THE TECHVOL. XX. BOSTON, DECEMBER i3, 1900. NO. 11.

THE TECHPublished every Thursday, during the college year, by students

of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

HENRY HODGMAN SAYLOR, 19rgo2, Editor in Chief.WALTER HAVENS FARMER, z902, Assistant Editor in Chief.

'H. S. MAXSON, g9or.ROBERT WHITE, JR., I90g.

P. G. L. HIIKEN, I9oI.i.. R. ADAMS, I902.

C. A. SAWYER, JR., I902.J. C. FRUIT, 1902.

R. B. PENDERGAST, I902.K. W. ENDRES, I903.

ARTHUR SMITH MORE, I90o, Business Maanager.HARRY A. STILES, 1903, I Assistant Business Managers.ERNEST HARRAH, i9o4,

OFFICE HOURS:

Editor in Chief, Monday, IO-II A. M.Business Manager, Saturday, 12-I P. M.

.For the benefit of students THE TECH will be pleased to answerall questions and obtain ,all possible information pertaining' to anydepartment of the College.

Contributions are requestedfromn all undergraduates, alumni, andofficers of instruction. No anonymous manuscript can be accepted.

Subscription, $2.00 per year, in advance. Single copies, Io cts. each.

Entered in Post Office, Boston, Mass., as Second-Class Matter.

Press of Lounsbery Nichols & Worth Company. _

l ," I $ .UT of the large number ofmen who are members ofclasses in the Institute, itseems as though there oughtto be a few more of themwho care enough about theinterests of their class to

attend its meetings. The meetings comeonly once in a while, and the men attendthem most irregularly. Everybody certainlyought to do his share to help keep up classinterest, and the best and only way to do thisis by showing a little interest himself, andattending his class meetings wheneverpossible.

HE action of the Department ofBeaux Arts and Education ofthe French Government, inhonoring Technology by ask-ing for some of the drawingsexhibited at the Fair, is a source

of great pleasure to the friends of Course IV.It is the first expression of the appreciationof American undergraduate design by theFrench School of Architecture, and as suchbrings encouragement to our architecturaldepartment.

~41 ~-T seems but a short time~, . g since the Fall meet oc-

/-,_ ccurred, and yet the',,;[ . ~notice that the Winter

';';;,,~, - meet takes place at thegymnasium next week

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left for the classes to complete their 'finalpreparations for making a good showing atithe games.

The meet comes in a good season as itserves to keep the men in training .and offerseach one' a chance to prove his abilities 'beforethe two big meets at the Mechanics Buildingduring February. 'It will show results better,too, than the Fall meet did, as 'a longer andmore systematic training has' been undergoneand the present cool, bracing weather offersmore incentive to hard work than the sluggishheat of September.

There is a promise that 'o3 will have towork hard to hold her lead, as '02 has somevery good men, and the Freshmen are exceptionally strong this year,

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Annual Winter Concert.The annual winter concert of the musical

clubs was held in Huntington Hall, Tuesdayevening, December iith. A large and ap-preciative audience greeted the appearanceof the Glee Club in the first number on theprogram, 'Ho! -Jolly Jenkins.'? The piecewas very well rendered and was followed bythe Banjo and Mandolin Clubs successively,each responding to an encore. The clubsshow a decided improvement over the workof last season and much credit is due the newleaders for the excellent manner in whichthey have developed the clubs. The work ofthe impersonator, Mr. Page, was good, mak-ing a very acceptable break in the musicalprogram.

The souvenir program used by the manage-ment is an exceedingly attractive bookletbound in red and gray. Three cuts of theclubs appear within, together with the person-nel and a program for the evening.

The Technology song, of which the wordswere written by Clarence W. Renshaw, '99,and the music by L. B. Haworth, '02, wasthe last Glee Club number. It was exceed-ingly well rendered, far better.than at lastSpring's concert. This attempt at establish-ing a Technology representative song shouldmeet with the hearty support of the studentbody.

The Mandolin Club has been particularlyfortunate this year in securing the addition ofa flute and a cello to the instruments. Thesetwo pieces add much to the effectivenessof the mandolin music and are both wellplayed, the players being members of theFreshman Class, making it possible for themto be with the clubs for three years.

The Banjo Clubs has no new instrumentsand the Glee Club varies little from its usualmakeup. though the increase in first tenors isto be observed. The clubs are governed thisyear by the following staff:

M. B. Foster, 'oi, President; C. A. Whit-

temore, 'oi, Vice-Pres.: R. B. Morton, 'oI,Sec'y; H. N. Hudson, 'oI, Manager; R. D.Babson, '03, Assistant Manager and Treas.

PROGRAM.

PART ONE.

I Ho ! Jolly JenkinsGLEE CLUB.

2 March, The ViceroyBANJO CLUB.

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Mirror DanceMANDOLIN CLUB.

The Silver Moon-BabyGLEE CLUB.

5 Operatic Potpourri

Sullivan

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Arr. by LansingBANJO CLUB.

6 The Massachusetts Volunteers

"And silence like a poulticeCame to heal the blows of sound."

PART TWO.

7 The Dixie KidGLEE CLUB.

8 Aunt Matilda's SuitorsCHARACTERS.

Mr.Grimes . . . Gruff BachelorMr. Percival . . . Kindly BachelorAunt Matilda .. . A Maiden LadyJack . . . . . . Ier Nephew

WILLIAM R. PAGE.

9 American Students' MarchBANJO CLUB.

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- Words, C. W. Reesha'w,' 99.' Music, L. B. Haworth, 'o2.

GLEE CLUB.

Reception to Musical Clubs.After the concert on Tuesday evening the

Technology Club gave a reception at theClub's house, 7I Newbury Street, to the clubsand their guests. Mrs. Pritchett and Mrs.Williams formed the receiving party in thereception room up-stairs. Refreshmentswere served and several of the o;- Jnembersof the Glee Club sang a few of the old favor-ite songs. The reception was a fitting endingto a most enjoyable evening.

Calendar.Saturday, December stkh. Hare and Hounds Run from

West Roxbury (weather permitting). Leave Back BayStation at 2.8 P. M.

Mlonday, December x7th. TEcH Board meeting, TECHoffice, I P. M.

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The Football Season of 9goo.

Looking over the records made by Tech-nology teams in the -past, we find, that thenumber of defeats generally exceeded thenumber of victories; it is therefore a pleasureto consider the showing made by this year's'Varsity, which was undoubtedly better thanmost of the teams which have representedTechnology on the gridiron. Four victoriesand two tie games to three defeats is a goodshowing, and we have every reason to beproud of our I9oo football team, whichshowed that, in spite of the adverse conditionsexisting at Tech, a creditable record can bemade.

The management endeavored to follow up-the policy begun by Mr. Collier, of schedulinggames with large teams and gradually ex-cluding Prep. schools from the list of Tech'sopponents, but owing to the managers notbeing elected until most colleges had com-pleted their schedules, a game with Exeterwas arranged to open the season. All othergames were played with colleges and themembers of the Tech team, in the face ofmany discouragements and misfortunes, ac-quitted themselves well. After the Exeterand Brown games everyone looked forwardto a string of victories for the remainder ofthe season, and these hopes would undoubtedlyhave been realized had not Captain Maxson,Laws, J. D. Wilson, Humber and Frenchsustained injuries, which kept all, exceptingCaptain Maxson, who, contrary to the wishesof his physician, pluckily continued to play,out of the game for the remainder of. theseason.

The team was in its best condition, when itdefeated Stevens by 35 points, almost equal-ling the scores made by Princeton andColumbia-against the same team. The show-ing in the Tufts and Worcester Tech gameswas also excellent, but in these three gamesso many men were injured that the teamwhich met Amherst was in no condition to

play so hard a game as that proved to be.After this no game was played for two weeks,so many men being injured, that a Technologyteam practically did not exist, and whenM. I. T. met Holy Cross, four members of theteam had never played with the 'Varsitybefore. In fact they were taught the signalson the train going to Worcester. But for somany misfortunes, both of these defeats wouldhave been victories. In the Burdett game theteam again played with that dash and spiritshown earlier in the season, and won easily.

Mr. Crolius, the coach, deserves greatcredit for the way in which he trained themen. Only three members of last year'steam came out this year, and to him is duethe most praise for organizing a winning teamfrom raw material.

Financially the season was not a success,this being directly due to the general athleticapathy and lack of college spirit so painfullyevident at the Institute. Had five or eventhree hundred students turned out at each ofthe home games, we might have closed theseason with a satisfactory cash balance insteadof a heavy debt. How large this debt is cannot be stated definitely, for many of the col-lectors have not yet turned in their accounts,but it is doubtful if the association will beentirely free from debt, even after all thesubscriptions have been collected.

It may -seem rather early to make sugges-tions as to- the football policy for next year,but the question is one of such vital interestto the athletic welfare of the Institute, thatan early- start is essential. What do we needto bring us to the fore? Of course, above allelse, a better gymnasium and an athletic field,but aside from these two essentials we needthree things:--

First, a consistent system of training andcoaching. Every effort should be made tore-engage Mr. Crolius for next season, sothat the same excellent methods begun thisyear may be continued. If possible a style

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of play should be laid down, which each Techteam in its turn would learn, and, as at theleading colleges, improve upon. Second,we need an aggressive management policy -one which will, like this year's, advocate aschedule of games with leading colleges, andnot as in past years, with institutions lessprominent than Technology. What if ourteam should meet defeat, would not thosedefeats be more noble than victories oversmaller teams, and in the end will not thesedefeats bring forth good results? Third, weneed the enthusiastic and hearty support ofthe undergraduates. This is the essentialneed. The tendency has been one of increas-ing indifference towards athletics. Thislethargy must be shaken off. The outlookfor next autumn is brighter than ever before,and we must have a good football team. Letthe manager secure a good schedule ofgames, and then, finally, let the students.de-termine to support athletics as never before,so that as the pages of future athletics unfoldthemselves they will add glory and credit toTechnology.

Hare and Hounds Run.

The Hare and Hounds Run from Chest-nut Hill Reservoir last Saturday, was one ofthe best of the year. Marvin, '02 and' Hol-comb, '04, laid a trail of a little under sixmiles. From the Pumping Station the trailled over Chestnut and Waban Hills toStrong's Pond, then to Oak Square, inBrighton, and returning to the Reservoir bythe Brighton Catholic Seminary. NearStrong's Pond the Hounds sighted the Hares,but the latter left a rather thin trail for thenext two hundred yards and succeeded ineluding their pursuers. The finish was ex-ceedingly fast, Haynes, 'o4, Worcester, 'o4,and Stiles, 'o3, pulling in ahead after a hardrun. If the weather is good there will be arun next Saturday from West Roxbury.

The Pan-American Exposition.When the Pan-American Exposition opens

its gates at Buffalo, May ist, I90I, twenty-five years will have elapsed since the Centen-nial at Philadelphia. During this time therehas been nothing noteworthy of the kind inthe East. The location is one to assure an'enormous attendance, for, taking Buffalo asa centre and drawing a circle of 500 milesradius, over 40,ooo,ooo people, more thanhalf the population of the United Stateswould be included in the area thus circum-scribed, which would, moreover, include atleast seventy-five per cent of the nation's in-dustrial and commercial wealth. Buffalo hastwenty-six steel highways reaching out inevery direction. In I876, the entire popula-tion of the United States scarcely equalledthat now within the area indicated, and thesame circle in diameter, with Chicago as itscentre would not include over half that num-ber. So much for the location.

The machinery building has a circumfer-ence of more than one-third of a mile. Thegeneral arrangement is representative as toprinciple but not exhaustive in detail. Articlesof manufacture will be shown in a mannercalculated to illustrate their evolution by suc-cessive stages of development from old-timehand methods, through the first crude attemptsat applying machine power to the presentautomatic perfection.

Forestry will receive special attention at theExposition. The .exhibit will contain muchthat is interesting and instructive to the generalpublic. The propagation, care and preserva-tion of forests has received much attentionfrom the Government of late years. Farmersthroughout the middle west, especially in-partsof Kansas, recognize the value of wood lotsas a source of supply for posts and fuel, aswell as the benefits of protection from stormswhich is afforded by tree belts, when grownfor wind breaks. The exhibit will take -,the broad question of forest preservation,

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embracing the great national benefit to futuregenerations of a moistened atmosphere, whichin turn will provide a regular; copious rainfall.India's famine is a terrible illustration of thegreat danger that confronts a people whoselands are stripped of their natural forestgrowth. The danger is probably remote butthe underlying principle is there.

Pliny accredited the invention of the loomto the Egyptians, though some Chinese phil-osophers are inclined to claim priority in thisas in many other inventions. One of themost important as well as interesting exhibits,will be the manufacture of the finest fabricsdirectly from raw materials. The art ofweaving was carried from Egypt by theIsraelites, who in the course of their wander-ings gave it to the outside world. Thoughtextiles were made so long ago, improvementwas slow, so that the process remained verysimple down to the beginning of the presentcentury, when the power loom was universallyadopted. An attempt will be made, in theexhibit, to convey to the visitor an adequateidea of the general scope of this great in-dustry. Machinery used in the differentsections will be shown in operation, or workdesigned to show the process rather thantechnical details.

The display of fruit in the Horticulturalbuilding will be but an auxiliary to the trees,fruit-bearing shrubs, methods of cultivation,new varieties and means of fighting fruitenemies. By systematically arranging aseries of illustrations, it is intended to conveyto the Pan-American visitor, especially thefruit grower,-information that is most valuable.Methods and paraphernalia constructed onthe most approved principles,.will indicate thedrift of scientific investigation, which mustprove to be a most beneficial and attractiveexhibit.

Tobacco is now officially tabulated as animportant production of thirty-three Statesand Territories- and every country of the

Western Hemisphere,tincluding nearly all theislands of the Atlantic ocean. The promin-ence of tobacco dates back to the earliestAmerican records, and a comprehensive ex-hibit is intended, as the commercial import-ance of tobacco is such as to demand anelaborate recognition in the Exposition. Aninteresting experiment in growing Havanaseed and Sumatra tobacco on Connecticutsoil has recently been performed. The plantsare grown under a light covering of cheesecloth, which is placed nine feet above theground, retaining the moisture in the groundand securing more uniform temperature.With a thorough understanding of propermethods scientifically applied to the produc-tion of popular flavors, America should supplythe world.

The Pan-American Exposition has attractedworld-wide attention and comment, and isbeing endorsed by one of the largest andmost notable bodies of able, skilful and dis-tinguished men ever identified with any enter-prise of this kind, Every profession, science,art, industry, and commercial enterprise, willbe represented. That an exposition so wellprepared and vouched for will be a memor-able success is a foregone conclusion, andthat it will richly repay a visit may be ac-cepted as equally certain.

Book Review.

James B. Eads, by Louis How, cloth, g. t.i6 mo., $o.75. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,Boston. The life of the famous builder ofironclads, of the jetties in the delta of theMississippi, and of the great St. Louis bridgeis full of interest to all engineering students.The author, however, who is a grandson ofEads, seems rather prejudiced, so that thework is an eulogy, rather than an unbiasedsketch of the inventor's life. James B. Eadsis a striking example of how genius will cometo the front even without education.

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Honor Paid the Technology Architects bythe French Government.

The Institute of Technology has just learnedby cable that the Department of Beaux Akrtsand Education of. the French Governmentdesires to own a number of the large frameddrawings exhibited at the World's Fair inParis by its Department of Architecture.

This is a great distinction, and it is a tri-bute paid to the value of the work of theoldest School of Architecture in the UnitedStates.

The Exposition authorities may be accusedof having given an excessive number ofmedals with the generous desire of acknowl-edging those who ha~d aided them in theirsuccess, but it is an entirely different matterwhen the State makes its choice of works forits museums of education. The FrenchGovernment has little desire to further cum-her its museums and collections; for exvenits store rooms are full of distinguishedworks. It may be-well said a priori, thatwhen it selects anything at the present day,the object must have a decided value.

The competent special committe appointedby the Minister of Beaux Arts and Education,and charged to make a choice of the bestthings of the Exposition, .has in this caserecognized officially the quality of work andthe spirit of the method followed at the Insti-tute. In asking for these drawings it haspaid the highest honor that a foreign institu-tion has ever received, and of which thefriends of Technology have a right to beproud.

Football Association.

At a meeting of the Football AssociationExecutive Committee held last Friday, certainsections of the Constitution of the Associationwere brought up for reconsideration andpossible change. -The only one which is ofimportance to the student in general concernsthe selection of manager. Hitherto it has

been the custom for the captain to choose hisown manager, now it is proposed that. thecaptain nominate at least two men for the.office, the final selection to be determined byballot of the Association.

This with several minor changes will bebrought up at the annual meeting.

The following nominations were made bythe committee: /

For President: P. G. L. Hilken,,R. V.Brown; Vice-President: H. K. Hooker, P. R.Parker; Secretary and Treasurer.: J. T.Cheney, C. A. Sawyer, Jr., L. S. Catesa;Representatives to Advisory Coupcil: P. G.L. Hilken, G. B. Wood, H. K, Hooker;Representatives to- Executive Committee,Class of 1902: P. E. Challfoux, G. H.French, F. A. Nagle, C. E, M4cCarthy; Classof I903: V., I. Nettleton, P. H. Parrock,J. L. Gilson; Class of I904: J. G. Metcalfe,W. F. Dillon, P. M. Smith.

Walker Club.

The members of the Walker Club will beaddressed by S. H. Wright, formerly ofCourse IX., December i8th, at a Smoke Talkat the Technology Club. The subject will be"Rambles in Africa."

1903.The following men have been awarded

their numerals for football this year: Foster,Kruse, Lee, Doran, Merrick, Roper, Gray,Gleason and Crosby.

The Tech.There seems to be some misunderstanding

among the students as to where T4HE TECHcan be obtained. It is on sale in Rogerscorridor and the lunch room, on Thursdays.After that copies may be had at the co-op.supply room, Maclachlan's and at THE TTECHoffice.

A dead give-away - a bequest.-- Eae.

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Political Economy.In place of the general course entitled

"Political Economy and Industrial History,"heretofore taken uniformly by the JuniorClass in the second term, it is proposed togive the students an opportunity to selectfrom a number of more, special courses, asfollows: -

Banking and Exchange, five exercises.Economics of Iron and Steel Industries,

five exercises.Economics of Textile Industries, five exer-

cises.Merchant Marine, five exercises.Public Finance, ten exercises.Railway Transportation, ten exercises.Relations of Labor to Employers, five ex-

ercises.Tariff History, five exercises.

,Trade and Wage Statistics, five exercises.Each student will be required to select sub-

courses from the above list amounting totwenty hours. In order to arrange the tabu-lar views, it is necessary to have an earlychoice of courses made. Each student willtherefore, on the obtainable card, signifyhis choice by a cross opposite the name of thecourse. Students failing to indicate theirpreferences, run the risk of being arbitrarilyassigned to courses, with a view to equalizingthe size of the sections.

The cards must be handed in oxn Fri'day,December I 4 .

In making this provisional announcement,the Department reserves the right to omit anyof the courses suggested, if a considerablenumber of students do not apply, or if un-looked for difficulties in arranging the tabularview should appear before the beginning ofthe term.

DAVIS R. DEWEY.

"What does a man say when his feet getcold at night?"

"Oh, blanket ! " - Chaparral.

William Tell, '02, Princeton's left tackle,has been re-elected captain of Princeton'sfootball team for next year.

The following men have been appointed tocollect the assessment of fifty cents for theclass of 1902: Messrs. Broad, Homer, San-born, Doyle and Anderson.

Dr. Daniel C. Gilman has expressed hisintention of resigning the Presidency of theJohns Hopkins University in February. Nosuccessor has as yet been named.

A great many of the Juniors have not ob-tained and filled out the blanks for TechniqueStatistics. It is quite urgent that they do soat once. Blanks were left at the "Cage '"

for each member of the class.

Through the kindness of Professor Pearsonthe fourth year Course IV. class in Argument-ation was enabled to attend the Yale-Harvarddebate on Friday last, and the following menwere present: Laws, Campbell, Hall, Dow,and Hilken.

Tech was well represented at the big dancein Paul Revere Hall on Friday evening last.The men all are enthusiastic over the successof the affair and state that the evening wasone of the'pleasantest they had ever passed.Among those present were Walter Adams,'99, G. B. Wood, Clark, Cutter,- Millar,Chalifoux, Derby, Hilken, Cook, and Knight.

President Pritchett, during his last visit toWashington, was a guest Qf honor at a dinnerpresided over by Secretary of the Treasury,Gage. The occasion of the dinner wasPresident Pritchett's retirement from the

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superintendency of the- United States Coastand Geodetic Survey, which offiee he hasfilled most 'efficiently during the last threeyears.

Mr. John J. May -has, given the librarytwenty volumes on Chemistry and four onGeology and Surveying, from the library ofW. C. May, V., '73-

The Athletic Association has been presentedwith a cup which is to be awarded to theFreshman winning the largest number ofpoints in the winter and spring meets com-bined.

It has been decided to hold the Winter In-door Meet a week from Friday, at the Gym-nasium. The games will begin at 7 :30 P. M.,and it is hoped that there will be a large at-tendance.

Die Gesellschaft held a meeting on Friday,December 7th, at which C. W. Kellogg, Jr.,gave a talk on " Braunschweig." There willbe another meeting Friday, December ' 4 thin Room II; Pierce Building.

The annual dinner of the Andover Clubwas held last Thursday evening at the HotelMalaine. About twelve men were present.President Lawrence presided. Another din-ner will'probably be held next term.

The-Athletic Association has recommendedthat the baseball and the track team caps ofthe different classes be of a gray color, withthe class numerals put on in cardinal red, and,as before, the baseball numerals will be thebox numerals, and the track team numeralswill be the round ones. It is in order foreach class to adopt this excellent scheme.

The classes of '97 and '98 held their -re-spective Alumni Class Dinners last Saturdayevening in adjoining rooms in Young's Hotel.About twenty-five were present at each of thedinners. Speaking was informal, and amidthe many anecdotes and reminiscenses re-lated, a very enjoyable evening was -passed.

'77. Edmund Grover, I., is engaged inlandscape engineering at East Walpole andsurrounding country.

'8i. Ira Abbott, I., is at Andover, Mass.,in engineering and supply business.

'84. Alfred L. Fitch, II., is in the con-struction department of Swift and Company,Union Stock Yards, Chicago.

'87. George F. Sever, Vi., formerly aninstructor in Columbia University, has beenappointed superintendent of electrical ex-hibits at .the Pan-American Exposition,Buffalo. He has made the suggestions tothe officials that the classes in electrical en-gineering from all the colleges be invited tocome to the Exposition and inspect the plantthere, which is to be the best equipped andmost extensive of any in the world.

'93. WV. W. Cirosby, II., will take chargeas principal of the new building which willbe built for the present Lowell Textile School.The building is the gift of the State and ofMr. Frederick F. Ayer of New York.

'96. Henry Gardner, II., is assissant to thechief draughtsman, motive power department,Boston and Maine Railroad.

'98. Edward W. Ritchie, IVT., is a UnitedStates Assistant Engineer, Havana, Cuba.

'99. William C. Phalen, V., is Professorof Chemistry in the New Mexico School ofMines, Socarro, N. M.

'oo. Charles E. Baldwin, V., is chemistwith Cellulose Products Company, in thiscity.

'oo. Charles A. Barton, Jr., VI., is in theengineering department of the New YorkWestern Electric Company.

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Creeping, hypochondriacal paralysis has been glid-ing over THE LOUNGER'S tortured eyesight at the viewof the gorgeous collection of colored inks with whichthe editor has seen fit to embellish the cover of thispaper during the present fraction of the year. TlHELOUNGER has even been led to a highly complicatedastronomical experiment with figures reduced from acursory observation of the walls of various lecturerooms. On these walls he has Observed solar spectracomposed of seven colors. On the covers of THETECH, he would not attempt to reckon accuratelyhow many colors he has seen, because he is unwillingto have aspersions cast upon his character, but heimagines it would come close to seventy-seven.Hence, by an 'implied, implicated, inferential, andaltogether staggering deduction, THE LOUNGER provesthat THE TECH casts more light upon the Massachu-setts Institute of Technology than does the sun. Ifany readers are further interested in the discussionof this problem of higher mathematics, THE LOUNGERwould be pleased to meet them in his private denand furnish information as to how this brilliancy ismade capable of being borne.

It was not many moons ago that THE LOUNGERfound material for meditation and prayer and forvariegated comment in the columns of THE TECH onthe occurrence of a recent Bohemian dinner of thestaid Architectural Society, but now as he sits in hisMorris chair in the editorial sanctum and contem-plates the initial concert of -the season by thoseillustrious clubs whose photographs lend a peculiarcharm to the supplement of this week's TECH, hemust admit that the clubs have surpassed all formerrecords. Under Brig. Gen. H-ds - n the clubs es-sayed to give a classical performance at a provincialtown known as Salem and from what THE LOUNCGERgathers, they certainly succeeded although the audi-ence was in no critical mood that evening, owing toan uncertainty of the understanding as well as an un-stability of the bodily frame incident on a generousappreciation of the flowing bowl. But the audiencewas not wholly to be blamed. THE I,OUNGER under-

stands in consideration of the fact that it had to takethe passive and defensive part in the excitement, andthe strain of carrying the, offensive part of the en-gagement seems to have been overmuch for the club.For THE LIOUNGER understands on the return trip fourcar windows were put hoas de comba! and various otherenterprises were put through. But perhaps THELOUNGER should draw the veil over the too gorgeouspicture he has attempted to sketch and to leave thetempestuous club to commune with their own medi-tations on bills for broken glass. But as he pondersTHE LOUNGER considers if it would not be well tostart a fund for Y. M. C. A. work among the MusicalClubs. If such a scheme meets anyone's approval,funds may be sent in to THE LOUNGER.

THE LOUNGER has seen questions come and go.He has not been neglected for many years in the listof the junior Class when questions for statistics weremailed. This year, however, in Louis of the factthat the statisticians have not asked for anything inthe way of a loan it was hoped that the student -note the term- would not get daffy and force uponthe defenceless statisticians a superabundance of hotair. Some of the questions would bring the blush ofshame to the Examiner in Applied. " What is yourage ?" "Why ?" "How tall does your sister standin Aunt Mary's shoes ?" " Who ? " The questionsare divided into natural groups for convenience. Thefirst one has to do with a man's physical measure-ments. T'HE LOUNGER has no'objection whatever tothese. The second class, however, contains someinquiries as to one's personal habits from which theTet/nidque statisticians are not so likely to get exactand perfectly reliable answers. The first one, " Willyou have something on me ?" needs no comment.The space it occupied was wasted. The same maybe said of the second, "Have you ever been in theCGymn ?" When one reads the answers to "Howmuch more do you spend than you get?" " I)oesthis equal your laundry bill ?" the results may takeup more space. After some further research intoone's habits, the editors wish to know, "-lDo you at-tend the co-ed. teas ?" Now this, too, is absolutelywithout reason, for does not everyone at rTech knowthat Freehand H - nt - r and Mr. L - ck - tt are theonly undergraduates so honored ? Then follows aformidable array of questions as to what is her firstname, whether or not she will be at the Prom. andwhy' your -Aunt- Agnes uses cream in her sailaddressing. "W ould n't you like to be at the head -ofCourse IX. ? " offers a subject for interesting discus-sion, an (l "Who is your Uncle ?" will undoubtedlycause much rivalry down on Harrison Avenue. Theresults will undoubtedly prove interesting, so THELOUNGER will reconcile himself to waiting for theappearance of Technique, 1902, when the trend of hisremarks will be more fully appreciated.

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Week Commencing December 10, 1900.

Hollis Street Theatre.- Louis Mann and

Clara Lipman have already scored an enormous suc-cess in "s All on Account of Eliza." It is clean and

uproariously funny. The German accent of Mr.Mann keeps one in a continuous laugh, and thecharacter of the village school. teacher is well playedby Miss Lipman. The engagement is for only oneweek more.

Colonial Theatre. " Ben Hur " will be theinaugural attraction at the new theatre, the openingperformance being on Wednesday night, Decemberi 9 th. Seats are already on sale.

Tremont Theatre. - Mr. E. S. Willard, thegreat English actor will give "The Professor's Love

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Story" evenings for the rest of this week and " TomPinch" on Saturday matinee. Next week he willgive the following: Monday, Thursday, and Satur-day evenings, "T'rhe Middleman; " Tuesday even-ing and Wednesday matinee, "David Garrick;"Wednesday evening, "aTo m-Pinch; ", Friday even-ing and Saturday matinee, "The Professor's LoveStory."

Boston fluseum. -- The superb production of"Hearts are Trumps" has carried Boston by storm.It is a gigantic dramatic spectacle with 300 peopleon the stage and fourteen very realistic scences.One should not miss seeing this wonderful play.

Columbia Theatre. - This is the last week ofMarie Dressler's very successful run in "Miss Prinnt."Her burlesque entitled "Zaza" is excellent and veryfunny. Next week "Miladi and the Musketeer"will be given by a very competent company.

Castle Square Theatre. -" The Great Ruby"is having such popularity that it will be continued forstill another week. The scenic and mechanical effectsincidental to the play add much to its popularity,and the members of the Castle Square Company takethe parts well. The next attraction is "A YoungWife."

Boston Theatre. - Next week is the last of"Quo Vadis" and everybody should see this Romanplay before it goes.

Park T heatre. -- Next week is the last of Broad-hurst's funny comedy, "The House that Jack Built."

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