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les FROM TRIP, TELLS . Pare est ForTrp OF SUMSMER WORK Underaraclduates1 Over Technology Professor Describes'Over One-Third of the StudentApparatus Cosmic Ray Body Sign Up For

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Field Day To Be HeldOct. 28; Handbook Wrong

Field Day will take placeFriday, October 28th. The mis-understanding about the date ofthe field day was settled yester-day by the members of the Fac-ulty, who voted that the aca-dlemic exercises of the Institutewill be suspended at twelveo'clock on that date. The dateannounced previously was No-vember 4th. This date was car-ried by the Christern Associa-tion's handbook by mistake. Thischange brings the Field Dayjust one week sooner.

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Scientists still differ as to the sourceof cosmic rays, said Professor RalphD. Bennett, who has been associatedwith the cosmic ray survey of Dr.Arthur H. Compton. In an interviewlast Wednesday Professor Bennetttold THE TECH reporter that al-though Dr. Compton had obtained.ata which agreed with that of thefamous Swiss balloonist, ProfessorAuguste Picardl, in indicating thatcosmic rays had a terrestrial origin,Professor Robert A. Millikan has notchanged his first opinion of their cre-ation by the formation of new atomsin empty space.

Verifies Dr. ComlptonProfessor Bennett thought that this

lifference in viewpoint was a resultof the irregularity of sonle of thedata at the disposal of the scientistsHe disclosed that his own data didnot warrant a conclusion on the mat-ter, but the ray intensity curve hedrew seemed to agree with Dr. Comp-ton's.

The instrument used to secure dataon the intensity of cosmic rays con-sists of a gas chamber. A compressed-as is introduced into this chambeland isolated from the atmosphere bya lead or copper shield. The highlypenetrating cosmic rays pass ens;l,-into the gas through the metal shieldand cause some of the atoms to ionize.The intensity of the rays is measuredby the number of ions produced persecond. The rate at which ions areproduced is determined by the aid ofan electrometer. Sometimes the insu-lation in the apparatus leaks, andcauses the experimenter to obtain ex-

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Crokes is of the opinion that withmodern methods it will not cost theInstitute quite se much. The benefit::of a thorough examination of theover-worked heart of an athlete havebeen proven by experience, and theyare to be extended to all students ofthe Institute free of charge. Any-questionable hearts detected in thephysical examination at the Infirmarywill le immediately subjected to an-lectrocardiac examination which willdefinitely settle the question of theirowvner's eligibility for athletics andmilitary training.

Since school opened, 832 studentshave signed for physical examinationsand over 500 of these have been con-ducted. So far, the health of theundergraduates has been excellent, asthere are at present only eight stay-ing in the Infirmary, all of which areminor cases and soon to be discharged.

-Managers of different sports havebeen notified concerning substitutionof sports for physical training. Thelists are open today and will closeOctober 21. All Freshmen desiring tomake this substitution are expected tomake their application in room 3°5Walker Memorial before closing time.

Fassett To AddressFirst Afass Meeting

of T. E. N. Tonight

Call Made for New CandidatesBy Institute Scientific

News Magazine

Mr. Frederick G. Fassett, Jr., incharge of the publications class forfirst year men, will be the principalspeaker at the T. E. N. mass meetingto be held tonight at five o'clock inthe Grill Room of Walker Memorial.

The -first part of the meeting willconsist of talks by various men onthe board, explaining the work of thedifferent departments, after which re-freshments will be served, and an op-portunity will be given to meet theheads of the departments of thepaper.

According to a statement by oneof the men on the managing board,the Tech Engineering News, now en-tering its fourteenth year at the In-stitute, has gained the reputation ofbeing among the foremost in its line,although one of over twenty similarpublications. It offers to the new can-didate a chance to acquire experiencein the publication of a magazine, inwriting, and also to make valuablecontacts with leaders in business.

While many college engineeringjournals contain articles written most-ly by undergraduates and recentlygraduated alumni, the Tech Engineer-ingZ News prints articles by promi-nent men outside the Institute. Thesearticles are generally current withnew advances in engineering lines.

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Electrocardliac examinaltions to dle-tect weak hearts will be this year'sinnovation at tile infi.rm-:.,, 1]}. rW. Crokes, of the Infirmary, states c Iday whenl tlley wrill hear the variousUW. Crokes, of the Infirmary, states coaches and learn tile Institute'sthat all track candidates and crew |clnCrSacheers.men will be given examinations be-fore real competion begins. Until re- i Si': e the inaulaulaition of the res-cently a heart test of this type cost et style Fiell Danr in 1901 to settlealmost ten dollars to conduct. but Dr_ the customa.y differnces betveen

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The present Juniors were successfulfor trio years in succession on FieldDay, defeating the Class of '33 by ascore of 11 - 2 and the Class of '385by a score of 13 - 0. Members of theentering class promise that their rec-ord Nvill equal if not better, this one.

Error In Field Day DateInasmnuch as the date of Field Day

las been set for October 28 by theInstitute Committee, not November 4as stated in the T. C. A. handbook, itis necessary that both contendingclasses organize earlier. For thatpurpose all Juniors, Seniors andGraduates interested in coaching boththe freshmen and soplhonmore tug-o-war and football teams are urged tosee Williamn Sample. Jr., '34, nextMIonday at 5:00 P. 1Al. in the trackhouse.

It has been the custom in past FieldDay preparations for members of thetwo upper classes to act as coachesfor the contending teams in footballand the tug-of-war. The seniors areaccustomed to coach the Sophomoreteams andi the Juniors coach thie firstyear teams.

Football Counts MostOf the five events listed for Field

Day competition, football counts mosttoward the final score, being valued atfour points. This event originallycarriedl a point value of five points,but in 192)-, when the class of 1933had obviously outclassed the class of1932 in the glove fight, which carriedno point value, its value was reducedto four points and the extra point wasawarded for the glove fight in thefollowing year.

Crew and track relay are equal ivvalue toward the final result, ead!carrying three points. The track meare coached by Oscar Hedlund, th

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o'4, John B. Dunning, '34, Henry D. Erie, Buffalo and Niagara Falls,Humphreys, '34, Howard L. Reichart, Rochester, Schenectady and AlbanJr., '34, Walter W. Bird, Jr., '34, Rob- nochester, Schenectady and Albany,and back to Boston.ert Ebenbach, '34, John R. Newell, '34, Use Special BusLouis P. Holliday, '34, Eric Sparre, The entire trip was made il a spe-'34, Paul E. Davis, '34, John T. Bur- cially built camping bus which waswell, Jr., '34, Richard Bell, '3, Walterloaned to the Institute. In additionL. Wrise, Jr., '34, Gorham K. Crosby, to an ingenious arrangeme nt which14.% Joseph L. Seligman, Jr., '34, Rob- permitted the truck to be converted

ert M. Emery, '34, and Charles H. into a large tent at night, the busLucke, '34. icontained a cot and locker for each

The All-Technology Smoker, held lw, . I-ther conplete kitchen out-especially for the benefit of -new menI especially for the u benefit, of ner men r fit of a stove, ice box, cooking utensils,at the Institute, gives another oppor- I dishes, and silver, lights for use atdishes, and silver, lights for use attunity for freshmen to acquaint them- night, and two large comfortable seatsselves with the varied number of ac- !,,...,: ;_:-i +a, .. 7f;:n..n1II or l(UIl 11 bn iln e aaYbllllte.

A large number of industrial plantswere visited during the course of thetrip. Inspection -trips were madethrough chemical, steel, cereal, dairyproducts, veneer, silk hosiery, and anunlmber of other plants, not neglect-in- a distillery.

Will Sponsor Trip AgainThe trip, which was under the gen-

eral direction of Professor Erwin H.Schell, 'l2, head of the Departmentof Business and Engineering Admini-stration, was the second to be spon-sored. A similar trip was made dur-ing the summer of 1931. It is thoughtat this time that the department willagain sponsor the trip next summer.

Members of the group which madethe trip this year were John M.MacBrayne, Jr., '31, Carl A. Ekwall,'33, David M. Nason, '33, G. EdwardNealand, '31, Henry Rockwood G..,Ernest R. Steele, '31, David R. Tread-well, '33, Burton D. Webster, '33,Beaumert H. Whitton, '33, and DonaldBrown of Harvard University.

VOO DOe CANDIDATESTO MEET PHOSPHORUS

Refreshments and Free SmokesPromised By Feline

Phosphorus, the feline of the VooDoo office, awakening from hisdreams of mice and more sleep,yawningly told a reporter of THETECH of its plans to trap the unwaryfreshmen into entering competitionfor positions on his staff.

Cigarettes, tobacco, corn cobs,cigars, doughnuts and cider will bepassed out free at Voo Doo's annualmass meeting and fest. The date ofthis amazing mass meeting will beannounced later by placards on thebulletin boards throughout the Insti-tute. Till then the management ofVoo Doo requests that the freshmenhold their hats, if they have any.

tivities present at Technology.

Institute CommitteeElects L. P. Holliday

To Budget Committee

Officers of All -Tech SmokerApproved By Body In

First Session

Reflecting the general lethargypresent at the Institute this year, theInstitute Committee held a listlesssession in Walker Memorial yesterdayafternoon. The meeting was calledto order by Chairman Richard L. Fos-sett, '33, at five o'clock, and the min-utes of the last meeting read.

Upon the recommendation of theExecutive Committee, the appointmentof Louis P. Holliday, '34, to theBudget Committee was approved aswell as the request of the Beaver Keyto be given an active part in the com-ing Field Day.

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ACCEPT MEMBERSOF ALL TECHNOLOGYSMOKER COMMITTEEAlnnounce Twenty-One Ushers

To Serve On EveningOf Big Affair

DATE IS OCTOBER 7

Edward L. Wemple, '33, chairmanof the All-Technology Smoker Com-mittee, submitted for approval a listof his selected committeemen to theInstitute. Committee last evening. Thiscommittee which was accepted willtake complete charge of organizingthe program for the Smoker to beheld Friday, October 7.

The committee as accepted is asfollows: Richard S. Miorse, '33, As-sistant to Chairman; Wilber B. Hus-ton, '33, Assistant to Chairman;Roger P. Congdon, '33, refreshments;W. Clinton Backus, '33, publicity;Robert G. Holt, '33, treasurer; WalterR. Duncan, '33, speakers; Duke E.Selig, '33, program; Charles C. Bell,i'33, entertainment.

Ushers NamedUshers for the occasion are also an-

nounced as: Sherman T. Leavitt, '34,William Sample, Jr., '34, Edward P.Bromley, '34, Arthur O. Williams, Jr.,

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FIELD DAY EVENTSEarlier Date of Classic Day

Necessitates FasterOrganization

SOPHOMORES CONFIDENT

Promising to be the eighth victori-ous entering class on the annualstruggle beteween the sophomores andfreshmen on the traditional Fieldl Day,the Class of 19136 is already beginningits organization to that end. Officiallythe freshmen will begin their plan-ningr with a mass meeting next Tues-

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Ten Institute Men TravelEast and Mid-West O

Inspection Tour

Sponsored by the DepartmBusiness and Engineering Admtion and under the auspicesThorne-Loomis Foundation, INew York City, ten men frcInstitute this summer mademile camping trip through thand Mid-west, visiting indplants and historic points wroute.

The group, which was heaJohn M. MacBrayne, Jr., '31, ]Institute on June 13 and returweeks later after having trdown the east coast to Birmlinorth to Louisville, acrossLouis, north again to Min(and east to Milwaukee and CFrom there the itinery took t

Frosh to Keep NiclkelsFor Telephone Change

The following freshmen ruleswere posted in the Dorms lastnight:1. Freshmen shall treat all up-

perclassmen with due respectat all times.

2. No freshman shall wear prepschool insignia at any time.

3. Freshmen shall say hello toall students they meet in thevicinity of the dormitories.

4. Freshmen shall know the fol-lowing songs and cheers be-fore the first Freshman Meet-ing of the year:

Stein SongTake Me Back To TechRegular M. I. T. CheerWe Are Happy

5. Freshmen shall keep a sup-ply of nickels for telephonechange at all times.

6. Freshmen are expected to runnot more than one local er-rant during the evening onthe request of an upperclass-man.

7. Freshmen must place a greencard bearing their name andclass in the holder on theirdoor immediately upon com-pleting their registration.

8. Freshmen shall be responsi-ble for their conduct to theDormitory Freshman Com-mittee.

T. C. A. Holds ArticlesLost At Freshman Camp

The following articles werefound at Camp Massapoag lastMNonday after the departure ofthe freshmen:

2 baseball gloves2 bathing suits3 hats1 necktie1 pair of pajamas2 pairs of running trunks1 pair of socks1 handkerchief2 shirtsThe men who lost any of these

articles are requested to reclaimthem at the T. C. A. offices inthe basement of Walker Memo-rial.

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ASSOCI ATE BOARDC. S. Dadakis, '34 .. ......... News EditorW. L. W~ise, Jr., '34 ...Featulres EditorH. R. Plass, '34 ........... ... Sports EditorW. R. Churchill, '34.Advertising '-tgr.N. B. Krim, '34.Business Service Mgr.W. Browen, '34 ... Circulation Manager

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTEditorial Board

C. W. Swreetser, '33 W. Sheppard, '33F. W. Kressman, '33

Night EditorsP. Cohen, '34 P. A. Daniel, '34

T. M. Rimbach, '34News Writers

D. Horvitz,, '34, Associate New EditorI. S. Banquer, '35 H. H. Dow, '35M. Hecht, Jr., '35 J. M. Kilroy, '35

Sports WritersW. H.Stockmnayer, 35 J. S. Slosson, '35

Feature WritersR. S. Mason, '35 ....D. B. Rubenstein,'34

R. E. Stanfield, '35Photographic Staff

D. A. Robbins, '34, EditorC. S. Taylor, 2d, '35

ReportersM. L. Weiss, '35 G. J. Platt, '35S. T. Orton, Jr., '35 G. F. Lincoln, '35R. B. Woolf, '35 E. J. Shloss, Jr., '34

H. L. Beinis, '35

BUSINESS SERVICE DEPT.B. Goldfarb, '34, Associate ManlagerIJ. D. Hossfeld, '35 A. A. Frank, '35

CIRCULATION DEPARTMENTJ. D. DuRoss, '35 J. D. Loomis, '35

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A Recordof Continuwas

Nrexvs Servire forOqver Fifty Years

Offtcial NewsOrgan of the

Undergraduatesof M. I. TV.

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUJTE OF TECHNOLOGY

OFFICES OF THE TECH

Walker Memorial, Cambridge, Mass.

News and Editorial-Room 3, Walker

Telephone, University 7029

Business-Room, 302, Walker

Telephone, University 7415

Printers' Telephone, University 0194

IMANA&GING BOARDJ. G. Hayes, '33 . General -Ma-nagerB. H. Whitton, '33 .. ......... .... EditorD. H. Clewell, '33 . Managing EditorD. B. Smith, '33 ........ Business Manager

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Member Eastern IntercollegiateNewspaper Association

ADVERTISING DEPARTMENTA. H. Heintz, '34, Associate ManagerJ. L. Fisher, '35 O. C. Thelen, '35W. H. Rostan, '35 D. Stevens, Jr., '35

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that the metropolitan -papers print news of Technology.Th_ Le three thousand students and scores of professors ofthe Institute depend on

the official undergraduate newspaper to fur~nish themwith all the happenings of a busy school. In all fields,scholastic extra-curricular, social, sports, and generalnews, THE TECH continues to present the latest andmost interesting occurences of the day. Accuracy andgood taste govern all of its columns. No wonder that itstands today among the foremost of student activities,t.written by Technology students, of Technology stu-

dents, for Technology students." su

Here is an opportunity to join an activity that has al-ready earned a distinguished place in the life of the In-stitute. Here is an opportunity to make contacts withall important members of undergraduate life, as a mem-|

t ~ber of the newspaper staff. -

| ~Act Now! There are still positions open in all depart- g

mens for bright, ambitious men. Drop into the office in -Walker Memorial at any time and talk things over. lYour life at the Institute is not complete without parti-cipation in an activity. .

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ence is just as embarrassing to an editor as it is to an actor or amusician. Some comment, either critical or complimentary, is de-sirable. If it be criticism, the player can make an attempt to cor-'rect his faults; if it be complimentary, he knows his efforts areappreciated.

It has always been the policy of THE TECH to open its col-umns to anyone wishing to discuss questions which may be of in-terest to the student body or to call the attention of Technologymen to something of interest. But few restrictions are placed onletters to the Editor which are published in the Open Forum: toprotect ourselves it is necessar y to ask that all letters be signed, al-though names are withheld on request; matter of a libelous natur ecannot be published; letters of an advertising nature cannot be1sed for ollvous rea-sslos; and com-munlicationls rLILltUs Ad e a Yea-'sonable, length.

With these few limitations we throw our columns open to our'readers. There is I1o restriction of contributers or subject. W~ewelcome communications from anyone on any subject of student|interest.

DEPRESSION PRICESWITHIN the past f ew days there has been some discussion|VVamong certain maembers of the uipper classes regarding the

status of the Junlior Prom usually held each March. Last year ata meeting of the Institute Coinmittee after the Prom, the questionof wrhether the Under-raduate Association through the Institute Committee should be financially responlsible for the Prom this year'was discussed. Because the Prom no Ion-or had an appreciablereserve and because attendance had f allen off consistently for someyears it wvas decided that the Prom would not be sponsored as anofficial activitv Keith the status it had in previous years. It wasinformally agreed however, that a Prom was desirable.

The question soon to be settled, and the one giving rise to thediscussion at this time, is whether the Prom Committee shall betappointed or elected as in prev ious years.

Technology holds few social functions of a large or elaboratenature, and to drop the sole remraining one seems foolish if we areinterested in having such an event. Admittedly, the Proms of thepast few years have suffered from decreasing attendance, but thethickness of student pocketbooks has decreased even faster. Al-most everyone to whom the subject of a less expensive Promn isproposed agrees that, there is need of a large and more or lesselabor ate social function during the school year and that he wouldattend if the price were lower than that of last year's Pr om.

Agreed thenr that we wvant a big dance during the spring andthat it would probably be a success?. there is no reason why weshould not havre one. The Institute Committee should continue itssponsorship of the affair under the same arrangement as in previ-ous years and with an elected committee. It is a recognized stu-dent affair, run by the undergraduates for their entertainment;so if ther e is a deficit, let the reserve for contingencies carry it.

We want a Prom. Let's have it, and at a pr ice we can aff ord.

TEE MERRY MONTH OF MAYWHILE May is still far in the future, it is not too early forNsome consideration to be given to the matter of holding

Open Houlse so that the public of Greater Boston may see an actualdemonstrationl of M hat is done at the Institute. Year before lastthe Combined Prof essional Societies assumed practically all theresponsibility for Open House and reports indicated that the occa-sion was the best ever held. Last year there was no Open Housebecause the year previous it weas decided that to continue on an<11ll1ll1al bclsis wrould in 'Lime decrease the value of the occasion.

Whether there w lill be an Open House this year should be de-cided at some time in the immnediate f uture, and as the first actionshould come f rom some student organization the Combined Pro-fessional Societies or the Institute Committee as the logical groupsshould decide w hether either of theml wishes to sponsor the affairand assume the lresponsib~ilities if it is f oulnd feasible to hease OpenHouse this year.

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FRESHMEN EXPECTANT

OF FIELD DAY VICTORY

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Institute's track coach, with the as-

sistance of several upperclassmen.

Each of the twelve men composing theteam is required to run a half a laparound the cinder track. In lastyear's event the class of 1934 out-classed the 1935 men conclusively,leading them by 200 yards.

Few- See Crew Race

While the track event comes at theheight of the day's excitement, thecrew race, although quite as spectacu-lar, is view ed by comparatively few.spectators. Coming as it does in theearly morning before most of the stu-

who have remained awake throughoutthe night that have the opportunity tocheer their team or proteges.

The tug-of-w-ar is the shortest, butnot the least exciting of the severalevents, for throughout its short en-durance, the non-partisans of each ofthe contending classes are literallytearing their tonsils apart.

Last but not least on the progranis the glove fight in which all mem-bers of the respective classes can givevent to the enthusiasm which he hasstored up during the preceding events.It is largest in number of contestantsbut smallest in point value, one pointgoing to the class capturing most

gloves. While a team may be losingin tabulation of the other events, avictory in the glove fight means a

dents are out of bed, it is only those moral Field Day victory if not anwho arise with the dawn or those actual one.

iAmnsesements 0

STAGE

Plymouth - "Reunion In Vienna,"with Lynn Fontaine and Alfred Lunt.The Theatre Guild's production ofRobert Shernwood's play. BeginningMonday, Jane Cowl in "The Alan witha Load of Mischief."

Shubert - Last week of Ed Wynnin "The Laugh Parade." StartingMonday, "The Cat and the Fiddle."Music by Jerome Kern.

Colonial-"The Green Pastures."The epic of the negro. Worth yourtime.

SCREEN

State - Beginning today, Laureland Hardy in their first feature lengthpicture, "Pack Up Your Troubles."

Majestic - "Strange Interlude,"with Normia Shearer and Clark Gable,beginning Monday.

Keith's - On the screen, "Once ina Lifetime." On the stage, Gus Ed-wards and Co.

Orpheum - "Grand Hotel," at pop-ular prices.

PLEDGE LISTS

In the Wednesday, October 5th, is-sue of THE TECH, a list of thepledges to Greek Letter fraternitieswill be published. A list of thepledges of each fraternity must bein the News Room box by 6 o'clock

Tuesday night if it is to be published.

T. C. A. Book Service

Books listed in this term's General

Bulletin will find a ready market at

the T. C. A. book exchange in thebasement of Walker Memorial at txto-

thirds cost price. There has been an

exceptionally large demand for secondhand books this year.

FLORENZ ZIEGFELDsaid..."I considerlRuthEttingthe greatest singer o fsongs thlatI have managed in illy fortyyears in the theater.""

Fifty Freshmen TryFor Field Day Crew

Fifty-odd freshmen are indus-triously working out on therowing machines to get them-selves in shape for the comingField Day battle on the 28th ofOctober. With last year's var-sity men helping him out astemporary coaches, Al Dunninghopes to get the men on thewater in a wveek's time.

So far, nearly a dozen firstyear candidates have admittedprevious experience in the fineart of rowving, and form the nu-cleus of what promises to turninto an exceptionally strongsquad. There also seems to bean air of considerable enthusi-asm around the boathouse thathodes ill for their Sophomorecompetitors in the annual seveno clock race on the Charles.

This seven o'clock in themorning hughear, it is rumored,served to scare off numerousother vrould-be candidates, buttt also proved to be a kind ofentrance examination for thes!Dort. As one husky oarsmanput it, rowing is a man's game.So, for that matter. is gettingout Of bed an hour or so afterdaybreak.

Music in the air . . . bewitchingmusic. "'Blues" or ballads . . sadsongs, glad songs. . .,old favorites orlatest hits . . . Chesterfield's Girl ofSong sings them all. Hear

in Chesterfield's Radio Program,"'Music that Satisfies," every Wednes-day, 10 p.m., every Saturday, 9 p.m.E. S. T.-GColumbia System.

Also: The Boswell Sisters, Mondays, 10 p.m.,Thursdays, 9 p.m.; Arthur Tracy (" The StreetSinger"), Tuesdays, 9 p.m., Fridays, 10 p.m.Every night (except Sunday), Nat Shilkret'sOrchestra and Norman Brokenshire.

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Action In Glove Fight Last Year

VARSITY SOCCERPRACTICE BEGINS

AIany of Last Year's FreshmanTeam Report; Squad of

Forty Men Out

Headed by Captain Gustave E.Kidd6, '33, the Institute soccer teamis beginning what appears to be oneof the finest seasons that it has everexperienced since the founding of thatsport here at the Institute, judgingby the enthusiasm of the players. Ina statement to THE TECH, CaptainKidd6 said that the fact that therewas a squad of forty men so earlyin the season, the largest that hecould remember, coupled with the ad-dition of such last year's freshmanstars as Bemis, Ballard, Waram,Mather, and Forsberg, pointed to agreat season for the Cardinal andGray.

Although faced by a difficult prob-lem in the form of the vacancies leftby Ex-captain Velez, South Americanstar, and Newman and Schultz, CoachEdward Robinson should face littletrouble in picking replacements fromKron, Brockman, Baur, Kaiser, Hetzel,and Bateman, all veterans, togetherivith the freshman material alreadymentioned.

As the schedule includes a lot ofgames away from home, the teamivill take a lot of trips, so that theseason will be highly enjoyable for allmembers. Practices are held from 4to 6 o'clock in the afternoon at CoopField. All those vho are interestedin coming out for soccer should seeManager Harold E. Thayer, '34. ON WEDNESDAY AND

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Rrewards are being offered this yearto men in the Technology Catholicstub membership drive. After report-ing next Monday outside the Infor-mation Office, all men interested willbe divided into teams of four, receivetheir instructions, and go out aftermembers, until five o'clock, Tuesday,October 11.

The records of the teams and eachp-lian on the team will be announcedon the day after the contest closes,when awards will be presented to thethree teams and two individual menwN~ie have signed the most new mem-bers. The winning team and winningman get free admission to all thedances and communion breakfasts giv-

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en by the Club; the second team andmal will have free admission to allthe dances; and the third team to allthe formal dances.

Posters are now on all the largebulletin boards regarding these prizes.The Catholic Club, already the larg-est undergraduate club, expects tomake this year's a record-breaking en-rollment.

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DRt. BENNETT BACK | The investigators found that be-FREOM SUMMER TRIP sides inereasing with the altitude the

rays also increased in intensity with(Continued from page one) the latitude. Dr. Compton thinks this

cessively large intensities. Professor; is caused by the Earth's magnetisnlBennett told of an incident of this ! Tle strength of the rays was also ob-sort with Dr. Compton. served to be different a.t night than

Ion Burst Causes Disagreement during the day.

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A phenomena which has causedmuch discussion and some disagree- A j * r ment is the ion burst. Occasionally Musical C IUbS Tothe number of ion pairs in the cham- Bi F(;r N 1w Menber jumped from the usual rate of

one or two per second to from three At B Ga th ito seven million, but only momentar- t D g e~caeril B ,ily. In a letter to the editor of the

Pkysical RIeview Dr. Compton states Many Concerts and Dances Arethat tlie, to him, only suitable ex- Scheduled for Year byplanation for these ion bursts, as they Managersare called, is the sudden disruption jof the nucleas of an atom.

The flying protons would cause all Enter the social life of the Institute,

of the ionization which so suddenly the Combined Musical Clubs are holdl-occurred. When asked to corroborate -ing anass meeting in room 10-260, at

and explain this version of the ioni o'ca-as eeting ir 0; five o'clock nex-t M~onday. All men ill-

burst, Professor Bennett said that the | terested are urged to come and lealrnbursts had first been observed in Ger-! of the arious opportunities open in

many, that they were infrequent, oc- the Musical Clubs by the leaders oe

curring only once in about an hour i thediferent depaLtnlents, ehief among

and a half, that their intensities va-; whom will be General r meanager, c ohn

ied, and that that was all he knew' treng,3

definitely. He indicated that the data H. Somers, '33,'3 and Coach Williazu

were insufficient for a rigid conclu- 'i~~~~~~~~~~ d h { estlon, veteran of many years with

sion, and that I-e thought Dr. Comnp- Ithe Glee Club,ton's explanation was not intended to The Musicai Clubs sill 'resent this

be final.:year, as they did last year, two or

Frequency Increases With Altitude ithree concerts in tle Walker Buil(l-

Although the frequency of the ion, ing, one of which may comne this fall,,

bursts seemed to increase with the al- the others in the spring. Engape-

titude, their intensity did not, as the ments are also being made for con-

intensity of the rays themselves did. certs in and around Boston, one of

To find this out was one of the ob- Iffhese coming at the Franklin Square

jects of tche Su-vey: -wist," which Pro- lause, a girls' do-mitory, around thefessor Bennett was associated. first of November.

Among the many strange tales ofthe rushing season which we are tohear, comes from another of thoseBeacon Street hangouts.

The rush lean in question wasSouthern, and, in common with his

fellow countrymen, had sad illusionsof grandeur as concerned his relativeLotharioness. At least it seemed thatway if one listened to the conversation of this honey-tongued Casanova

Toward supper time there ca-ne anirresistible desire to call Wellesleyperhaps the mating instinct, the loun-ger doesn't know, although he knewno one there. And so he called buthad no dime. The rusher being alhand, promptly proffered his, and sothe call went, except that these wasno answer.

The operator informed our hero ofthis, returning his dime, which liepromptly pocketed and then proceededto ask the operator for the same. "I'msorry," said the operator, "Perhaps ifyou will put a nickel in, it will comeout."

Once again a good brotherly nickelclinked into the machine's innards,this time taken from the cigarettebox, handy to the 'phone. Again thebrotherly coin popped out, of coursewithout the dime, only to take itsplace in the rushee's pock-et.

Having thus satisfied his mating in-stinct the incorrigible one wended hisway downstairs to take his placesmilingly at the dinner table, andprate smoothly on about his past af-fections. Was I flabbergasted?Just ask me, was I flabbergasted!

Incidentally gentlemen, if such youare, there is a most intriguing book-seller working in the Coop. Howeverthe lounger is unable to elicit any re-sponse to his numerous abjurings.Nice psychology in there, in there, inthere, you Coop managers.

Beau Whitton, our handsome editorbemoans loudly with many gnashingsof hair and tearing of teeth, the factthat his one pet goldfish, inseparablepalsy of more than a year, has died.Not only that, but Beau clamors fora verdict of murder.

Several of the Institute's best sci-entists have finally discovered thatsome low down dastardly dastard putbay rum in the bowl.

Well, as I always sayd that justgoes to show you }vow it never rainsbut it pours. First school opens andnow Beau's goldfish is murdered. My,my.

Another of the shy Freshman

Many Changes MadDuring Summer;I

New Eastman Building Opened;Chemical Store Rooms

Are Changed

I Besides the transfer of the entireGraduate Physics and Chemistry De-partment to the new Eastman Re-search Building, (Building 6), manychanges have been made in the entireeducational plant during the summermonths, and a survey shows a total

Lof about !;00 rooms in the Institute.The reference books in Physics,

Chemistry, and Mathematics haveibeen transferred to the new Eastman

Library in Building 6, and it isplanned to move the Mining and

IGeology Libraries to Room 8-304sometime this fall. The Institute hasbeen especially generous in makingiXhese moves as the space left hasbeen made into study rooms for can-didates for the Doctor's Degree.

Storage Rooms MovedThe Chemical storage rooms have

been moved nearer the supply eleva-tor in Building 4, a new room beingbuilt at the south end of the top floorof the same building, and the BluePrint Service has been transferred tothe Photographic Service in the base-ment of Building 11, with a new ma-chine for giving black and whiteprints.

The following are the laboratories,which have been changed: The Or-ganic Chemical Laboratory (4-440 )has been enlarged so as to take careof the work which was previously con-ducted in 8-410.

Mlining FacilitiesThe Heat Treatment work has been

moved from 1-311 to 8-410, and addi-tional facilities provided for the ex-pansion of the work in Metallurgyand in Physics of Metals.

The major portion of the basementof Building 2 has been assigned tothe Department of Chemical En-gineering for the much needed expan-sion of its laboratories.

Additional laboratory space hasbeen provided for the gro-vth ofCeramics and for the development ofan undergraduate Physical Laboratoryfor Atomic Structure and Spectros-copy. A laboratory for Geophysicshas been added.

Biology in 3-410Part of the Drawing Room 3-410

has been appropriated for the inm-creased work in Biology; the Depalt- X

mzent of Electrical Engineering has .been given more research space, andhe Civil Engineering Department now T

has a laboratory for research in iSeismology.

In-conection with this general re-allocation of space there have beennumerous changes in offices, among cwhich may be mentioned a new office

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cullationl, etc., rcestired bay the Act of Congrressof August 24, 1912.

Oft i HE 71(ECf, pubzlishaed tri-weeklyl <tt Canil-' I' (I 'V. fo~-SCl(S~',ir 6(0)crtl' I,,, 1932..%ta~tt^ of' Massachusetts, C >uitv oll -Afiddlese\.

lit fore init a No~tarly Publllic ill anld ifol theAS att' anda Coutyllt afo~resaidl. personllyzl apl-pearXedD~avid i. Sm1zith. whlo. finangr rectn (itllvx fxworn

accordling to lv.deposes and says that lie isoh'slS ill -\ ail'ger o2' THE} ALEC It anti that

the following is, to the best of his knlowsledgucand belief, a truec statement of the owvlilershii),managemnent (andl if a daily paper, the ci CU la -tion), etc., of the aforesaid publication tor thedate shownr in the above caption, required lby tileAct of August 24, 1912, emlsodiedl ill scC'ionl411,' Postal Lawvs and Regq11ationls, printed ointhe reverse of this formn to w.it:

1. That the namnes and addresses of the Gen1-cral :\Manla.er, Erlitosr. M\anlagingr Eclitor, andlB~usinless -Manager arc. General AMcnager, Johnl(.. H~ayes; L(litor, Beaunilert H-. W\hitton-, 'Maii-aging~ E-ditor, Dayton II. Clewvell: BllsinessMlanager, D~avial' BS. Smnithy all of Cambrsidgc,3,1assachitsttts.

2. All equlipmenlt ox ned by the Tech Tru~stFulnd, Cambridge. 'Ma,;sachutsetts andl rented by'le curretIt V0ol1111e. (officers: I\Mr. 1-1. E. L~ol)-(fell, 'Mr.T. .. Carnhr~idgfc, AT;. 11. D). Peck-.Provid-i *cat -. 1. . al -M. JT. R. 'K~illian, Jr., A\[.I.T.,C'anmlwig' i~s : 'Mr. A . Ws. 1;. B3I1;ing, Jr., Boston,Mtassachulsetts.

Iw'hat the kniown hlTondhlokldrs, mcortgagee s.and other security holders owvning or holdling Iper cent or more of total anmount of bonds, nirt-gages, or other securities are: (I f there a, clione so state.) INI0N-E.

4. That the two paragzraphls next abov e gix 1-ings the iarnies of tile owdnerss stockoldkers. am(!sectiritv holsiers, if anv. contain not olily thet listof st ocicholders and( security Tlolder s as tile\v an -vear' tipol tile hooks of tile comlpany butt also.in cases \vilerc the stocldioldler or securlitv hol(ler

upon2s ill the bookls of the co"I ;any as,rus;tce nr i:n ally otiler fidulciary r lationl 01.slialle of tilc person Or corporation fort re'116 tt

stash trtistce is acting. is given; also that th-said twvo par-agrapis contain statemients enlbr. -inlK affianit's full k~no-wled e and belief as to t0--iciiintstan~ces anti condlitIOtis undter which 0-

11oldlers anga seclirity lloldirs zz-1o (lo not ap~ru-,,r'Ptoll *he bnol. s of the Compa¢ny as trtustees, )lo):foc.k and 'securities in a capacity oth~er thitan'hat of a hona, fidic owner; and this affi;2nt haslo reason to believe that any other person. a-o-l-iafion, or corporatiorn has any interest *iil-cot (orindirect in the said stock, bonds, or other secit-iryies than as so stated lay 'him... That the average ntimber of copies oi earth

-_sue of this publication sokl or Aistril)llt'r1hrough the mails or otherw ise, to paid sul.-:crifiers duringq the six -noriths preceedink, thelate- shown above is --(this information is requiredl fromn dailyv pbl]i.

!atio)ns only.)T)A~tIP B. ,SIMTTH. Buisiness Hfanager.,;wn rn to and stlhscribed before mec this twven-

y-.eirrhthl dad of Siepfember. 1932,"I'TT.T.TA'NI TACKSON. 'Notarv Pt21}ic. (0I-

^2rnmisqion expires October 3 l, 193,5, )

KENDALL SQUAREOFtFICEl

`In tne secona floor or bulltlaing 6 Ltothe Dean of Science, and also new of-

fices for the Headquarters of the De-

partments of Chemical Engineering,

BMining Engineering, Chemistry, and

Physics.

About 100 rooms were involved in

the changes in this re-allocation of

space, together with the remodelling

of some of the laboratories.

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stories has just popped in the office.It seems that the rushing committeewalked up to this poor goop and shookhands introducing each other allaround. Talk progressed, the boyswere hot on the make, when suddenlythe captured one shied up. Was thecause lost? No indeed. Said theFreshman: "By the way, am I sup-posed to be talking to upperelass-men?" Hell, no, stupid, shout at themand grab the pledge pin out of theirhands.

T. C. A. Distributes AnnualBlotters

For eight. consecutive years theT. C, A. has given away free 2500desk blotters yearly. They are deliv-ered to the dormitories and fraterni-ties, but others who desire them mustsecure them at the T, C. A. office inthe basement of Walker Memorial,

This year the blotters have beenchanged in respect to color and areprinted on a thicker and finer paper.John T. Cheney, '35, is in charge ofthe distribution of the blotters thisyear.

AMHERST RELENTSThe kid brother can no longer take

the Amherst Senior's car to prep,school, for with a new ruling that was irecently announced. Seniors and,

Juniors with passing averages can lhave cars on the campus.

Fencing

There will be a meeting of the var-sity fencing team in the WalkerMemorial gym Tuesday night at 5o'clock.

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