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Moloch (M. - ., . 1. .. .- ,^ ILt It It_ Ilk.......... .. . I'- II R rt lkAD Fln At- V * Ao A noe . .-' ..... -_ _ - - - - ~___ .... ,..I I, , ![I r LIIN 1 s qp II I a I n- .. 1(1 Coniinuous News Service Since 1881 ." VOLUME 90 NUMBER II 1v!1 1 L A.MBSKRUIDG. MASSAC'HUSETTS TUESDAY MARCH 17 197n PINrs rsvNTQ By Harvey Baker Lobdell Dining Ilall was the scene Thursday night of a stun- ning series of impassioned speeched and calis for revolu- tion, a raucous debate betwe.en two members of the Venceremos Brigade and' several Cuban refu- gees living in this country, and a revelation -by famed French playwright Jean Genet that he was in America: clandestinely and illegally, speaking on behalf of the Black Panther Party. Panther leader Doug Miranda later told the overflow audience of 500 or more that white revo- lutionaries should leave the cam- puses, and start organizing in thw hite communities, particu- larly in places like Charlestown NEW, SPACE WORK FOR D 'ER LABS The Draper Laboratory has received a one-year contract to work on guidance, navigation and control systems for ad- vanced space missions, including analytical studies of · the guid- ance and control' systems for a space shuttle vehicle. In-'idditiofi, a contract the Laboratory holds from the U.S. Army having to do with an advanced flight control system for vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (VTOL) was amended' once in December to provide a time extension to January 31 and then was amended again in February to provide a time ex- tension to March 31. The con- tract, which is classified, began October 16, 1968. The new space shuttle con- tract and the contract extensions were part of contracting activi- ties at the Laboratory during the three-month period -of Decem- ber, 1969, through February, 1970, and were reported by Dr. Albert G. Hill, Vice President for Research Administration. Dr. Hill said that not all the proposals which precede con- tracting. activity for this period were available to the new Stand- ing Committee on the Special Labs for their consideration and advice, since the Committee was only formed late last year, and was not in existence at the time of the early activity. Funding cri: ither Party and' South Boston that aren't as "'safe"- as the college campuses, currently considered the battle- ground of white revolutionary efforts. Free Bobby Seale Miranda added that if the Black Panthers didn't get any help front white radicals, parti- cularly in. the issue of seeking the freedom of party chairman Bobby Seale, then "the niggers will do it alone if they have to.= Genet, author of the incisive play, "The Blacks,",often called a traitor to his country, a thief, and a homosexual, was the key speaker of the evening. The play- wright, who speaks only French, had been. scheduied to appear in- Kresge Auditorium on the prie- ceeding evening, but was forced to. postpone his appearance until a day later. His remarks were translated for the audience by SACC leader, Jon Kabat.: As it became evident early in the evening that Lobdell was going to overflow, sponsors of the event sought out Dean Jay Hammerness to try to get it moved to a larger hall, but were told by him that all the poten- tially larger auditoriums, includ- ing Kresge, were being used. Venceremos vs. refugees Two returnees from the Ven- ceremos Brigade, the group of American students and revolu- tionaries who cut cane in Cuba for' several months, originally were to tell of their experiences in 54-100 at 7:30 that evening. Genet, however, was delayed over an hour in arriving,_ and attendance in 54-100 was sparse, SACC leader Jon Kabat and playwright Jean Genet, flanked by two Black Panthers, discuss the role of the Panthers in reshaping society. Plhoro by Gary Ezzell not be deternlined, though it is true that there are several ('uban refugee organizations operating in this country. The debate, often raucous and noisy, was interrupted sever- al titles by hisses from the audi- ence, and was finally cut off for good by the showing of a filin about the Balck Panthers and the arrival of Genet, accoimpa- nied by two Panthers and Jon Kabat. Genet spoke slowly, one sen- tence at a tine, pausing after each sentence to let Kabat trans- late. The fact that a significant minority of the audience under- stood French was demonstrated by the frequent interruptions of applause from those gathered, even before Kabat could trans- late Genet's remarks. This was rather perplexing to those who understood only English, as was the necessity for Genet to speak slowly and often repeat, so that Kabat could translate exactly his words. Real obscenity At one point, Genet related a story in which, he said, he was to speak on a radio station, and Ut.S manager asked him to be careful not to use any obscenity. Shortly thereafter, he said, lie stayed in the apartment of sever- al Black Panther friends of his in Chicago. Though women and children were usually present, the apartment had to be guarded constantly with weapons by the Panthers,· making those inside feel as if they were in a, war zone. Real obscenity, said Ge- net, is just this type of situation, (Please turn to page 3! Class disrul for Kats, w' so the cane cutters agreed to move to Lobdell, and stage their conference there, thus setting the stage for a full scale con- frontation with about half a dozen Cuban refugees opposed to the Castro regimnie. The refugees continually bat- tered away at Dave and Kathy, the two from the Brigade, and repeatedly asked them why so many people were leaving Cuba if life was so good'there. They charged that the exodus rate was 400 per day, a statement which Dave and Kathy denied. All part of a plot? At one point Kathy became, so irritated and annoyed wiih the questioners, that she burst out with the claim that they were all part of an organized group of Cuban anti-Castroites operating in this country who followed returned members of the Venceremos Brigade around to counteract their statements. The validity of her claim could By Lee Giguere There is . a "very good chance" that the formation of an independent Department of Philosophy will take place with- in the next year. Associate Provost Walter Rosenblith 'specified the next academic year as the most likely date for the department's ap- pearance. Professor of Philoso- phy Richard Cartwright gave June, 1971, as the expected date of the establishment of' the de- partment. The Faculty Council has dis- cussed the proposal in a general way, but has not yet considered the details nor dealt with the matter formally. Both Rosenblith and Cart- wright noted that the change would involve not a large scale re-arrangement of the Philo- sophy section but would mainly entail giving a new status to the section. Rosenblith pointed out that the change would involve determining the relationship of the new department to the core requirements and such matters as advisors, however. He also noted that it would require con- sideration by the Faculty and other groups with-jurisdiction in the matter which have not yet been consulted. No new courses 3 , Cartwright has said that the change would not involve the addition of new courses or facul- ty but would largely be an -administrative one. He pointed out that the Department of Humanities already grants a Doc- tor of Philosophy degree and said that if departmental status is granted to his section, they will petition the faculty for the right to grant undergraduate de- grees in philosophy. The notion that anew depart- ment, might.be formed has been in existence for several months. When questioned on the matter in January, Prof. Douglass, Humanities Department Head. said that the proposal was in the process of being brought before the Academic Council but had not been acted on because of other more pressing matters be- fore that body, be The trial of George Katsiafic- as '70 and Pete Bohmer i s set for today in the 3rd Middlesex .District Court. Katsiaficas and Bohmer are charged with interruption of a school in connection with the alleged disruption of MIT classes on January 16, an event related to the occupation of the Presi- dent's and Corporation offices on January 15 and 16. Both Katsiaficas and Bohmer have already been placed on 8 months probation by the court on charges of criminal trespass stemming from the office take- over. Additionally, Katsiaficas is on probation as a result of his activities at a Boston University demonstration several months ago. The incident in question oc- curred on Friday, January 16 at about 11 am. while the offices were still. occupied. Pete Bohmer A rare opportunity to look behind the scenes at MIT's finan- cial structure will occur at 7 o'clock tonight on the second floor of the Student Center. Comptroller Paul Cusick, Dean Robert Alberty of the School of Science, Director of Student Employment Dan Lang- dale, Albert Hill, Vice-President Of Research Administration and Special Laboratories are among those who will be present to discuss the financial crisis affect- ing the Institute and how it will affect students The MIT budget this year is being squeezed from several di- rections and one source predict- ed a possible $4 million deficit for the next fiscal year. Cuts in: fi'ancial aid (see The Tech, March 6) and the effects of the Mansfield Amendment (The Tech, .February 27, March 3) are some of the issues that will be addressed. Tonight's session is the se- cond in a series of attempts to increase student-faculty-adminis- tration communication. through small, seminar-like discussions of important and controversial top- ics. Tracy MciLellan and Nancy Wheatley, both '71, started these meetings, partly as a response to the failure of President John- son's. Friday afternoon conferen- ces, and partly due to their perception that "a lot of stu- dents had something to say and no place to say it." Future topics include the role of the student in Institute gov- ernance and sponsored research. Genetpleads cause of W BMIT TO RETAIN A ..- i BLceck PPar j DRAPT ADYICE ' FOR STUDENTS Undergrads little affected by office phase-out, research shows By Bruce Weinberg Research over the past two weeks has clarified the factors behind the decision to close the Undergraduate Selective Service Office reported on February 27. It should first be made clear that the Institute is not discon- tinuing the advising of students on Selective Service mlatters. Tlhe Undergraduate office will be conmbined with the Graduate Se- lective Service Office, under the leadership of Sanborn Brown, Associate Dean of the Graduate School. Officially, the under- graduate advising will be over- seen by the Office of the Dean for Student Affairs. With this mIove Mrs. Arlny Metcalfe and Miss Jean Barrett, who have handled the under- graduate counseling for the past two years, will be leaving the Selective Service offices. It is not yet known what they will be doing next year. The counseling for the combined offices will be done by Miss-Joanne Robinson, currently handling the graduate advising, and one other person, as yet unnamed. The reasons for the nlove stem from the changes in the draft laws and the nature of the draft. Two years ago, on the retirement of Mrs. Eleanor Lutz, the two separate offices were established, as was. the Faculty Advisory C'onmmittee on Select- ive Service. Since then the need for draft counseling has declined so that two offices and three counselors are no longer neces- sary. With the institution of the draft lottery, the federal govern- ment has been making the Se- lective Service process more au- tomatic. Also, the process of getting deferments is becoming more regulated and limited. The prospects for the near future indica;te that job deferments may be eliminated and student deferments phased out in June. (Please tuarn to page 3) tion trial ohmer today and George Katsiaficas left the sit-in to try to attract more support for it; they went to the classes of Professors John Wulff and Edwin Bransome. The first incident was in Wulff's class, 3.091 in which Kats and Bohmer entered from the rear, and began passing out leaflets explaining the occupa- tion. Whdr; Wulff noticed their activities, he shouted to thenim, "What are you doing?" When the nature of their actions be- came clear, a brief scuffle en- sued, and the two were physical- ly escorted from the classroom. The following Wednesday, in a preliminary hearing, Wulff testi- fied against them, and today's trial stems from that hearing. A similar incident occurred in Bransome's Nutrition class, and the Insitute is pressing charges against Bohmer and Katsiaficas for this disruption also. Phlosophy spin-off seen sis N"l topicof open discussion

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Page 1: NEW, SPACE WORK FOR D 'ER LABS - The Techtech.mit.edu/V90/PDF/V90-N11.pdf · Genet, however, was delayed over an hour in arriving,_ and attendance in 54-100 was sparse, SACC leader

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VOLUME 90 NUMBER II 1v!1 1 L A.MBSKRUIDG. MASSAC'HUSETTS TUESDAY MARCH 17 197n PINrs rsvNTQ

By Harvey BakerLobdell Dining Ilall was the

scene Thursday night of a stun-ning series of impassionedspeeched and calis for revolu-tion, a raucous debate betwe.entwo members of the VenceremosBrigade and' several Cuban refu-gees living in this country, and arevelation -by famed Frenchplaywright Jean Genet that hewas in America: clandestinelyand illegally, speaking on behalfof the Black Panther Party.

Panther leader Doug Mirandalater told the overflow audienceof 500 or more that white revo-lutionaries should leave the cam-puses, and start organizing inthw hite communities, particu-larly in places like Charlestown

NEW, SPACE WORKFOR D 'ER LABSThe Draper Laboratory has

received a one-year contract towork on guidance, navigationand control systems for ad-vanced space missions, includinganalytical studies of· the guid-ance and control' systems for aspace shuttle vehicle.

In-'idditiofi, a contract theLaboratory holds from the U.S.Army having to do with anadvanced flight control systemfor vertical takeoff and landingaircraft (VTOL) was amended'once in December to provide atime extension to January 31and then was amended again inFebruary to provide a time ex-tension to March 31. The con-tract, which is classified, beganOctober 16, 1968.

The new space shuttle con-tract and the contract extensionswere part of contracting activi-ties at the Laboratory during thethree-month period -of Decem-ber, 1969, through February,1970, and were reported by Dr.Albert G. Hill, Vice President forResearch Administration.

Dr. Hill said that not all theproposals which precede con-tracting. activity for this periodwere available to the new Stand-ing Committee on the SpecialLabs for their consideration andadvice, since the Committee wasonly formed late last year, andwas not in existence at the timeof the early activity.

Funding cri:

ither Partyand' South Boston that aren't as"'safe"- as the college campuses,currently considered the battle-ground of white revolutionaryefforts.

Free Bobby SealeMiranda added that if the

Black Panthers didn't get anyhelp front white radicals, parti-cularly in. the issue of seekingthe freedom of party chairmanBobby Seale, then "the niggerswill do it alone if they have to.=

Genet, author of the incisiveplay, "The Blacks,",often calleda traitor to his country, a thief,and a homosexual, was the keyspeaker of the evening. The play-wright, who speaks only French,had been. scheduied to appear in-Kresge Auditorium on the prie-ceeding evening, but was forcedto. postpone his appearance untila day later. His remarks weretranslated for the audience bySACC leader, Jon Kabat.:

As it became evident early inthe evening that Lobdell wasgoing to overflow, sponsors ofthe event sought out Dean JayHammerness to try to get itmoved to a larger hall, but weretold by him that all the poten-tially larger auditoriums, includ-ing Kresge, were being used.

Venceremos vs. refugeesTwo returnees from the Ven-

ceremos Brigade, the group ofAmerican students and revolu-tionaries who cut cane in Cubafor' several months, originallywere to tell of their experiencesin 54-100 at 7:30 that evening.Genet, however, was delayedover an hour in arriving,_ andattendance in 54-100 was sparse,

SACC leader Jon Kabat and playwright Jean Genet, flanked by twoBlack Panthers, discuss the role of the Panthers in reshaping society.

Plhoro by Gary Ezzell

not be deternlined, though it istrue that there are several ('ubanrefugee organizations operatingin this country.

The debate, often raucousand noisy, was interrupted sever-al titles by hisses from the audi-ence, and was finally cut off forgood by the showing of a filinabout the Balck Panthers andthe arrival of Genet, accoimpa-nied by two Panthers and JonKabat.

Genet spoke slowly, one sen-tence at a tine, pausing aftereach sentence to let Kabat trans-late. The fact that a significantminority of the audience under-stood French was demonstratedby the frequent interruptions ofapplause from those gathered,even before Kabat could trans-late Genet's remarks. This wasrather perplexing to those whounderstood only English, as wasthe necessity for Genet to speakslowly and often repeat, so thatKabat could translate exactly hiswords.

Real obscenityAt one point, Genet related a

story in which, he said, he wasto speak on a radio station, andUt.S manager asked him to becareful not to use any obscenity.Shortly thereafter, he said, liestayed in the apartment of sever-al Black Panther friends of his inChicago. Though women andchildren were usually present,the apartment had to be guardedconstantly with weapons by thePanthers,· making those insidefeel as if they were in a, warzone. Real obscenity, said Ge-net, is just this type of situation,

(Please turn to page 3!

Class disrulfor Kats, w'

so the cane cutters agreed tomove to Lobdell, and stage theirconference there, thus settingthe stage for a full scale con-frontation with about half adozen Cuban refugees opposedto the Castro regimnie.

The refugees continually bat-tered away at Dave and Kathy,the two from the Brigade, andrepeatedly asked them why somany people were leaving Cubaif life was so good'there. Theycharged that the exodus rate was400 per day, a statement whichDave and Kathy denied.

All part of a plot?At one point Kathy became,

so irritated and annoyed wiihthe questioners, that she burstout with the claim that theywere all part of an organizedgroup of Cuban anti-Castroitesoperating in this country whofollowed returned members ofthe Venceremos Brigade aroundto counteract their statements.The validity of her claim could

By Lee GiguereThere is . a "very good

chance" that the formation ofan independent Department ofPhilosophy will take place with-in the next year.

Associate Provost WalterRosenblith 'specified the nextacademic year as the most likelydate for the department's ap-pearance. Professor of Philoso-phy Richard Cartwright gaveJune, 1971, as the expected dateof the establishment of' the de-partment.

The Faculty Council has dis-cussed the proposal in a general

way, but has not yet consideredthe details nor dealt with thematter formally.

Both Rosenblith and Cart-wright noted that the changewould involve not a large scalere-arrangement of the Philo-sophy section but would mainlyentail giving a new status to thesection. Rosenblith pointed outthat the change would involvedetermining the relationship ofthe new department to the corerequirements and such mattersas advisors, however. He alsonoted that it would require con-sideration by the Faculty andother groups with-jurisdiction inthe matter which have not yetbeen consulted.

No new courses 3 ,Cartwright has said that the

change would not involve theaddition of new courses or facul-ty but would largely be an-administrative one. He pointedout that the Department ofHumanities already grants a Doc-tor of Philosophy degree andsaid that if departmental statusis granted to his section, theywill petition the faculty for theright to grant undergraduate de-grees in philosophy.

The notion that anew depart-ment, might.be formed has beenin existence for several months.When questioned on the matterin January, Prof. Douglass,Humanities Department Head.said that the proposal was in theprocess of being brought beforethe Academic Council but hadnot been acted on because ofother more pressing matters be-fore that body,

beThe trial of George Katsiafic-

as '70 and Pete Bohmer i s setfor today in the 3rd Middlesex.District Court.

Katsiaficas and Bohmer arecharged with interruption of aschool in connection with thealleged disruption of MIT classeson January 16, an event relatedto the occupation of the Presi-dent's and Corporation officeson January 15 and 16.

Both Katsiaficas and Bohmerhave already been placed on 8months probation by the courton charges of criminal trespassstemming from the office take-over. Additionally, Katsiaficas ison probation as a result of hisactivities at a Boston Universitydemonstration several monthsago.

The incident in question oc-curred on Friday, January 16 atabout 11 am. while the officeswere still. occupied. Pete Bohmer

A rare opportunity to lookbehind the scenes at MIT's finan-cial structure will occur at 7o'clock tonight on the secondfloor of the Student Center.

Comptroller Paul Cusick,Dean Robert Alberty of theSchool of Science, Director ofStudent Employment Dan Lang-dale, Albert Hill, Vice-PresidentOf Research Administration andSpecial Laboratories are amongthose who will be present todiscuss the financial crisis affect-ing the Institute and how it willaffect students

The MIT budget this year isbeing squeezed from several di-rections and one source predict-ed a possible $4 million deficitfor the next fiscal year. Cuts in:fi'ancial aid (see The Tech,March 6) and the effects of the

Mansfield Amendment (TheTech, .February 27, March 3) aresome of the issues that will beaddressed.

Tonight's session is the se-cond in a series of attempts toincrease student-faculty-adminis-tration communication. throughsmall, seminar-like discussions ofimportant and controversial top-ics.

Tracy MciLellan and NancyWheatley, both '71, started thesemeetings, partly as a response tothe failure of President John-son's. Friday afternoon conferen-ces, and partly due to theirperception that "a lot of stu-dents had something to say andno place to say it."

Future topics include the roleof the student in Institute gov-ernance and sponsored research.

Genetpleads cause of W BMIT TO RETAINA ..- i

BLceck PPar j DRAPT ADYICE' FOR STUDENTS

Undergrads little affectedby office phase-out,

research showsBy Bruce Weinberg

Research over the past twoweeks has clarified the factorsbehind the decision to close theUndergraduate Selective ServiceOffice reported on February 27.

It should first be made clearthat the Institute is not discon-tinuing the advising of studentson Selective Service mlatters. TlheUndergraduate office will beconmbined with the Graduate Se-lective Service Office, under theleadership of Sanborn Brown,Associate Dean of the GraduateSchool. Officially, the under-graduate advising will be over-seen by the Office of the Deanfor Student Affairs.

With this mIove Mrs. ArlnyMetcalfe and Miss Jean Barrett,who have handled the under-graduate counseling for the pasttwo years, will be leaving theSelective Service offices. It is notyet known what they will bedoing next year. The counselingfor the combined offices will bedone by Miss-Joanne Robinson,currently handling the graduateadvising, and one other person,as yet unnamed.

The reasons for the nlovestem from the changes in thedraft laws and the nature of thedraft. Two years ago, on theretirement of Mrs. Eleanor Lutz,the two separate offices wereestablished, as was. the FacultyAdvisory C'onmmittee on Select-ive Service. Since then the needfor draft counseling has declinedso that two offices and threecounselors are no longer neces-sary. With the institution of thedraft lottery, the federal govern-ment has been making the Se-lective Service process more au-tomatic. Also, the process ofgetting deferments is becomingmore regulated and limited. Theprospects for the near futureindica;te that job defermentsmay be eliminated and studentdeferments phased out in June.

(Please tuarn to page 3)

tion trialohmer today

and George Katsiaficas left thesit-in to try to attract moresupport for it; they went to theclasses of Professors John Wulffand Edwin Bransome.

The first incident was inWulff's class, 3.091 in whichKats and Bohmer entered fromthe rear, and began passing outleaflets explaining the occupa-tion. Whdr; Wulff noticed theiractivities, he shouted to thenim,"What are you doing?" Whenthe nature of their actions be-came clear, a brief scuffle en-sued, and the two were physical-ly escorted from the classroom.The following Wednesday, in apreliminary hearing, Wulff testi-fied against them, and today'strial stems from that hearing. Asimilar incident occurred inBransome's Nutrition class, andthe Insitute is pressing chargesagainst Bohmer and Katsiaficasfor this disruption also.

Phlosophy spin-off seen

sis N"l

topicof open discussion

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(Continuedfrom page 1)All these factors have combinedto limit the amount of counsel-ing that MIT can do.

The decision to incorporatethe undergraduate office intothe graduate one, rather thanvice versa, is based on the natureof the current draft problems.Most undergraduates get their2-S for four years without muchtrouble. The number of studentswho have academic problemsand thus need more counseling isrelatively small.

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These problems are also thereasons why many undergradu-ates, especially seniors, seekcounseling. Thusi it was felt thatthe Combined office could bestbe handled by.those currentlyhandling the graduate end of it.Additionally, it was felt that thegraduate office is betterequipped to handle the problemsof those members of the staffwho are in need of advice. Thisgroup includes instructors, pro-fessors and lab employees whoare under 35.

The other aspect of the deci-sion to combine the SelectiveService offices which upsetmany students was the way inwhich the decision was made.. Itoriginated within the offices ofthe Deans of the GraduateSchool and Student Affairs,without the advice or approvalof the Faculty Advisory Com-mittee. Though many studentsfeel that as a major decision itshould have been more tho-roughly considered, the proce-dure is not an unusual one. Itshould be pointed out that thetwo offices were set up by adecision of the Deans' offices.As the move is primarily admi-nistrative, involving the shiftingof offices and personnel, it fallsentirely within the domain ofthe Deans' offices.

The Deans did not considerthe consolidation to be of majorimportance, nor did they expectit to cause any of the furor itapparently has. Looking back onthe decision, Dean Nyhart ad-mitted that it might have been agood idea to go to the FacultyAdvisory Committee on Select-ive Service, but that at the tinmethey did not feel it was neces-sary.

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The most startling revelationof all came about three-quartersof the way through Genet's talk,at which time he revealed thatthe U.S. Customs Service haddenied him a visa to travel in thiscountry, and that as a conse-quence, he had slipped in illegal-ly. The approximately 65 yearold Genet has several felonyconvictions on his record, andconsequently was denied entryto this country. Nonetheless, hesaid, he had promised .several'Black Panthers a while ago inParis that he would do whateverwas necessary to support theircause even if it meant illegalentry into this country. Thus,Genet 'takes a great risk everytime he appears in public.

Panther spokesmen at the ral-ly said they were trying to raise$1500 that night to be used forthe Bobby Seale Legal DefenseFund. Seale is currently awaitingtrial in New Haven on charges ofmurdering a fellow Panther inthat city. The Panthers claim thewhole affair is a frame-up, andthat it is simply a part ofplanned program of genocideagainst the Black Panther Partyby the U.S. Government. IfSeale is found guilty and sent tothe electric chair, the Pantherssay they will "take to thestreets."

Panther Brother Doug Miran-

da spoke immediately followingGenet- and called on white revo-lutionaries to join the struggle,get off their asses, and get awayfrom the "safe" campuses. ThePanthers, who believe in classstruggle, think that the supportof white radical college studentsalone will not be enough tomake a successful -revolution inthis country, hence revolution-ary whites need to recruit sup-port in the white community."The niggers," said Miranda,"have taken more than theirshare of the shit already." "It'stime for whites to pay morethan lip service."

* The deadline for nominations for the Baker Award for OutstandingUndergraduate Teaching has been extended to March 20. The award ismade annually to members of the faculty who show outstandinginterest and enttisiasm in their teaching of undergraduates both in andout of class. Letters of nomination should be sent to Carson Agnew,26-142. Anyone with any questions should call him as x7131 (day)or864-1459 (nights),.

* There will be an important open meeting of the Corporation JointAdvisory Committee onr Tuesday, March 17 at 3:30 pm in the JacksonRoom, 10-280,

* The Student Mobilization Committee is having a meeting to discussthe anti-war demonstration April 15 in Boston. The focus of thedemonstration is to call for a referendum on immediate withdrawalfrom Vietnam. The meeting will take place Thursday 7:30 in Room1-190.

* All people interested in helping with the Ecology Teach-ln on April22, please come to a general meeting on Wednesday, March 18, in theStudent Center East Lounge at 7:30 pro.

* The Student Committee on Educational Policy (SCEP) will meetThursday, March 19 at 9:30 pm in room 473, Student Center. Allinterested persons ar invited.

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m_..a ~..l~i/~'i/,-Vpus newspaper that draws suchfallacious inferences as the fol-lowing: the inference from thefact that the Third DistrictCourt, without considLeration ofthe actual evidenzce and ott thebasis of a legal teczhnicalit,found the evidence against thosecharged with trespassing suffi-cient to warrant conviction tothe conclusion that the "trespas-sers" were found guilty.

(See the article titled, '"Tres-passers found. guilty" in theMarch 1 th issue of Ergo. Thereis, of course, another explgpa-tion for the inaccuracies of thisarticle, but I have chosen thekinder one-)

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C jommittiee jipresent is on reviewing contract proposals andTie Tch har s collme to the regretable conclusion

that the Standing Committee on Special Labora-torics. currently chaired by Pro!essor John Shee-hlan. simply is not the proper means for the MITcommunity to deal with the question of theLincoln and Draper Labs. While we do not criticizeany specific members of the committee for theiractionstl, the Committee on Special Laboratoriessinmply hlas not lived up to our expectations.

The Committee operates in secrecy, lholding itsclosed meetings every Monday afternoon, and doesnot reveal to the commtunity what proposals it iscondidering let alone tile specifics of'these pro-posals. It has only two student members, tfiveundergraduates and one graduate. The miajority ofthe other members are administration appointees.While the committee members maintai n they areseparate and apart from the administration and therest of the Institute committees, in fact they arebound by the very nature of their appointments.

Worse still, the committee is powerless. Itsfunction is purely advisory, and eventhenits valueas such is questionable.,

It is distressing also, to learn that thile commit-tee members generally turn in individual reports,which remain private, on thile testimony they hearon the specific lab projects. Thus a member cansay one thing in discussion of the project (if hesays anything at all) and say another on the pieceof paper containing his recommendation that hesends to the Institute. The Institute receives a listof recommendations from which it can pick andchoose or reject outright.

Recently The Tech learned of a series ofpotentially crucial projects that the committee hadreported on, though it had at no time made publicit was even considering them. Now we learn that atleast one of these projedts (DSRV) has obtained:he final approval of the Administration. Will thecommunity now finally be informed of the factssurrounding this project and of.the discussionsthat must have gone on behind the scenes at thecommittee meetings about it? Can thecommittee

mnaking private recomnmendatioio ss on therm. Clearly V OL UMlfE XC, NO. 11 Tuesdayv, farch 1 7, 19 70it nust cxntinue to do this. Cotr;acts Imust bereviewed in light of Pounds Panel reco mnienda-tions which spawned tile present committee: theymlust be reviewed with a conscious and explicitknowltdge and definition of academic frecdom;but nmost importantly, they must ;consider tilhesocial responsibility which MIT has accepted,

However, reviewing contracts is not enougll.The concept of community review must be re-spected and enmouraged. Information must bemade available to anyone within the "MIT com6-munity." The Faculty Advisory Group has servedtile lmost useful function of collecting and distri-buting working papers onl the future of the Labsand MIRV. It seems a natural extension of thecomlmittee's deliberative processto collect theseand it is a necessary task of any such committee todistribute these opinions and this intforlllation,,

The reconlmmendations .of this co mmitteewould not be in the form of private nmemos tothe key administrators of MIT; rather; theserecommendations must 'appear as written docu-ments subject to debate and question. It isexpected that the committee would not be unani-nmous in its opinion on controversial issues andminority opinions would be expected; but itshould have an opportunity to present a unified(or disunified), forceful recommendation whichmay stand or fall on its merits. We cannot atpresent see the necessity for a committee with-ultimate power with respect to accepting newcontracts. Such power might prove difficult towield and inflexible-to change, yet there is thened for the committee to provide the initial stepin the concept of community review.

Implicit in the notion of the "MIT communityis the necessity for equality in deliberations whichaffect us all. It is 'for this reason that werecommend the committee be restructuied on thebasis of equal numbers of student3, faculty, andlaboratory workers, chosen by their own constitu-encies. A committee of nine, with three members

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dissembling.Mr. Grossman not only mis-

represented himself; he also mis-represented the facts. My col-leagues can correct some of hiserrors, but I would appreciateyour bringing to the attention ofyour readers -the following cor-rections of (somq of his) errorsregarding my own situation:1. My major publication - Itake it the reference is to mybook on Israel - is, by nostretch of the imagination, basedon my dissertation. Both areabout Israel; there ends the sim-ilarity.2. My current sabbatical (not"leave") was postponed twoyears ago when, at the request ofthe Department, I assumed theAssociate Directorship of theMIT-Harvard Joint Center forUrban Studies. The fact that Itook it this semester reflects lessmy desire to leave '"swiftly andsoftly" than it does my desire(a) to meet several publishingdeadlines, and (b) to claim mydue before leaving MIT. Similar-ly, my resignation as of 1970from the Joint Center for UrbanStudies, was made known lastMay, long before before the ten-ure decision. My commitment tothe Joint Center was for twoyears, and -February 1970marked the end of those twoyears. The two events are notlinked.3. More important, l havebeen in contact with severalmembers of- the Executive Com-mittee since the decision; in fact,I have been in contact withexactly those with -whom I was

in contact before the decision.The implication of "ostracism"is both absurd and offensive. Ihave a number of close friendswho' are members of the Execu-tive Commitfee, and my friend-ship with them will survive thetenure decision, my departurefrom the Institute, and yourscandal-mongering.4. I hardly regard the situationas "tense" and "ernotional."Those who I believe ought toknow my feelings about the de-cision know them. But whether Iregard the decision as stupid orenlightened, I am, 'as you cor-rectly note, moving on to a veryappealing position at anothercampus, and, if I am tense thesedays at all, it is about mattersmore significant than yesterday'snon-news.5. Having noted these severaldistortions, let me also note andsecond the disarming accuracyof Mr. Grossman's statement,"In the case of Leonard Fein, Ihave little information to workwith." True.

Sincerely yours,Leonard J. Fein

Associate Professor ofPolitical Science

Cogito Ergog ???

To The Editor:As someone at the Institute

with both a professional interestin logic and a personal concernfor its good name, I protest theuse of "Ergo," a term tradition-ally employed to indicate a ra-tional, deductive connection be-tween the premises and conclu-sion of an argument, by a cam-

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as currently constituted be counted on to report each, would be the most equitable and. moto the community on the projects it is presently desirable. Only through a group such as this wconsidering?We doubt itConsequently, a new kind the Standing Committee on the Special Labs hasof committee is needed. the opportunity to accomplish the purposes whic

We would like to see the committee's purposes we envision and which are necessary for us 1and responsibilities redefined. Its primary focus at support its continued existence.

Letters to The TechFein Rebuttal

(Ed. note: The following letterresulted from a series run by TheTech concerning the tenure de-cision of Professors Saloma,Fein, and Johnson in the Depart-ment of Political Science. Inreporting the tenure decisionand the process it involves, wefelt it necessary to report on theindividual cases in detail so thatthe complexity of the issueswould not be lost in vague gener-alities.

Regarding the eventual publi-cation of the articles in TheTech, it was felt by Mr. Gross-man that Professor Fein under-stood this to be the case. Thatthis was not the case is evident,and for this we regret any breachof confidence which may haveoccurred.)To The Editor:

Some weeks ago, a youngman came to see me, presentinghimself as a student doing apaper on the tenure system atMIT. While I was reluctant todiscuss my own case with him, Idid provide him with some ra-ther sketchy information, and Ialso informed him that any seri-ous information regarding theDepartmental procedures shouldbe sought from the authors, ra-ther than the objects, of thoseprocedures. It now develops thatthe man in question was EdGrossman, and what he was writ-ing was a series for The Tech-rather than a paper for a course.Since I do not care to have mylinen, clean or dirty, washed inpublic, I must object to this

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film: "Boys in the Band," "Happy Ending"

theater: Chekov's "Seagull" at the Hub Theater Center

theater: Stage I Drama Workshop presents "And He Looked"

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Boys in-By Robert Fourer

Mtart Crowley's play, The13ovs itn the Banrld, is aboutlioniosexuals: six who are attcn-diing a birthday party for a.se-venthl. and( an cigthth. a nialc

lrostitute. who's one of hish irth d a y p rese nts: plus astraight"' mnarricd friend of the

onle diving the party,, who mighthcf a nlil7th w\:hoS never "cCOImIC

out." It opened il New York.ltiiost twoo yc;ars, ago, to near-unanfilous raves. and i.i stillpitying; there was a Boston pro-duction IaSt spring.

(Cro wlev has nOW i11ad a m11o-

Vicv of' his pllay- with directorWilliann IFriedkin.A who'd previ-ously donc the saIin for I'inter's111e WIrt/lhdav IParm;. As always.tile theater has lost some thingsin translation lo fill); as usual.

solnc tiings have hben added inn l ttenipt- to comi pecnsate.

Luckily, for once. the arithimcticworks - the miovic, at least intheatrical tcrms. is very mnuchthle play's cqual.

'I'lhe play. for those unfanlli-liar, inight best be placed in thevague category of "trageco-nicdy.' In the first of the twoacts, the nine participants gradu-ally arrivc-unccrtain. unhappy,but still having some fun, since.after all, it is a party. I-hequaliy and pacing of the jokesrivals the best of comnedis--thecoarseness of the language nodoubt surpasses any of them.Uninvited, the straight frienddrops in, and despite all precau-tion gets into a fight with themost effeninate of the "boys."In the niidst of the confusion.the birthday guest finally slowsup, and the act closes with thescene in complete chaos.

Act .two continues act one,with no break in time; the onlychange is in the mood, whichabruptly turns serious. Crowley'sintent, as he puts it, was to firstgain the audience's sympathythrough humor. Then, once theythought they understood thechatacters, perhaps even liked

By David Ma2urieiloConsiidser thie w ord "mlalstetr-

piece." It' illlplics tle perfectfusion of c~trth and every clc-Ilcilt that ti;kcs up the *shlole.Now consider .Anldle Ioorked,the current production o(f tile

Statlg 1 l)ralma Workshop, at 577Washington Strecet Boston.

In pressenting this '"abstratctlinovenient p)iece. Stage I DraintaWorkshop) is pTrCSenslting a Iiiind-

Sp litti>, n ev er-t o-b e-forgott e n

experience to any vieweer lucky

entOlgh tO sWc it. It is as coni-

pletc as creation ill its illiildstiulating incssages, and forsheer, sustained audio and visualcxcitemllellt it is allmost indescrib-able.

'So back to the word "niaster-piece" and all the pieces that goto Inake the unit. Wlat are they?

Idea? No. The idea, thethought, the wonder is inside allof us, poking around in ourbrain and escaping through signs,laughter, tears, or anger. Butimagination, yes. A conceptionof presentation that is bold,beautiful and clear; this is thefirst and vital piece.

The keyword in this out-standing Conipany's' presenta-tion is pacing. Inaction is usedlike a pair of cymbals and thatwondreous thing, our ownminds, are given time to orien-tate, to catch the seed anl to

.roTW with i-t. Wlhat we acr waltch-ing in a stric tly visual scnse is acoordinted. disciplilledil troupce

whose actions are SO IMIL111Ce. Us

to evoke passionl wtith lever alword hbing said. Whlat wve heuar iss playback of our own inner

tIugIlts: the anguish of diisap-pointmlentltt and loneliiless. tilesoul-tearing cry that we dare notenunciate when we cannot reachOlt to solace our fellow man.

T he presentatioo n can belinked to a symlph ony in itsrhythilm. and therefore, like the

Trograli notes, "sc'nes" become"imlOle etlts." Every miiovemientis given a tireless intensity. Someare chilling il impact. In retro-spect, what makes the produc-tion so admirable is the siniplici-ty with which it is performed, anindirect nark of a niaster.

Aizd le Looked consists often movements or patterns. Thefirst, Playground and The Pun-ishment for Looking, opens likethe dawning of civilization, a

semi-twilight passage that showsinnocence soon to be captured.

With its capture comes punish-ment, this leading to patterntwo, Executions, and this in turnleading to the third pattern, TheSnare, which nearly symbolizesman's sophistication in inhuman-ity.

The patterns continue-DeathBy Mocking and Communion inwhich the victim becomes thewrathful forgiver, Womb andBirth of Man One and Two,Looking and The Search.

As this viewer watched, theengrossing thought that all theactors were symbolizing one per-son began to build. Further-more, Civilization, humanity,the universe, is merely that per-son's brainwave or thinking pro-cess, and a thing so supreme asto not only visualize man but tovisualize man's cruelty which in-directly admits to. an overwhelm-ing doubt as to the goodness of

his own motives. Pattern ten isthe Realization that the "other"must be killed, but is the othernot also self?

What message the viewer de-rives from the presentation isadmittedly important and everyviewer will identify and react toAnd He Looked. More note-worthy, however, is the bril-liance of the vehicle itself whichleaves one stunned with appreci-ation. Elissa Lenk is particularlynoteworthy in Death By Mock-ing and Communion. Most out-standing is Michael Fulginittiwho develops into the lead asthe presentation builds. His Fi-nal Looking is a powerful por-trayal of grief and his physicalgrace and mobility coupled witha far reaching sensitivity makehim memorable.

A gay mllolllent at the b~irthday party in the filtn, nowfat the Astor.

themn ; hit. Ile would tring outthe boys' deeper.' hidden traits.the frigliening hlate they at first;urpre.csd. This plan's success.along with the playwrillt's skillin ciharacterization and dialogue,makes the play what it is- theaudience is forced to suffer withthe men. instead of condemningthemn for their vile behavior.

Since the movie has the sameplot, same1U characters, and samedialogue (essentially --Crowleycut. some exposition he did 't

like). its succes .s is already halfassured: it should at least havethe sanic effect, though perhapsnot so intense. IThe geatestproblenis il the transition arethe lack of al intermission,which alters the plot's pacing,and the confinenlent of the ac-tion to a pair of roonis, which isnatural by convention on thestage but becomes irksome onthe screen. The latter is solved inpart by opening up the setting to

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you, either. Women's liberationis tied to men's liberation Is tiedto people liberation is tied to thefundamental aspirations andidealism expressed in this coun-try's declaration of - indepen-dance: life, liberty, and the pur-suit of happiness are our rights!Women are blatantly deniedthese rights; until they. possessthem, men as well as women inAmerica will be nowhere.

In this masterpiece, writer-director Richard Brooks woe-fully presents how Americanmiddle-class values are unable tonurture a sense of self-respectand well-being in women.

Case study: Mary Wilson, age37, married 16 years. Onedaughter, age fifteen. Droppedout of college with one semesterto go, to get married. Watchestelevision, reads magazines, isvirtually -an alcoholic, arrestedonce for drunken driving, has ahuge assortment of pills to pepher up, bring her down, turn heron, turn her off. One suicideattempt, with sleeping pills. Hasseen Casablanca forty times onthe late late show. Criee at sadendings. Cries at happy endings.Her husband says he loves her.

At the beauty parlor, a ma-tron tells her: "'Honey, all usgirls over 35 have the sameproblem." At the health salon, agirl proudly shows her siliconebreasts. "Do you think it's dis-honest?" asks one woman. "Nomore than make-up, falsies, andhair spray," replies another. At aparty, a woman talks about a"gorilla" shot this doctor givesher seven days a Week. "Keepsme looking thirty and Harrythinking dirty," she explains."What a man loves most is hisautomobile,", Mary says, "be-cause he can always trade it infor a new model."

The point is clear. All a wo-man is supp-osed to do is catch aman. Women put themselvesthrough all kinds of humiliation

to look pretty and,young. Andwhat choices have they? Mary'sfriend.recalls what her motherhad forewarned: "Without a col-lege education, you either be-come a big-assed housewife or abig-mouthed whore." Turns outthat mother was an idealist.Even with the college education,the only job Mary can get isselling .hats in a departmentstore.

And what about that otheroption, marriage? Mary's littledaughter asked her one time"What happens after marriage?"Mary replied "They live happily.ever after ever." A decade later,she knows better. "You live hap-pily ever after," she says, "if youpromise to stay young." Whydid they marry in the first place?What else is there for a woman?"What we're doing is immoral,"Mary joked with her futurespouse, then a law student."Why don't I feel guilty?" hereturned. "Because people inlove are crazy," she declared."We should be put in an institu-tion: marriage." "What? Life im-

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If you don't believe in wo-men's liberation, ThSie Happy

)7ding is required viewing. Ifyou do believe in it, you will seewhat you already know: that thelife possibilities open to womenin this society are severely lini-ited, and that women are de-graded, misused, brainwashedand miserable. If you're a male,don't think this doesn't concern

the exception of a slipped stringhere and there, even in their highstandard of performance. Per-haps the song which one remem-bers most is the sad mournfulperformance of "Old Man." Itmight be the origional"Lullaby"or "Child's Song," a child's ex-planation to his parents on whyhe is leaving. All of these areslow paced deeply felt cuts in-volving simple accompaniment.Msaybe you will like the harddriving "Wild Child" and "DropDown Mama." Perhaps yourtastes run to the easy flowing"Drive Wheel" or "Livin' In TheCountry," Whatever your feel-ings are, Tom Rush covers awide range of folk styles and issolid in nearly all of them.

Although this new release hasnone of the outstanding indivi-dual 'material (Joni Mitchellsongs) contained on Circle Game,it is a stronger overall album.

-Jeff Gale

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Tom Rush (Columbia)This album marks the de'out

of the Harvard-trainred Club 47product on Columbia after de-parting from the once pres-tigious Elektra label. Judgingfrom this outing,. the associationwill be at least an artistic successand will perhaps bring TomRush the commercial rewards solong overdue.

Tom Rush has always seemeda sort of male Judy Col-lins-an excellent folk songsinger, but not much as a writer.He has his own unique style,best described as a lamentingsound. In addition, he occasion-ally breaks into a surprisinglydeep voice which-has served toenliven some of his previousperformances such as "YouCan't Tell A Book By Lookin'At The Cover."

The material, production, andperformances of Tom Rush areextremely professional and, with

SATURDAYThe Sergeant. Rod Steiger in anintense performance as an ag-gressive sergeant who tries toeducate and protect a reluctantsoldier. Scenes without Steigerseem bland by comparison. A-gruesome look at subconscioushomosexuality.

SUNDAYLa Strada. A fine early Fellinitragedy about travelling per-formers in Italy, looking a gooddeal like early Bergmann coveredwith garlic and pasta.

-FRIDAYSpirits of the Dead. Three shortfilms very loosely taken fromstories by Edgar Allan Poe. High-lights might include lane Fon-da's virtuoso bitchiness in thesegment directed by her some-times husband Roger Vadim,and Fellini's treatment of amovie star gone mad. (If itmeans anything, the film wasreleased by American Interna-tional, in an effort to add anarty film to their previous out-put of Beach Blanket Bikinimovies, noted for their ability tomake money off Annette Funi-cello's meat.)

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On her sixteenth anniversary,Mary runs away to Nassau, get-ting air fare-by hocking herbracelet, since her loving hus-band, knowing her alcoholic ten-dencies, had -previously takenaway her charge cards and

checking account. In Nassauthinks, she remembers, sheperiences, and- she learns-aripe age of 37-that her wlife has been a nightmarconformity, a' cruel hoaxempty, pointless existence.

Yes, there is a happy enbut it is not a romantic enMary will build a life of herWhether that will includewill depend on the quality omen she will meet. But tLhave to know that she isequal. If they can acceptthen they will -be very,lucky indeed -to be with her.

Nina Zarechnaia. Nina's role inThe Seagull is at the center ofconflict, her coldness to himdrives Konstantin to suicide. Toportray her transformation froma naive stage struck child to adistraught actress thwarted inlove and in the theater, is aheavy demand on an actress..Miss Soiit fails to rise to thischallenge and several of the mostimportant scenes left me cold.

However; perhaps somethingdeeper was wrong. Director.Ros-ann Weeks clearly has paid verycareful: attention to- every detailof- the production.-Gestures, ex-pressions, costumes, and evenscenery were clearly controlledwith' great awareness of detail.Avr. element- of spontaneitymight have been lost in-themidst of. all this theatrical arti-fice. I am well aware that someof the finest productions ofChekov's work have been cast inprecisely this theatrical mold.Given a group of actors whoclearly are not The Actor's Stu-

By David HousnmanThe Hub Theater Center is

currently presenting a rather un-even production of Chekov'sThe Seagu I. The performance leftthis critic vexed. Some parts ofthe production were appropriateand compelling down to the lastgesture. However, too manyscenes lacked sufficient dramaticimpact to carry off a successfulperformance.

To concentrate for a momenton what was best about theperformance, the' gestures andfacial expressions by a numberof the cast were extremely ef-fective. Bernie Duffy as Kon-stantin and Gloria Miller as hismother stood- out and RickWeatherwax played a convincingTrigorin.

In spite of good individual-efforts by some of the cast, andthe obvious amount of careplaced in the direction, the pro-duction lacked distinction. The-heaviest burden for this failurelay in Robin Solit's portrayal of

dio perhaps less emphasis onstylized detail and a greater at-tempt to turn each actor loosewithin his role would have beenuseful

I am comparing this produc-tion in my mind to one I sawearlier this year at the LoebDrama Center. It is hard to saythat as'a group the actors at theLoeb were more talented thanthe Hub'group. The productionused no props, no scenery, nocostumes or stylized theatricalgesture, yet it worked. It wasconvincing and alive because thedramatic essence of the play wasthe dominant influence on stage,throughout the evening.

I-would commend the HubTheater Center for its attempt toenliven the Boston theater scene,but I would also recommend tothem the words of KonstantinTreplev in The Seagull: "weneednew forms. New forms are need-ed and if we can't have them,then we have better have no-thing at all."

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where the theatergoer would on-ly shift his view'from one side ofthe stage to the other.

All the same, in either ver-sion, the playwright's intentionsare amply clear. The Boys in theBand is a play about homosexu-als-Crowley's characters run thegamut of race, religion, maritalstatus, and masculinity, if notself-esteem-and about men,whose probems may transcendthe homosexual's. Its theme, toa degree, is universal, though justhow much so is a matter onwhich individual viewers will nodoubt disagree.

Thle Boys in thie Band willremain a great play of the six-ties, not a great film of theseventies; but for those whohaven't seen it yet, there's anopportunity at hand, and it'sworth taking.

(Continued from page 5)include several more rooms andan outdoor terrace; it is solvedmuch more with the addition ofa rainstorm throughout the sto-ry's second half, trapping thecharacters in the remainingrooms with such persuasivenessmany viewers will -expect rainwhen they leave the theater.Thus there is a substitute, if notan equivalent, for the entrap-mnent engendered by the play'stwo-act structure.

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By Edward Grossm n professor of political science.(This is the kms in a series of However, the promotion and re-

articles on tenuxre. The Wews ex wrigo rfesr eedprese ae oley hoeof teht^tIess upon teaching tha upo

As tnureis apartof aresearch; increased salary, rankcomplex administrative system anprsiecmfom ubcaof the university, changes in~ in o rmeuain

pars o th sytemandtenre Some say that we could notpart ffetheac syther. and tnure afford good professors (teach-

tied to tenure is the -professorial sttuinal sihubsindiesua from re-rewards structure, composed of slulnlsbiisfo e

ecoomi an satu copon -search. For example,many pro-

ents; tenure policies reflect the sry athrougharesguarcheebasic values of a university. -The thisary hruh eercstrategy later described in -this conducted here.-This policy isarticle is based on modifying the peetilteSho fEgnrewards structure as an approach ern;bcue ftesotg

to chaging enure- ~ -of research funds- this year,- -the'Disagreement over tenure de-- school faces a crisis of over-

cisins eflets n anagoismextension of staff- caused by thisbetwn efect student pwragnis ,oehiring on margin." In addition,

betwee studen betwerend cor-l overhead funds from leasing lab

community control and outs-defclte lp dfryistuprofessional regulation.- Students^ inlcss Hwvr n owant the resources of the univer- aruthtody lfsayresity used primnarily for teaching serhposs pndeha,purposes, i.e., - to aid personal ,half -'the time of yesteryrear'sdevelopment; the fadulty and full salary teacher on instructingadministration want the resour- adavsn tdns oevr

cesof he nivrsiy uedpri- the costs of maintaining a lab-marly orresarh ad ersn-oratory (or Center) should in-

nely for-velopeacand persoincras clude the-,"required" funding ofthel sau deeopmnfvz professoresadte extra administrators, professors'

the itats ond professrs and the nY- research assistants and a mani-proity-oprain and poe fteuitser- fold number of other' non.siiatyeopoaio ndis f teaching expenses. It is true that-

fi bliancfthes).ore the establishment of a labora-the actal anlc to of te-forces - tory allows students research op-

intimately affects every memberhv beetnposible whithwoutlddnotof the staff. Universities, -primna tioale exenditure. Hwithout ditsfacie institutes of higher learn- prdoinanc oxpndie a campus in-ing, hire professors to teach; a rdmnc oacmpsI-

proesst'sbasc, f nt fre-herently denigrates teaching to aprfsorstdt baic, if teach there- secondary :Position-'an incon-motdshutyist teach;ifferen is, venient 'Lax for ulse-of-fcilities.and houl be p ial dcifeences be- Clearly, this area begs for critical

twe apltia cinit.n study - particularly a compari-son of the'teaching and research

§^ ~atmospheres at MIT beforeWorld War 11 and today; 1, as

: ~~well as the Cornission, welcome- U . ~~and encourage such a study.

_ . . E~~~urely teaching, and not ten-_ a~~~~re, is the issue on1 which stu-9t~~~dents should focus; tenure, an

_ a ! ~~~~administrative tool, should niotbe confused wilth the ends to

SOTORSKE~~which it is put. Abolishing ten-a& . D"5 ure will (I believe) not affect the

p^Pbxo) ~underlying educational problem- - e ~~~~that -students face: - a lack of

interest by the university (par-ticularly senior staff and admini-strators) in their individualgrowth.

Essentially, there are twoways to upset the present bal-ance -to de-emphasize researchor to emphasize teaching. Thereare trends which are now en-couraging the former. First, thisswill be the first year since 1932that the MIT budget has beencut;- this cut has occured pri-marily becausie of the shortageof research funds. Second, there-is a national movement to endcampus involvement with thoseprojects (.viz., res militares) thathave 'attracted most of the re-search money to universities (es-pecially MIT). Third, the mfove-ment for community control (in-dep endence) is incompatiblewith the kowtowing, to outsideinterests (e.g., US Goverilment)which is characteristic of manyresearch projects. Also encourag-ing is the gowing movementtowards universal higher educa-tion. Such a system would re-quire the training of thousandsof teachers in coming yedrs; onecan only hope that there will besufficient money to support theeducation of these teachers.

In addition to the-se trends, Ibelieve that a concerted studenteffort can help hasten a greaterinterest on the part of the uni-versity in teaching; my analysisproceeds as follows: The univer-sity has five distinct groups: I)Undergraduates; II) Graduatestudents; III) Junior Faculty;IV) Senior Faculty; V) Admini-strat ion and Corporation(s).Collegiate change can occur at,three levels: A) Departmental(professional); B) Universitywide; Q).National. The four poli-cies most directly concernedwith teaching and tenure are: l)hiring policy; 2) teaching andadvising requirements for facul-ty; 3) termination, contract re-newalrand tenure policy; and 4)A ho, of the five groups, areinvolved in construction and im-plementation of these previouspolicies. Using these three di-mensionteeaenmru

S , systeming load than senior facultymembers, they would favor theinstitution of a "high" minimnalteaching load - tending toequalize differences betweenjunior and senior members. In-deed, suchS a basic requirementfor all faculty members in adepartment would reinforce andreward those faculty members(mostly junior faculty) who be-lieve that university professorsare foremost teachers -particu-larly of undergraduates. Withstrict enforcement, a self-selec-tion of incoming professorsmight occur, helping to elimiatethose uninterested in teaching.Such a policy is a perfectlyreasonable expression of the tra-ditional views of the university;it is a policy to which thefaculty could say "no" onlywith difficulty. In the' mean-while, we should collect statis-tics for each professor - thedate his contract expires, thenumber (total and undergrad-uate) of courses taught, thenumber of-students enrolled ineach course, and his participa-tion in undergraduate programs-(advising, curriculum develop-ment. etc.).

ivy Termination, ContractRenewal and Tenure PoliciesBefore a professor's contract

is reviewed, we should have suf-ficient data to determinewhether he is a better thanaverage, average, or worse thanaverage teacher. Well before thedecision, our views should beimpressed on the executive com-mittee a~nd chairman of the de-partment through several judi-ciously selected faculty advo-cates. Our lobbying should below-keyed and should emphasizethe specific weakness or strengthof that professor in teaching; weshould reiterate that we onlywish to~ have the man's ability as-a teacher considered alongside-his other qualities. If the depart-mental decision differs fromours, we may decide in specificcases to make our opinionknown publicly (through TheTech and other media) and/orprivately to those deans andadministrators who can or mustpass judgement 'on the depart-ment's decision. After this, thereis room for further escalation oftactics in particularly disturbingcases, In fact, the advance publi-cizing of student opinion wouldserve as a warning to all con-cerned. Also, the statistics onlclass offerings and class enroll-ments can serve as public indi-cators of Courses that are eitherdated or in need of expansionand of professors who are eitherpoor or. outstanding teachers.These observations should beused to justify changing cur-ricula as well as personnel.

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volves a greater emphasis onteacher preparation programs ingraduate schools. Bec~ause, assonle say, the socialization ofprofessors toward research takesplace during their period as grad-uate students, it is best to incul-cate teaching during this periodrather than trying to conditionthemi afterwards. Of course, thiscan be used in addition to theprevious plan.

Admittedly, my strategy is abit siilplistic. determining "whata1 good teacher is" is ;as enigma~tic:as trying to define what "educa;-tion" me ans; convincing a pro-fessionaly-oriented faculty ofthe importance of these ques-ticons mal~y i-'*e\n more dif-ficuilt. WV'C..t:.'' -.,:t ddatato show that good researchersar- fiat ailrways good teac:}ers,an14 t':'t 'J)od t£eahers are notalways mliserable researc~hers. Wealso need the courage to pro-clainil that the univesrsity's pri-m~ary purpose is tale inculcationof wisdom :and not inerely theC0'11l.iiL,, -non of old know-ledge or the proc~reation of new.

let Budweiser ferment a second time.(Most brewers quit after one fermen-tation. We don't.)These- bechwo-od strips- offer extrasurfce area, for tiny yeast paricles

to cling to, helping clarifyrthe beer. And since these

> ( stripes are also porous, ;they1 . ~hellp absorb~beer's naturalm zsteedge," giving BudweiserWm - its finished tsote. Or in otherr .~words, "a taste, a smooth-> .- . news and a drinkability you

i~~~~&egwllat in no other-beer ato>|any price.'.

IN~o* Ah yes, drinkability. That'sA ~what's so special about

< ~Beechwood Ageing.But you know that.

We must be bragging too much aboutBeechwoo'd Ageing. ~Because we're starting to get someflak about it. Like, " Be'echwood,B3eechwood . . . big deal. " Aind soIfBeechwood Ageing -is SO hot,-why don't you. tell every-body what, it is?" -So we will. 'AMirst, it isn't big wooden Acasks that we age BudweiserX

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Of rewardpossible change-processes thatcan occur. We will want to en-courage change from valuinggood research to valuing goodteaching and good research; just.as people argue today that"good researchers are also goodteachers," I wish to reverse thepriorities and say that "goodteachers are also good research-ers.3?

My strategy is essentially lob-b ying by undergraduates,( through junior, and sym-.pathetic senior,- faculty) at thedepartmental level. It is based onthe -closed nature of the'aca-demic marketplace (see Caplowand McGee, The Academic Mfar-ketplace); students' ability todevelop effective contacts at-other universities; the univrer-sities' long term interests inteaching per se; and a knowledgeof the departmental communica-tions-network and campusmedia. The strategy is a modestone; it attempts to impress thebureaucracy with the import-ance of university teaching.

i. Information GatheringWe need a better understand-

ing of the present system: par-ticularly the procedures andtheir substantive effects, bothbeneficial and detrimental, tothe aforementioned. groups.These data should be gathereddiffusely, informally. From suchdata, we may be able to map thecleavages of the system and iden-tify particular change-ag~entswithin each group of each de-partment. We should developgood relationships with facultymembers involved in these poli-cy decisions, particularly thechairman of the department.

ii. Hiring PoliciesBased on my knowledge of

Course XVII, a first inroad tochange would be search commit-tees (Ed. nzote: Search commit-tees seek out people to fill va-cant academic positions). First,we must establish contacts withlmembers of the committee, par-ticularly the chairman and thosejunior faculty members inter-ested in teaching. Thereupon,for each candidate, we shouldcontact students who studiedunder him in other universitiesto determine his interest andability in teaching. Most often, Isuspect, the professor will havean indifferent or ambiguousteaching record; however, it is ininstances in which exceptionallygood or poor teaching abilityappears that the undergraduateswould Indicate to the membersof that committee their' opinionof the candidate. This introducesteaching as a criterion for re-wards in the system. Becauseinformation on candidates' qual-ifications is often scarce or notindicative of differences betweencandidates, this additional dataabout the candidate's teachingperformance could beo influen-tial. If nothing else, we may beable to delay, and possibly pre-vent, appointment of professorswith notably poor reputations.By limliting 'appointments tothose who show some interest inundergraduate education, thestaff could gradually come tofeel more sympathetic to under-graduates: this could have a mul-tiplier effect on changing thesysteml. As stated earlier, how-ever, this requires very goodstudent-contacts among univer-sities ( at least as gtood as thein fo r malI c h alirnan-of-depart7ment grapevine that presentlyexists): nonetheless, the exist-ence of this network would per-mit miany strategies and tacticson other issues not possible t(-,-day.

iii. Teaching RequirementsIt is importa nt that depart-

mental rules establish a miniallllcourse load fo'r each facultymember per term (or per year).Because the junior faculty mem-bers ofter carry a greater teach-

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Evans and Chesley were tiedat 81 for top standing honors,while Lamson had 'the highprone score, a perfect 100, for a267 total. Dave Hunt's 258 andEric Kraemer's 252 rounded outthe team.

This pushes'the teamrn's recordup to 18-3 overall. Saturday theteamin will fire againist BostonCollege -in the last match of theregular season in the New Eng-land League, a match which MITis favored to win.' After thismatch there remain two moremeets, the New England Cham-pionship, to be held at MIT onApril 1 1, and the Greater BostonOutdoor Tournament, to be heldat Framingham in May.

patrick '72 with a 260, EricKraemer '71 at 256, and, JackChesley '71 at 246,]

On-Saturday the team trav-eled to the University of NewHampshire for a match in theNew · England League. Again,taking only five shooters, theteam had no depth. Due to theexcellent shooting of two of the,shooters, though, the team had1325 to New Hampshire's 1070.Chesley and Captain Evans werehot as they fired excellent 274'sto lead the team, but the high-light of the whold meet waswhen Evans fired a New England

The MIT rifle team concludedits regular season in-the GreaterBoston League by defeating Bos-ton State 1297 to 1164 Fridayevening, . making their record13-1 in this league, clinchingthe Greater Boston Champion-ship.

Taking only five shooters tothe Boston State matc h , theminimum required for a team,the MIT team lacked depth andso, had a bad team score.- KarlLamson '71 led the team'withhis, 268, followed closely byCaptain Dick Evans '70 with a267. [Next came Bob Kirk-

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