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In this issue, THE TECH is pub-lishing its first pictures taken withan Edgerton lamp, or Speed Ray asit is commonly called. With thisnew equipment our photographic|staff will be able to give the sportsnews of Technology a better andmore interesting coverage. Picturestaken with the Speed Ray are typic-ally very clear, with every detailsharp and every motion stopped soperfectly that the performer seemsto be frozen by the flash. Even theparticularly fast action of the hotlycontested squash game pictured onthe sports page was completely stop-ped by the magic eye of the SpeedRay, as well as the midair shots ofthe divers in Saturday's swimmingmeet.

The lamp itself was invented bythree Technology faculty members:Professor Harold E. Edgerton, MrKenneth J. Germeshausen, and Mr.Herbert E. Grier, all of the Elec-trical Engineering Department. Theequipment consists of a large re-flector and bulb supported on amovable stand and a heavy trans-former case. Smaller portable edi-tions have been made which lookvery little different from ordinaryflash equipment but still with thetransformer and battery case whichis carried by a shoulder strap.

Sigma Xi SponsorsTalk By Dr. Hecht

The members of the M.I.T. ChaP-ter of the Sigma Xi and all otherinterested persons at MI.T. havebeen invited to attend a lecture on"Energy and Vision," by Dr. SeligHecht, of the Laboratory of Bio-physics of Columbia University, tobe held at 8:115 P. M. on Tuesday,March 28, in the lecture room ofthe Flogg Art Museum, of HarvardUniversity, at 32 Quincy Street,Cambridge.

Dr. Hecht is one of the Sigma XiNational Lecturers for 1944. He iswidely known for measurements ofthe delicate energy changes in-volved in seeing very faint lights,the biology of the process, thenature of the visual purple locatedon the rods of the retina, the ab-sorption of light ,by it and the phys-ical, biological and military impli-catons of these measurements.

I.F.C. Planned [For StatlerOn May 12th

Vote Not To SponsorFraternity Parties;3 Houses Sponsor Own

At the regular meeting of the In-ter-Fraternity Conference held lastnight at the Smith House, it wasannounced by Carroll W. Boyce,10-44, chairman of the Dance Com-mittee, that the I.F.C. Dance willbe held on May 12 at the StatlerBallroom. The general ticket salewill begin on April 10. At present,a band contract has not beensigned.

After hearing a favorable reportby Charles F. Street, 645, Treas-urer, the I. F. C. pledged its sup-port to Robert Hildebrand, repre-senting the M.I.T. Blood Drive. Thediscussion immediately turned tothe subject of the dance and I.F.C.sponsored parties. A motion waspassed to hold the dance to every-one's amusement, as the ballroomhad already been arranged for.Boyce presented a budget which,without the additional cost of spon-sored parties, would make the ad-mission price to the Friday nightaffair run approximately the sameas previous dances.

No Sponsored PartiesThe question of sponsored parties

brought on considerable discussionwhich seemed favorable to spon-sored parties. But they were voteddown on the basis that the I.F.C.was footing a large portion of thebill for parties at which numerouspeople were entertained while notpossessing tickets to the Fridaynight dance. The fact that spon-sored parties would raise the priceof the tickets considerably alsohelped pass the motion.

Three fraternities announcedthat they expect to entertain onMay 13 without I. F. C. aid. Itappears that Saturday night willstill be a big affair.

Robert B. Hildebrand, 6-45, waselected Member-at-large to con-clude the meeting.

Quadrangle ClubElects Officers

The recently elected QuadrangleClub held its first meeting on Tues-day evening, March 21 Gerald L.MacKinnon, 6-45, opened the meet-ing by outlining the purposes andaccomplishments of the Q Club.

Following this, the new officersof the club were elected. EdwardJ. Hill, 2-46,.chosen President; Wil-liam C. Cahill, 2-46, Vice President;James S. Craig, 2-46, Secretary andHenry M. Morgan, 2-46, Treasurer.

It was decided that thle presentfreshman class should wear theirties until April 4. At the beginningof next term, they will resume wear-ing them, and they will continue tosport the ties until the results ofField Day are determined.

Prof Fales TalksOn Auto Industry

Professor Dean A. Fales spoke atthe term's first meeting of theTechnology student branch of theAmerican Society of MechanicalEngineers held yesterday afternoonat 5:00 P.M. in Room 6-120.

He spoke of the future of theAmerican automobile industry.After the talk he answered ques-tions put forward by the more thanfifty budding engineers present.

Plans were -discussedd for A.SM3E.activities for the remainder of thecurrent term, and a membershipdrive was started.

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Beavers Lead All N.E.Entries Ill Annual A.A.U.Championships at YMCAOn the soggy boards of Briggs

Field yesterday afternoon ArtSchwartz highlighted ithe tradi-tional Winter Inter-Class TrackMeet by breaking the one and a halfmile run record of 7:17.2 whichhas been on the book since 1931.His time was 7:15.0. The nine-event meet, postponed last week inthe hope of good weather, was runoff in the snow and rain on scheduleon Wednesday and Thursday.

Schwartz's effort provided theonly new record, but Art Bryantcame very close Ito smashing an-other mark with his 1:16.0 timein the 600, which was just 0:0,0.8short of the 1932 record.

The class of 6-45 scored the mostpoints with 59, while 1044 and 2-46followed in that order. The newlyentered freshmen were eligible, butnone of the youngsters placed.

Last Saturday afternoon at theBoston Y.M.C;A. the Beavers scored291/4 points in the New EnglandAA..U. indoor championships to topall teams in New England. ArtieSchwartz again jumped in thelimelight as he won the gruelingthree-mile run in the fast time of

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Professor M~itschSpeaks At Dinner

Chaplain Also SpeaksTo Catholic Club

The Technology Catholic Club In-troductory Dinner was held lastTuesday at the Smith House. Thequest speaker was Professor John D.Mitsch of the Civil Engineering De-partment.

In his talk on "'Engineers in theWar," Professor Mitsch, pointed outthat student engineers were moreimportant to the war effort in col-lege than in the service because this-present conflict is a war of en-gineers.

After the talk, Father WilliamDaley, chaplain of the club, spoke afew words about the nature of the"retreat," which is to be held nextweek at the Franciscan Monastaryin Brighton.

Later in the evening, abouttwenty members attended a partygiven by one of the M.I.T. coeds.The entertainment was supplied byseveral members of the group, andproved very satisfactory.

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Rebuilt WalkerAlleys To Use TenPins; Duck PinsThe bowling alleys in Walker

Memorial basement that wereseverely damaged by smoke andfire on February 5 are now in theprocess of being rebuilt. Whencompleted, they will be equipped tohandle ten pins and duck pins aswell as the candle pins that havebeen used in the past. It is thoughtthat the new set up will provevery popular with those studentsfrom the West where the largerpins are used almost exclusively.

The repairing of -the game roomand rebuilding of the alleys willtake a-bout four or five more weeks,after which the alleys will againbe open to use by stud ents andfaculty men.

T.C.A. Blotters ReadyFor Non- Fraternity Men

T. C. A. blotters, which havebeen distributed to Army andNavy students and to fraternitymen, are now ready for commu-ters and boarders. The blottersare intended to replace thosethat were issued several monthsago and which are by now badlyworn.

Commuters and boarders dosiring blotters may call forthem at the T. C. A. office inWalker Memorial.

Harry Eisenhardt is caught by THE TECH Speed Ray in one of the divesthat won him the N.E.I.S.A. championship last Saturday.

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Wallace M. Ross, Chairman of the M.I.T. Blood Dono Coimmittee, andMiss Constance Houghton, sign-up secretary, at the Sign-up desk in the

Information Office.

Two hundred and fifty-four per-sons gave a pint of blood each inthe first five weeks of the MI.T.Blood Donor Drive, it was an-nounced yesterday by Wallace M.Ross, Chairman of the Blood DonorCommittee. The largest daily totalwas that of Wednesday, March 22,when twenty-three gave their blood.Plans have been made to continueand intensify the drive to get don-ors from student and research staffgroups; a special Faculty Club Blood

Donor Committee, headed by Pro-fessor P. M. Chalmers, has just beenformed.

Miss Constance Houghton, sign-upsecretary, has been on duty dailyfrom 9:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. atthe Information Office, Room 7-111,to make appointments. Transporta-tion is provided to and from theMetropolitan Blood Donor Center onBoylston Street, and the wholeprocess does not take longer than

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land history than the day whenBob Feller joined the Navy.

It could happen to anybody, soone day King found himself in thekindergarten. Somehow his teach-

ers kept on pushing him up-theeasiest way to get him off theirhands-and after several incidents

which nearly forced him to leave KIING CAYCE, 10-44the University School without the pformality of a diploma, King found in has been er.1in some obscure corner.himself entering the hallowed halls King either decided to or wasof Technology in the fall of 1941. forced to become a member of the

Pledged By Theta Chi gym team early in his freshmanThe usually "on the ball" Theta tyear. His athletic career was, how-

C ever, very short-lived, One fatefulChi lead pipe men didn't know | afternoon, still suffering from awhat they were letting themselves heavy night, he tried a trickylinto when they slapped a pledge | maneuver on the parallel bars,pin on Cayce's barrel chest. King, slipped, and fell limply to the floor.

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Editorial BoardWilson N. Gilliat, 6-44. ohn L. Hull, 10-44Robert L. Hunter, 10-44

Cortlandt F. Ames, 10-44King Ceyce, 10-44Gabe E.'deRoetth, 10-44H. Bruce Fabens, 10-44

Herbert F. Knape, 6-44Gilbert K. Krulee, 10-44Ileter L. Qualttrochi, 10-44

Associate BoardPersonnel Manager ................... ....................... H. James Rosenberg, 6-45Advertising Manager .......................................... Robert A. Arrison. 6-45Photographic Editor ............. ................ .. Robert S. AfcClintock. 6-46

Staff AssistantsDean Bedford, Jr., 2-46 Arthur Schif. 2-48 William L. Phelan, 2-46Arnold S. Judson. 2-46 Ray E. Horman. 2-46 Homer D. E>ckhardt, 6-45William H. Schield. Jr., 2-46 Steveu J. Miller, 2-46 Ilenry Kioerner, 2-46Alan R. Gruber, 2-46 Peter H. .T. Spitz. 2-46 Ralph R. Scherer, 6-45

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ReportersWilliam F. Herberg, 2-46 Robert G. Wilson, 2-9

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RKO BOSTON-On stage thisweek is that solid saxophonist,Tony Pastor, with Virginia Maxey,his smooth vocalist, and Johnny(Paradiddle Joe) Morris, the fa-mous fast-moving drummer. GlyKibbee, a real comedian, the Star-dusters, a nice little vocal group,and the Diamond Brothers, acro-batic comedy team, finish off theshow. George Sanders and VirginiaBruce portray two people involvedin international intrigue in Actioniin Arabia, the screen item.

KEITH MMO:RIAL - CharlotteBronte's famous novel, Jane Eyre,comes to Boston as a screen playtoday, featuring Joan Fontaine andOrson Welles. This story of loveand death lends itself well to afilm play, with the opportunity formany strange and thrilling scenes.In the second picture, Ozzie Nelson,his orchestra, and Harriet Hilliardtake the leading roles in Hi, Good-Lookin', a rather hum-drum musicalcomedy.

LOEW'S STATE AND OIRPHXEUM--Between the fine technicolorscenes of beautiful glamor girls,Rita Hayworth and IGene Kelly getin some new and different danceroutines in Cover Girl. The filmfeatures pi-n-up girls come to life,with 15 of America's most beautifulwomen to make the looking easier.Jerome Kern and Ira Gerswin havewritten a wonderful musical scoreto make the listening easier.

METROPOLITAN-This week thefilm here is the new thriller, DesertSong, starring Dennis Morgan andIrene Manning. The story, in tech-nicolor, concerns a fearless band|of desert guerrillas, their adven-tures and loves. The accompanyingpicture is Rosie, the Riveter, withJane Frazee and Frank Albertsonin the leading roles.

llnfirnary ListI At the Homberg Infirmarynight were:

Wilson N. Gilliat, 110-44DeForest W. Meehlgib, 2-46James T. Todd, 2-46

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attended the Outing Club's galasquare dance last Saturday nightreceived a mild shock to find theright honorable Professor Searsof 8.01 fame (F-Ma) in attendance.Stiffly, with a glum and set visage,the learned physicist performed theintricate maneuvers required by thisrural pastime. In spite of appear-ances, onlookers state that the profis quite adept at "swing your part-ner," etc. You must give us a dem-onstration sometime, professor.

With this issue another frequentcontributor returns to print; noneother than our learned ProfessorWiener, famed for his knowledge of54 (or is it 64, I don't know) lan-guages and his ability to computepi to 25 decimal places.

It seems that the worthy prof,upon entering his M-21 class, dis:missed the homework in one minuteflat, and deciding that the morrow'sassignment was too easy to warrantexplanation, found himself withsome 45 minutes to kill. So, leavingthe dumbfounded class about sixintegrals behind him, our learnedfriend proceeded with his favoriteindoor recreation, computing pi.Having finished this complete toeight places he calculted the valueof e to six places. At this point theclass, hoplessly confused by inter-I r~als which covered the blackboardslike whitewash, gave up trying tofollow as the professor computedto five places a log table from oneto ten.

After such a display of speed andefficiency this column is campaign-ing for a race between ProfessorWiener and the famed differentialanalyzer. We place two bucks onProfessor Wiener; any takers?

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TREAT THEM RIGHTAnyone who has ever had a beneficial privilege granted

him would certainly not bring about its removal intentionally.That is only common sense. Yet nevertheless a great numberof Technology students, are doing just this. They are unthink-ingly ruining their chances of continuing a practice whichat present saves them a lot of time and effort.

This practice is Harvard Bridge hitch-hiking. The un-intentional "slitting of their own throats" is accomplishedthrough brazen and inconsiderate tactics now being employedin gettin g rides.

As far as hitch-hiking itself is concerned, although illegalunder the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, it hasfor the most part been condoned by police officials in deferenceto servicemen. Recently, however, the Cambridge and Bostonpolice have been putting a stop to hitch-hiking across the bridge.A white prowl car has been showing up every hour on the hourfor this purpose.

This special activity is entirely a result of the many com-plaints received from motorists concerning hitch-hiking in thisarea. The "'thumbers," it appears, have been making themselvesobnoxious. On the Cambridge side they have been descendingon cars paused before turning into Massachusetts Avenue fromMemorial Drive. Uninvited, they have been opening the reardoors and piling in, expecting the good nature of the averagedriver to see them through.

Anotheir practice objected to by motorists is the over-crowding of cars. Should a man stop for one or two riders,he is instantly besieged from all sides by Techman wearing theirbest "Aw, pleeze, mister?" looks. If he gives in, be will morethan likely cross the bridge chewing the fingernails of his mindwith respect to the right rear retread, and he will probably notstop for riders again.

The largest number of complaints, however, concern theamount of street the hitch-hikers take uponl the Cambridge side.This is not only annoying to the motorists, but it is extremelyhazardous, and more than one accident has been caused as adirect result of a hitch-hiker standing far out in the street,in some cases almost on the trolley track.

These complaints are well founded. If hitch-hikers wantto keep their privilege, then a self-imposed code of ethics iscertainly in order. Legally they are guests of the drivers, in somecases being covered by his insurance, and as such it is only correctconduct that they treat them with courtesy.i

The drivers who cross Harvard Bridge in the morning,|noon, and afternoon are fairly regular, and each driver alienatedIby objectionable practices is just one less potential ride each day. If this is kept up much longer, there will be no rides even though|the. police allow thumbing.

Moreover, the ill manners exhibited by hitch-hiking students|reflects in no small way uponl the Institute, despite the fact thatiit is in no wayr responsible. This certainly does not help Tech-]nology's relations with the public.

So let's wratch it. You are getting rides through the good- |ness of the drivers' hearts. Show them you appreciate it, and|don't force yourselves on them. Standing out in the streetlendangers the lives of others as well as your own, and it isn't|necessary. An'd don't crowd the cars.|

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His winning time was 23.6 seconds.

Hunn Unable to CompeteThe first two races of the night

finals, were won by Williams. ID.the third event, the fifty-yard free-style, Ira Smith swam his best raceof the year, but the ubiquitious Case

nosed him out to give Williams aclean sweep on first place for thethree events. The Diving Finals putan end to this, as Eisenhardt and

Aguila placed one-two for M.I.T.

Jack Hunn would have participatedin this meet, but he was unable toget leave from Midshipman's

School at Asbury Park. Again, inthe 100-yard freestyle, despite a

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gained, for he also swam the finalleg for their relay team. Nick Mum-ford, who swam three races forM.I.T. during the evening, wassecond by a small margin in the150-yard backstroke.

The last two events both heldsurprises and thrills for the specta-tors who were present. In the lastevent, Williams~finished out in frontin the 400-yard freestyle relay, butwere disqualified for a bad turn atthe deep end of the pool. Thiserror placed the M.I.T. team ofSherman, Stoops, Eisenhardt andSmith in the number one spot.

Paulson Breaks NEISA RecordThe next to last event was high-

lighted by Carl Paulson's effort inthe 303-yard individual medley. Hewon victory for Brown and chalkedup two new records with his time of3 minutes, 36 seconds. Paulsonswam a brilliant race, as he clip-ped 4 seconds from the NEISA re-cord and 8 seconds from the AlumniPool record. The previous recordswere set at 3:40.5 and 3:44.5 re-spectively.

The evening was a great suc-cess, and plans are under way foranother similar meet to be heldnext year at the end of the swim-ming season. M.I.T. will probablyagain play host.

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Three months ago he set a prece-dent when he smuggled in the firstgirl to tread the boards of the newM.I.T. squash courts. The holder ofthis singular honor is Sally Jack-son, a Pyne Manor girl, herself anexcellent squash player, who hailsfrom Tom's home-town, the fairmetropolis of Philadelphia.

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Williams College eked out a closeictory over Brown Univetsity andI.I.T. last Saturday in the New Eng-ind Intercollegiate Swimming As -xciation Meet. The first threeeams were evenly matched, withlowdoin a strong fourth. as the

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Any men who are still inter.ested in going out for Lacrossecan do so, by signing up eitherwith Captain Jim Brayton(Graduate House, Rm. 406A) orwith Manager Stephenson( Graduate House, Rm. 210A).All new men are still eligibleto go out for the sport.

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Hurdles--Won byW. Bursnall, 2-46;

; time, 6.3 sec.

I-Mile Run-Won by C. Goldie;R. Poorman; A. Schwartz; E. BurnsR. Whipple; all of the 6-45 class;time, 4:39.4.

by A. BryantR. Ellis, 2-46;R. Whipple,

600-Yd. Run-Won10-44, A. Kay, 6-45;T. Randolph, 10-44;6-45; time, 1:16.0.

Aguila, Tech diver and runner up for New England IntercollegiateIDiving title.Shot Put-Won by R. Dodds, 10-

44; J. Speaker, 645; E. Burns, 645;10. Busses for the trip will leavePark Square tomorrow at 10:20 AM.,12:20 -P.M., and 2:20 P.M.

V. Murphy, 2-46; D. Lynch, 10-44;distance, 36 ft. 1'/2 in.

60-Yd. Low Hurdles-Won by L.McKee, 1044; D. Schultz, 2-46; W.Troy, 2-46; R. Hildegrand, 6-45;E. Pyle, 10-44; time, 7.2 sec.

11/2-Mile Run - Won by A.|Schwartz, 6-45; R. Poorman, 645;R. Whipple, 645; A. Ray, 246; W.Brace, 2-46 time, 7:15.0 (new rec-ord).

1000-Yd. Run-WWon by C. Goldie,6-45; A. Kay, 6-45; F. Wangberg,246; K. Drumheller, 645; R. Hilde-brand, 6-45 time, 2:27.7.

35-Lb. Weight-Won by R.g Dodds,10-44; C. Simpson, 10-44; V. Mur-phy, 6-45; R. Devine, 6-45.

T.C.A. Has Tickets ForUnited War Relief Dance

The United Boston Youth willhold a benefit dance fOr the UnitedWar Relief tomorow night at theHotel Sheraton in Kenmore Square.Music for the dance, which will getunderway at 8:00 P. M. and rununtil-midnight, will be supplied byGeorge Otis and his Orchestra1There will also be additional enter-tainmient.

Tickets for the dance are now onsale at the T. C. A. office. Theprice is $.77, tax included.

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This week the spotlight swingsaround and narrows on one of themore engaging Tech personalitiesamong -us. He is Thomas A. Hew-son an SAE of no little fame, witha rather well established reputationfor being an all around good man.His interests and accomplishmentsare varied, chief under the interestcatagory, however, is his firmly-estatblished membership in the"Sweetbrair League," an organiza-tion in good standing here at `Tech.Second in the extra-curricula lineis an all-out particpation in squashand tennis. With a slight leaningtoward the former. Having playedboth in prep school, he was able toclaim both the freshman trophiesduring his first year here. Unfor-

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Member of Squash TeamAt the present time he is kept

busy working on a rather secret.device which keeps him hopping in

and out of Room 1-321. That, plushis duties as treasurer of the SAEhouse take up the majority of histime at home. His current majoractivity is the newly-formed squashteam, which although new, boastsan exteremly zealous membership.Another little known fact about haissports career, is that-while he wasin prep school at Episcopal tcaad-~emy in Philadelphia, he spent sometime pole-vaulting. Oh Hedlund,look what we foundl

To meet and talk to Tom is apleasure. His manner is very af-fable and his attitude is one ofmodesty. He is on the Dean's Listand his position there seems secure.All in all, Tom is a Tech-man worth

[knowing and a friend worth having.

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ORIGINAL ARTISTIC DECOABTORS

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TECH DIVER IN GOOD FORMArtie SchwartzLeads Runners,Breaks Record

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15:49.6. Lew McKee placed second

in both the highs-and lows, whileDick Poorman ran second in the

mile.Also the Hollister to McKee to

Goldie to Bryant relay team cli-maxed the 1944 indoor season by

winning the relay championship.Other scorers included Chuck

Simpson, who won both the servicemen's races, and Bob "Gill" Dodds,who placed in the 35-1b. weight.

The Inter-Class Meet summaryfollows:

50-Yd. Dash-Won by W. Casey,2-46; L. McKee, 10-44; H. Hollister,10-44; W. Troy, 2-46; D. Bald, 6-45;time, 5.8 sec.

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Tech Cabin ExcursionPlanned This Week-end

The Outing Club elected new of-ficers at a meeting last Friday at5:00 P5?M. in Room 6-120. The retir-ing president, John Chamberlain,2-44, called the meeting to order.

Those elected to office were: Pres-idennt, L. Lloyd Balsam, 10-44; Secre-tary-Treasurer, John W. Rowe, 6-45,Trips Director, DeForest W. Meeh-lieb, 2-46; News Editor, James W.Shearer, 6-45; Meetings Director,John H. Hughes, 6-45; and Ski TeamManager, Jacques S. Abreu. Afterthe meeting, movies and slides wereshown.

The outing Club held its smokerMonday afternoon at 5:00 P.M. inthe Faculty Lounge, at which LloydBalsam described the activities ofthe Club in the past.

The M.I.T. - Wellesley - Simmonstrip to the Tech Cabin is scheduledfor this weekend, March 25-26. Fif-teen M.I.T. Outing Club memberswill make the trip, and the signuplist is now in the Lobby of Building

Crew To Race AtAnnapolis, May 13

Pres. Compton SpeaksAt Banquet Last Monday

Last Monday night, the crewbanquet was held at the GraduateHouse. President Compton ad-dressed the men, and Mr. Jope gavea short history of crew.

Up at the Boat House, CoachMoch has been whipping the boysinto shape for the coming season.The first big event is the meet atAnnapolis on May 13, where Techwill compete against Navy, Colum-bia, and Cornell. Coach Moch isvery hopeful that this time Techwill win the meet, instead of fin-ishing behind Navy as we did thelast time.

Coach Having Launch TroubleThere are eight boats out on the

river now, with 150 men competingfor the positions on the varsity andjayvee. However, this past weekCoach Moch has been having histroubles as all of the launches havebroken down, and only a few boatshave been able to go out on theriver.

In choosing his men, Coach Mochis going by Merit only, and hasalready replaced some of the oldmen. Tall, rangy Chick Street hasbeen named the stroke of the var-sity crew and Taft has also beenmoved into that boat.

Crew Turnout Great SuccessLast Saturday afternoon, the

crew turnout was -a big success.There were several boats leaving atvarious times of the afternoon,starting with the frosh at onethirty and ending with the varsityat five.

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11:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M. Seniors get Technique Proofs-Build-ing 10 Lobby.,

5:00 P.M. 5:15 Club Smoker-5:15 Clubroom.6:00 P.M. T.C.A. Meeting-Litchfield Lounge.7:30 P.M. Techtonians Meeting-Litchfield Lounge.

SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1944

6:00 P.M. T.C.A. Meeting-Litchfield Lounge.

SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 1944

6:00 P.M. T.C.A. Meeting-Litchfield Lounge.

MONDAY, MARCH 27^ 1944

11:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M. Seniors return Technique PicturesRoom 5-104.

6:00 P.M. Tau Beta Phi Meeting-Litchfield Lounge.

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Return Of Record Album

To Library Appreciated

Album B-25 has been missingfrom the Carnegie Record Col-lection in Walker Library sinceMarch 4. One of the most pop-ular albums, it' contains piecesof Tchaikovsky.

It is felt by Miss Davis ofWalker Library that the recordswere taken out by Mistake, ashas happened in the past.The return of the records orhelp in locating them will begreatly appreciated.

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The Technique smoker, held inLitchfield Lounge yesterday after-noon, featured a short talk by Mr.Dino Valz. Mr. Valz subj ect was"The value of working on a year.book as a publication activity."He stressed the permenience of thepublication as compared with anewspaper or magazine. Also itwas announced that- many posi-tions for new men are open, es-pecially on the freshman andsophomore boards.

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Disappointing hordes of fresh-men, not to mention a few upper-,classmen, the Voo Doo smoker washeld last Wednesday without one bitof sex ill evidence. Packs of would-bespectators were turned away by asign reading "Phos' Tavern, No SexToday. Buy War Bonds."

In place of the usual stellar enter- tainnment several tickets to Boston'soldest theater were raffled off to theaudience. Lucky winners got boxlseats 'for a coming performance.Following the raffle the heads of the!various departments of the~ maga-zine spoke describing the workwhich goes into producing an issueof Voo Doo. After the speeches re-freshments were served and cigarsIwere passed out.

MUSICAL CLUBS

Eight new men were recruitedfor the Glee Club at the MusicClubs, smoker, held last Mond~ay at5 :00 P. M. in Litchfield Lounge.In the 20-minute session, Karnig A.Berberian, 10-44, general managerof the combined mnusical organiza-tions, spoke on the Glee ~Club andthe Techtonians.

According to Berberian, enoughinterest was exhibited in the Tech-tonians, the student's swing band,to allow a revival of the now de-funct organization. The programwas ended with -the playing of sev-eral records made by the Glee Club.

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THE TECHProfessor Frederick G. Fassett,

Jr., of the Department of Englishand History, was the speaker atThe Tech's Freshman Smoker, heldon Monday afternoon at 5:00 P. M.in the Faculty Lounge. ProfessorFassett spoke on publications ingeneral and The Tech in particular,emphasizing the benefits that maybe derived from being associatedwith publications.

The members of the paper's staffgave a strictly amateurish skit inwhich they depicted a hypotheticalstory, from the "breaking" of thenews incident to the actual appear-ance of the finished paper. Thecast faltered here and there, butthe freshmen present seemed to a;least get the point and figure outwhat goes on in Walker's Room 3before the finished papers maketheir appearance on Friday morn-ing.

The heads of the several depart-ments of The Tech then spoke onthe work to be done and the funto be had in their departments.There are still openings in all de-partments of The Tech for menwho could not attend Monday'ssmoker. Anyone interested in anydepartment of the paper-news, cir-culation, advertising, photography,or engraving-should come downto the office any afternoon.

M. I. T. A. A.The M.I.T. Athletic Association

smoker was held last Tuesday,March 21, at 4:00 P.M. in LitchfieldLounge. It consisted mainly of aregular meeting of the staff, opento all freshmen and Upperclassmnenwishing to attend.

The meeting was called to orderby John M. Thompson, 10-44, pres-ident of the A.A., who then pro-ceeded with the order of businessof the day. Af ter the meeting themanagers of the various sports andactivities gave short speeches andtold the freshmen what they couldexpect in the branches of theM.I.T.A.A.

After the formal part of thesmoker was over, refreshment in

... with the 5:15 Club dance com-ing up next week, and several fratdances scheduled for the followingweeks, the boys should be keptpretty busy. Here are a few sug-gestions for those balmy summerevenings that will soon be with us-we hope.

. . . the Totem pole in Newton isalways a nice date, and while themusic is not the best, it serves for

are fortunately situated in darklcorners. Only two drawbacks: softdrinks and the distance from Bos-ton.

. . the Hotel Bradford ballroomovercomes these difficulties and isconsidered a swell place to go. Itis very handy to everything intown, and the music of SammyEisen is not the worst in the world.

The atmosphere is just I. . .with an eye to the nearlancing.future, Lionel Hampton and histerrific band will give a concertSunday, April 2 at Symphony Hrall.

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(Continued from Page 2)At the T.E.N. smoker, held Mon-day afternoon at 4:00 P. M. inLitchfield Lounlge, Professor Ma-goun stressed the importance ofpublications during college andlater life. After the meeting re-freshments were served and an in-formal discussion of T.E.N. washeld.

A welcome was extended to allprospective members by the Gen-eral Manager, 'Robert M, Gould,645. He described T.E.N. brieflyand introduced the other officialsof the magazine. Then John S.Howkins, 645, spoke on the organi-zation of the periodical and dis-cussed the functions of the variousdepartments.

Professor Magoun described hisinvestigations into the relativestandings of various scientists andengineers who had gone to M.I.T.,both scholastically and also withregard to outside activities. Hefound that of the people whoachieved fame the fastest, 15 percent came from the top tenth oftheir class and 23 per cent fromthe bottom tenth. He pointed outthat those in the lower tenth thatachieved success were not unintel-ligent but were interested in otheractivities, such as publications, anidthrough these they received a mulchbroader education than those de-voted only to their studies.

,At the end of the meeting, thoseinterested were informally giveninformation by staff members aboutthe publication.

5:15 CLUJB

This evening at 5:0,0 P.M. the5:15 Club will hold its smoker inthe 5:15 Clubroom. The meeting isplahrned to last about a half hour,at the end of which time refresh-ments will be served. The func-tionls of the club, athletics, and en-tertainment will be presented in de-tail.

ROCKET SOCIETY

In a smoker held last Mondayevening the future plans of theRocket Society were reviewed bythe-president, John Cook, includingthe continuation of experimenta-tion on the rocket motor which isstill intact after its first test.

The Technology Rocket Societyhas written the American RocketSociety concerningi the publicationof Itheir papers by the latter andthe club expressed hope that theywill be republished. Incline withthe recent devefopments in rocketrythe Society has obtained severalBritish and Amerilcan books on thesubj ects.

end of the Cayce athleticer.

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Becomes Politician

Deciding to become a politician

early in his Sophomore year, Cayce

entered the Walker Memorial Com-

mittee competition and became a

member of that astute body. Going

all-out in his Junior year, he man-

aged the Beaver Key Society's bas-ketball tourney, ran the Saturday

punch parties for the Junior Prom

Committee, served as a Field Day

Usher, and kept things at Tech

alive last summer by helping run

the Acquaintance Dance at NewEngland Mutual.

Amazed by "the futility of goingto classes you don't prepare for andapreparing for classes you don't at-tend," King struggled -along.Shaken by N. H. Frank, stunned bySeely and Ensign, and nearlyfloored by Timoshenko and McCul-lough, somehow he managed toelevate himself to the standing ofa Senior in the Mechanical En-gineering Department, distin-guishing himself by not beingelected to Tau Beta Pi.

H~eads Walker Memorial Committee

Somehow the voters of the Classof 10-44 elected King their Vice-President. King also became Chair-man of the Walker Memorial C~om-mittee, ran the current ActivitiesOpen House Week, became Presi-dent of Beaver Key, and became amember of the Editorial Board ofThe Tech. As a sideline, he finallygot around to joining the outingClu~b and the A.S.M.E.

His ambition? King would liketo "marry a rich girl for love andsettle down in the country." Andhe's just the guy who can do it.

the form of soft drinks, potato chips, Junior Prom Dateand cigarettes were served.

T. C. A.Professor F. Alexander Magoun,

of the Division of Humanities, wasthe key speaker at the T. C. A.'ssmoker, held on Wednesday after-noon in the Litchfield Lounge.Emphasizing his opinion that"human relationships are more im-portant than anything else in theworld," he told of how helpful theT. C. A. is in teaching people towork with each other.

Mr. Harland G. Lewis, Boys' WorkDirector at the Roxbury Neighbor-hood House, spoke for the T.C.A.'sBoys' Work Division. He told ofthe work done by the boys' workersat his settlement, and urged otherstudents to come out for the work.

The heads of the several divisionsof the T.C.A. spoke briefly of thenature of their work. A fresh-man council is now being organ-ized, and it will meet in severalweeks.

HOBBY SHOPThe Hobby Shop is to hold its

annual smoker tomorrow afternoonfrom 2:00 P. M. to 4:00 P. M. inRoom 2-051. All the equipment ofthe shop will be on display. Thevarious arts which are representedinclude wood work, printing, metalwork, radio and bookbinding.

During the course of the after-noon lantern slides will be shownand refreshments will be served forall those present.

flash" pictures that have appearedin Life and other magazines. EveryInstitute student is familiar withthe pictures of bouncing balls andswinging pendulums taken with thistype of equipment and exhibited byProfessors Sears and Livingston intheir 8.01 and 8.02 lectures.

Speed Ray Units are in use by theAssociated Press and- other largesyndicated news agencies. As far asis known the one used by THETECH is the fastest one in use byany Boston newspaper and we arepleased to offer this improved serv-ice to readers.

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the Speed Ray is syncronized withthe photographer's camera so as toflash just as the camera shutter isfully open; the shutter itself beingset for an exposure as fast as 1/500of a second. The flash is very bright,making large diaphram openings.unnecessary, and correspondinglyimproving the focus of Speed Raypictures.

Variations of the Speed Ray areused by Gjon Mili in his "Multi-

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Maany Freshmen, Upperclassmen Attend SmokersIn Very Successful Activities Open House Week

LIEUTENANT CRAIG ENJOYING V-12 SMOKER

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Set For SeptemberCommittee AnnouncesProbable Week-ends

The Junior Prom committee an-nounced that the Prom would beheld on September 15 or 22. Thedance, to be on a Friday night,promises to be a great success, andholders of Prom tickets will be infor a surprise event on Saturdaynight.

A poll will be held in the nearfuture to determine the quality ofthe Prom and, before the election,exactly what each price range willbring will be shown.

T. C. A. SecretaryRecruits Donors

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Anyone from eighteen to sixtywho is in good health may give apint of blood-from 5 to 10% of hisblood-easily and painlessly. Civil-ians between eighteen and twenty-one need a parent's permission, butservicemen under twenty-one neednot obtain that permission. MissHoughton has consent blanks whichwill be given to those needing them.