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I f i esmission data, letters of recom-mendation and standard academ-ic information, as well as nota-tions of any disciplinary actionor academic probation.

Beyonid that the' records dif-fer. The Dean's Office maintainsseparate disciplinary files on stu-dents who have hiad actionbrou-ght against them. and thesefiles remain intact even aftergraduation.

However, Bishop's office isonly the first place to look forstudent files. Other MIT officesmaintaining files on studentsinclude Financial Aid, the Regis-trar, Student Accounts, theMedical Department, depart-ment headquarters and individ-ual student advisors, UROP,Institute Information Services,Housing and Dining,Pre-Professional Advising, theCommittee on Academic Perfor-mance, the Committeezon Cur-ricula, the Committee on Stu-dent Environment, the CampusPatrol, MIT psychiatrists and theAlumni Association.

Records are also maintainedby judicial committees withinindividual dormitories and theInterfraternity Conference (IFC)on discipline matters which nor-mally are handled internally andkept confidential.

Currently, the Dean's Officeaffords students the opportunityto discuss the contents of theirfiles, although the rules specifythat there is certain informationwhich students may not see,including letters of recommen-dation and confidential materialwhich has been routed throughthe Dean's Office.

Bishop, like many othercollege administrators, hasmixed feelings about the newlaw. "It's good that (the law)opens records that have beenclosed," said Bishop. "Studentshave been able to come in andtalk about their records, and wehave indicated to students whatis there without showing it tothem." I

Most students are not awareof the types of information thatare contained in their files, withgueses ranging from elementaryschool discipline reports to dam-aging information compiled byMIT administrators. Bishop saysmany students might be disap-pointed by the nature of thematerial in their records. "TheDean's Office gets far less infor-mation than most people think,"

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I-However, after Nov. 1'), MITstudents, as well as students atall other colleges and universitiesreceiving federal aid, will have anopportunity to see for them-selves the type of informationcollege administrators maintainin personal files.

New federal laws regulatingthe keeping and dissemination of

U personal information by educa-= tional institutions goes into ef-., fect next month, and will - for

the first time - give students theright to peer into their own files.

However, for students whobelieve they immediately will beable to examine all the data MIThas compiled about them, theremay be problems, the most dif-ficult of which might be thelocation of all the personal rec-ords maintained by MIT.

Associate Dean for StudentAffairs James Bishop heads aninternal administrationcommittee which is attemptingto assess the impact of the newprivacy law on MIT's recordkeeping. Last week, he outlinedsome of the problems MIT andits students will have for TheTech.

To begin with, Bishop said,"the total number of records isreally enormous." Every studentat MIT has a folder on file at theDean's Office, containing at thevery minimum high school ad-

Kendall Square, familiar to MIT students as the locale of the nearest MBTA subway stop, will beundergoing a major redevelopment over the next several years. The Cambridge City Council recentlyvoted, after heated debates, to adopt a redevelopment plan which includes housing for the area.

By Michael GarryThe Cambridge City Council

voted Wednesday to implementa redevelopment plan for Ken-dall Square which would bring a"diversified living environment"to the now mostly desolate area.

The Neighborhood Plan, pre-pared by MaIT, the KendallSquare Businessman's Associa-tion and the East CambridgePlanning Team, won the approv-al of the five independent mem-bers of the City Council, withtlhe. four ('ouncil liberals op-posing the plan.

An e nvironmental impactstudy of the plan, which maytake uip to six months, must nowbe conducted by the engineeringfirm Metcalfe and Eddy, and'zoning changes must be made bythe City Council, before con-struction can begin.

One of four redevelopinentalternatives being considered bythe City Council, the Neighbor-hood Plan offers an opportunityto convert the 24 city-ownedacres in Kendall Square into "acohesive neighborhood," saidWalter Milne, Assistant to the

Chairman of the Corporationand Special Assistant to the Pres-ident for Urban Relations. Theinclusion of a subway stop atKendall Square, Milne added,makes it "uniquely qualified"for redevelopment. "Kendall'S'q-a/e is probably, 'ttie.`oilypilace in the 'United- States," hesaid "where one rises out of asubway into a vast wasteland."

The Neighborhood Plan pre-sents a wide spectrum of redevel-opment possibilities, rangingfrom light industrial plants to

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By Mike McNameeMlT officials expect an ade-

quate supply of oil and otherfuels to get the Institute throughthe coming winter, but are con-tinuing to stress savings in ener-gy use due to the higher cost offuel this year.

Significant savings, amount-ing to as much as 20 per cent ofthe energy consumption in someareas, have already been nmadeby Physical Plant efforts underthe direction of environmentalengineer Carl Haage.

But these savings have beenmore than offset by rising costsof oil, electricity, and otherenergy sources, making conser-vation of energy a top item onthe Physical Plant agenda.

Director of Physical PlantWilliam R. Dickson said that thesavings already made in energyconsumption would amount tomore than $1 million each yearat current energy costs. "Butprices have risen so fast,"Dickson said, " that our savingshave been more than wiped out,and we're paying more even

.-though we're using much less."Economy is the major con-

tern pushing the savings pro-gram, as MIT's oil suppliers haveassured the Institute that it willget all the oil that it needs - andthe Federal government allows it- this winter. This contrastswith the situation last winter,when MIT's oil supplies were cut30 per cent in the wake of theArab oil embargo against theUnited States.

Warm weather last winter,

especially during the monthof December, and a crashenergy-saving program allowedthe Institute to weather thatcrisis. Physical Plant officialscredited savings by the MITcommunity f6r the savings,which made it possible for MITto get through the winter with-out depleting its oil reserves.

"Since we found out lastNovemrber that we could livewith only 75 per cent of our fuelallocations, economsny has beenthe major concern," saidThomas E. Shepherd Jr., Physi-cal Plant Supervisor of Utilities."The money concerns are hittingharder than ever now, though -if it weren't for the cost, we

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Shepherd cited last year'spublicity campaign, which in-cluded weekly Teclh Talk articleson saving energy, and an energycontest now going on in thedormitories as examples of howthe Institute community will beinformed about the energy prob-lems. "As the days get shorterand colder, we'll be increasingefforts to make the communityaware of savings programs, andasking them to help," he said.

The temperature in mostbuildings at MIT will be kept ataround 68 degrees again thiswinter, and usage of lights andother electrical equipment will

be cut as much as possible.Dickson said that PhysicalPlant's goal was to cut as muchenergy use as possible from lastyear's record low consumption.

So far, most of the savingsthat have been made have beenin areas where "we could useexisting equipment in moreeconomical ways than we werebefore," according to Dickson.The Physical Plant chief saidthat he expected increased sav-ings from this point on wouldinvolve making capital expendi-tures to replace "inherentenergy-wasters" with more effi-cient equipment.

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Pass-Fail (Con tinued from page 1)he said, "Most notes (preparedby the Dean's Office) are onacademic or bureaucratic mat-ters and more personal thingsprobably are pretty vague."

However, there are itemswhich colleges would like keptfrom students, and among thoseare letters of recommendation.Administrators across the coun-try are worried that student ac-cess to files containing personalevaluations will have a "chillingeffect" on admissions porcesseswhich depend upon confidentialletters as a primary source ofinformation about prospectivecandidates.

Harvard University PresidentDerek Bok said last week thatHarvard and other universitieswill lobby for a delay in theeffective date of the law to allow

for public hearings, during whichCongress would be apprised ofthe dilemma facing college ad-missions offices in light of theprivacy statute.

"For an institution such asHarvard that is trying very hardnot to adhere slavishly to testscores and grades, but to con-sider a wide range of humanqualities, we depend very muchon frank, candid letters of eval-uation from alumni, schoolteachers and many otherpeople," Bok told a gathering atHarvard's Eliot House.

If these letters are now opento inspection by the studentinvolved, Bok predicted the"candor and detail with whichletters of recommendation arewritten," would more thanlikely be impaired.

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i Representative Michacl Har-rinrton (D-Mass.) will speak at theHarvard Law School Forum at 2pmFriday, Oct. 18, Pound Building 1 02,on "The CIA in Chile," Admissionwill be 75 cents.

x Thc Fannic and John Hertzfoundation offers graduate fellow-ships to students of outstanding po-tential in the applied physical sciern-ces and engineerig. The competitionis open to seniors who will start grad-uate study, next year, or to studentswho have already started graduatestudy at MIT or one of 13 other eli-gible American institutions. Appli-cants must be US citizens or be ableto show proof of intent to becomecitizens. For more informnation, con-tact the Graduate School Office,Room 3-136, before Nov. 1, 1974.

* A scholarship competition isbeing offered by the ConsultingEngineers Council of New England toengineering students who may beinterested in entering the consultingengineering profession after gradua-tion, Thle winner of the competitionwill receive an award of $1300 fromthe CECNE, and will be entered in anational contest sponsored by theAmerican Consulting EngineersCouncil. Students interested in thecompetition should contact ThlomasR. Morgan at Camp Dresser andMcKee, Inc., at 742-5151.

* Erich von Daniketl, author of thebest-selling "Chariot of the Gods?"will speak at Harvard's SandersTheatre on Oct. 30.

* "Antonia: A Portrait of theWoman", a documentary film aboutconductor Antonia Brico, will openat the Orson Welles Cinema, MassAve between Central and HarvardSquares, on Wednesday, Oct. 16.Brico, reputed to be history's fore-most woman conductor, is the crea-tor of "The New York Women'sSymphony."

* John M. Johansen of Johansenand Bhavani of New York, will lec-ture on "Distirnguished Alumni and'nIeir Current Work" at the HarvardDepartment of Architecture LectureSeries at 5:30 pm Wednesday, Oct.23. in Piper Auditorium, GeorgeGund Hall.

* Computer Science students areencouraged to enter papers for thefifth annual International Sympo-sium on Multiple-Valued Logic to beheld at Indiana University, Bloonming-ton, Ind., on May 1346, i975. Papersshould be submitted to Dr. GeorgeEpstein, IU Department of ComputerScience, by Dec. I.

* MIT Technology Wives will holdan organizational meeting Wednes-day, Oct. 16, at 8 pm in the StudentCenter Mezzanine Loungc. MargaretScahill, Director of Visitor Develop-ment of the Boston Chamber ofCommerce, will give "An Introduc-tion to Boston."

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MHD generation produceselectricity by means of the pas-sage of high-temperature, high-velocity, gases seeded with me-tallic particles through strongmagnetic fields. The high-temperature gases are renderedelectrically .conductive in such asituation, and, in accordance-with Faraday's principles of elec-tromagnetic induction, producean electromotive force. Havingpassed through the fields andbeen cooled, the gasses are thenfurther used to drive gas tur-bines. In this way, an MHDgenerator produces electricity intwo steps, its maximum efficien-cy exceeding that of a conven-tional generator by approximate-ly 20 per cent.

Among the topics to be dis-cussed at today's conference arethe technological obstacles tothe use of certain fossil fuels(notably coal) in M HD genera-tors, and recent advances byMIT researchers in the area ofthe structuring of the electro-magnets used in the generators.

The coal question is particu-larly critical to US scientists inthat American researchers, un-like their Soviet counterparts,are forced to use this fuel as aresult of the high price of thecleaner-burning natural- gas.

The Soviet delegation, headedby Professor A. E. Sheyndlin ofthe Institute of Higher Tempera-tures, will be interested in themagnet problem, since MIT sci-entists have been able to achievegreater outputs with their ad-vanced electromagnet place-ment.

Also to be duscussed are thesteps toward implementation ofMHD power generation on alarge-scale national or interna-tional basis.

in operation for some tinle,having reached a maximum out-put of 6.5 megawatts over atwenty-four hour operating pe-riod. (MHD generators do notyet operate continuously). TheSoviet plant is located ' nearMoscow and is administered bythe Institute of High Tempera-tures of the USSR Academy ofSciences.

MIT- research in this area isbeing coordinated and partiallyfunded through the MIT EnergyLab, although the project wasitself in existence before the labwas organized in November of1972. The p'roj e ct drawsresearchers from the depart-ments of Chemical Engineering,Metallurgy and MaterialsScience, Nuclear Engineering,and from the magnet lab, cur-

By Greg Erwin LemkeA group of Soviet and MIT

scientists will meet today todiscuss the continuing US-USSRcooperative program in magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) powergeneration.

MIT coordinator for the con-ference, Prof. J. F. Lewis ofAeronautics 'and Astronautics,said that the meeting is beingheld to compare and consoli-date research findings in variousfields of MHD development.

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{Conti#2uetl /ormn page 1) retail stores, residential housing,and a hotel. What distinguishesthis plan firom the three othersthat have been proposed is itsrelative emphasis on residentialhousing, rather than light indus-try and technical office space.

It is hoped, according to apamphlet issued by the PlanningOffice, that such a shift in land-use priorities would "create apeople-oriented neighborhoodwhich will make for a morehuman environment."

Another advantage of theNeighborhood Plan, Milnenoted, is that it will generatemore tax revenue for Cambridgethan other proposed plans. Inaddition, said James McNeely,architectural consultant to thePlanning Office, the-unusual va-riety of building structures in-corporated in the plan puts thecity "in a more favorable posi-tion in terms of market ability,"that is, the ability to attract aland-developer.

Extremely high interest ratesare discouraging developers fromconsidering new projects at thistimnie, said McNeely. ttowever, heexpects interest rates to drop bynext year and believes that theplan's flexibility will then beginto bear fruit for the city.

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-Both McNeely and Milneunderscoreced the need to createa livelier atmosphere at KendallSquare that would make it "amore attractive place in which tolive and work." The Neighbor-hood Plan, they said, with itsvariety of land uses, is bestsulited to accomplish this.

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sidies may help to reduce rentsof these apartments, he said,though there is still concern thatsuch subsidies will become toomuch of a 'strain on the tax-payer.'

Approximately $50 millionwill be needed to fund KendallSquare's redevelopment, ofwhiclh $17 million will comefrom local sources. The rest willbe contributed by- the Federalgovernment. MIT, due to itsproximity to Kendall Square,will be bearing part of the bruntof the local expenses.

However, MIT will be provi-ding credit payments - not cash- to the redevelopment. UnderSection 112 of a MassachusettsUrban Renewal statute, academ-ic institutions are permitted -to

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EqualityBy Jules Mollere

A just society "makes nopresumption in favor of eqtual-ity," according to Dr. RobertNozick, professor of Philosophyat Harvard.

Nozick presented his point ofview at a recent Technology andCulture seminar entitled "Justiceand Equality."

Nozick linked equality withthe manner in which a manjudges himself. "A person's self-esteem is measured with regardto others. If a person sees him-self as measuring less in somedimension than another person,he considers himself to be infe-rior .... Society tries to lessenthese feelings of inferiority bymaking everyone equal but it'srather a hopeless task. One canalways find something againstwhich to compare oneself."

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In Nozick's view, it would be."if no one had a claill on thatmoney when it was in the fans'pockets, then how in the worldcan they have any claim on itonce it is in the box?"

Nozick explained his view bypresenting his theory of entitle-ment. "The entitlement theory,ooks first at how a certainh'olding - was adquired, howsomething came to be held. Nextit considers the transfer of hold-ings, how things go from one

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pletely just," Nozick continued"then a person would be onlyentitled to something that wasoriginally acquired justly and inwhich all transfers were just. Hewould not be entitled toanything else."

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However, Associate Directorof Financial Aid Sam Jones ex-plained that the file had beenturned over only after he hadinspected it, finding nothingwhich could be considered ein-barrassing or damaging, If he hadfound such material, Jones said,he would have delayed openingthe file for inspection until ithad been "sanitized."

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EquealityBy Jules Moliere

A just society "makes nopresumlption in favor of equal-ity," according to Dr. RobertNozick, professor of Philosophyat Harvard.

Nozick presented his point ofview at a recent Technology and-Culture seminar entitled "Justiceand Equality."

Nozick linked equality withthe manner in which a manjudges himself. "A person's sel:f-esteem is measured with regardto others. If a person sees him-self as measuring less in somedimension than another person,he considers himself to be infe-rior .... Society tries to lessenthese feelings of inferiority bymaking everyone equal but it'srather a hopeless task. One canalways find something againstwhich to compare oneself."

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In Nozick's view, it would be."lf no one had a claim on thatmoney when it was in the fans'pockets, then how in the worldcan they have any claim on itonce it is in the box?"

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Wayne Berry comes throuLgh as thediscovery of the record, as his two songs"Black Magic Gun" and "Indian WomanFrom Wichita" are thle winners off L.adicsLove Outlaws. Ex-Steely Dan guitar,player.Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (alsb0 e>k-Ulti-mnate Spinach, if anyone remembers orcares) contributes a chillingly eerie dobrothat perfects "Black Maglic Gull," thienadds a fitfid bit of' electric work to-Indian Wonman" (wherein Holmes some-whlat redeems his excesses).

Lee Clayton c-ontributions are split.good and bad; the title cut, possibly thebest known i song on 'the albuml ismawkishly recorded withl the Memphis

·ftorns, adding an obnoxious quality to ason,, alrecady doing well ill that respect."('latin Onl Me," on the othier hand, iscatchy and. if lacking the couple of wittylines of "Ladies Love Outlaws." at leastescapes the coying cuteness. "DesperadosWaiting For The Train" hias gained somenotoriety on its own through Jerry JeffWatken's rendition, Kit suffers herein atthe hands of a malevolent arrangement.

" Maggie," a traditional numbher simplyrecorded, captures a poignancy not oftenachieved by Rush of late, "Ho,1bo's Man-dolil'i" and "One Day I Walk" are pleas-ant if undistinguishied, with tile lattertune a peculiarly weak choice from theable C'anadian Bruce ('ockhurn's reper-toire. The (dis~lhonors. though. for worst~o0ng -as well as worst performance go to.'"Jenny Lynn." While comnpeting activelyWith "Ladies Love Outlaws" for thlerecord's Iowv point. "Jenny Lynn"emerges in tile lead thanks to JanmesTay.lor-Sinlon's gratingly irritating vocals.

Indeed, Tomn Rushi has perpetuated hisreputation for finding and recording thework of good young songwriters:, unfor-tunately, the caliber of ('layton, Smith,Berry, '(:lark, Dean, and Cockburn isneither as consistent or as high as that ofBrowne,- Whiffen, Kaz, Neil, McLauchlan,Winchester, Taylor, and (J.C.) Young.Rush's own vocal performances on LadiesLove Outlaws are typically smooth andobviously the work of a polished veteran,and the Wayne Berry tuines alone alnostmake this record interesting to those pastthe narrow scope of long-time Torn Ruishaffection; yet the amount of qualityvariation present (always evident butnever to tile current extent) and theproduction flaws due perhiaps to commer-cial/rnonetary considerations, the concernfor new-found "rock and roll" fans, andthe absence of long-tinme cohort TrevorVeitch raise seriouis reservations. TomRush no longer enjoys much10 of a linger-ing distinctiveness from the days whensoloists were the exception, not the rule;others doit far getter than he does these day s.

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(lark and gniarled texture (especially-contrasted with Anderson's flute playing,which stages a dramiatic revival). "QueenAnd Country" works as a strong musicalvehicle for Martin B arre's guitar (anotherjoyously-greeted returnee from recentobscu rity)*, a perhaps- .unintentionalmusical pUn ' stenms from a particularlyQueen-like guitar riff.

Through the first two tunes 'and therather clas;sically-struciured " Lad ies",Ahdel'son brings in, the elements ofnaivdte and irresponsibility in theWarChild, and sets tflemn against a crueler,colder, most malevolent society; with the"Ba c k-Door Angels" (which recalls

Benef it and earlier Tull; merged with t~heblIudgeoning rhythms introduced onA qualung and since accepted as a grouptrademnark), the learning and experiencingbegins":. "Seal-ion" follows, only to twistwhat has seemed to be the truth againstWarCh lid, who thinks he's got it allfigured out.. Musically, the first side variesfrom the proper delic'acy of "Ladies"{recalli~ng old bits from Living In ThePast) to the rather befuddled and awedThurndirclap Newman-like vocals on"SeaL-ion", encompassing both relativelylush string sections and the starkest ofguitar /.winds interplay; the thickorgan-keyed ooze of Thick A's A Brickand A Passion Play' is replaced by sometruly inspired arranging and playing.

Typical is the superb instrumentationof side two's lead son-, "Skating AwayOn The- Thin Ice Of The New Day"; acombination of bottleneck guitar, JohnEvan's piano accordinn and glockenspiel,and Barriernore Barlow's exoticpercussion is instantly arresting. JethroTull's single best song since any of thegreat Curies off Benefit is next - "Bunglein The Jungle," the current 45 release.Amazingly, in light of recent Tull, it hasthe barest hint of a guitar solo that frosts'a catchy, intriguingly' worded song.Lyrically, Anderson has now introducedreligious imiages and a further elemrent ofcnfusion and muddle'd reality/unreality

into the life of the 'WarChild. "OnlySolitaire" briefly and. personally stabsback at critics inonly mnildly. veiled terms,and internalizes Anderson's art so that it

[:may exist in a virtual' vaccuum-, "T heThird Hoorah" restates the mnusical"WarChild" therne, but,nmanipulates it intermis of what has transpired, before"Two Fingers': heralds the time when"1you mningle with the dust," in the finalinconsequenC1tial. yet morally stillcompromising, act of the Passion Play.

lnn Artdelrson h'as- reestablished hisreputation and that of Jethro 'Full withWarChild', thoughlihe may well have beensaying the same thing on- a in1Uch hi-herintellectual and artistic plane in A, Passi onPlay, miaking his nearly indecipherablelifeview somewhat more accessiblethrough an excellent ten songs returnsAnderson to a point where lie will notonly .be heard, but listened- to as 'well.

lfarChihl is an exciting album-, it pLutsa niajor rock talent back in touch with hisaud ience after a long period ofself-righ'teous aloofness. Subtleties havebeen exchanged' over the years, andemiphases jugg-1led, permnuting the sound ofJethro full. After a rather (try andunfruitful transitional period, Tull is

· back-, and Wa r(hiidt stands as animpressiye accomplishment-..

photo and'story by Harish Mendis

TVe King Of The Dark Chamber, a play by the Indian poet and playwright-Rabindranath Tagore, was staged in the Kresge Little Theatre lastweekend. Tagore is probably the best known lndion poet in the westernworld; this play, translated by Tagore into En,' is in an historical.,etting, but reflects in a subtle manner his deep interest in the classical'heritage and philosophy of India, as well as his appreciation of the simplebeauty' of nature's- forms and forces. The story is of a king who rules hiskingdom 'well, yet remains an anonymous and mysterious figure tohis subjects--complications ensue when a bogus king makes himselfpublic. Th-6ugh -there is an historical perspective to the play's se'tting, thereis a timeless quality to Tagore's themes which transcends when or where"the king" ruled - the study of kingships has other dimensions! The King

'Of The Dark Chamber was specially adapted for western audiences fromthe lengthy oi-iginal,- and was directed by Malay and Meera Chatterjee. Theplay was produced under the auspices of SANGAMI, the society for Indianaffairs- at MIT.

Ladies m y likceoutlaws Ubt...by Neal Vitale

I-lie full-page ad in Rolh117,g Stone'Cisbrutally to the point a sunglassed,lashtenably shorter-haired Tomn Rushstares loftily above the words "l'qoRush, rock and roll hero." Gone are thelast trappings of "little Tommy Ruslh"out of New Hampshire' there are riomore allusions to the folk roots thutspawned an artist who first _gainedreknown for his always sensitive, oftenbrilliant, renditions ' of obscure,soon-to-be-famous songwriters' work. Thetransition fromt the early folk/blues onthe old Prestige label with people likeFri t z Ri c hmiond and the JacHoizman-backed efforts on Flektra to thefar nmore comercially slick and rocking'quartet of 'olumibia records has leftmany a bitter taste in the mlouthhs Of fansof the original Tom Rushi artistry anllintegrity, but that early evident talent hiasendured.

Perhaps, though. it's becomingincreasingly.- difficult to find tehatop-notch songs to record,,just as it seemshard to associate oneself with skillful,tasteful. and sympathetic musicians; inthose respects, Tom Rush's latest, LadiesLove Outlawrs, shows glaringly thin. Outof ten numbers, barely five are distin-guished in any manner. One of those is arevised version of Rush's 1968 germ, firstincluded on the Elektra Circle Gamne discpaired with the instrumental "RockportSunday," "No Regrets," An overblownproduction due to cinematic wunderkind

'l'uai- nobungling hereby Neal Vitale

Just when it seemied that Jethro Tuilhad inescapably joined a coterie ofone-time rock luminaries like the GratefulDead and the Allman Brothers Band in aself-destructive spiral of increasingpopularity paired with sharply decreasing

miusical imagination and appeal, IanAnderson and friends have pulled anabout-face and produced, in ll/ar(hli1,their strongest album11 since Benefit. Goneis the pomposity and obtuseness of APassion MYa); in their place are coherentsongs of no longer than five-odd minuteseach which blend neatly into aconceptual package w i thout thedifficulties engendered by a two-sided.,piece".

Interestingly, WarChild seems to dealin very similar themes as did it-, two epicpredebessors, Play, and Thick A4s A Brick,and even Aqzialung - the record fallsrather cogently into a sort ofautobiographical life cycle, with songsstandin-g ably alone, but gaining fromttheir ihterrelation as well. Anderson'sexpected cold cynicismi is cryptic in itsdealing woth topics of religion, showbusiness, death, and even the reaction to.A Passion Play; the being of theWarChild embodies the culture andexperiences of the last generations of war,since World War fl.

"WarChild" begins the proceedings,casting t he f ir s tof many newinstrumental forays at the listener -Anderson has picked tip the saxophone,and now employs it in .much the samefashion as does David Bowie, uising it lessas a virtuIoso instrument than to create a

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attempt is made to achieve the idealblend of the new Frateful Dead soundwith that which is their heritage.

On the album cover, "Ugly Rumors" isdisguised magnificently, -reminiscent ofthe ambiguous "American Beauty"-"American Reality" cover of the Amer-ican Beaut ' album, and of the morerecent'cover of Wake of the Flood, inwhich the portrayed cloud, turned side-ways, reveals itself to be a distorted skull,the Dead's trademark. Musically, thealbum is generally enjoyable;-"'LooseLucy", ending side one, is an outstandingtune, utilizing Garcia's exceptional guitarlead and vocals in a manner not unlikevintage Grateful- Dead. Here also thepiano and background female vocals arewell employed. "Pride of Cucamonga"and "Unbroken Chain" are the first songswritten and sung by Phil Lesh since "Boxof Rain" on A merican Beauetv. The lattersong is unlike anything ever recorded by-the Dead and is particularly interesting inthat it marks the first time that the Deadhave experimented with the use of asynthesizer; this appears to be thedirection Lesh wants the band to go,since of late he has been playing thesynthesizer between sets at Grateful Deadconcerts. The song leading off side two,"Scarlet Begonias", is a good, fast paced,Garcia styled number marred only by itsconclusion, which features Donna moan-ing incessantly; occasionally it nmay beheard on pop AM stations, signifying themore popular, commercial appeal of theDead these days (previously only"Truckin" received any AM air time atall).

Inasmuch as it has become standardprocedure for the Dead to include one (1)Bob Weir composition per album, it is notsuprising that is true for Froim the lfarsHotel also - "Money" is that contribu-

-tion. Strained by anachronistic lyrics andan aura also atypical of Dead sound,"Money" is nevertheless a good cut, withWeir singing the type of song he performsbest, supported well by the rest of theband, most noticeably -Donna. The fol-lowing song on the albuni, "Ship ofFools", is all Jerry Garcia, and, as such, isa moving number much like "RowJimmy" from Wake of tche Flood. Unfor-tunately, in recent years, the Dead havetaken to playing slower and/or morespacey numbers at fhe expense of aban-doning their old energetic sound (contrastthe latest concert version of "Bertha"with the rendition recorded on the sec-ond ,ive Dead album). Yet "U.S. Blues"(the big single from frotn the ,VarsHotel), an attempt to recapture the pastenergetics while retaining popular appeal,fails in this endeavor, sounding like"token" Grateful Dead material aug-mented by Robert Hunter's inane-lyrics.

In all;, then, this new Dead alburn-islistenable, sporadically excellent, occa-sionally disappointing. Yet Dead heads ofyore, while probably enjoying this album,will undoubtedly remain partiallyunsated, since thi's is certainly not entire-ly the acid oriented, emotionally chargedrock which had been the trademark ofthe band (oh, to hear "St. Stephen" livejust one more time...); indeed while thedifferences may be subtle, and many maybelieve them to be improvements, thelatest Grateful Dead sound is-somehowlacking those qualities which enabled theband to have a major influence on aselected few, Rathler it appears that hori-zons (rnarkets?) have expanded and alessened influence on the many is nowdesired, at the expense of' the almost'legendary, tight cultism which once pre-sided over Grateful Dead concerts anaalbums.

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common with her present style. However,the "Perfect Angel" style is even furtheroff 'the mark, as could be heard in herperformance of that song, writtenespecially for her by El Toro Negro,Wonder himself. It was a boring littlepiece of nothing, contrasted with themany good pieces written by Minnie withthe help of Richard Rudolph; it had nodepth or body, and Minnie is just toomuch of a woman to embody such ashallow image or style.

Aside from this identity problem, Ihave great hopes for Ms.-Ripperton. Shehas a lot of talent and a lot of experience.Coming from a large family of singers andmusicians, her talent was put to workearly in church and grammar school. Ateleven, she decided to head in a differentdirection, and at fourteen joined a femalepop singing group, the Gems.

In 1963, she signed a contract withChess Records and in the eight years thatfollowed worked with many talentedperformers, including Ramsey Lewis,Muddy Waters, Etta James, and JohnnyNash. In 1966, because of companypressures, she assumed the pseudonym ofAndrea Davis, but discarded it within theyear because of her dislike for phoniness.During the late sixties she recordedseveral numbers with Rotary Connection.After the group dsibanded, she did herfirst solo album, Come To My Garden; itrecieved little notice. Then, in 19i1, asChess Records was doing little in the wayof furthering her career, she severed hercontract.

Out on her own, Minnie had littletrouble finding xwork. She performed withsuch stars as, Quincy Jones, RobertaFlack, and Freddie Hubbard. She madeher bucks. doing commercials forClearasil, Coca Cola, United Airlines, andAmerican Oil. Finally the big break camewhen she got an offer from a big recordcompany, Epic Records, and she teamedwith Stevie Wonder,

Along with the publicity and financialbacking, Minnie got a big push into thelimelight; with her assets, she has a goodchance of staying there. She needs onlyto develop her style and. acquie somemore polish. She's versatile enough tosing almost any form of music, doingexcellent jobs on soul, jazz, and pop,though she prefers to avoid blues. Minnieexplains: "Blues has to do with feelingsad. I'm not feeling sad. I'm a happyperson. I want to touch people with mysinging. But I want to do it in a happyway." Well, we'll have more insight intoher possibilities soon enough, since aftershe completes her tour and a vacation inHawaii, she'll be back in the studioworking on another album, which shouldappear sometime in February.

Ugly Rumorsfrom the Deadby Mitchell Lazar

In 1966, in conjunction with theMerry' Pranksters arid the electric kool-aidacid tests, a band was formed whichcould express musically what people wereexperiencing enz masse. The band was theGrateful Dead, and its acid rock soundreflected the development of a west coastcounter culture-marathon concerts fueledby seemingly. unquenchable human emo-tion; relentless, inspired, unpolished jamsby imaginative musicians who knew eachother so well that the overall sensationimparted by the music was, in fact,largely - product of the group's oneness;and a relatively small, extremely fanaticalfollow.ing of "Dead Heads", as muchmoved by the music as was the banditself.

As years went by, the band becamnemore technically proficient. Lead guitar-ist Jerry Garcia improved his whiny,unstructured guitar work to the pointwhere he became one- of the best Amer-ican rock 'n' roll guitarists: Bob Weir,second guitarist, improved his vocal prow-ess to the point where he became anextremely capable singer; and Phil Leshbecame one of the steadiest bassistsaround. The Dead's sound changed,becoming less regional and more widelyappreciated. With this appreciation camefar mnore revenue than they had everbefore accumulated, which revealed itselfin the form of an amazing assemblange ofaudio equipment, enabling the Dead tohave more control over their live souncl; itmust be realized that one of the Dead'sgreatest assets is the ability to exertcomplete control over their music and,eventually in the course of a 5 or 6 hourconcert, their audience.

Perhaps, though, the Dead reachedtheir musical peak during the Americantour following release of the Europe '72album, for there was a price to be paidfor popularity. With recognition came lessexclusive attendance at concerts: a newbreed of listener emerged who nierelyliked vibrations. Bowing to the externalpressure thus created, a conspicuousmetamorphosis occured in the Dead'smusic - it became aimed at pleasing mosteveryone, not just a few. This evolutionmainfests itself splendidly in the conmpar-ison between the first Dead album, TheGrateulft Dead, and Wake of the Floold.One listen to each and it is apparent thatthe energy and improvisation is in thefirst albumin, whereas more generallylistenable music has been recorded onWakte u tile Flood. When Ron McKernan(Pig Pen), the organist-harmonlicist whowas the Dead's niost blatant link with thedrug culture, died of a liver disease in1973, the final tie was severed. Today, apianist (Keith Godchaux) and a femalevocalist '(Donna Godchaux) along withBilly Kreutzmann, the drummer since theDead's inception, compose the remainderof the group along with -Garcia, Weir, andLesh.

Froms the lAfars Hlotel is the GratefulDead's latest album, released this sunim-mer. It is an abitious effort in that it isthe third album recorded since the addi-tion of the Godchauxs (the first twowere, chronologically, Europe '72 andWake of thle Flood) and the second albumrecorded since Pig Pen's death and the

formation of Grateful Dead Records(what money can buy); obviously the

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Minnnie- aPerfect Angelby Cheryl Allen

Stevie Wonder called her a "PerfectAngel", but by the time MinnieRipperton danced off the Symphony Hallstage preceding Harbie Hancock twoFriday nights ago, we all knew that shewas much more or much less than anangel, depending on how you view angels.Her five-octave range encompasses boththe low, throbbing demonic urges andhigh-pitched . cherubic tones; her sweetangelic face beams as she sings, while hersensuous body, clothed in a flowerygown, dances. Unfortunately, like mostfemale pop singers, Minnie finds herself avictim of the male chauvinist outlookthat all female performers are women ofdoubtful virtue. In order to be acceptedthe woman must conform and becomeanother Janis Joplin or Billie Holiday, orgo to the other extreme and assume animage of purity and childishness. It seemsas though Stevie Wonder is trying to giveher a push in the latter direction, butMinnie, a mother of two children, is nokid. Moreover the Perfect Angel albumcover, depicting Minnie as a little girl inoveralls with a melting ice cream cone, isnothing but a sad joke. Minnie is noangel, but a human being, and a prettypowerful singer at that.

From the beginning of her first song,-"Reasons", until she closed her showwith the same song, that mere slip of a

-woman rarely reduced the power -hervoice was pumping out. Unfortunately,this had the effect of making a few parts

,of her performance monotonous, and themargins between the really good songs,like "Reasons" and "Every Time HeComes Around", and the mediocre songslike "Perfect Angel" and "Take a LittleTrip", very narrow. At times, it seemed asthough she was competing with the band;at other times, sfie sounded just plainshrill. The few' mellow songs she did dodid much t enhance the performanceand, break the repititous feeling. Forexample, when she sang' "l,oving You",we all got that much needed break, butwe also got much more - we got a part ofMinnie herself; to qoute a line from thesong, "I see your soul come shiningthrough," and we were all warmed bythat radiance.

A nice job was done on songspreviously done by Stevie Wonder andQuincy Jones, but they have little in

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Roll Doctor" it's clear that this record isno break with the Little Feat tradition of

..quality goods. There are weak moments,admittedly, but those get glossed overever so quickly as Feats gets played . .and played . . . and played. . . -

"Doctor," "Long Distance Love,""(Wait Till The Shit Hits) The Fan," andthe title track are the best to be had onFeats Don't Fail Me Now. Those songsdon't quite match the quality of, say, thefirst side of Sailin' Shoes, but they beatout just about everything else coming outof the US of A these days. A couple ofother cuts, don't work quite so well,though; the pattern or rerecording oldsongs in different versions (started withfirst and second album versions of"Willin' ", a song associated more withSeatrain) reappears with a medley of"Cold Cld Cold" and "Tripe Face Boog-ie." The originals of the§e two tunes weredone with a greater succinctess, if notquite with the power of those- latestextended versions. What could hate beendone quite well in five or six minutes, isfleshed out with some Bill Payne nood-ling on piano and synthesizer and someersatz "jamming" to ten. Numbers like"Oh Atlanta" and "Skin It Back" arestrong, if tending to be strident, reflectinga lacking of polish that breaks throughthe veneer of IFeats Doll 't Fail Ale Now inspots.

Whether or: not this record is the onethat will destroy Little Feat's "cult band"label is unclear; certainly, the Feat's liveperformances recently at Paul's Mall andat the Boston Garden with Lindisfarneand Traffic won't hurt their chances. See

them and/or hear them for yourself; youjust might be the one to put Little Featover the top.

musical forms.

Unfortunately, their albums have de-clined since, then, and their music hasundergone a tremendous change of style.Weather Report is primarily a funky bandnow and 70% of the subsequent Sweet-nigher album is funky jamming on one,choid. I wonder if this musical metamor-phosis was the motivation for the resig-nation of .Miroslav Vitous and EricGravatt. The loss of Vitous was mosttragic, for he was the best instrumentalistin the band; he extracted sounds fromacoustic and electric basses that wereunique in flavor.

The current album, Mysterious Travel-ler, is a bit more diversified than theprevious one, but you can still dance tomost of the tracks. Ishmael Wilburn andAlonso Johnson replaced Gravatt andVitous; and although Johnson is a com-petent, creative (but sometimes obnox-ious) bassist, the Vitous vacuum remains.

It is very easy to understand, then,why last month's concert at SymphonyHall was not as good as it could havebeen, for most of the material was extrac-ted from the two most recent albums.

Orchestra Luna preceeded Weather Re-port with an hour set of their strangetheatre-rock. While most of the materialsounded like pomnpous, electric Gilbertand Sullivan, there were some interestingmoments. The most notable element of

the band was the excellent guitarist, whoreceived an ovation following every solohe played. He was permitted to play oneof his Own compositions (solo, with bassand drums added later), and, although itwas totally unrelated to the rest of thematerial, the piece brought the housedown.

Weather Report soon followed, consis-ting of the same ensemble as their currentalbum, with the addition of Darryl Brownon drunis. Their stage setup was a bitstrange, with both drumainers shoved side-ways into a corner and Don Um RonIao'stable of toys occupying the conventionaldrummer's spot.

They opened with. '"Nubian Sun-dance," which was a bit disappointing.The band 'was not yet balanced and therewere too many subtleties in the piece lostto the barrage of overamplifie~d drums.The second piece-.-Scarlet Woman," waspreceeded by some percussion acrobaticsby Um Romao, who danced andscreamed as well as banged; he's a finepercussionist but I've seen hlim do better.The number is mellow and transparent, apiece which really shouldn't be attemptedin a live performance. Unfortunately,. itwas prolonged.

By the time "125th Street Congress"camne around, the balance was good andthe band was warmed ip. The piece cameoff really well, for, although it's one oftheir funkiest, they succeeded in creatinga variety of colors, and superseded therecorded version.

Up until that tirne, Zawinul was notvery active on the electric keyboards (henever is), but he then turned to the grandpiano. He created a beautiful expositionof talent and taste, as he ranged fromsweet mellow changes to fiery and racyriffs. In a short time, Shorter joined inwith an imaginative acoustic interplay.Eventually, there was a shift to electricinstruments and a rendition of "Dr.Honoris Causa" (Zawinul's theme song)ensued. It was the creative highlight ofthe evening with all musicians playing intop form.

In typical W.eather Report fashion, theconcert concluded with "Boogie WoogieWaltz" (followed by an encore of thesame). The famous Weather Reportweaving counterpoint effect pervaded thepiece and made the studio version seemconfined and stagnant.

Weather Report is still an excellentband and the concert was quite good.However, I don't see the need for asecond drummer, who made the rhythmsection quite overpowering.

Weather Report will surely continue toproduce fine music, and I can understandtheir desire to make their work accept-able to a wider audience. However, theiroriginal style was. far superior to theircurrent funkiness, and it left more roomfor originality.

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ments that make for cult status', that is,ecstatic critical raves, but mere surfacecurrents of commercial success -- LittleFeat.

It's rather remarkable however, that.there even is a Little Feat around thesedays. After an initial Warners Brothersrecord, entitled simply ,ittle- Feat (and-which is for dyed-in-the-wool Feat fansonly), and two tremendous follow-ups,Sailin,'Shoes and Dixie C/hicken, featuringmusic to match the great Neon Parkjacket art, the band had apparentlybroken-up. A liason with Bonnie Raitthad been just one arrangement thathadn't panned out as hoped; other pro-jects included work with Chico Hamilton,Kathy Dalton, Howdy Moon, and JohnSebastian. So it was surprising in the veryleast when another Little Feat.disc camein on the last fleeting days of summer,entitled' Feats Doln't Fail Ale Nowv, withthe same group as on Dixie Chickenl- punctuation-hating masterminld/sing-er/writer/slide guitarist Lowell George inthe lead, followed quickly behind by BillPayne on keyboards, guitarist PaulBarrere, and a rhythm section of drum-mer Richie Harward, bass-player KenGradney, and Sam Clayton on percussion.

And these Feats indeed don't fail.Fromn the opening surge of "Rock And

The weather is... flunky?

by Bob Reina

One cannot understand today's elec-tric, high-energy jazz without giving cred-.it to the band that first transmitted tlhismusic fromn the mind of Miles Davis to

,the musical foreground. Although theirstyle has changed over the years, WeatherReport is still recognized as the vanguardof this genre.

Their first album, Weather Report,featured Josef Zawinul on piano andsynthesizers; soprano and tenor saxo-phonist Wayne Shorter (both from tilheMiles Davis school); Miroslav Vitous onbass; the drums of Alphonse Mouzon; andAirto Moreira's miscellaneous percussion.The album was praised as musical geniuswhen it was released (even Frank Zappaliked it) and consisted of somewhat free-form, electric jazz that was a bit on themellow side. I Sing the Body- Electricfollowed (with Eric Gravatt and Dom UmRomao replacing Mouzon and Airto, res-pectively). This album (half of which islive) is extremely avant-garde in natureand incorporates a wide spectrum of

Little Feat

These Featswon't fail you

by Neal VitaleThe ranks of the modern pop cult

bands/soloists are now all but depleted.The likes of the Grateful IDead and theAllman Brothers have obviously ex-panded their followings to the point offanatic legions; one-time bastions of cul-tism, such as Todd Rundgren and PinkFloyd, have had hit singles and, incredi-bly in Todd's case, even managed to pulloff successful tours. Others have retiredfrom music altogether, like FleetwoodMac's Peter Green; some have simply splitfrom such legendary groups as Free, theMove, and the Velvet Underground towork on new individual projects; and stillothers have managed to weather changesand personnel shake-ups, with the Kinksbeing the prime representatives of a veri-table slew of British cult bands whichhave perservered, ranging from Genesisand the Pretty Things 'to Gentle Giantand the Strawbs. In America, though,only one group truly exhibits the ele-

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By splitting a triangularmatch at the-Saddle Hill Coun-try Club in Hopkintonj Massa-chusetts, the MMIT golf teamclosed out its fall season with a-3-1-1 record.

MrIT defeated Boston College,5-2, but failed to cash in on twoforfeited points by Bentley Col-lege, losing, 2/2-41.'Bentley hadonly five players and was, there-fore, forced to forfeit both the'sixth and seventh matches.

Pete Wolczanski '76, playingin the number one' spot, fired a78 with an eagle and a birdie todefeat his BC opponent and tiehis counterpart from Bentley.Henry: King '78, medalist forMIT with a -76, split his BCmatch and won one of thepoints forfeited by Bentley.Mark Swenson '78, Alex Pankow'75, and Leo Bonnell '77 werethe other winners against BostonCollege, while Jim Harrison '76halved his BC match.

.The team will 'now retirefrom the outdoor scene for therest of the fall, but' will beworking out in Rockwell Cageover the winter to be.in shapefor the spring trip south. Upontheir return from warmer climes,the golfers will be playing theirhome matches at a differentcourse, the Braeburn CountryClub in West, Newton, muchcloser to MIT than the currentcourse, Crystal Springs in Haver-hill.

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aseball team ended four to nail down the win.losing streak last The hitting stars of the con-

an 8-7 victory over t.esf . were Herb Kummer "75,terminated the fall with four hits, three RBI's andour note two days two runs scored, and Dan15-6 loss to Holy Sundberg '77, who had two hits

and scored a run while knockingt Brandeis, MIT in two more. Yauch tripled in asod with two runs run, Jeff Felton '78 batted inmning before Bran- another with two singles and>rming back with - Vince Maconi '76 scored a runtheir own to stake on two singles to aid MIT.r five innings. On Wednesday, the Beavetsa '75 then relieved jumped to an early 4-1 lead inski '76 and held the first and increased it to 6-1ss for the rest of after three innings before the

roof fell in, Holy Cross scoredthrice in the fourth frame andthen proceeded to dent home

League plate eleven times in the fifth torkeys B 5-0 overpower MIT, 15-6.

3-1 Kummer and Sundberg again3-2 led the Beavers with a single and

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IM volleyball standings:

Candidates for MIT'sfreshman, JV, and varsitymen's basketball squadsshould report to the Armorytonight at 5:00pm. All play-

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The IM basketball refereeclinics will be held Sunday,October 20 and Tuesday,October 22 at 7:00pm in theVarsity Club Lounge. All par-ticipating teams are requiredto send a representative toone clinic. Anyone else inter-ested in refereeing mustattend one of these meetingsas rules and pay scales will beexplained.

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Dave Fett '77 tries to retain possession despite the sliding effort o'fhis Middlebury counterpart in Saturday's 1-0 loss at Briggs Field. itwas the sixth consecutive loss for the struggling Engineers, who havedropped four contests this year by one goal. Photos bya L'd McCabe

By Glenn BrownsteinMIT's varsity soccer team

continued its season-long losingstreak Saturday afternoon atBriggs Field, dropping its sixthgame of the year to Middleburyby the all-too-familiar score of1-04. It was the Engineers' thirdstraight loss and their fourth bythat score this year.

MIT, obviously still feelingthe loss of leading scorer ShinYoshida '76, had a number ofdecent scoring drives in thescoreless first half, but could notput the ball in the net.

Although Middlebury ap-

peared to have the better teamat the start, they were stoppedfor the first 45 minutes by apressing Engineer defense whichallowed the Panthers very fewopportunities. Middlebury did,however, miss one apparentlysure goal about thirty minutesinto the game when a Pantherforward headed a picture-perfectcorner kick into the goal post,narrowly missing an open leftside of the net.

Overall, the Engineers out-shot the Panthers 9-7, in a well-played first half. MIT captainRay Marotta '74 played an ex-

Middlebury attack aftermlinutes of the second half.

cellent half, taking charge of thedefensive corps and turning backmany a Middlebury drive withaggressive and skillful play, WingFrieder Krups '77 created minostof the MIT scoring chances withsome fine dribbling and passingwork down the sidelines.

In the second half, though,the tight, aggressive MIT defensefell apart, and Middlebury got

many point-blank shots on goal-ie Charlie Sommer'76. Sommermade a number of diving,punching, and kicking saves tohold off the Panthers, lbut finallyfell victim to the persistent

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At that time, a Middleburyattacker received a throw-indeep in the Engineer zone, drib-bled around one man, and fireda shallow line drive across thegoalmouth that caught the rightside of the goal, cleanly beatingthe surprised Engineer goal-keeper.

Middlebury had; many moreopportunities to score, but Som-mer continued to play well, ashe has in the last three games.and stopped all other Panthereffort s.

The Engineers will attemnpt toend their scoring drought (onegoal so far this year) and six-game losing streak against Great-er Boston League rival BrandeisWednesday afternoon at BriggsField at 3:30.

The MIT women's tennisteam defeated Boston College3-2, Friday, October 4 on theduPont courts, extending itswinning streak to eight matches(including last spring).

MIT gained the triumph onthe combination of the singleswin of Chris Vogdes '78 (6-2,64) and two doubles matchvictories. MIT's number two pairof Anne Averbach'77 and StellaPerone '78 handily defeatedtheir opponents (6-0, 6-2) whilePat Schettig '76 and LindaYoung '76, teaming up at num-ber one doubles, came from be-hind to win the decisive match(5-7, 6-2, 6-1).

The BC win was MIT's fourthof the fall season, following vic-

tories over Clark, Lowell Tech,and Southeastern MassachusettsUniversity.

MIT trounced Clark andLowell 'Tech by scores of 5-0before winning a hard-fought 6-1match against SMU. Number onesingles player Liz Kendall '78lost to a very strong SouthernMass. adversary (6-2, 6-1) whileVogdes (6-2, 6-3) and Averbach(6-2, 6-7, 6-3) respectively wontheir number two and three sin-gles matches. Both doublesteams defeated their opponentsby identical scores (7-5, 6-1)with Schettig and Young atnumber one and Perone andSheila Luster'78 at number two.

- The MIT women's tennisteam holds the longest currentwinning streak of any Institute

intercollegiate varsity sportsteam, All remaining fall matcheswill be held at the duPont courtsand spectators are welcome towatch the tennis team attemptto extend its streak.

The MIT water polo teamopened its 19)74 season with asecond place finish in the annualTech Water Polo InvitationalTournament held October S inthe Alumni Pool.

After dropping a close l-9)decision in their first encounterto the eventual tournament win-ner, Boston College, the Engi-neers then broke a 15-gamelosing streak dating back to the1973 campaign with a 13-4romp over Dartmouth. A 12-7decision in the third and finalround over Trinity clinched sec-ond place. ,

MII nearly swept the threegame set as the Boston Collegecontest was very hard fought,marked by a disallowed Engineergoal on a belated call.

Dave Rose '75 was outstand-ing for MIT, leading the team inscoring with 15 goals for thetourney, while Steve Oblath '77was solid in goal, allowing only22 scores. Also performing wellfor the Engineers were MarkThorne-Thomsen '76, second ingoal-scoring, and freshman SteveMelnikoff, a starter who contrib-uted four goals.

With a strong nucleus of re-turning lettermen in Oblath,

Thorne-Thomnsen, Rose, DanBethencourt '75, Peter Schultz'75, and Tom Jacobs '75, theoutlook. for the season is bright.Coach Batterman expects hissquad to continue its winningways, reversing the demoralizingtrend of last season.

Edward Shiang '78 (17) waits inposition after a Middlebury head(above), while Greg Hunter '76attempts to- elude a Middleburyattacker and pass the ball backto kneeling Engineer goalieCharlie Sommrer '76 (below).

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