerTelephone, Univfersity 7415

Printers' Telephone, Univepity 5650

It used to be bad enough coming fromthe Massachusetts Institute of Tech-nology, without adding any other com-plications to it, but now wve have to re-member if it's the School of Science, or'Architecture, or whatever. This, we sup-pose, is to provide something for thosepeople who come from the good oldl Massa-chusetts Institute of Technology to alibiaboult. You knowv, "Oh yes, indeed,M. I. T., but it's quite different from theregular college, of course." And thencomes the superior look of scorn, the rais-ing of the eyebrows and the superciliousshrug of the shoulders. Personally we'drather be just a big rugged engineer fromthe Massachusetts Institute of Tech-nology, but -anything for erudition, orersatz, as his Right Honorable Highness,Professor Rogers, would insist, so tospeak.

This will also complicate the cheeringsituation. No one has yet had the geniusto think of anything appropriate to rhy mewith "Ray, rah, Massachusetts Instituteof Technology," let alone "Ray, rah,MVassachusetts Institute of Technology,School of Engineering, School of Engi-neering. "

The Lounger wandered into the nowSpectroscopy Laboratory, or Spec Lab, ify-ot happen to be a Course Lighter, towatch people twiddle with the gadgets andmak~e momentous discoveries with all thetwilight gratings, or whatever they are,but alas, it" reminds us more of the tombsof Corinth or something. Life is futile.Nowv there is nothing more to look forwsardto except the nex.-t Sat.Zrday Post and thathole that ought to appear in the seat of thetrousers.

'Well, there's one advantage to havinga hole in the pants. It thill relieve themonotony of the shiny spot that has beer.its predecessor for the past twio months.

As wve sat and peered idly- at the keysa mnost delightful little bird perched uponthe carriage (who says spring isn't here?)and spilled the following: The lateststatistics point to a net profit oaf betweenone hundred fifty and three hundred dol-lars on the Sophomore Dance.

S\ty pleasant little magpie also whispersdisconcerting news concerning the Quad-rangle Society. Something Nvent wrong-,~ithl the scrounging committee, so themembers what are, wish the freshmenwhlat is, wasn't. But not a sword, y'oon-stand ?|

Word comnes from the latest meeting ofthe Institute 'Committec, which just fin-ished an all-time record for a twventy-minute sitting by voting "yes" to every-thing. Nothing good or bad can possibly-comne of this. A large-sized fight de-X eloped when somebody suggested theComnmittee go on record as opposed to aFilter Paper this year, which started an-other fight as to wxho publishes same. Thencertain joint members of the interlockingdirectorate had a priv ate scrap as to justhowv they had voted, pro or con, for thecomiing issue, which scrap wvaged hot untilEx-General MNanager of the Voo Doo,Harper, placidly shamed all partisans intosheepish silence by proclaiming that it wvashis recollections that no one "knew" wherethis sample Ballyd Hoo originated, not evenHarper.

And so the tumult and the shouting dies. Gently comes the dawn and thefirst murmurings of the new day-. O~ncemore the Lounger desists fromn his gossipmongering and rests back to see what thenewv Voo Doo board can do towards cor-recting that appalling negative dy-dx thatis shoNv-ing on the sales graph- Hey, looko)ut -I didn't know it xvas loaded.

lMonor SystenmThe honor system at the University of

South Carolina is about to be abandoned.The reason is t~he incoming freshmen. Theylearn to cheat in high school, and in collegeit is almost impossible to teach them dif-ferently.

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.50 per YearPublished every Monday, Wednesday andFriday during the College year, except

during College vacations

M. H. Weiss '35M. Hecht, Jr. '35J. M. K~ilroy '3aH. S. Mason '35

H. Stockmayer '35R. E. Stanfield '35

I. . S.Banquer'35H.H. H.Dow'35J. . P.Mather'35J. . S Siosson '35S. T. Orton, Jr. '35 W.:R. B. Woolf '35

ADVERTISING DEPARTMENTA. M. Heintz '34, Associate Manager

J. L. Fisher '35 W. H. Rostan '3a

FOR A GREATER TECHNOLOGY

T HE action taken by the Corporation of the Institute at itsmeeting~ 'rednesdav afternoon came as a distinct surprise to

the student body, but the changes enacted in the administrativesystem are recognized as ones that will result in increased efficiencyin serving, the ends for this School. In addition, the changes aresuch that certain portions of the Institute will receive better recogr-nition than they have been obtaining while listed as merely partsof the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

As we understand the act-ion of the Corporation, this latestmove is in keeping with the change made two years ago when theoffice of Chairman of the Corporation was created. With the set-ting up of the Administrative Council and its weekly meetings,members of the Administration will be able to keep in closertouch with the various departments of the Institute. Bettersupervision of the departments and closer cooperation shouldresult. Under the new arrangement, however, the authority of theFaculty will remain unchanged, for it will still have the final voicein questions of educational procedure.

The division of the work of the Institute has been made along:,lines into which the various departments naturally fall, and arecognition of the fact that there are at least three distinct groupsof courses appears the part of wisdom. Through this separationit is to be expected that the divisions of Technology which are notassociated with the average technical school Ewill receive morerecognition, and be able to accomplish more in their respectivefields. As the Institute has awarded such a large proportion ofthe total number of graduate degrees in engineering, distinctrecognition of the Graduate School and provision for its construc-tive administration is an important step.

W~e have been given to understand that the organization of theInstitute has been subject to considerable scrut-iny in an effort todetermine stays in which it may be simplified. It is our opinionthat this action is a step in the right direction; simplification shouldprovide the opportunity for better administration and greaterservice to the students and the nation at large.

The m-en who have been chosen to head the new schools anddivisions are wNell qualified for their positions: they are recognizedleaders in their professions and they have a thorough knowledge ofInstitute affairs.

The step has been taken; the Institute has been divided intoschools and di-visions; leaders of the news groups have been chosen.It remains to) be seen wshat will be the results. Wre prophesy- agreater Technology because of the change.

WELCOME, LADIES?

T ECHNOLOGY coeds burst the bonds of tradition -vesterdaywhen they petitioned the Circus Committee for th~eir rights

as thev see them. In no indistinct terms they ask that the Circus,that stronghold of masculinity, be opened to them, and w~hat'smore, they say that they are eager to lend their support to theproject. In addition, they further say that the event has alwaysbeen closed to them against their waishes, and that they can see noreason for the stand of the Committee in refusing admission tothose of the fair sex.

If the Committee sees fit to consider the petition seriously,it is probable that discussion will wsage swarm at the meeting whenit is fornmally discussed. Of course, there are points to be raisedon both sides. The weomen would lend a aenteel air to the occasionand migiht tend to 1-ake it even dignified, but then as wee compre-henld it, the Circus is not a particularly dignified gathering. Theymight even cooperate to the full extent of their abilities, but whouldtheir efforts bee in keeping weith the spirit of the affair? Finally,is the pDresence of the coeds wanted? The last is what must be-settled,w we'll v-enture that the women whill have to have their own|,Circus.I

Are you a budget-eer?

Then what better way tocarry on for i932 than by do-ing your "clothes allowance"a good turn, now?

The only way to figureclothes, of course, is theircost per year, or rather (iftheir label's R.P.) their costper years!

You know the Rogers Peetreputation for lasting satis-faction.

Every suit, every overcoatin our current sale is from ourregular stock.

$25now v$3 5 tO $5-0

$.35lnow$55 to $75.

Ifor suits that were

Ifor suits that were

for "broken lots "of overcoats that wvere ,$45 to$6;.

ROGERS PEET COMPANYformerly

Macullar Parker CompanyTremomt Street at Bromfeld

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Harvard Boys Much NaughtierIs Startling Revelation

Of Captain

After having braved the icy blasts ofthe March wind from Technology to Cen-tral Square, in search of the police recordsof any unfortunate students who hadstrayed from the straight arid narrow,your correspondent return s empty-handed.Expecting to be coolly received by somevery gruff individual, it was a pleasantsurprise, after being jostled by severalnondescript characters on their way out,to receive a warm greeting from the policecaptain.

In response to the question as towhether or not the police had very muchtrouble with students, the captain an-swered negatively. "Students are nodifferent than anyone else," he said."We've had little trouble with the menfrom Technology." Referring to drink-ing, he could not recall when he had runacross a Technology man, drunk. Iliesaid, "Of course, I don't know how muchdrinking they do in private, it may be alittle or a lot. But they don't seem to bea bunch that would do much drinking."

Students Not M~uch TroubleOI1 being asked if Technology students

caused mnuch trouble on street cars andother public conveyances, the follo->ingwas forthcoming. "No, I can't say thatwe have. We've had a lot of trouble withHarvard students, coming home fromn thehockey games, but none with Tech m en."Perhaps that is because Technology mennever go to hockey games, or do they? Itseems that 'a few of the boys from theschool up the' avenue must celebrate theirvictory or defeat by drowning their feel-ings of the evening, which -usually resultsin trouble on the Boston-Camnbridge sub-way. It might be advisable to build aseparate passageway for them, thus pre-ventin-, future trouble." Again speakingabout students, the Captain said, "Yo~u'llfind a lot of people, though, that areprejudiced against students, lbut that'smostly against Harvard students." TheCaptain might have been reading mymind.

Pretty Decent BunchEverything wvas summed up by tale

conclusion that the men from the Insti-tute were a pretty decent bunch, and thesuggestion that if there were any Tech-nology men with police records, thoserecords whould be found upstairs in theoffice, of the Chief of Police. " Thank; youCaptain, and goodbye."

It was easy enough to find the stair-case which led to the floor on which theChief's office wvas situated, bult thie officeitself 'was another storv. Perseveranceconquereth. all, howvever, and after havingrefused aid from the Welfare Departmentand an offer from the Registry to registeranys car I should happen to have, theChief's office was finallv discovered behinda hulge wooden gate.

Second Officer TalksThe officer in charge wvas qluite wvilling

and ea-or to express his opinions. It seems

TECHNOLOGY MAKESMUCH OF OWN SOAP

Small Plant Produces 3500Gallons Each Year

About four years ago, the Instituteentered the soap business. Why? Foreconomy, of course. Keeping Technology'sfloors clean requires more tha theethousand gallons of a good, mnild soap each5 ear. Stich soap, five years ago, comn-manded the scandalous price of 81.25 agallon. So the Chemistry Departmentlvas consulted. A bit of research dis-cov~ered an entirely satisfactory formulaWhich could be cheaply compounded withinexpensive equipment. The Institutethen decided to makce soap.

Now, every two months or so, a 500-gallon vat in Building 29 is -filled W~itb rawvstock from a New York; concern. Steamcoils heat it up; an electric stirring devicestarts to operate; and Teclnology'smidget soap works mingles its puny odorwith the stench of Lever Brothers' greatnearby plant. The result is the above-mentioned quantity of oleic acid base floorsoap and some 500 gallons of olive andcocoanut oil hanid-soap. The commercialprice of soap has dropped to ninety centsa gallon; yet, the homemade product,which is just as good, costs only one thirdas much.

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BOXERS LEAVE FORBATTLE WITH N.Y.U.Forced to practise out of doors because

their roost, the Hangar Gym. is beingused by the participants in the TechnologsInterscholastic Basketball Tomirnament,the v rsitv and freshman boxing teams aredoing their utmost to mould themselvesinto shape. Being somewhat unaccus-tomed to the harsh Mlarch weather whichNew England has been presenting the lastfew days, the majority of the fighters havespent most of their training time acclim-ating themselves to at brisk Nor'wvester.It is hoped, how-evcr, that the men will bein the pink of condition nt hen they departfor New York tonight.

Waiting in N'ew York for the Instituterepresentatives avil be members of Tech-nology's more than formidable rtdvcrsar·,Newt York University.

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IPROFESSORS BUSH,PRESCOTT, EMERSON,XTO HEAD SCHOOLS

|New Plan Is Culmination OfI Changes Instituted Tw~o8 ~Years Ago

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Architecture and architectural engi-i neering will be administered under theIsSchool of Architecture.

Included in the School of Engineering!will be aeronautical engineering, building|engineering and construction, business and;engineering administration, civil an~d sani-tary, chemical, electrical, electrochemical,fuel and gas, general, mechanical, miningand metallurgical, and naval architectureand marine engineering, and naval con-|struction.

The Division of Humanities wvill include!economics, English and history, generalstlldies, hygiene, modemn languages, and military science.

Dr. Bush Native of EverettDr. Bush is a native of Everett, Alass.,

|the son of the late Rev. R. Perryr Bush,Ifor fifty Xyears a clergymnan in the vicinityof Boston. He wa' s graduated from TuftsCollege in 1913, and in 1916 he wvasawarded the degree of Doctor of Engi-neering att Harva.rd University and theInstitute.

Dr. Bulsh comes to his new position witha disting~uishled background in researchand engineering education. He hI s been

particularly interested in the design ofscientific c al culatimg instruments. For thedevelopment of the product integratph I-ewas awxardled the Levy Aledal of theFrankilin Institute in 1928. Recently hehas wVon vilde recognition for his designof an intricate calculating machine calledthe differentiall analyzer, which greatlyincreases the acelralcy and speed of engi-neering calcullations. Dr. Bush is alsokinow~n for his contributions to the develop-ment of vaciurn tubes and for his investi-gations in electric prower transmission.

Joined Faculty in 1923Dr. Bu1shl wxis invited to join the Fac-

tilty of the Institutit in 192)3 to undertakea comprehlensiv-e study of the under-rad-uiatc curricllluml in Electrical Enginecringand to devxelop) talc most efficient nietilodsof tealchinlg in this field, wvorking closely-wvith Pr ofessor Dutga]ld C. Jackson, I-eadof tilc department. He has also been pro-fessor of Electric Powvcr Transmission. Hiscareer as a teacher has becen no less notablethan his wvork in rcscarcll. and he hlas beenfor somne timne ill charge of -Graduate stuldN

mnd rescarclli the dIcpartmlent.

Early in his carcer, Dr. B3uslh held apositinn in the test dei)-irtmlenlt of theGeneral Electric Compl);ly, and then re-turned to Tufts Colllc, c as an1 instrllcto~rin 7Mathcmal~tics. Siilbseoqently h1C wxasprromotedl to the grra(]c of aIssistan1t pro-fessor of Elcectrical Englfineering.

In t917 -IS Dr. Bilshl carried on im--portant research in submarine detectionfor tllC special board on sulbi-arinle devicesof the U-nited States N~avvy. He nowe holdsthe commission of lieutenant-commanlderin the U. S. Naval Reserv e Forces. He isan enthusiastic vachtsman and during the

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New York from 1901 to 1915 hec special-ized in the design of bank buildings andmodel tenements. He is widelv known forhis e ontributions to architecturil educa-tion its chairman of the educational com-mittee of the American Institute ofArchitects.

Professor Emcrson is ;a native of 'c\wYork City, ind w-as graduated from Har-vard University in 1S95. He then studiedat Columbia Universitv for twvo v\;lrs, andfrom 1S97 to 1901 attended L'E cole desBeaux Arts in Paris.

Served as Major in Red CrossHe served as major and director of the

Arnericanl Rec Cross BRuroil of Construc-tion in Paris frotn 1917 to 1919, and isItChevalier of the French Legion of Honor.

Professor Emerson is a Fellow of theAmerican Institute of Arcllitects and Et

former president of the \'ew Yorlk chapter.He is also a memnber and past vice-presi-dent of the Socictv- of Beaux Arts Archi-tects; a member of the Boston Society ofArchitects. and of Delta Kappa Epsilonfraternitv. In 192S hle was elected anhonorarv member of the Harv-alrd e lapterof Plhi Beta Kaa.)I); Professor Emersonhas been advisorv- architect for RadcliffeCollege since 1929.

PROFESSOR WILLIAM EMERSONDean of the School of Architecture

DR. VANNEVAR BUSH DR. SAMUEL C. PRESCOTTDean of the School of Engineering Dean of the School of Science

surnmer makes along-shore cruises on hisyacht, the Caribour.

I Is Consulting EngineerFollowing the Worl<d l'ar, he -las con-

suiting engineer for the American Radioand Research Corporation. He is adirector of the Spencer Therinostat Comnpany and of Raytheon, Incorporated.

Dr. Bush is a Fellow of the AmericanInstitute of Electrical Engineers, theAmerican Academyi of Arts and Sciences.and the American lhb-sical Societv . He isa memnber of the Societv for the Promotionof Engineering Education, and of AllphTau Omega, Tau Beta Pi, KaZppa EtaKappa, and I'hi Beta KapIpa fraternities.

He is the author of "Operational Cir-cuit Analysis," and joint atlitor withProfessor W. H. TimiJic of "Principles ofElectrical Engincering," one of the niostwvidelv--used hooks in its fiel(l.

Dr. Prescott Internationally KnownDr. Samluel Cate Prescott, head of the

dlepartinent of Biology andl Publlic Health.is inlternlationllv lcii']lown- for his (3istin-gulishec(l wvork ill the eipp~iC ttion of b~iolog,!

to indulstrv. Some of hils Illost inllportanlt

conitribtitionls h1ave been concernod xv'ith

the sanitary quality oaf foods anal bacteri-ological control ini tile dairy ancll food-p~reserv ing indutstries, The first sulstatinedresearch uplon. caninlg probulells xXas iUC-glil

!L) r. P'recsott at the Inlstitutet in 1895.

Born in New HampshireDr. Prestcott Nvas bornl ill Soulthli arn)-

ton, \N. H., of c ld Bellw Elainidm~ stock.After comp~letinlg his early edtluczion atSaiih~ornl Seniiiiary-, he OTntele'O the Inlsti-

ltute alid1 axas Igra~iaeld~tv ill IS94. Helbe-an his techtling career here tindecr thedistin,,tiilised leadership of P'rofe>.or W~il-

liamn T. Sedgw-ick<, llhen fi>.cad of the dlepart-nienlt of Biology. Ill 1'9()0 Dr. Prescott

spent sceveral m-ntlis in po~stgrwtluz~lXork in Berlin and Conenlcglaell. Hereturned and a-as niale assistant p~rofessorin 1903, associate I)rofessor ill 1909. an(!was promioted to the rank of professor in1914. W\-lien Professor Sedgs-ick died in1921, Dr. Prescott ,vas made acting hlieiof t4ie dep.rtmi-ent, and WVatS appointed Jasz

perinalient ]lead ill 1922.

Dr. Prescott is a Fello,.v of the AniericanAssociation for the Advancemint of Sci-ence and of the ;\mnrica;l Aicadieilnv ofArts and Sciences. He is a n her-al~el- of -,leAmerican Chei cl1 Socicty, the ;\iieri.;.0Societv of XNaturalists, the So ie."- OfChemical Inldustrv-, andl tllC ;\IIlC iconPublic Health Associatio-a. He is a meill-ber and past 1president of the S~nciet? of,Anierican Bacteriolol-ists az(1 of the Teelb-nolog-v Aluinil Association. He is a meni-b~er of the Uni-crsitv- and Citv' Club1) ofBoston and of the Chamber of Conillcerce.

Professor Emerson HadDistinguished Career

Professor Willian Emerson came to t leInstitute in 1919 as professor and head of

the department of Architecture, follow-inga, distinguished architectural. career inNew York. In his professional wvork in

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Whensthe Shelton-opened (7years ago) we began catering tocollege men and womej n Gra`ually their patronage has in-creased; we feel safe in assertingthat more students make theShelton their Newt York homethan at any club or other hotel.One reason for this is the freerecreational features plus a de-sire to serve on the part of Shel-ton employees. Room rates havebeen greatly reduced. Rates from$50 per month upward. A roomfrom $2.50 daily.

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

STREET FLOOR -STORE FOR MEN

Friday, March 11, 1932 THE TECH

Dorm Dance WillBe One Of Best

Held In Historyr Sammy Liner And His Orchestra

To Furnish Music ForTonight's Hop

With rumors flying about that some-body has left a small fortune to the Dormi-tory Dance Committee, it is not surprisingto find a good deal of interest among thestudent body in the Dorms' depressiondance tonight. Evidently we are justlirounding the corner," or at least theCommittee seems to feel that wayabout it.

Little expense has been spared to makethis dance as successful as other Dormdances have been in the past. In spite ofthe cut-rate prices on the tickets, thosewho avail themselves of this unusual bar-gain will dance to the highest-priced or-chestra. the Dormitories have yet engaged.

[, Sammy Liner's music has entertained- many at several colleges in the Boston-are,. He has been featured at the Metro-ipolitan Theater and on several radio pro-g-irams xecently. In view of the fact that

-the Comrittee has secured so popular an4orchestra, an unusually large attendanceL f is expected at this affair.

JiTARBETT LECTURES|FOR DELTA OMEGAFunctions Of Public Health

Engineer ExplainedBy Alumnus

"The Functions of the Publi c Engi-neer,'; his past, his present, and his future,formed the substance of the fifth annualDelta Omega lecture by Ralph E. Tar-bett '0a, Chief of the Engineering Section, IU. S. Public Health Service, in Roomj

10-275, at 4 o'clock on Wednesday,3Iarch 9. The speaker *rwas introduced by i

·Professor Prescott of the department ofBiology and Public Health and warmlyw zelconmed by his audience.

Public Health Engineering is the sciencea and art economically applied of controllingand modifying the environment andhabizs of anllirata matter-for the health,

comfort, and convenience of man, said

AIr. Tarbett. Training in the funda-I

mentals of engineering, in general, ini

sanitary engineering, in particular; inbiology, in chemistry, in bacteriology, inI

epidemiology, and in public health dtdmin-

istration is necessary for the public health

engineer.

Traces History

From its beginnings with the study of

Water supplies in connection with typhoid

fever in 1880, the history of public health

engineering was traced in detail by Mr.

Tarbett. hMassachusetts, especially the

-,city of Lawrence, lie declared, was the

cradle of public health engineering. In

|S97 a full-time engineer was fol the first

time employed by a health board in Ohio.

'"ithl thle enactment of various regulations

br Congress in 1913, the public healthE engineers took charge of the milk supplr,

of the shell-fish industry, of lighting and

\-entilation and municipal sanitation in

E manna districts. By 192f6, forty-two states

cmlolyed one or two full-time engineers

on their health staffs. Milk control was

g especially poor until the adoption of a

Sa- sanitai-y milk code in 1923. A year later

" the control of the shell-fish industry wa.s

* definitely taken over by the public health

engineers.

Swimming pools, beaches, camps, andpicnic grounds are today important centersO of activity for the public health engineer,4 according to the statement of M~r. Tarbett.IExtermination of pestiferous insects androdents, treatment of sewage mnd indus-trial wi-astes so as to avoid pollution? soft-cning of water, removal of iron fnd un-pleasant tastes from water, industrialhygiene, elimination of industrial atmo-spheric pollution, noise regulation il largecities, housing and school equipment de-

problems co,nfronting public health cngi-neers. Every community nwith a ponTu-l ration of 50,000 should place an engineer

F on its health personnel, in the opinion ofMlr. Tarbett.

A Icnowledge of psychology declaredMIr. Ta-rbett, is essential to the publichealth engineer, for the human equation·is constantlI9 entering into his worl;. Thec~lltinual contact with the public addszest and interest to the vrofession, he

-Stated, and' the personal gratificationj derived must at the present time serve as: part payment for the services of the public:engineer.

Deans of NewlyrCreated Institute Schools

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Adult Beginners a Specialty10 Expert Lady Instructors

IRcle 9248Lou Lerner teaching personally

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30 Haymarket Square6 Pearl Street

9242 Tremont Street1083 Washington Street

44 Scollay Square332 Massachusetts Avenue

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Stressing the importance of the loudspeaker in modern methods of sound pro-duction, Mr. William M. Hall of theElectrical Engineering Department headedthe program of the Radio Society yester-day afternoon.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

There will be a meeting of the W.I. . T.Photographic Society on Fridays March11, in Room 5-130, at 5 o'clock. Officerswill be elected and arrangements for themid-term exhibition of pictures made,

MUSIC ROOM RECORDS

It is requested that all records whichhave been borrowed from the Wall;er

Iemorial music room be rcttlrned at once.The music is now being catalogued and itis essential that all the records should beavailable.

A. E. S. GLIDER TOBE FINISHED SOON

New Ship To Take Place Of OldFaithful, "409"; Will Be

Of Light Weight

Incorporating new principles of designand construction, the glider of the Aero-nautical Engineering Society is rapidlynearing completion in Building 33. Thetwo wing panels have been practicallycompleted as well as the entire tail as-sembly.

The work completed so far comprisesthe major portion of the glider. The fuse-lage, which is to be made of very lightwelded steel tubing, will be left until thelast. This is done because the work onthis unit, although rot necessitating muchtime, will have to be completed by anexperienced welder.

The Society has been at work on thisproject since last November. The gliderhas necessitated a great deal of time andstudy ont the part of the builders since theconstruction is of so radical a departurefrom the usual conventional methods ofglider design. The principal change hasbeen a new wing section, which A-ill givestrength as well as a minimum of drag.Other features have been incorporated andthe finished product trill undoubtedly bean advance in this form of aviation.

Those workir.g on the glider hope tofinish the construction by the spring vaca-tion so that a number of flights can bemade at this time. The work in progressnow needs as much assistance as can beobtained from anyone interested in thisform of aviation, if the glider is to be fin-ished on schedule time. All those inter-ested in this project are urged to come toBuilding 33 on Saturdays.

WALL PRESENT PAPERAT A. I. E. E. MEETING

Elwood Schafer '2, a st udent in Course\VI-C anld a Research Assistant at theLahcy- Clinic, wvill talk on MAlodern AIpli-cations of Electricity in 2\cclicine," at thedinner mneeting to le held b)- the AI.I.T.Branch of A\.I.E.lE. in the -North Hall ofWvalker icmlrial on Tulesdiay, .arch 15.He will also lead tle general discussion

wlich is to follow. The meeting will be-in

at 6 o'clock.

Dinner tickets are 55 cents each and

rmav be secured from any member of the

Executive Committee or in Room 4-203

before Noondayv noon. All are invited to

attend.

A CHAPERONE'S-EYE VIEW OF THE LOUNGES

THE TECH

FRESHMEN BEGINP. T. COMPETITION

Ambitious freshmen who are substi-tuting track for Physical Training havestarted their tryouts for the annual P. T.competition. This corpetition consists ofeight track events, of which any one maybe omitted by each contestant.

All scoring is done on the basis of thefreshman records for the events. Pointsgradually work up from one or two for poorperformances to 100 points for tying arecord. Even more points can be madeby breaking a record. The events includedin the competition are the shot put, run-ning broad jump, running high jump. 50-yard dash, 6()-yard lowv hurdles, 440-yarddash, 880-yard run, and the rpile run.

Last year's winner was Charles W. Hall,whose total score was 533 points. Hallwas closely followed by Earl Lockhartwith 517 points, and Wxalter Wrigley with509 points.

If the coming week brings forth a littlegood weather, the present records may fallthick and fast.

OFFICIAL BULLET<}*IS'L-~OF GENlERAL INT@EREST

Colloquium Electrical Engineering DepartmentMonday, March 14, and Tuesday, March 15, 2.00 p.m., Room 10-276

Dr. C. D. Hocker, Ce-amics Apparatus Engineer, Bell Telephone Laboratories,will lead the colloquium -which is to be on the subject "The Uise of Some CeramicProducts In the Telephon e Industry."

Open to Seniors, graf luate students, Junior honors students and members of theinstructing staff of the departments of Electrical Engineering and Physics.

Friday, March f1

4.30 p.m. -"X-Ray Scattering and Molecular Structure" lecture by ProfessorP. Deb)ye in Room 4-270.

9.00 p.m. -Dormitorv Dance in Walker Memorial.

GYM TEAM WILLMEET DARTMOUTH

Abbott Back From Injuries; ToRe-Enter Tumbling

After recently whipping the gymnasticteamns of N~ew York University- and Templein twoe successive meets, the Technologygram teami varsity meets Dartmouth onth'eir home floor. The meet woill take placeat Hanover tomnorrowv afternoon.

To date the Beavers have lost btlt onemeet, at which the team from the NavalAcadenmy downed them on their homefloor in Wrialker. Aside from that fact, allscores 1lav-e been on the Beavers' side.

So far the wearers of the Green havehad vrarying luck in their encounters.They have downed Bowdoin, tied Spring-field, and has-e lost to Princeton. Notmuch is known regarding the strength of

the texam as a wviole, lout it is rumored thatthere are several outstanding performerson it which are lik~ehv to make trouble forthe men from Cambridge.

Ericson wvill probably come close to the-Instituite record which lie made last -week

in the encounter with Temple in the ropeclimb event. He, to-ether with Getting,are expected to reap the majority of pointsfor the Beavers.

SCHOOL BASKETBALLTOURNAMENT STARTS

Lowell and IFitchburg QuintetsWin First Two Games

Play started -in the Eastern Massachu-setts Interscholastic Basketball Tourna-ment yesterday afternoon in the HangarGymn at 3 o'clock, with Lowell High stag-ing a great rally in the second half toovercome Lvnn English by a 22-19 score.The losers, who wvere the favorites, out-plaved Lowrell for the greater portion ofthe game, but the latter team wras tfti-usually lucky in the last few minutes, andpulled out with the victory. Followingthis exciting contest, Fitchburg High, oneof the twso leading contenders in theTournament, met Haverhill in a one-sidedcontest, leading by 22-4 at half time.Their final margin of 'victory was 39-11.

Follow ing a dinner in North Hall,Salem faced New Bedford; and Brockton,the other favorite, was pitted againstRindge Tech of Cambridge. But thesegames wvere plated too late last eveningfor their resullts to be obtained. Fitch-burg, 1 judging by their excellent play yes-terday, should be one of the final con-testants. Today the semi-finals X ill takeplace, weith the twvo skinners of Yesterdayafternoon meeting in one final, and lastnight's survivors fighting it out in theother. The finals, for the high schoolchampionship of Eastern Massachusetts,wvill be held tomorrow night ill the HangarGym. Admission to outsiders is fiftycents; Institute students may gain admis-sion by showing their Bursar's Cards.

Coach Henrv P. 1\1cCarthy of the Engi-neer team, assisted by a large group ofbasketball experts, picked the eight quini-tets talking part in the tournament.Referees Kelleher, Ho,, t, anas Clark;, wvhoofficiate at many Institute contests, arehandling all the gamzes.

FITCAL to FIN4LS

Therem~

lBe Light"-B~Bellowed the Managing Editor, and the flash of

a THIE TECH photographer burst the gloom.

Anlgry males charged the reporter - but the

camera does not lie. The intimate scenes

revealed will provide nourishment to the sex-

starved students of the Institute.

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