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The six finalists in the Stratton Prizecontest who will present their papers onthe morning of Class Day to determine thebest student paper of the year, are NormanO. Paquette '32, Course II-G; Arthur WI.Orne '32, Course III; Herbert M. Wagner'32, Course VTI-C; Bernard S. Gould '32,Course VII; Elliot D. Giddon '32, CourseErrs; and Jacob Millman '32, Course VI II.

So great was student interest in theseprizes that it was necessary to hold semi-final readings for entrants in the conteston three different days to determine thesix best papers that wvould be read onClass Day during Senior Week, when theaward for the best paper wvill be made.Professors Samuel C. Prescott and WilliamH. Timnbie are in charge of the contest.

Established by Dr. StrattonOne of the last acts of the late Dr.

Samuel W. Stratton wvas the establishmentof the Stratton Prizes to be given for thebest student scientific pulpers presentedbefore meetings of the student professionalsocieties during the school y ear. The prizeswere established expressly to encourageadequate expression of detail in languagewhich would make it comprehensable tothe layman, a quality which engineers in

.general lack. Papers are limited to fifteenminutes' reading time.

Course XVII HasBuilding LeadersOn Its Committee

Student Members Of A. G. C.Meet Prominent Men In

Field Olf Construction

Six; prominent members of the con-struction industry wvere -tiests of theDepartment of Building ConstructionTuesdav when the Visiting Committee ofCourse XVII wvere at the Institute to con-fer with Administration and Departmentalheads and to consider the wvork; of thedepartment with the v-iewv to suggestinghowv the department may better fit youngengineers to enter the constrtletion field.

Representatives of builders, financiers,and real estate men are on the Committee,which includes leaders in each of the fieldsmentioned.

Students Meet Leaders

Student members of the newlv-formedM.I.T. Student Chapter of the AssociatedGeneral Contractors of America and othershad the opportunity of meeting theseleaders in construction and of talkying withthem at a meeting held during the after-noon.

At this time Mr. A. E. Horst, presidentof the A. E. Horst Construction Companyof Philadelphia, spokse briefly, sav ing thatthe Institute had the best facilities in thecountry for teaching Building Construc-tion and that the course as presented hereis the best he has seen. He also urged thestudents to learn to thinklyand speak ontheir feet.

Gerhardt P. Mfeyne, president of theGerhardt F. Meyne Company of Chicago,spoke, urging the students to uphold theirstandards of conduct at all cost. If a mansteadfastly refuses to deal wvitll those wvhowould compromise his honor, the fact lvillsoon become known and he wvill not bebothered with minor grafters seekinggratuities.

On the Visiting Committee of thedepartment, in addition to Mr. Horst andMr. Meyne, are the follolwing representa-tives of the construction industry: WilmotR. Evans, treasurer of the Boston FiveCent Savings Bank; T. W. Ryan, Jr., ofThompson Starrett Company, Neow YorkCity; L. C. Wason, president of the Aber-thaw Construction Company of Boston;and Col. Joseph Willicutt, retired, ofBoston.

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Among Masses

At least two Teclnology graduates arein prison in India today because of theiractivities in the anti-British movement,according to Ramesh iXIehta, native ofGandhi's home towvn, and graduate stu-dent at the Institute. N. WIX. Shah andT. M. Sheh, who tool; their Master's de-grees in Electrical Engineering in 1931,are among the mane- Nationalists in jailtoday. The policy of the Indian NationalCongress and the presellt collditioll ofIndia wvere described in the course of aninterviewv with A\1r. 'IIchta.

Although Gandhi's anti-British partydid not get started until 1914, it controlsthe Indian National Congress today. ItsCongressional majority is, llowevxer, belt aslight indication of its hold on the massesof Indigen population, according to NIr.Melita. Peasants, capitalists, and p~ro-fessionals alike are wsorloing for Indianindependence. Seven hundred thousandvillages with az poptslation of less than onethousand are in line with the movement.Indian merchants and c~alitaiists are fur-nishing the financial support. Sixty thoul-sand peop~le, mostly educated men, are inprison for their politiCal ilCtivrities.

Filag-HoistingFlag-hoisting~ ceremonies arc held at

frequent intervas byr the National Con-gress, in order to crystallize the sentimentof the Indian people. On these occasionsthe masses gather in thousands to raisethe prohibited flag. Police invariablyarriv e Mwitl their sticks to disperse thecrowvd. But the Indians halve learned totake their punishment and stand by their

flag, explsained Milr. Mehta. "Non-resist-

,ilncc ha..; taken a surprising hold on theminds of the Indians," lie states.

The disbelief in violence is beginningto spread even to the army and the police.Mlr. Xichta witnessed instances in whichthe police merely made a pretense of at-tacking the people. He described aninstance in which a whole battalion wascourt-martialled for refusing to fire on theinsurgent populace in a frontier uprising.

Economic PolicyEconomic measures, more especially the

boycott, form the basis of the anti-Britishpolicy, according to M'Vr. Nlelita. In'N'archl 1931, only a short time after it hadpassed the resolution for complete inlde-

p~endence, thC INational Congress com-menced its Nvell-lknoiwii action against theBritish salt molloIoly,. Gandhi and mem-bers of tlzc Congress w ere the first to breakthe law whichl forbids the Indians to ob-tain their salt fromn any of their ownVdeposits or at the seashore.

A campaig-n against the land revenuetax is well under ways stated Xlr. Aielita.It is surprising, lie added, to see thewvrctched peasants quietly allomving ol.;cialsto carry off their scanty furniture andtheir cattle because of their refu~sal to Ipaythe to:<.

The bms-cott on En-lishl cotton goods isanother of Gandhi's economic measures.Picketers are stationed in all markets todissuade customers from buying Britishlgoods. This boycott has seriously af-fected the Lancashire mills, since Indiais their chief market. It is in connectionwith this boycott that Gandhi has urgedall Indlians to spin their own cotton. Heis not opposed to large-scale or modern

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H. WO L. Dana SpeaksOn Shaw In Moscow

For Liberal ClubWells, Russell, Dreiser and Lewis

Cited As Converts ToCommunxism

"George Bernard Shaw is the greatestof the modern converts to Communismn,"claimed Professor H. W. L. Dana of Har-vard, speaking on "With Shaw in Mos-cowv," under the auspices of the LiberalClub yesterday afternoon. TheodoreDreiser and Sinclair Lewis in America,who have been lukewarm on the subjectof Communism, are growing more andmore sympathetic. H. G. Wells and Ber-trand Russell, in England, were uncertainten years ago of how they felt aboutRussia. Since then, in the last year, bothhave been in America. Nowv, Wells is aconfirmed Socialist, and Russell believesthere is no other way besides Comrmunismnof dealing with world affairs, according tothe speaker.

Emphasizing the important place ofCommunism in the world today, ProfessorDana pointed out that more than one-sixth of the total surface of the earth isincluded in the U.S.S.R. More than fortydifferent languages are spoken over thisvast area, and the central authority en-courages the autonomy of the variousunits, contrary to the attitude that wastaken by the Czarist regime. Russian,loweveer, is the common language of ex-chlange, said Professor Dana.

Shaw Always ControversialShaw, said the speaker, is so intellectu-

allv alive that be always assumes a con-trov~ersial attitude, even -when he is

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VOO DOO APPEARSMONDAY CARRYING

NE W COVER DESIGNSatire On The Lounger, Written

By Robert Henry,Outstanding

BACK; NUMBER FEATURE

All decksed out in its newv prize-winning,design, Voso Doo presents its May issue_Alondav with the title, "Back Number."In the middle of the modernistic coverdesi.,,n is a back view of a girl, under whichapp)Iears the notice, "Answver questionnaireoil Ipage twelve to get this girl's telephonenumber." On page twelve, a list ofqueries is headed by "Do you1 favor elec-tioneering? (Vote No if you mean Yes).

"The Sponger," satirical take-off fromTHE TECH'S renowned column, appearsagain this month after making its debutin the April issue. This clever concoction,handiwork of Robert Henry, Jr., Man-aging Editor, is tlae wittiest piece in thisissue, and rates with the best of Phos-phorus's offerings at any time.

Rallying to the cause of economy, VooDoo) uses no new cuts ill this issue, butmatl-cs an unusually good showing withcutlt collected from past issues. Their lastcensored issue, the Back; Bay issue of 1927,

E sl~lies several spicy morsels. Also, thereZ safull page cut from Phos' last Circus

I~stle, w hich also appeared in 1927.Elliott L. Whitak~er '32 is tile designer

of the cover which wvon Voo Doo's recentc~ir test and sawhich appears for the first timeon the coming issue. This design, withmodified color combinations, will be -usedon Phosphorus' next three consecutive

L offerings. The distinctive modernistic pat-*tenl ill attract many readers to thenmagazines

On the editorial page appears an authen-tic letter from a Senior at Welleslev ilIvlich the girl describes her reactions to a

I txl)icdl Technology man. Fewv students,5 iideed, will not be interested in reading

this elucidating epistle. Another highlightOf the issue is a fictitious news story de-scribing a "record-breaking riot of Sargentgirls." To quell this uproar, so the story

C goes, His Honor, MIayor Russell of Cam-t bridge, was obliged to call out the Regular

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ANNAPOLIS RACES;FOUR CREWS MEET

Varsity, Jayvees, and FreshmenRow Against Opponents

On Saturday

NO CHANGE IN SEATING

Three Technology crews entrained at9 o'clock last night for Annapolis. On thesame train nwas the Harvard squad alsobound for the Severn to race in the four-cornered regatta against Navy and Penntomorrow. The crews are due to arrive atAnnapolis this morning and are expectingto get in two trial runs to put on thefinal touches before the race.

Coach Bill Haines is p~lanning to stickto the seating wshic h he used in the Prince-ton race last Xweek, a lineup which provedsatisfactorv exceplt for its apl arenttrouble with the shallow water and crosswind which was encountered.

Time trials halve shown that the Har-vard crews -ire much improved since theirlast race w~ith the Engineers two weeksago. The varsity is reported to be muchsmoother than previously-, and they areexpected to be even smoother by to-morrowr. Charlie Walsh, Navy coacl, isgoing to have his idea of two varsity eightsseverely tested in tomorrow's engagement.The Midshipmen got off to a good startwhen they pulled in victories over Prince-ton and Columbia, but S-racuse turnedup wraith two crews that were just a bit

better and beat them fit their own game

by winning both races. The exact powerof the Navy crews cannot be guessed untilit is known whetler or not Walsh decidesto establish a definite first-string boatload.

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Prospects Are Bright ForGraduates In Course XV

In spite of the present unfavor-able conditions of the businessworld, Professor Erwin H. Schell,head of the department of Businessand Engineering Administration be-lieves that at least three-fourths ofthe graduates in his department willhave secured positions by the endof the school year.

Although Commencement is stillnearly a month away, 46 per centof the Seniors in that departmenthave been offered positions, andapproximately one-third of the re-mainder are in the midst of favor-able negotiations for positions.

Of the graduate students in Busi-ness and Engineering Administra-tion, 55 per cent have already beenassured employment, and two-thirds of the remaining numberhave good prospects of obtainingpositions.

Friday The Thirteenth IsToday. Watch Your Step!Today marks the thirteenth of

May. Friday the Thirteenth! Thisis the day for all good men, not tocome to the aid of their party, butto watch their steps, laugh at theprof's jokes in a most hearty man-ner, and to cross their finger whenthey see the instructor handingback exam papers.

What will happen to those poorunfortunates who will be harrassedwith exams today? What will betheir fate, laboring under the diffi-culties of the unlucky day? AndYe Scribe has noticed that there isa black cat lurking in one of thealleys off Ames Street. And he justremembers that he has an 8.04hour quiz this afternoon. How muchred crayon will be left after the pro-fessors finish marking today's cropof quiz papers?

Tennis PlayersContinue StreakWinning Matches

Elefeats Boston College Team7-0: And Smashes B. U. To

Tune Of 72

Determined to make this season themost successful in recent years, the varsitytennis team continued its series of winsbvr taking two of the last three matches.Up to last week, the team won two andlost one, but the match lost to Wesleyanmade the team score two-all. The matchwith the Weslevan representatives was a

heartbreaker. At the end of the first eightmatches, the Institute and Wesley-a

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TRACK SQUAD MEETSSTRONG WESLEYAN

TEAM TOMORROWDick Bell Will Havre Strong

Competition In DashesFrom Wilcox

KEARNS IN TWO MILE RUM

Wesle-an's powerful track squad will bethe next one to face the surprising Insti-tute team. As a result of their excellentshowing in the Greater Boston Inter-collegiates last Saturday the Technologyrunners will enter the meet confident ofvictory. The meet, which is tomorrowafternoon, will be held on the Wesleyangrounds at Middletown, Conn.

Dick Bell will receive his first real com-petition of the season when he stacks upagainst Wilcox of Wesleyan in the 100-and 220-v ard dashes. Neither of them hastasted defeat in the 100-yard dash thisspring. In his last three meets Wilcox haswvon this event in either 10 or 10 1-5seconds. He will provide a real test forBell and if Bell defeats him, his reputationwill be more secure than ever.

Kearns Favored in the Two-MileIf Jack Kearns comes anywhere near

approaching his record-brealhing per-formance of last Saturday lie will walkaway witl the twvo-mile run. Keyserseems to be the Connecticut college's bestbet in this event. His recent times, how-ever, have been far belowv Kealmns'.

Captain Jewvett, Schwa-rz, and Mul-liken wvill uphold the Institute in the 440-yard dash. The man they wvill lave to beatis Richards, w·ho has taken first honors inthis event in all of W7reslceyan's meets thisspring. Jewvett should give him a good runfor his money.

Wesleyan Enters NeviusWesleyan has a double threat in Nevius,

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Technology Graduates In Prison InIndia For Anti-British Activities

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SUMMER AIR CRUISESThe Pan-American Airwavs to

Latin America offer a 40 per centrate reduction to students-, wNiththis reduction, South Americans cantravel home by air for little ovtersteamer fare. For information, alsoanv other steamer or air information

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Eastern Colleges Base DecisionOn Survey Of Summer Jobs

When asked to comment on the an-nouncernent [made recently by A. B.Crawford, President of the Eastern Col-lege Personnel Officers Association andDirector of Personnel Study at Yale, that27 Eastern colleges wsould take steps toprevrent students from trading their collegeconnection while selling goods during thesummer vacation, Pennell N. Aborn, Em-ployment Secretary of the T. C. A., statedthat the decision to curb the use of theso-called "sympathy appeal" was based'upon a recent survey of summer sellingjobs completed by a committee of theAssociation.

More than one hundred students fromthe leading Eastern colleges gave informa-tion for the basis of the survey. Significantfacts determined by the survey are: Thatless than fifty per cent of men reportingstayed on their jobs more than ten weeks;that earnings and profits are compara-tively low, the average individual profitbeing only 21 cents per hour; and that thisamount is much less than the claims madeby certain companies to the effect thatcanvassing yields a higher return thanother kinds of summer employment.

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The times Lvhich he has turned in, how-ever, cannot compare favorably with thoseof Bob Mann in the mile and GoochySmith in the half-mile.

Whoever runs the low hurdles for Tech-rology will have a formidable opponent inSnyder, who has been -winning this eventregularly- for Wesleyan. They are not sostrong in the high hurdles, so King Crosbyshould pick up a few points in this event.

Strong Opponents for Wrigley

Wesleyan has two good men in thebroad jump in Odell and Terrill. Odell isthe strongest and wtill give Wrigley a goodbattle for first place. He is also Wes-leyan' s best high jumper, while Terrillstars in the shot-put.

Wesleyan lines up just about as strongas the Institute in the rest of the eventswith the exception of the javelin. Theyhave no one who can even approach Rob-ertson's mark with this weapon.

If the Technology runners can producea few second and third places, they shouldwalk awvay faith the meet, since they arecertain of copping their share of firstplaces. Coaches Hedlund and Bowvie arehandicapped tremendously by the lack ofmaterial. It took just fourteen Tech-nology runners to capture third place inthe Greater Boston meet last week;. Ifthere had been a larger squad the Insti-tute might have fared evren better.

While the varsity is being entertainedby Wesleyan, the freshmen whill be goingafter their first wvin of the season at theexpense of the Newv Hampshire freshmen.A large crowd is expected to turn out.

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A GUIDED CIVILIZATION

F OR many years, in fact for a century or more, the engineerworked in a world that required his constant effort to meet

the requirements of his civilization. He worked at full speed in thedeveloping and producing of new devices which had an almostcontinual market. So much time was taken in this process ofdevelopment and manufacture for an eager and seeking publicthat there was little time for the consideration of what effect allthis creation had on the civilization in that part of the world inwhich he happened to live and work.

Just at the present time there is a period of decreased businessactivity; -no longer is the public absorbing al'l the products of theenergy of the engineer. Feverish activity is not necessary to supplythe demand. There is now time for the engineer to consider ourcivilization and to try to see where it has comne from and where itis going. Calling attention to this leisure that the engineer nowfinds, Joseph W. Barker '16, Dean of the School of Engineering atColumbia University, in speaking before Tau Beta Pi Wednesdayevening, said that while engineers and especially young engineersare considering our civilization, they must realize that civilizationhas proceeded to its present point with no definite plan and guidedby mob activity. Whether we shall continue to live in such acivilization or whether wie shall develop one guided in a generalway by some organized plan depends on the young men of today.It is our problem. The present-day inactivity affords the time toconsider this serious matter of -what kind of a civilization we shallhave. Men, especially young men, must make a decision.

INEVITABLE HUMAN TENDENCIES

T HE annual spring examinations are coming in the immediatefuture. The scholastic ratings will be given on the regular

reports, and soon after will appear the published averages for thevarious campus groups, including the fraternities and the Dormi-tories. Unless there has been a marked change in the fraternityendeavors to acquire high marks, it is likely that the Dormitorieswill aogain lead in the scholastic ratings.

Generally speaking, it is probably truss that fraternities standlower in scholarship than any other group in the institutions ofhigher learning in this country. In speaking of the reason for this,James Anderson Hawes, author of the book on college life, "TwentyYears Among the Twenty-Year-Olds," has recently said, "Thiscondit on is brought about, in my opinion, because of social cus-toms andtendencies inevitable ~ith humanbeings." The majorityof people m-ant to belonc, t some group that will raise them abovethe level of the general public, and having joined some group, suchas a fraternity, this desire to carry on is expressed by participationin extra-cur-ricular activities. A man engaged in such activitiesmust necessarily devote some time to them-and accordingly lesstimle to the pure scholastic pursuits. In the group, the results ofreduced time for studies makes itself felt in a lower scholasticstanding for the body.

This inevitable tendency of the human to want to be just alittle abovre the average probably results in many men joiningfraternities, and when the standing of a house is judged by theactivities of its members, it is only ~natural that men should par-ticipate in activities and that scholastic ratings should be lower.Ex;tra-culrricular wtork has its place, but so do studies. A properbalance must be struck; in the meanwhile custom and human ten-dencies dictate that the fraternity men have low er scholasticratings.

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downed the Brown freshmen, who tri- spite of the recent improvement. Theumphed over the Beavers by 16-0, the team has yet to win a game, having lost thlechances for victory seem rather slim, in two matches played thus far.

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teams were deadlocked four-all, and in thefinal match, which was a doubles, theInstitute players were outplayed.

With the defeat at the hands of theW Wesleyan frosh, the team entertained theTerriers from Boston University and sentthe frosh back to the Institute, defeatedto the tune of 7-2. This victory was fol-lowved shortly by another at the expense ofthc Eagles from University Heights. TheBoston College players were nipped badlyby the Beavers, as is indicated by thescore, 7-0.

Captain Feustel, who is slowly regaininghiis old form, won all his matches in thelast four meets. Playing an invinciblegame in the singles and a whale of adoubles game-being matched nicelywith Harris who has done his share to-wards winning meets-the versatileBeaver will lead his pack Saturday againstBrown. Other players on the unusuallywell-balanced Institute tennis team whodo their utmost to "bring home thebacon" are Reagan, Ross, Koerner,Spragens, and the two former membersof last year's freshman team, Eder andLammers. If the players live up to all ofCo. ch Jack Summers' expectations, thevarsity will win from Brown and will de-fe;Lt Williams in the following meet.

Quite unlike the more illustrious varsityteam, the freshman team was severelybeaten by the Harvard yearlings. Thedefeat was the most severe suffered by thefreshman team so far this season. How-e%-er, it will attempt to avenge itself at theexpense of the Cubs of Brown.

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ONE MORE GAMEFOR ALLIGATORS

Because of the rapidly approaching ex-aminations, the Alligators, who lastSaturday won their first baseball game-,will probably be able to play but one morecontest. The game will be against theHarvard junior varsity nine, and will takeplace next Thursday afternoon, unless theteam' s members consider that date too latein the season.

Yesterday afternoon, the Alligatorsplayed a practice game with WentworthInstitute which lasted only five innings.No accurate score was kept, but the countwas about 8-8. The Alligators' officialrecord, however, is still clear, the victoryover Boston University being the onlyother game.

Freshmen Topple Seniors

In the interclass race, the freshmanteam furnished the surprise of the tourna-ment by downing the previously unde-feated Seniors, 2 to 1. Bob Forster, whohas pitched almost all their games, bestedJohn Leslie in a close pitching duel. Sincethe Juniors defeated the SophomoresWednesday to remain in the running forthe title, a playoff between the Juniorsand Seniors will take place next Mondayafternoon. Both teams have been gettingexcellent pitching of late, and the decidinggame should be close.

Standing of the teams to date:

TENNIS TEAM WINSOVER B. U. BY

VARSITY STICKMENMEET DARTMOUTH

Seek Second Victory Of SeasonAt Hanover; Freshmen

Are Beaten 2-1

Technology's varsity lacrosse team playsits final game of the season tomorrow after-noon, travelling up to Hanover to meet astrong Dartmouth squad. Although thehome team is the favorite, the Engineerswill be sure to put up a stiff battle. CoatchRobinson has been getting in some heavepractice sessions of late, with the resultthat the team's play in the last two gmneshas been greatly improved. The re ordlnow is one victory in eight games.

Following is the starting linctli thleBeavers will use in quest of their sccondvictory: Borger, g; Geil, 1p; Duncan, cl;Schneck, fd; Coffey, sd; Wilson, td; lHale,c; Ansel, ta; Way, sa; Asch, ft; Zouck, oh;Safford, ih.

Freshmen Lose Overtime Game

Yesterday afternoon, the freshmaniatwelve, showing a surprising improvrernent,lost a heartbreaking 2-1 decision to thleTufts freshmen. The Engineers there thefirst to score, Leventhal netting the batllmidway through the second half. Aboutsix minutes before the end of regular Ilay-ing time, the Jumbo yearlings tied it upI,the deadlock lasting until the whistle. Aten-minute overtime session was decidedupon, and Tufts succeeded in puttinlg inthe winning counter. Haberlknd at "Oto],

and Forster and Leventhal on the att;a( l,were the Engineers' stars.

This Saturday the freshmen also endtheir season, meeting a powterfull Harvardsquad. Since the Crimson yearlings

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actually in full agreement with his asso.ciates. Professor Dana cited this as the

reason why Shaw, while in Russia, would

never openly praise Communism. Whrenin E;,ngland, Communism is dcprecated,

however, Shaw is the first to take up thecause of its defense.

Lady Astor, who was -with Shawv and

the speaker in Russia, is a born aristocrat

Every time sl e met a prominent Com-munist she would say that he didn't look

like a worher, but like an aristocrat. She

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-Platinum Mist UsedFor Manufacture Of

Precision Mirrorsvaporization Of Platinum

Brought About InTungsten Coil

That platinum may be caused to vapor-ize, and condense in extremely thin layersupon a great variety of substances, is theresult of a discovery made recently at theCalifornia Institute of Technology. Itwas announced in the scientific journal,Physical Review, by John Strong, nationalresearch fellow, and developer of theprocess, that fibers coated with platinumwere pliant and very smooth. Such fibersare prized for precision instruments. It isalso believed that the process will also besuitable for making platinum mirrors,interferometer plates, and other valuablescientific instruments.

Difficulties OvercomeBefore this discovery, the nearest al)-

proach to vaporized platinum, or morecorrectly, plaLtinum mist, has been the"sputtering" process, in which the valu-able metal is reduced to minute moltenparticles, and sprayed upon surfaces likepaint. Dr. Strong, by slightly changingmethods which had failed, produced themist in a vacuum chamber. Tung'sten,having a higher melting point than p~lat-inum, was used as the source of leat.Former failures occurred when platintinmetal was placed into a whitc-hot tung-sten coil, for air spaces between themetals, although very small, caused toomuch heat to be lost. Dr. Strong's innova-tion was the electroplating of the IpIat-inum directly upon the tungsten wire.This immediately led to success.

The vacuum chamber in which theevaporation of the platinum tatkes Iplaceis lined with coIpper from N-llictl ally mistwhich settles may be recovered b~y peelingit off in sheets, for further use. The op~era-tion of vaplorization is alwystis under ob-servation, .aid consequlenltly tnder control,through the medium of a "window" in thebox.

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The Lounger is abject, his apologies areproffered on the silver platter, be ap-proaches on bended konee. In other words,he takes it aill back. Phosphorus, in theperson of Robert Henry, who wrote the''Sponger'' for the coming issue of VooDoo, has actually torn. asunder the sacredtraditions of Voo Do)o and written a funnyarticle, in fact tile funniest ever observedby the Lounger, in a college shieet. Next,one expects to find President Hoover inoffice for another four years.

It has always been somewhat of a blowto the Lounger's sense of what should be,to find that our President occupies aninsignificant suite of rooms tucked awayon Floor 2 of Building 3. Something morein keeping waith the prestige of the offcehas alwavs seemed to be the logical de-mand, but until recently, no universalsolution has been offered.

The Pulitzer thinning idea has just beenformulated by a friend of the Lounger's"der ein Physik~er ist," who proposes thatthe place of eminence befitting so im-portant a personality should be -ofcourse, on top of the dome. Not only willthis fill a lo~ng-felt want in the President'sdulties but will also give the Vice-Presidentthe obvious task of tak~ing tip his lunch.Excelsior!

One of the major moments in the exist-ence of the Athletic Association. has gone'unnoticed until recently, mainly becauseof the reticence of the chief participants.The story involves the conversation of aformer aplu)icant for the hockey manager-shlip whio, one sunny day, ans-xircred theI'phoebe in compliance with his assignedduties at the office..

It wvas a strange voice which asked forRoger Congdon, and an even strangerconv ersation which followed when that,xorthly wvas discovered to be absent. Itseemed to the slightly puzzled neophyte,who could not quite pick up the gist of theother's message, that there was a greatdeal of extraneous talk about Dr. Rock-well this, and Dr. Rockwell that, butnothing of further importance.

Finally giving up the attempt to makehead or tail of the other's talk, and losingpatience with the conversation, he ex-claimed, in his most very politest andfirmest tones, "I'm awfully sorry, perhapsyou'd better call again, but I'm not Dr.Rockwell." " 'No, you fool," thunderedback the answer, "I am." Perhaps thereshould be a moral to this story, but, unfor-tunately, the Lounger has no morals today,has he, George?

It has been bruited to the Lounger oflate, that only two or three short weeksago, the Exouiaiz, undergraduate scandal-monger for "Exetah" (Phillip's Exetab,don't y'know), appeared with a smalla rticle to the effect that three boys rep-resenting Technology would be glad to

Stars In Their Courses

Sir James Jeans, MacMillan Comlpany,193 1. From the pen of Sir James Jeanscomes -another work as well written andas brilliant as any of the books he is al-ready notedl for, Thle Unizverse A round UsUs, and Tile Mfysterio~us Universe, in par-

ticular. In this latest opus, Thec Stars iatTlleir Courses, he incorporates a series ofradio talks, in which he assumed that hislisteners k~ncw. little or nothing aboutastronomy. Thls the book is afascinatingintroduction to the most poetical ofsciences.

The book is primarily a journey throughspace and time. Wdith his readers, Jeanstravmels through the solar system, and re-veals many interesting facts about it.Typically, he reflects that the moonmight seem a paradise to climbers fromthe earth, but that actually it is highlyinhospitable, for, among other reasons,were the 244 degrees Fahrenheit oll thesunny side too uncomfortable, the onlyalterntativre would be the minus 244 de-grees on the shady side.

Continuing his journey through space,wve are carried near Mercury and Venus,then into the sun. Discussions of ioniza-tion of atoms in the interior, sun spzots, andsolar prominences follow. The explana-tions are remarkable for their clarity,because Jeans is able to reach the im~agina-tion with them.

He introduces the reader to the Law ofUniversal Gravitation, treating it quali-tatively, by- all amazingly non-technicalexposition, and finally proceeds to aslightly inore technical classification of allthe stars, a onlsideration of the A/1 ilky,Way, and lastly, launching onto thedepths of space, to the conception of thewhole universe.

One of the outstanding features of thebook is its ultusual collection of photo-grap-hs, among which are hydrogen andcalcium impressions of the sun; fine close-ups, of the moon; Jupiter by violet, ultra-violet, red, and infra-red lights; and aparticularly fine group of nebulae in theirvarious pleases.

Sir James Jeans, in his preface, statesthat the book is "wholly unambitious."However, the production of such a bookcould -,fell be the ambition of any aspiringwriter, -not only because of its fine non-technical exlposhtion of complex scientifictheory, but b~eemitse of its clarity and easyrstv le.

H. S. M1.

Fares are sliced right down the middle onthese famous twin liners, MINNEWASKAand MINNETONK.,I. Formerly exclu.sively First Class... now exclusively Tourist,with accommodations unchanged. Just lookat these rates!

interview prospective freshmen relativeto that institution. Further investigationreveals a certain house on the Fcnway,to wit, the altruistic T.C.A. moguls, asthe sponsor of this movement. Schoolspirit, what?

Mention must be made of the very lit-eral stink which is being made around theDorms (one presumes), about the fifty-cent tax imposed for the last "riot." Onesupposes that this might also be due tothe effort to get a real fraternity atmo-sphere around the place and thus defeatthe cabals of the T.C.A.

In closing, it might be interesting to notethat, in the Minutes for 1904, of one ofthe Beacon Street houses, there stands amotion (seconded and passed) which haLsbeen discovered by some delving hlis-toriam, to the effect that all mcmbcrs ofthe house shall carefully hide .ill booksduring the rushing season lest tihe rtishcesget the idea that people studied. Ali, forthe good old days,

thloughl, left a flat table thirty feet belowthe stirf;ic e. Tlis was accomplishedl by11aVTIg Ills tbtle swling in an atre of over

15 degrees so that it covered a large .treC;the- l~tlin)s had to be stopped every fifteen

minuties .nd the tube shifted, or else the

barge wras towed ahead a few feet. Di-

rectly before the suction tube was a. wide

Iprolpeller, which turned slowly, and loos-

ened the bottom wherever packed hard.

The work was commenced by pouring

the gravel on a mound on the bottom of the

river, having a crater of mud reach the

tolp, enlarging it, and then landing the

Ipil)e on it, pushing up a strip of surface

material. Although it now appears haIp-

hazard, filling in was being done by bluc-

print, and that section which now lookslike an island will eventually become a

lagoon, and the rest presenting a regularshore.

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July 11 to August 26, 1932.. ~ ~ ~~~~rFor detailed announcement of courses, write

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nOGERS PEETCOM[PANYFormerly Macullar Parker

TREMONT ST. AT BROMFIrLD

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Barge Here since Last AulgustDisappears; Turbine Pump

Was W-eak

Olf the grey clay and clamsheli bankswvhic h have been slowvlyi appearing opposite

t'il Ill-AitUte since last Allgtst, stood the

bar,-c Freeport, Captain Andrew Berg,

funnels smoking, quaking with the roar

of its motors, rocks and pebbles clattering

through the long rusty pilze iv hichl ex-tended fifty yards from its side.

The barge left its position beside the

Harvard Bridge recently, and it is rumnored

that its turbine Stump weas giving wayt.The p~ump~s, which ulsuallyX serve about six

months, wvere probably weakened from the

continued vzibrations.The lpresence of the barge represented

the fulfillment of the vision of public-

spirited citizens of one third of a centurya~go. The original Charles River wvas a

tidal horror, andl in 1903 it was decided tomake a fresh water basin of it by the con-

struction of a dam near the LongfellowBridge. The beautification of the basinhas continued since that time, until now itis planned to make it the most beautiful

water park in the world, featuring sloping

grassy banks, shade trees, and lagoons ill

which canoes and light boats will find

shelter from cross winds on the river.

Present Project ProtestedWhen the present project woas sug-

grested1, it mnet with serious oppIosition

from people livting alohg the Chlarles River

on twno scores. First, they felt that mate-

rials brought to the surface by dredgingthe bottom would be obnoxious, thathealth wvould be endangered; and secondly,

that the noises of the dredge would beobjectionable. However, the olpposition

wit.s overcome, and it is expected tha~t thisprogr am wvill be by no mecans a final one in

the bealutificationl of the historic Cha-rles.One of the immediate reasons for the

project, besides the beautification of theriver, is the present poor rowving course.

This is explalined by the fact that the stonewalls which now line a great part of the

river tend to reflect the rolling w-aveskicked us) by- cross Nvbinds and convert theminto short choppy waves -%which males rowv-

ing difficult. Wllen a l urge boat lpasses upthe Charles, its wvake is converted into this

sanme type of wave, and rowving is haltedfor som-etimes as much as twenty minutes.The plaln no"v beillr executed Lvill remedythis trouble l)! providing sloping banks.Rollin", 111) These, the wield wcaves rvill ex^-

p~endc all their energry, and there still be no

reilect ionl.

Putting the Bottom on TopAnI odd contrast is p~resentced by theweell-

kept Esplanade wa.lk~s ;inld the svards ofwa~ste clays wihich extend fronn fifty to onehundred feet fromn shore. H-oweverel, this

brokoen expanse wvill eventual~lyl be covecred

by a1 wide strip of I-reenl grass. The clayis used as ;a filler, it] !referencc to theIlndesiraltle rtL5}ibbsh ,N]hic'h colltraetors

\\ rc to suply~~! a~t thirty cents ar clbic

yard. The filliingl in is done by no spoonful-

a-bXlite dredge, hcapinig slimv masses on

clumsy scowvs to be towved to the sea, butby a somewxhat new sx stemn. The barge is

equipped w-itll a suction pump connected

to a pilpe which lies ait the bottom of thebasin. The pump itself is of the turbine

type, and electrically driv en. On thebarge near the Esp~lanadle boat blouse, a

1,000 la.p. motor lifts any thing that wvill

lit illto the suction tube, from sand tocobblestones, whlirls thecin around in thetulrbinle, alld flaigsS them thlrougbh the long

leliverv tube. The bar-ge wvhichl was op-

posite tile Institute wnas more lightlyeqelippled, havzinlg one IN01h.p. Deisel, and90- drl i, -1l.axlais urn for the,

large barge seas originallv made by thecontractors on a third barge, but thisrecentllN burlt (Town, and the current is

noes sulpplied front shore. The HarvardBridge barge mninufactured its onvn cur-rent, using oil pow-er to drive the gen-erator. A huge tank floated by its side,filled with oil monthly, and was suftfcientSupplyl .

Wllen the semi-liquid mixture left theturbilne pIunips it Nv;Is forced througgh thep~ilpes at a pressure high enough to over-come the friction losses. The p~ilpes, onefoot in diameter, mere buoyed ulp by p'on-toons to the shore, tllell were laid on theearth of their owvn makting. A browncataract spuurted from the end, and onehundred and fifty feet away, a clearstreanm of water flowed past the overflow.

Bottom AgitatedThe suctioI1 tube started working at a

depth of about twelve feet, and wllen

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ships made possible through the courtesy of the

Leading 'Iaglazine Publishers again this year are

requestsd to apply to the national organizer

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Two Weeks Normally GivenExaminations Now

Vacation

Final examinations were definitely a

ished recently at the University

Pennsvlsania by- its Board of Trus

convening at a special meeting. The b

received and unanimousl- pa~lssed a r

lution to abolish final examinations.

though details of the resolution N

withheld, provisions for which it

called was released to the press.

Extra Vacation Time

The final examinations, normnall-

during twvo xveeks in the latter part

NIay, or early part of June, reill givc c

to a fourteen-day period of instruction

vacation. Professors and instructors

nowv conduct classes in the usuat1 mar

during the first week, concluclinlg the gring period X ith an hour examination,

Weight of which in the sv stcm of mar}

nwill equal that of other hour monthly t

given throughout the term. The sec

week of the fourteen-day period now

comes the first wveek of summer karat

the term officially terminating wxith

close of classes on Saturday of the .

naeek.

Opinion Divided

Opinion among the notables of the I

x ersitv was evenly div ided; somn, felt 1

the college wvas an institution in wl]

knowledge has to be forced into the

dent, that final examination weas onE

the best means of goading this into l

and that there could be no substit

The Faculty, howvev er, also benefit

from the act, endorsed the move.

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CHI EPSILON ELECTSNEXT YEAR OFFICERS

The Technology Chapter of the Chi

Epsilon Fraternity, the national honorary

scholastic fraternity of Civil Engineers,

announces the election of the following

officers for 1931-32:

President: Clarence R. Westaws ay, of

Canton, N. Y.; also Secretary-Treasurer of

the Combined Professional Societies, mem-

ber of Scabbard and Blade, Secretary of

the Civil Engineering Society.

Vice-President: Alfred W. Gtrnell, of

Spring Valley, N. Y.

Secretary: Douglas A r. Stenvart, of

Providence, R. I.; President of the Student

Chapter of the American Society of Civil

Engineers, Phi Beta Kappa of Brown

Universitx .

Treasurer: John C. King. Jr., of Old

Tappan, N. J.; Treasurer of the Student

Chapter of the A. S. C. E.

Associate Editor of the Transif, nationatl

publication of the fraternitv: Horace WV.

Taul, of Calw a, Calif.

Diagnose OfrPlantDiseases Now Made

With ThermometerTexan Agricultural Station

Discovers Plants Run

Temperatures

Thermometers are now being used to

diagnose the illness of plants which develop

fevers completelv human in symptom.

The fact was announced recentlh b,- txvo

men of the Texas Agricultural Station, in

Science, the official journal of the American

Association for the advancement of sci-

ence.

The temperature of the plants range

from one-half a degree to six degrees Fahlr-

enheit above normal. Readings wvere

made in the summer, when the temnpera-

tures of healthy leaves averages about

ninety-five degrees, slightly belowr the

average of the atmosphere, avhile fevered

plants sometimes run temperatures of

more than one hundred.

Method of Taking TemperatuireTo talke the temperatures, ordinary

garden thermometers wNere used, the leaf

of the plant being -wrapped around its

bulb. Readings wnere easily made, lout the

results Awere verified bv highl x accurate

thermo-couples.The higher temperatures were attrib-

uted to the fact that certain rots, by

affecting the roots of a plant, also effect

the w ater supply, restricting it to the

leaves. The roots, to overcome this

shortage, raise their water pressure, and

in doing this, cause the platnt's tempera-

ture to go up, in spite of the fact that it

often swveats visibly.

According to the investigators: "The

leaves of cotton plants that have wilted

from Owna~ltotrichl2onl onlinhiorzanz root rotare so regularly and definitely warmer

than those of normal plants that the

writhers l ave been able to utilize this dif-

ference in leaf temperatures in diagnosing

cotton plants about to succumb to the

effects of the disease."

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To Thle p~robzable Technlology lineiCupI>s:

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150-pound VarsitvBOON. B3talboni; 2. Kiirkipatrick;, :3, NV-. sh; -1,

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AT KENDALL SQUARE

.. FiasMay 13, 1932

Interlview RevealsTwvo Tech Men Acre

Jailed In IndiaTwo Technology Men Arrested

Because Of SympathyWith Ghandi

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production as is so of ten supposed. The

llorne-spinning is merely another means

to independence.The -National Congress has sent a corps

of Xvolunteers to the Xvillages in an attempt

to educate the people of India and to over-

co,-n the caste divisions. The castes,

whlicll were originally divisions according

to occupation, are now merely a matter of

birth, men of all occupations found in all

ca-ste:;. Each caste has its own body of

lawvs. Mr. Mehta, for instance, belongs

to I caste which is forbidden to cross the

ocean. The castes are still preserved even

in the modern cities of India. Inter-

mlarriage betw eenl members of different

castes is very rare.The condition of "the untouchables" in

old Indict was compared by M~r. Mehta to

that of the negroes in the Southern states

of this country. Mr. 1\,Iehta believes their

condition today is somewhat better than

that of the negroes. The origin of "the

untouchables" is traced to the Arvan in-

vasion of India. The Arvans made serfs

of the Drav idians whom they found in

India, forbade intermarriage, and desig-

nated their serfs "untouchable."

Prohibition

Prohibition of alcoholic liquors is an-

other of the measures which Gandhi and

the National Congress are -attempting to

1)ro-nnulgate in India. MXr. Mehta belierves,

that the poverty of the Indians and their

,,eneral indifference to alcohol will tend to

make prohibition successful. Since the

Indian laborer earns all average of four

cents a day, he can hardly pay bootleg

prices should he so desire.

The differences between the Hinduls and

the M%,oslerrs are usually exaggerated byn

the British reports, according to MAr.

11lehta. While it is true that the older

Mloslerns are supporting the British gov.

ernment, since many of them hold high

offleial positions, it is also trvre that the

younger generation of Moslems is wrork~ing

niith the Hindus in the National Congress.

.\ ehru, a *young Socialisr, and Oxford

graduate, is the second greatest leader of

zhe Indian people today, says Mr. Nlebta.

Little Socialism is found in India, and so

Etir -Nehru. is wvork~ing with Gandhi in the

anlti-Britishl campaign. Although Gandhi

has spoken of more justice for the poor,

he has not given any~ indication of a

Socialist policy to follows Indian inde-

fiendence.

Katherine Mayo, authoress of "Mother

India," -was described by Mr. Meleta, as a

Iropagandist. She mnade generalizations of

the instances of evil which she saw and

dep~icted the Indians as unfit for self-

govcrnment. She has been answvered in a

book by Kanaiyalal Gauba, entitled

" Uncle Sham." Gaub~a has attempted to

-shiow in this book that evils can be found

in the United States, too, if one troubles

to seek them out.

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fine arts NOW!Russia's Latest Talkie Spectacle

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STODDER SHOESM .EN'S

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leather with black calf apron nd bnack stay,

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These shoes wveigh tilt 13 oirnces antl are

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Present-day electronic theory is dis-cussed by- Professor Wavs-ne B. Nottinghamof the department of Physics. This articleis a short review of present knowledge inthe field of atomic structure and electricenergy. More out of the line of commonknowledge is the information on cosmicrays imparted b- Professor Ralph D.Bennett of the department of ElectricalEngineering. He describes the originaldiscovery of cosmic rays, and the testswhieh are to be nade this summer tofurther determine their properties. Underthe direction of Professor Arthur Comp-tOnl, six expeditions wvill set out for variousparts of the world, establishing observa-tion camps in the highest accessibleregions. Measuremnents at all of thetw enty -odd stations will be made withidentical instruments, all calibrated by thesame standard.

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The work of the United States Bureauof Standards is described in brief reviewby Dr. George K. Burgess, Director of theBureau and present holder of the positionformerly occupied by the late Samuel W.Stratton. Wind-tunnel tests on a modelof the Empire State Building are de-scribed.

Trends in modern architecture, the sim-plicity of design in new structures, and theindividuality in treatment characteristicof new buildings are discussed at lengthby Edmund D. Lucas '34. A descriptionof the new Ford 40-passenger airplane isone of the high spots of the EngineeringDigest.

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MINING SOCIETYELECTS OFFICERS

In the recent elections of the Mining andMIetallurgical Society, the following offi-cers were chosen: president, John D.Rumsev'33; vice-president, Preben Olden-burg '33; secretary, Richard Bell '34;treasurer, Rafford Faulkner '33.

The Society will hold its final banquetof the school year at the "Ole Plantation,"Boston, next Tuesday at 6.15 o'clock.Professor George B. Waterhouse will bethe principal speaker.

Penn State

A Peml State Senior recently addresseda House of Representatives sub-committeeon compulsory military training. He be-lieves that the compulsory militarycourses are not beneficial and has the sig-nature of 700 fellow students who believelikewise.

OFFICIAL BULLEL;TI3SOF GENERAL INTEREST

Department of Mining and Metallurgy Mr. L. W. EmersonMonday, MLay 16, 9.00 a.m., Room 8-319

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T. E. N. Carries Final InstallmentOf Morris's Series On Evolution

Labor-Management RelationsDiscussed By Samuel

Lewisohn

Professor Frederick K. Morris has writ-ten the final installment of his story of theearth and its creatures for the May issueof Thle Tech Engineering Newls. Articleson cosmic rays and electronic theory fur-nish the rest of the "Pure science" for thismonth; while descriptions of modernarchitecture, the problems of the engi-neering executive, and the work of theBureau of Standards fill the remainder ofthe magazine.

Professor Morris's charmingly facetiousstyle shows once more to advantage, as heattempts to reconstruct the beginning ofthe life process. As usual, he warns us notto substitute speculation for science, andthen proceeds to do it himself. In themain, however, he is not on controversialground; the mechanism of biologicalprocesses is generally admitted to bephysical. His use of catalysis as an ex-planation of nutrition and reproduction isinteresting.

In the short space allotted to him, Pro-fessor Morris obviously must leave a thou-sand intricacies untouched, a thousandobjections unanswered. But, although hemust let many essential details go unex-plained, he has presented in the threeinstallments of his series a glowing andconvincing picture of the world's historyas viewed in the light of the evolutionaryhypothesis.

That glamorous individual, the Engi-neering Executive, comes in for attentionat the hands of Mr- Samuel Lewisohn, of

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