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mpathi esPh y s i cs Professor PhilipMorrison acting as chairman.Following the rally, there will bea march to the Common. Bellpointed out that people "work-ing through the center" have"bent their efforts" to organizethe MIT rally.

The theme of Wednesday'srallies is to stop "business asUsual." Bell stated that bothprofessors and students were be-ing encouraged to boycott theirclasses on Wednesday, notingthat Professor Morrison has pub-licly cancelled his classes.

On Thursday morning, therewill be an assembly at 8 am onthe Boston Common followedby a march to Government Cen-ter. The protestors plan to pick-et the Kennedy building andstop "business as usual." accord-ing to Bell. James Snell '72, acenter organizer. termed the ac-tion "non-violent civil disobedi-ence" saying that the demonstra-tors would try to "shut downthe building." He added that itwas hoped tha.t less militant

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The -Corporation VisitingCommittee on Student Affairsmet over the weekend to assessthe Institute's residence programand recommend action for MITin the future.

While the committee's finalreport w ill not be ready untiln e x t fall, chairman JamesChampy told Tlhe Tech that hiscolleagues were both impressedwith MIT's record of progressand concerned that MIT nowconsider the three possibilities ofrenewing Ashdown, Baker. EastCampus, and Senior House,adding capacity (increasing thenumber of beds), and dealingwith the fraternity problem inparticular.

The visit offered a uniqueopportunity to gather impres-sions about the quality of lifewithin MIT's living groups, sincemany student representativeswere on hand Saturday morningto give the Committee first-handaccounts.

Preserve diversityChampy explained that the

Committee, besides noting theInstitute's progress, was alsostruck by the need to maintain

_}-"~' ,~f.4~7:,'_ ' , Pltoto by Sheldon LowenthaliVisiting Corrmmittee members -(cured a few MIT dormitories duringtheir weekend visit. The stairs above run through Bexley Hall.

and preserve "with quality" thediversity of life styles now avail-able to students. As for part-icular reactions, the Committeewas impressed with MacGregor,concerned about conditions atBexley, and shared a generalfeeling that Ashdown was worthpreserving. Another visible prob-

lem centers on the need to in-volve students in the housingdecision process.

Champy predicted that theCommittee's decision would bevery much affected by the stud-ents' presentation. PresidentHoward Johnson himself notedin his own postscript and re-action to the hearings Saturdaymorning that the students dis-played an impressive amount ofinsight into the problems withinMIT's living groups.

Institute HousingMike Wilson, Dormitory

Council Chairman, coordinatedthe presentation of life in Insti-tute housing. The chief reasonthat students leave for apart-ments, he explained, is that theyhave no control over their envir-onment. Alienation and disaffec-tion often set in, and the ever-rising financial costs of living inthe dormitories are often thefinal blow. A recent poll ofstudents in Baker House showedthat 20 to 25% of the residentswould move out if they couldfind apartments.

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By Buddy MillerTIhe (Concourse Experiment.

the newest of the experimentalstudy programs, was recentlygiven approval by the Commit-tee on Educational Policy. Con-course is to operate in 19)71-72and is now in the final stages ofplanning.

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Bucciarelli also pointed outthat Concourse will have morestructure and faculty directionthan do the Unified ScienceStudy Program (USSP) and the

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- A recently released report bya student task force calls on MITto develop an undergraduateprogram aimed at developingwell-rounded students while rec-ognizing that students must beable to design their own cur-ricula.

Well-roundedness is a threepart ensemble of intellectual, so-cial, and emotional factors. Thereport iargues that this part of anindividual's personality is crucialto successful self-fulfillment inour present pluralistic environ-ment, and offers a number ofpossibilities for incorporatingwithin MIT the means for turn-ing out well-rounded students.

SCEP task forceThe students who produced

the report worked as a task forcefor the Student Committee onEducational Policy (SCEP). Dur-Ing the Independent ActivitiesPeriod they held small, informalhearings to discuss undergradu-ate education at MIT. Thoughthe composition of the groupchanged with time, the signers ofthe document include past SCEPchairman Ed Grossman, presentSCEP chairman Pete Messeri,and Diane Lum, Bill Orchard,Steve Reuys, and Stan Zeitz.

The report provides a set of

eight "approaches," suggestionsthat range from "componential"projects like encounter groups ofvertical seminars to such "com-prehensive" ideas as an exper-imental college of free universi-ty. Some of the ideas are ex-plained in detail, while othrs -for example, the experimentalcollege - consist of a set ofquestions, the answers to whichwill shape the character of theproposal. The task force stoppedshort of formally recommendingany of their proposals, preferringinstead that the students them-selves be responsible for the cre-ation of new programs.

Beyond this mainstream ofprograms created to enhance thestudents' well-roundedness areother comments on MIT's educa-tional mission. "There is a grow-ing conviction within ourgroup," notes the task force,"that a professional education atthe undergraduate level may beneither practical or desirable."The report also knocks MIT'semphasis on the "games" oftenure and grades: "this highlyinstrumental ethos is consistentwith the pragmatism of engineer-ing and science, but is inconsis-tent with the atmosphere of aneducational institution."

. I'I 'U,riking for apples was just one part of the actionabove, as a large crowd enjoyed itself outside on

Photo by Sheldurt LowentlthaiFriday afternoon. A carnival wasUrban Action Group.

Kresge Plaza lastheld there by the

By Kyle Richardson"If you look at an MIT organ-

izational chart, you'll notice thatbelow the vice presidential level,you're not sure who reports towhom. It's very informal. Wedon't even have an administra-tion building, per se. This maybe good; I don't know," com-mented Alan Kraning, one ofthe four members of MIT's Ana-lytic Studies Group.

The Analytic Studies Groupwas developed and is ostensiblyfunded by the Ford Foundationto determine better systems ofuniversity management at MIT.

The Group is seeking effec-tiveness in the educational, re-search, and community serviceaspects of the Institute. It isasking, basically, four questions.First, what is MIT doing? Se-cond, how is it doing it'? Third,are there better ways of doingit'? Fourth, are there betterthings to do? Currently, thegroup is exploring the first ofthese. Understanding the deci-sion making procedures of theInstitute and not relying totallyon the ability of relatively. insig-nificant data to reflect key atti-tudes and objectives around MlT

plague the group.In existance for two years,

the Analytic Studies Group iscurrently a transient group ofmen with varying resources, eachworking on an aspect of MIT'sfunction and management inwhich he is capable and inter-ested.

Alan Kraning is preparing anon-line data collection and pro-cessing system in order to makeavailable more and better organ-ized data for management de-cisions. Professor James Bruce ofthe Electrical Engineering de-

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By Lee Giguere!'he Peace Information Cen-

ter in the East Lounge of theStudent Center is only the mostvisible part of an effort to organ-ize anti-war sentiment at M ITw·hich includes canvassing andthe planning of a rally at MIT onM ayS.

I he center grew out of meet-ing, held in mid-April. Accord-ing to Professor of BiologyEugene Bell. it is mineant to servea, a "focal point" fromnt whichinfornmation on the spring peaceoffensive could be obtained. Thecenter. he explained. is being runby an ad hoc group of facultyandi students to serve the com-munity.

7The "principle concern" ofthe group. Bell added. is a "goodturnout" on May 5 on- theBoston Common. The Commonrally is being held to commem-orate the deaths at Kent StateUniversity and Jackson (Collegelast year. Speakers will includeDave Dellinger. Sen. VanceHartke. Howard Zinn. and rep-resentatives from the NationalStudent Mobilization Commit-tee. the People's Peace TreatyOrganization. the Catholic PeaceFellowship, the United FarmWorkers Organization. and theMass. Welfare Rights Organiza-tion. as well as representativesfronm Llbor and Women's Lib-eration. In addition. a miemberof Mayday will report on theactivities in Washington.

Prior to the Boston-wide ral-ly. there will bc an 1 1:30 rallyat MIT . Professor of PhysicsBernard Feld and Professor ofBiology Salvadore Luria areslated to speak at MIT, with

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTFor hearty and-often self-sacrificing coopera-

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The Puritan Linotype Company: Mr. S. Heint-zehnan, publisher; William. J. Green, foreman;Oscar Dibbern, head lino man, and eight assistants;Edward H. Knight, advertising man; Frank B.Wiley and Richard J. Gray, "stone" men; H.C.Spencer, head pressman; John Anderson, feeder;Louis A. Price, folder, and Paul Messerlian,"bank"man.

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And now, after a brief'.ltd hectically enlivenedperiod of celebration, those Technology men whohave made the New Technology possible are aboutto leave us to work out our own destiny. Thesesolemn exercises have marked out entrance into acollege- environment whose outward and visiblegrandeur outrealizes the realization of a Tech-nology undergraduate's wildest dream. When wecome to inhabit this monumental shell, let it bewith a determination to achieve in ut a living spiritof aspiration beyond any the past has known.

The Tech; June 15, 1916

A PLEDGE TO SERVICEThe Dedication of the New Technology, as had

been planned, was the crowning event of thereunion festivities. The simple manner in whichthe ceremonies were conducted is typical ofmethods and aims of Technology, both of the pastand, we hope, of the future.

The dedication of the magnificent group of newbuildings to -the service of the state and the nationhas'tfemendous significance with the impressivebackground of the accomplishments during thepast fifty years of Tech on Boylston Street.

The appreciation of the trained man in theindustrial arts compared with his position at thetime when Williarn Barton Rogers founded theInstitute is vastly better. From the viewpoint ofthe possibilities of the future, the service-ability ofa polytechnic institution is enormous.

And it is to thee doctrine of service that theMassachusetts Institute of Technology has againbeen dedicated.

Technology's Dedication and Fiftieth Reunion,the finest and most unique jubilee of its kind, hasbeen turned from the future into the past,becoming a landmark in the history of Science. Itspurpose has been accomplished. Not only has itintroduced New Technology, imbued the under-graduates with that vigor for which the alumni arefamed, and appropriately transferred the Institutework and administration from Boylston Street;but it has also in a large measure ensured the Second-class postage paid at Boston, Massachusetts. The Tech is published

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By Alex MakowskiPerhaps the best way to begin

reviewing the recent SCEP taskforce report on undergraduateeducation here is to recognizethat the report does not dealwith education per se. Perhpasthe document's drafters shouldhave labelled the piece "A Viewof the Undergraduate Environ-ment at MIT," so faculty mem-bers won't be quite so disap-pointed when they find only alittle analysis of their work.

The report's chief success liesin its discussion of how well MITprovides for the personal devel-opment of its students. To con-clude that all a student's needsare provided for when his intel-lectual development has beer,furthered would be mistaken - amature adult must have come togrips with emotional and socialrealities as well. As the taskforce and other observers beforehave pointed out, faculty whoexpect that their students willgrow and mature through theirscience and math curricula onlywill be disappointed.

PrioritiesAn important question, how-

ever, and one that remains essen-tially undiscussed in this report,is where this emotional and so-cial development should rank onMIT's scale of priorities. Thetask force members seem to takeas axiomitic the principle thatMIT should invest much of itsresources in programs for well-roundedness, but it would notbe difficult to find many facultywho would object that this isnot the proper role for a univer-sity. It would probably not bevery difficult to find many stu-dents who would raise the same

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objection. As the task force it-self points out, "the individualhimself is the only one who candetermine his own self-fulfill-ment;" it seems rather preten-tious for the task force not toadmit that there is a question ofpriorities involved. Perhaps moreMIT students see MIT moneyput into science and engineeringfaculty who would spend theirtime in teaching rather than re-search.

An alternative the task forcemight investigate is student gov-emrment financial support forsome of their ideas. For exam-ple, one of the eight suggested"approaches" involves sponsor-ing such social events for localstudents as outdoor art exhibi-tions or jam sessions. Many ofthe social and emotional devel-opment problems the task forceraised are amenable to solutionwithin the present living groupstructure. Working through theundergraduate governmrent rath-er than the MIT bureaucracy hasthe advantage of freeing the pro-jects from red tape and outsidecontrol. Already there is moneyavailable within ithe Finboardtreasury. Last year, for example,a bare half-dozen or dozen de-bate team members were bud-geted more than $10,000. Per-haps the undergraduate govern-ment would be better off com-mitting such funds to programsthat could benefit the wholestudent population.

QuestionsA last comment on the re-

port's focus is that the docu-ment raises more questions than:it answers. The most far-reachingand interesting proposal, an ex-perimental college, is only vague-

ly described by six questionsabout finances, curricula, resi-dence, and the like, that must beanswered before the projecttakes on any meaning. On aslightly different level, the taskforce insists over and over again:"We firmly believe that it is thestudents who must design theirown curricula;" "We stronglyurge the Institute to give theundergraduates the primary con-trol over the direction of theirown education," without everspecifying what they mean by"design" or "control."

But perhaps the answers tosuch questions were beyond thescope of this work. The taskforce did note in its introductionthat "unless the right questionsare asked . . . neither fruitful dis-cussion nor 'creative renewal'can result." And there is theprecedent of the .Commissionreport, which similarly describedmajor programs like the FirstDivision with. little more thanquestions. The best way to im-plement such ideas as an experi-mental college or a First Divisionmay well be to tantalize andprovoke the community into adiscussion, but if these docu-ments' drafters claim some ex-pertise they might have providedus with some of their opinions.

The report certainly meritsthe attention of both studentsand faculty.- Written by under-graduates, it can lay claim toinsights and perspectives thatother groups must lack. Further-more, it's cheap. Total cost tothe community for this worth-while examination of the under-graduate environment was $155for distribution and a few dollarsfor refreshments.

To the editor:I noted with interest the re-

cent advertisements from TheCoop informing the communityof the effort "To better serveyou - New Coop hours as ofApril 26, 1971," with the newhours for the Tech store listed asMonday through Saturday, 9:15a.m. through 5:30 p.m. Thesehours are in contrast with thepresent hours of Mondaythrough Saturday, 8:50 through5:30 p.m.

i hope that The Coop doesnot continue to try to serve usbetter by further shortening thetimes the Tech store is open.

W.T. Martin

To the editor:Wednesday, May 5, marks the

first anniversary of the tragediesof Kent and Jackson State. Incommemoration of those events,and in the hope of inhibitingfurther extensions of our war inIndochina, a great many peoplewill nark that day by foregoingbusiness as usual.

I intend to join them. Sincethat day my main business isteaching, I feel I owe somejustification to the MIT studentsand community. The obligationsof teaching are beyond the bind-ing power of contracts. Teacherand student are in fact bound ina complex shared task, as: oldand as rich as culture itself..'Themechanics we examine in 8.06owes much to anonymous in-sights and practices over. themillenia, and more to the indivi-duals whose names attach to our

very methods...Euler, Hamilton,Born...every teacher was, likeme, once a student. Some per-sonal teachers once aided himtowards understanding, an un-derstanding he can but re-workto engage a later generation. Aman should teach in a sense ofgratitude no less than with ex-pectancy.

We cannot lightly cancelclasses, and I do not. But neithercan we honestly meet students,against conscience. I shall notlecture that day, but we canmake practicable arrangementsto find another time to meet,even to devote more hours ifthey are needed to bridge theloss in continuity.

I hope others, students, facul-ty, and staff, will want and beable to join in marking the day.A widespread abstention frombusiness as usual can shortenthat repugnant war.

A Philip Morrison

To The Editor:In March I announced

through The Tech that CISwould hold a forum, since theattempt to arrange a debate hadfailed. We will put up posterstomorrow announcing the placeand time, May 13 at 4 pm in theCAES auditorium, 9-150.

I am concerned that studentsor faculty may acquire and re-tain vague bad impressions aboutCIS and its members, since ifenough irresponsible statementsare made, people remembersome of them. Hence, the fo-rum; if any: reader of this letteris curious about social scienceresearch at CIS, I urge him toattend even if the end of theterm is breathing down his neck.

An example of some of thenasty impressions being dissemi-nated concerns Professor IthielPool. Neither in CIS research norin private counsulting has he atany time recommended, en-dorsed, favored, or aided in plan-ning involuntary relocation ofaffy Vietnamese, Cambodians, orLaotians. He has opposed it.Contrary statements are eithermalicious or feverish,. and ineither case false.

Everett E. HagenDirector

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two of them reporters. Sze'jlcommented that the group taik-ed more about apathy than pol-itics, The emphasis. Snell con-tinued,-was to try to "catch theattention" of people who arenot very interested in Vietnam.Besides East Campus, the canvas-sers have visited Baker House,Random Hall, and Lambda ChiAlpha. Their efforts were poorlyreceived, Snell reported, withmost of those who attendedshowing little interest in doingmore than discussing the issue.

Another of the canvassers,Steve Mullinax, admitted thatthe group "hadn't been able tostir up a lot of interes'." Headded that the group isn't grow-ing because they haven't beenable to convince other people towork with them. ' peculating onthe reasons behind this lack ofinterest, Mullinax commentedthat there was- no "charismaticleader" in the group. More im-portantly, however, he blamedthe apathy on a feeling that"there's nothing they can do"on the part of many peoplecoupled with the conviction thatNixon's doing all he can. "I1 feelmy hands are tied," he said.

The first efforts of the group,both Bell and Snell stated, wereto obtain endorsement for thePeople's Peace Treaty. Snellstated that the canvassers weretrying to talk with people whohaven't been involved in politicsand form a coalition of everyone"who for any reason" is againstthe war.

(Continued rom page I1people would gather around theKennedy building even if theydid not participate directly.

On May 9, Snell continued,an anti-war action at Hanscom-Air Force Base in Lincoln isplanned. Busses are to carry thedemonstrators to LexingtonGreen from which they willmarch to Hanscom, arriving at,3pm. An anti-war action is alsoplanned for May 15, Armed

Forces Day.The center grew out ot a

series of meetings in mid-Aprilwhen planning for the canvassingbegan and the MIT Peace Coali-tion was formed, according toSnell: At the same time, planswere made for Mike Albert'sappearance at MIT on April 21.

The first attempt at canvas-sing on the MIT campus, a meet-ing in Talbot Lounge at EastCampus, drew only five people,

where members of the Maydaytribe had camped all week.

One spokesman for the Tribe,speaking over the weekend in amoment of extreme candor,admitted that there were a lot ofdrugs, much "screwing around"'(literal and figurative), and littlepolitical consciousness amongthose camped in the "peacepark."

By Pete PeckarskyWASHINGTON - For the lastweek, the nation's capitol hasresembled a city under seigewith the People's Coalition forPeace and Justice (PCPJ) dis-rupting business at a series offederal buildings and principlehighways.

The Tribe's efforts to blocktraffic into the city yesterdaymorning met with limited suc-cess. By 10 am most traffic wasmoving normally, although therehad been tie-ups on the Arling-ton and Theodore Rooseveltbridges. The attempt resulted inover 5000 arrests by 11 am, andit appeared questionable yester-day whether the Tribe would beable to mount a second effort atdisrupting the government thismorning.

it appears that the permanentrevocation Sunday of the May-day TIribe's permit to use theWest Potomac Park as a campingground helped the 'I'ribe in itseffort to disrupt traffic yester-dlay morning. When the permitwas revoked at six ami Sunday,groups from each region of thecountry announced times and.places for meetings later in thetday. Each region was assigned a

specific target (a bridge or trafficcircle).

The District of Columbia po-lice were taken off the streetsearly in the evening after havingbeen out all afternoon to copewith the crowd. However, theDistrict of Columbia NationalGuard was deployed at 1 I pmin infull riot gear with side-arms.

TI'he reasons given for therevocation of the MaydayTribe's permit for the use of thepark evcre the numerous viola-tions of the terms of the permit.the large number of arrests ofdemonstrvtors. the widespreaduse of narcotics. and the plans ofthose in the park to shut downthe governnment. At approxi-mately no6n. Washington policeswept the park area and nmade ')90arrests. Many people were roanl-ing the streets with no place togo Sunlday. and a nuimber ofhelicopters were overflying thedowntown area.

Last week, the demIonstratorsdirected their attacks at-the newSenate office building. the Sel-ctive Service teadltquarters, tlhecInternal Revenue Service. theDepartment of Health. Educa-tion and Welfare building andthe Justice Departmlent building.Over 410 arrests for disorderlyconduct were miadce during thecourse of the week.

'The weekend began with arock cotncert on Saturday aftetr-noon. which by nmidnight hadattractedl an estimated 100,000people. The concert was held inWest Potolmac park, inimnediate lysouth of the Lincoln Memoriall.Just south of the concert sitewas the "Algonquin Peace IParki"

(Cron tilued f/rote page /)Experimental . Study Group(ESG).

Professor Duncan Foley. an-other Concourse staff memberfrom the Economics Depart-ment, expressed the opinion thatthe student in Concourse will beunder much less pressure thanthe average student, even thoughtests and problem sets will stillbe given. He hopes Concoursewill not follow the basic patternin which the professors' notesare transferred to the students'notes which are then transferredto test papers with but minimalconsideration as to their worth.

Professor Travis Merrit, astaff member from the Humniani-ties Department. put emphasison the fact that the staff of theprogram will, in the subjectsthey do not teach, be learningalong with the students. Hethinks the students will be en-couraged in seeing that theirprofessors are not omnniscient.

He said, "I think it will behelpful to the students to watchme sweat it out learning calcu-Ills.

fHe-also thought the fact thatall the students' subjects will beunder the direction of one or-ganized group of faculty mem-bers will help fornm a muchbetter time schedule for thework load placed on the stu-dents.

(Concourse steimmied from afreshman seminar of the fallterm of 1l70-71. The semiinarwas entitled "From Earth toMoon: Fact. Fiction. and Fanta-sy" and was staffed principly bythe (Concourse group. TIhis semi-nar tested many of the group'sideas. especially the concept oftheme-centered learning. Its suc-cess encouraged the group toformni this new experimentalstudy program.

Tfhe program will consist oftwo parts running concurrently

-- the CGenerai Meetings andWorking (; roups.

I The (General Meetings will in-volve faculty and students in a

single integrated study runningthrough the academic year.These meetings will be devotedmainly to discussion of problemsets, lectures by various mem-bers of the staff, panel discus-sions, debated, and drTamatic per-formances by students and facul-ty Members.

The subject matter of theGeneral Meetings will probablyhe some central theme whichwill be approached from manyangles. The students will thus seehow professors of differentfields approach problems andwill hopefully 'get a better ideaas to their own fields of concen-tration.

The Working Groups willplace special emphasis on origi-nal work by students. In thesethe students will plan and carryto completion several worth-while projects.

Students will spend aboutone-third of their time in theseWorking Groups. At the start ofthe year students will be dividedinto groups of five to ten, in-cluding two faculty members.Each of these will tackle a com-mon problem assigned by thefaculty and related to the con-tent of the General Meeting dis-cussions.

At the beginning of Novem-her the students will be asked toforim groups of their own with-out faculty guidance. Each of

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becoming less and less able todistinguish the real from theunreal. Or perhaps because theseanecdotes hl'e already beenfitted into the context of Ameri-can life. Unlike Vietnam, theyare easy to understand.

The war of the novel is strik-ingly different from the war thatis brought home to America onthe six o'clock news. The massairborne assaults are missing,there are no scenes of troopsrunning under fire across water-filled rice paddies. Rather, it is awar of maps, a war of stylebetween two clerks, and a fightfor the love of a local girl.

The reality of the war lies notin its violence, but in the drudg-ery of its paper work. One of thegenerals, talking on the famous"Christmas comedian," explains:"The individual hero, we have away of saying, is.obsolete. I'vealways said myself that all themen are equally commend-able . . . You might even say thatthe more common the job, themore the man is a hero." This, itseems, is the reality of the warthat best blends with the con-text of American life.

But the contradiction of Viet-nam lies with its violence.Sloan's clerk-narrator has adream: "In it my role is more orless heroic. That is to say that I

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have captured is injured from afall. Next scene - his men, oncue, ire in the process of beatingthe suspect up.

The gimmickry essentiallyconsists of alternating back andforth between real photographicimages and their negatives, andof using the same set over andover again when particularpoints are being made to ramhome the connection. As the

film proceeds, however, andthese techniques have been used,one tires of them, as they arere-used, again and again.

In short, while van Peebles'statement about black/white re-iations is legitimate, his mannerof presentation tends to obscure,rather than magnify, this state-ment, with the result that thefilm is more a personal ego tripthan anything else.

By Harvey BakerS weet Swieetback's Baad

..l s'Sss Soing is not a great movie.It may be a good movie, but it'shard to tell. because directorMelvin van Peebles had loaded itwith so much "artistry'" andcamlera techniques that the mov-ie seems more girnmicky thananything else.

Also, the plot seems to havebeen sacrificed to make a politi-cal statement. Van Peebles isblack. and the movie. entirelyhis own creation, stars him inthe lead as Sweetback, a victimof the white power structure andsysteml of "justice." While thisby itself would be fair enough.van Peebles allows the film todegenerate to little more than-anhour long chase by the white

power structure of a radicalizedblack pimp, who is wounded andmust outrun helicopters travel-ing on foot, and who ultiminatelysucceeds in running all the wayacross the Mexican border.

This makes the film dullenough in terms of plot, butwhat adds to the dull plot is theoversimplified approach to real-ity portrayed in the film, inwhich everything the white pow-er structure does is bad, andeverything Sweetback does isgood. This lends a familiar air ofpredictability to the drama. withthe result that van Peebles ulti-mately stretches the black egotrip he is projecting into a per-sonal ego trip (don't forget. he'splaying the starring role).

The film does get in a few

good cracks however, whichshow that despite van Peeblestrite tale overall, the real blackphilosophy is allowed to cutthrough the gimmickry. Exam-ple: A black minister speaks,"Ain't it strange how when wedie our folks like to rejoice."Another example: With the presshanging on his ear, our policechief notes aloud on the tele-phone that the suspect his men

By Lee GiguereIlWcar GaIics. James Park Sloan(Houghton Miflin Company,$4.95)

The novel. according toJames Sloan. is an attempt at"grappling with events." Elabor-ating, Sloan advances that it isthe "process of trying to under-stand" that is important. IWar''(;aneCs, Sloan states. is an at-tempt to understand the war inVietnam.

On a superficial level. it iseasy to view War Gamnes as anattempt to demonstrate theabsurdity of the war. At bestsoldiers get medals for nothingat all. and at worst they'redecorated for massacres. Andeven among the "real" heroes.the criterion which distinguisheswhat medal a soldier gets is nothow brave his act was, butwhether he died doing it.

However, working on Sloan'slevel. the book takes on a newaspect. Sloan is grappling withthe events of the war, particu-larly the violent ones, and howthey fit into the context ofmodern America.

The things that are the mostreal to Sloan's first person narra-tor are paper work. The narratoris a clerk and views the army as acivil service. The soldiers goingto the war are uniformed civilservants. no more fit than anarmy of postal clerks.

"The longer one is in thearmy," he writes, "the harder itis to distinguish what has hap-pened from the war stories hehas heard." Unlike more typicalwar novels, Wlar Games is notfilled with anecdotes from thewar. Instead, it is filled withanecdotes from America's previ-ous wars, as if the narrator were

By Harvey Bakerhll' lii ustrated Anatomy of'

('aCll)lo.~ It/ln/tor by Dario Pol-itella. Syllabus Publications.1')71. 105 pages, S'.50.

The value of lThe Illust-rated.1·aton171 /oJ C'ampuJ)s. i2 [)1110F istwotfold. First, it serves as a neatsort of encyclopedia of canmnusnetdia humor over the past de-

cade. during which time the au-thor. Dario Politella. has beentaking samplings nationwide.Second. it serves to remind usilst how had campus hunmor as awhole really is.

As Politella concedes in theintroduction, "the only realhumor on the college campustoday results rather fromn inno-cence than inspiration."' oday'scollege humorists really justhaven't got the stuff. as sonime ofthe examples given in Politella'shook niake us only too painfullyaware. Nonetheless. author Pol-itclla is quite serious in his at-te n pt to chronicle collegehumor; he fills his entire bookwith witicisnis. both intentionaland otherwise. and tries to makeus undlerstand that hunor (of asort) can still he found on ourcollege camlpuses. if one is wil-ling to look for it. For examples.he turns almost exclusively tothe headlines that appear in col-lege newspapers. Admnist the gen-erally low Icvel of humor. onefinds ain occasional gem, how-ever. such as the following tronlthe Butler University Collegian:"Old college presidents never die

they just lose their faculties. "Too often, however, the book

does not succeed. This occursprimarily because the author i,,too content to let his "hunmor'"rest on typographical errors andbcaluse the large part of thehumor is really just sex-relatedmaterial that is funny in thesanme sense that a dirty joke isfunny. While this need not de-tract overly from the humor, the

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point is that this is not campushumor that is' being circulated;rather it is just plain old guiltfeelings about sex churning up aguffaw in those who read it.Perhaps. then. this is the state-ment that Politella himself isunintentionally making - thathumnor on today's campuses is ofa sort that is trite and old-fash-ioned, that the seriousness oftoday's students, particularly inregard to their politics, is of suchintensity that humor no longerplays a role. and that if youwant to find something that isfunny about it. you literallyhave to go back and dredge uptypographical errors and dirtyjokes.

his far-out styles Lake's some-what regular type songs and youhave too many forces pulling intoo many directions and analbum that sounds occasionallydisjointed. They often don'tknow when to leave well enoughalone. They will break up anexcellent piano solo with anacoustic guitar section or a drumsolo. Some of these changes aresmooth. bht too many of themaren't: this is jerky and createsan anxious feeling.

Emerson's keyboard workhere is up with his best. He canstill fly through any style --rock, jazz, classical - with equalease. He is also becoming adeptat playing the Moog, although heseems a bit too eager at times.IHis ahtics on "Lucky Man" spoilthe fadeout with an extra ending

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,lMotel Sthot Delaney & Bonnie& Friends (Atco)

It actually sounds as if thismusic was recorded in a motelroom, or maybe a basement. Thesound is acoustic. with only atambourine and a suitcase or ahandclap to keep the rhythm.Each song was probably re-corded in one take. And it seemnslike Delaney & Bonnie havefound their place. They stickmostly to gospel and blues: andwith the help of their usualmyriad of friends..they put out agood strong sound. The harmon-ies mnay be a little raw and theedges mlay be a little rough, butthe feeling is there and with ani inimumn of accoimpanimentthey can produce just as muchfunky mnusic as they need towithout any sort of strain. Thisis probably their best environ-nment. Any fancy arrangementslfor theml are largely waste. Someof their previous records sound alittle overdone sometimes. MoitclShot suffers rarely from suchexcess. It just presents the sim-ple, unadorned, Delaney & Bon-

nie and friends, and that's reallygood enough to be worth listen-ing to.

l:' e rso n , L.ake & Pahner(Cotillion)

You can hear the talent thatis here. Keith Emerson, formerlyof the Nice. has found twomusicians he seems to play amrnic-ably with. (;Greg Lake (King('rimson's bassist) can write andsing better than Lee Jacksonever did. And Carl Palmer(drums) is fast enough to keepup with Emerson's rapid key-board work (although he is. notas good as Brian l)Daivson).

Yet, the record is very frus-trating at times. Emerson. unfor-tunately. still hasn't solved hisprobleitl. fie has always had atendency to try to play everykind of music at once. Add 'to

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caught up with me." Is, thlethe war in Vietnam the secretdream of America? For the nit.1tary, it is a chance for advance.jment, a chance to test out-theories. But what about the Jeslof America? For them tfe -aris'a "bad dream," somrnethi i-whose reality is always questiobable, perhaps because it has aF-.peared so-often on new golden1screen, along with all our othIdreams. The reality of the war monly certain when it is a realitythat belongs in the context of]America. But faced with the=horror of killing, the color fades"and the scene grows dim. The-episode appears by surprise; likea war whose brutality to00oAmerica by surprise. [

War Games is Sloan's f-novel, written for the most patin a two week period, afterwhich he revised it some sixBtimes. The language is clear, and F

the narrative interesting, with few diversions from the story_.Sloan links himself with the leftculturally, but admits to having Ino use for politics.

his ungainly wife. Yet each timethere is a plausible twist, and thepeople involved turn out to behumane.and honorable. There'sa fairy tale if I ever saw one.

-The movie ends about ascould; be expected; Henry cannot just stand by and let Henri-etta drown in a roaring stream sohe saves her, and they walk'offtogether into a Technicolor mar-vel of a soft-focus sunset.

Walter Matthau's plastic facedoes him heavy duty here, andalthough the script gives himsome heavy handed "slips" oc-casionally, he manages to survivesomehow to sparkle as usual.Elaine May gives a polished per-formance as the woman who istotally helpless and can do noth-ing right (which forces Henry todevelop some self-reliance); hermannerisms are perfected to a T.

Now showing at the CheriComplex, at the Pru.

("I wish there were some otherway to put it... No, there'snot. You're out of iponey."')

Forced to borrow money tomaintain appearances, Henryconcludes the only way to repayit is to marry a rich woman. Hefinds clumsy, ugly, shy, wealthybotanist Henrietta at a party; (Inever imagined Elaine May couldbe made ugly, but there youhave it) he of couprse decides tomarry her immediately, and doesso in a week.

Henrietta's lawyer turns in anoverplayed performance as hetries to stop the wedding bytelling Henrietta about the mon-ey Henry has borrowed. To noavail: Henrietta decides to paythe loan off to avoid bad appear-,ances.

That is probably the greatestcharm of the entire film. Fromthis point on into their marriage,cliched situations occur over andover again as Henry tries to do in

By Paul SchindlerScreamingly, Howlingly Fun-

ny. Well written. Uh, well, actedtoo I suppose. But certainlyamong the best comedies of theyear.

You may have read. of theman s hassles between ElaineMay (yes, the same one who wasin Nichols and May those yearsago) and Paramount Picturesover just whose film "A NewLeaf" is. In the end, the peoplewith the money (as usual) heldthe rights, and released the pic-ture over Miss May's name aswriter-director, without her'per-mission, fortunately for us in themovie viewing public.

The picture had its faults, ofcourse: perhaps Miss May mighthave been able to iron them outif she had held onto control ofthe picture. But the overwhelm-ing sweep of a simple storyplayed cleanly by her and WalterMatthau resulted in a refreshingbreeze of entertainment.

Matthau is 'Henry, May isHIenrietta. Henry is a ne'r-do-well man in his thirties who,thanks to an inherited trustfund, has never done a day ofwork in his life. But he orderedhis lawyer to let him overspendthe income of the fund, anddepleted its capital. The lawyeris forced to tell him he is broke,in a scene in which Matthaufrustrates the lawyer with histotal ignorance of the meaningof the words capital and money.

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am on the right side of some sortof event and am -committingsome sort of act. The prelimi-nary plot of the dream is alwaysforgotten, perhaps repressed, butin 'the end I am shooting at alarge number of men." Finallythe -dream comes true - theclerk-turned-Ranger-advisor mas-sacres the squad he is advising,and then wins a medal for the.act.

The incident is central to thebook. Everything else the nar-rator does can be understood,every other act has a place in thecontext of American life exceptthis act of killing. And in the-same way, the war in Vietnamfits well within the nationalcharacter of America exceptfor the killing.

alburi was too strong for radioplay. This new one is moreplayable, which will mean theirvery strong, very black messageshould reach more people.

The Last Poets really attackthe senses and challenge the.mind in a hostile, rude way, inno uncertain terms. It is power-ful stuff and very dramatic, butthe Poets are playing for keepsbecause the world they talkabout is real. It's not pleasant,but neither is living in a ghetto.

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seen if the group is really the sonof the Nice, since the setup is sosimilar. The indication is that itis not, but Emerson's influenceis strong and Greg Lake's voice isgood enough for them 'to be ableto do versions of other people'ssongs (like the Dylan songs theNice used to do) in a live perfor-mance. As flashy as Emersongets, he is readily willing to letthe others up front on therecord. Lake is given the solocredit for the production. Heuses guitars and autoharp in var-ious places and triples on guitarsand bass and vocal on "LuckyMan." Palmer has his own solosection and, in general, doesalmost as good a job as BrianDavison did for the Nice to thepoint of their being close toindistinguishable in spots.

The album is a good start forthis new group, but it points outtheir weakness very clearly. Eachpart of each song may be goodenough by itself, but the partsdon't fit together smoothly allthe time. When they straighteneverything out (as they do in"Knife-Edge" here) they aretruly top-notch. Emerson, Lakeand Palmer have a good chanceto become widely popular ifthey can control themselves.They are certainly not lackingfor talent.

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Mitchell extended Wilson's dis-cussion with his own views oflife in the dorms. "In general,"he noted, "the quality of life isvery high: " the fact that 700 ofthe undergraduates that enterthe dorm system in their fresh-.men year remain' for all four:years indicates that the studentsare somewhat satisfied. ~ Un-doubtedly, he remarked, the ex-tensive renovations in East Cam-pus and Burton and' the con-struction of MacGregor have'been major factors in maintain"ing this quality.

Mitchell took particular noteof the house tutor system. Agood tutor, an active tutor, candraw together the studentsaround hirm into a cohesivegroup. But if the tutor remainspassive, a major opportunity forincreasing the interaction amongstudents within the dorm hasbeen lost.

Long-range problemsBut there are long-range prob-

lems. Mitchell pointed to thecontinuing space shortage andrising financial burden as twokey difficulties. Another diffi-culty is the lack 'of communica-tion between students and hous-ing administrators. Mitchelldescribed the time he had comeback to his floor lounge andfound his favorite yellow couchmissing. "It was ugly,"' heagreed, "but so comfortable."ei complained that such deci-

sions are often made withoutconsulting students. The supplyof electricity may prove anotherproblem in the future. Oncestudents leave commons to cooktheir own food the dorm electri-city could conceivably be taxedbeyond its limit.

Howard Miller, MIT directorof Housing and Dining, followed

problems fraternities face, in-cluding safety, community rela-tions, house maintenance, andthe like. President-elect JeromeWiesner was particularly inter-

i ested in the safety question,wondering if Hughes wasn't sug-gesting that the fraternities wereunsafe. Richard Sorenson, Dean

. for Fraternities, replied that hisoffice considers six to ten ofMIT's houses unsafe, mostly dueto such fire hazards as big, openstairways up the first two orthree floors of the house.

PBE sagaGreg Bernhardt, Phi Beta

Epsilon president, drew thesympathies of committee mem-bers and administrators alike forhis description of the PBE's yearand a half long struggle'withrenovation. Cramped into twoCambridge tenements when theirrealtor reneged on an earliercommitment for a Roxbury lo-cation, the brothers faced con-tinued construction delays andlabor disputes that preventedtheir return. Costs for the pro-ject mounted dramatically whenearly work revealed that originalconstruction of the building 50years ago was nriot to specifica-tion. The brothers had to dotheir own painting when theyreturned and discovered that aplumber's error had resulted inthe hot and cold water beingreversed above the second floorso "the toilets steamed."

How much help does MITprovide for the fraternities?Bernhardt noted that MIT coulddo little beyond extending its'sympathies when his houselooked for temporary accom-madations during residence,though the touchy city housingsituation may have been a fac-...

...... ~~a~~~e~~ph Phootbo by Sheldon Lo wenthaltAnother view of Bexley Hall. Visiting Committee members wereshown this apartment, one of the best in the building.up the student presentation withhis own analysis of some of theproblems. The communicationgap Mitchell alluded to is not aneasy problem to resolve. In thepast his office has receivedcharges that the student advisorycommittees set up to create stu-dent input were unrepresen-tative. He responded by direct-ing the dorm presidents to selectmembers for the advisory panels.He did agree with the studentsthat there was a space shortage.

Dorm transfersKen Browning, also of the

Housing and Dining staff, ex-plained why transfers betweendorms during upperclass yearsare so difficult. Mitchell hadpointed out earlier that a stu-dent who made a poor choiceduring Residence Week mightwell find himself in the samedorm until he graduated. Brown-ing argued that the space short-age inhibited much of the poten-tial flexibility, since many morestudents would leave the poor

dorms than would ask to enter.But students who are willing toput up with poor room assign-ments do have the opportunityto occasionally transfer suc-cessfully.

International Student Club(ISC) president RaymondKwong was on hand to discussanother distinct problem - lifefor MIT's sizable number of for-eign students. 1400 of MIT'sseven or eight thousand studentscome from other countries, andin most cases these foreign stu-dents "are withdrawn from thecommunity." Most of the for-eign students stay together as agroup, since the various dormsdo not offer social functionsthat would - draw the foreignstudents out into the commu-nity. A "particularly acute"problem is social contact withthe opposite sex.

Adaptation harmful?Visiting Committee member

Joseph Wheelwright suggestedthat total adaptation to Ameri-can values could be harmfulwhen the time came for thestudents to return home. Kwongproposed that MIT providefunds for foreign students totravel home for the summerevery, year. This measure mightinsure that the students would

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partment worked with Kraningduring the summer of 1969 inorder to collect, organize, andkeep certain operational data forseveral years. The purpose ofthis is to be able to analyzefinancial expenditures over per-iods of years in order to deter-'nine the apparent goals eachdepartment has set up for itself.

For example, each year, Pro-fessor Bruce requests informa-tion from each of the professorsin Electrical Engineering con-cerning the average amount oftime spent per week on eachaspect of education and research '-at MIT. From this informationhe determines both an opera-tior0.f budget and the trend ofobjectives which the professorshave, by their own time allot-inents, determined for the de-partment.

Kraning and Bruce havepointed to privacy as a majorproblem with the collectionsystem, Kraning suggests thatthe Information should be avail-able to anyone who shouldknow it. He cites such instancesas the graduate student who

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On the other hand, to preventprivacy from being violated,Kraning suggests that only es-sential data be collected; thatthis data be used only for speci-fic purposes; that all informationabout a person be coirect; andthat any information storedabout a person should be accom-panied by a written statement ofthat person concerning the vplid-ity and objectivity of the data.Finally, little sensitive data'should be stored on line, and alldata should be destroyed as soonas it is no longer needed.

Dan Creasey, another mem-.ber of the Studies Group isexploring the possibility and ef-fectiveness of expanding healthservice on campus.

A third member, Paul Teplitz,is examining research contractsand proposals.

not lose their identity with theirnative values.

Harwell Thrasher, IFC chair-man, kicked off the fraternities'portion of the presentation. Hestressed the diversity currentlyavailable within the MIT frater-nity system. Noting the fact thatall the houses are self-governedand determine their own lifestyles, he made a comparisonwith communes - "about theonly difference is the threeGreek letters."

Assistant chairman FrankHughes discussed the day-to-day

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MIT's heavyweight varsitycrew weighed an average of 14Ibs. less per man than a largeWisconsin eight, and that wastoo much to overcome in theirrace Saturday. 'Tech finishedthird behind Dartmouth and theBadger crew, but rowed theirbest time of the season, 6:12.Wisconsin was clocked in 6:02.8,fastest time on the Charles thisyear.

The Engineers held Wisconsinalmost even for the first 500meters, but had fallen off alength by the Harvard Bridge.Then at 1 300 meters they tried asurprise sprint, taking the strokeup 2-3 beats, but couldn't makeheadway. Dartmouth, in the leadfrom the start, had a desperatebattle with Wisconsin in the last500 meters, and held off untilthe final strokes of the race. At

the finish line- the Wisconsinoarsmen asked their cox whohad won, and he was heard toreply, "I'have- nc idea!" Thedecision from the judge on theshore confirmed their victory.

Interesting to note is thatboth the Dartmouth and Wiscon-sin coxswains are former USNational Champions, and thatWisconsin's Stu MacDonaldcoxed in the finals at the Olym-pics in 1968. MIT's Dave Burns'72 was in experienced com-pany.

Tech's. varsity consists of:bow-Clark; 2-Esposito; 3-Fir-ment; 4-Chisholm; 5-Rance;6-Wilson; 7-Bentley; stroke-Leffler; cox-Burns.

After winning two races fromDartmouth Saturday, the froshheavies threw their coach intothe Charles instead of the tradi-tional dunking of the coxswain.

Theyhad good reason to be sounorthodox, as the popular"hounds" had just become the

.first Tech frosh heavyweightsquad in recent memory to win2 regattas in regular season com-petition. Rowing against thetoughest crews in the East, theyhad previously defeated BU andColumbia, while losing t6 Har:vard, Princeton and North-eastern.

Rick Palm summed up the I stand 2nd boats' victories: "Wegot a good jump on them in thestart." After that Dartmouthfailed to challenge, as both AlexFrick and Bill Pride stroked theirboats long and low, 32-2 strokesper minute, and gradually wi-dened'their margins.

The frosh won 18 Dartmouthshirts, and are, 1st boat: bow-Brazil; 2-Aden; 3-Vidmar:4-Bates; 5-McKie; 6-Kemohan:7-Davies; stroke-Trick; cox-Clark. Second boat: bow-Sabatine; 2-DeCampli; 3-Miller:4-Zwemer; 5-Palm; 6-Looze:7-Elliot; stroke-Pride; cox-Miyashiro.

Rowing on the Severn Riverat the U.S. Naval Academy inAnnapolis, Maryland, this pastweekend, the lightweight crewteam came away with a 2-2 splitfor their four races. Both fresh-man boats won, beating Pennand Navy, but the JV and varsitysquads both lost to strong Navycrews.

The second freshman boateasily beat the midshipmen onFriday evening, and the nextday, the first freshmen scored aone second victory over Navy, asthe Penn orasmen were clearlyout of the race. The first froshhave lost only once all season, aclose .2-second decision to Har-vard, and aie eagerly lookingforward to the Eastern SpringChampionships,

The Tech junior varisty lostby 1 2 seconds, while the varsitywas defeated by less than onesecond. Although behind foimost of the race, the varsityboat came back in the last 500meters to draw even, but wasbeaten in the last five strokes foran extremely close finish. All thecrews. are looking toward thesprints, and MIT is expected topresent a strong showing.

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and freshman teams pulled off afantastic three-regatta sweep thispast weekend, as they won theFriis Trophy, the New Englandwomen's championship, and adinghy invitational at BrownUniversity. The victories markedthe first time this season that allthe Tech squads had won on thesame weekend.

One of the highlights of theaction was the Jerry Reed Invita-tional Regatta, sailed to deter-mine the New England WomenIntercollegiate Sailing Champi-onship. The regatta was sailed atMIT on Saturday and Sunday,and the Tech women triumphedhandily over a ten-school field.

Kathy Jones '71, with LynnRoylance '72 as crew, sailed inA-division, while Maria Bozzuto'73 sailed in B-dirision, withShelly Bernstein '74 crewing.Maria finished as the low-pointskipper in both her division andthe regatta with 28 points, thuswinning divisional honors under-the low-point scoring systemused. Chris Jackson of Clarkwon low-point honors in A-divi-sion with 37 points.

A total of ten races was sailedin each division, with four onSaturday in light, shifty norther-ly winds, and six in 10-12 knotsouthwesterlies on Sunday. Thetop three finishers qualified forthe Women's National Champi-onships, which will be sailed atthe Coast Guard Academy onJune 10-13. Boston Universityand Newton College of the Sa-cred Heart finished second andthird respectively, with 88 and97 points.

The big varsity men's event ofthe weekend was the Friis Tro-phy Regatta, sailed at Tufts onSaturday and Sunday. The'Techmariners won the regatta, inwhat could be a preview of theNew England Dinghy Champion-ships to be sailed this comingweekend at Yale. MIT, withPeter Nesebeda '71 and TomBergan '72 sailing, won the re-gatta on a close finish over Uni-versity of Rhode Island, as Har-vard placed third. Nesbeda, withBob Longair '73 crewing, wonlow-point honors in A-division,while Bergan, sailing with JohnLacy '72, placed third in B.

The racing was close through-out the regatta, as MIT, 'JRI,and Harvard duelled for the leadin the ten-school fleet. The deci-sion came down to the final racein each division, as both theTechmen and the Rhode Islandsquad had a chance at the num-ber one spot. In the last A-divi-sion race, Nesbeda fought withURI skipper Skip Whyte, andmanaged to put two'boats be-tween them at the finish. Thisleft it up to Bergan in B-division,meaning that he had to beatURI's Henry Bossett to win theregatta for the Engineers. Thetwo sailed around the course, farahead of the fleet, with Bossettin front for most of the race. Byplaying the wind shifts skillfully,however, Bergan pulled out therace by half a boat-length at thefinish to win and give the regattato MIT. URI finished tied inpoints but lost on the tie-break-ing.

In freshman action, the Techfrosh won a dinghy invitationalat Brown, beating a four-school

field. Steve Cucchiaro, withLauney Thomas crewing, tooktow-point laurels in A-division,as he scored thirteen points tothe, Tufts skipper's fifteen. InB-division, the co-skipper teamof Walter Frank and Kim McCoyplaced second, only one pointbehind Tufts, to give the frosh aone-point overall win. Tufts fin-ished second, with Harvard andBrown well back.

The M IT track squad deci-mated both Amherst and-WPI,9)8-56-37, in a triangular meet atAmherst last Saturday, underthe finest weather conditions todate. MIT won all of the fieldevents, and took twelve out ofeighteen firsts overall. The meetwas scored 5-3-2-1 for the indi-vidual events and 5-3-0 for therelays:

A highlight of the meet wasthe performance of Mike Char-ette '74 in the javelin, with athrow of 197'3", breaking boththe varsity and freshman rec-ords. A superb effort by JimThompson 74 easily brokeMIT's oldest tract record, in the440 yard dash. The fifty-oneyear old mark yielded to a swift50.4 clocking.

MIT's only double winnerwas Brian Moore'73, who tookthe discus and the shotput.Moore fouled out in the qualify-ing round of the hammer throw,with John F. Pearson '74 takingfirst in the event. Generally con-sidered the best triple threat inNew England, Moore com-mented only, "It was just one ofthose days."

The team of Yaw Akoto 74.Scott Peck '73, and Al Lau '72continued their domination ofthe triple jump. In addition tothis event, the versatile Lau tooka first in the long jump and twoseconds, one in the high jumpand one in the 120-yard highhurdles. In the pole vault, DaveWilson '73 and Ned Rich '72took the first two places, whileWalt Gibbons '73 continued toinch toward the 6'4" varsityrecord in winning the high jump.

In the track events, MIT'spremier long distance runner,John Kaufmann '73, establisheda personal best in winning thetwo-mile with a clocking of9:30.2. Bob Tronnier '73 easilywon the 120-yard highs, whilePat Sullivan '71 and Chip Kim-ball '72 took first and second inthe 880-yard run.

The results were:100 yd Dash 1. Reed (A), Wil-

liams (A), 1'0.1 (tie); 3. Bor-den (MIT), 10.2; 4. Beckman(W) 10.4

230 yd Dash 1. Reed (A),22.4; 2. Williarns (A), 22.9; 3.Borden (MIT), 23.0; 4. Beck-man (W), 23.8

440 yd Dash 1. Thompson(MIT), 1:57.7; 2. Kimball(MIT), 1:59.4; 3. Murch (W),2:01.8; 4. Semiear (A),2:02.8

1 Mile 1. Mulrch (W), 4:22.3;2. Hart (A), 4:24.8; 3. Myers(MIT), 4:25.7, Butler (A),4:30.1

2 Mile 1. Kaufmnann (MIT),9:30.2; 2. Perry (A), 9:37.3;3. Lewis (MIT), 9:41.6; 4.

Malore (W), 9:48.0120 . yd Highs 1. Tronnier

(MIT), 15.3; 2. Lau (MIT)16.6; 3. Wiles (W), 17.0; 4.Bandolph (A), 17.7

440 yd IH 1. Butler (A), 56.7;,2. Weber (W), 57.2; 2.Leimkuler (MIT), 57.8; 4.Bandolph (A), 57.8Long Jump 1. Lau (MIT),I2 1'¼"; 2. Peck (MIT),20'8¼/4"; 3. MacLeod (A),19'8"; 4. Bandolph (A),19'63/"

High Jump 1. Gibbons (MIT),6'2"; 2. Lau (MIT), 5'10"; 3.Dunn (W), 5'8"; 4. Tronnier(MIT), 5'6"

Pole Vault 1. Wilson (MIT),-14'0"; 2. Rich (MIT), 12'6";3.St. Marie (W), 12'0"; 4.Stirn (A), 12'0"

Shot Put 1. Moore (MIT),48'3X/2"; --2. DuPoss (W),45'10"; 3. Slavick (W),44'44 4- '; 4. Godek (A),

39' 1 0'/2''

Hammer Throw 1. Pearson{MIT), 136't"; 2. Dowling(A), 121'2"; 3. Rafferty (A),87'10"

Discus 1. Moore (MIT), 154'5";2. DuPoss (W), 141'4"; 3.Haag (MIT), 131'5"; 4. Dowl-ing (A), 124'9"

Triple Jump 1. Akoto (MIT),42'6½/2"; 2. Peck (MIT), Lau(MIT), 41'8A/2" (tie); 4.Polzella (W), 37'113/4"

Javelin 1. Charette (MIT),197'3"; 2. Brandolt (W),186'2"; 3. Najemg (W),183'9"; 4. Graham (W),180'7"

440 yd Relay 1. Amherst (Wil-liams, Dean, Stirn, Reed),43.6; 2. WPI, 44.9; 3. MIT,-48.9

Mile Relay 1. Amherst(Drisko, Reed, Semlear,Dean), - 3:29.9; 2. MIT,3:30.0; 3. WPI, 3:32.0

loaded the bases with none out.Rich Roy '72, realizing that thesuccess or failure of the MayDay exercises depended on hisbat, then walloped a double toleft-center field, scoring allthree, and putting the longhairsahead for good.

The day's action put theTechmen caucus at 4-6 in NewEngland piay. But like all revolu-tionary- forces, the Techmen celldeveloped a split. This schism,between the Benchies and theStars,'concerned Benchie status.It seems that the Benchies (pre-viously a non-discriminating andnon-sectarian group of almost-were and has-been ball players)were accepting for membershippeople who were clearly Stars.For example, the man who callshimself the Bench Baron, RichCharpie '73, started both gamesas catcher. Similarly, the win-ning pitcher in the second game,Chuck Holcurn 72, is known tobe a Benchie agitator. Indeed,their Sergeant-at-Arms is Joe De-Angelo '74, who has played inevery game. At any rate, themediation efforts of certain Starsympathizers resolved the con-flict so that as the bus pulledinto Boston, the team was ofone mind again.

On Thursday, Friday, and Sa-turday of this coming week, thevarsity squad will meet North-eastern, Bates, and Bowdoin inconsecutive clashes. The NU andBates contests will be played athome, while the Bowdoin gamewill be in Brusnwick, Maine.

The May Day festivities onthe Coast Guard Academy base-ball field were dampened by thepeoples' representatives fromMIT. Had the people not erroredin the first game, the oppressiveAcademy would have suc-cumbed to the power of the MITlonghairs twice. But the long-hairs, caught in the tension of,the battle, gave away the firstgame 4-3, while winning thesecond 6-3.

Al Dopfel '71, pitching ononly two days rest, lost his coolmomentarily in the opener andallowed the Academy a basehitafter two errors to put them infront 2-0. In the next inning asimilar fiasco -gave the CoastGuard a 4-0 lead. But thepeoples' coalition fought back asDopfel hit a bases-loaded doubleto bring them close at 4-3. Un-fortunately, the game's lengthwas only seven innings, as the'Techmen were held and lost.

The top of the first in thesecond game saw a surprisingdevelopment for the Techmen.The usually punchy bats ex-ploded for back-to-back doublesby Ken Weisshaar '72 and Dop-fel, for a 14-0 lead.

Three innings later, Dave Tir-rell's error gave the Guard a 2-1lead. But Dave, in the glorioustradition of sport, came backwith a two-out single, scoringJoe DeAngelo and tying thegame in the top of the fifth.

Then in the sixth, Dopfel'ssingle, Steve Reber's walk, andBob Dresser's fielder's choice

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