Official .UndergraduateNews Organ of

Massachusetts Instituteof Technology

Volume LIV. No. 3 CAMBRIDGE, MASS., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1934 Price Three Cents_!-·IIIII~lll11 - -I · -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Aldred Lecturer

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Apparatus Used to Find Time It Takesfor Automobile Driver to Apply Brakes

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New Device Shows the AverageTime Required by Driver toApply Brakes is 3/4 Seconds

"When I saw that child dash outLn the street in front of my automo-Dile, I slammed on the brakes in asplit second." These were the wordsf a careful driver who avoided anccident through quick thinking. Butust how long was the split second?low much time passes between the[river's sighting the emergency andis acting on what he has seen?An investigation to determine the

ime lag in the individual's responseo an emergency while driving anautomobile is now being carried on,t the Institute in conjunction withhe Massachusetts accident survey.'he results will show precisely how

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Weatlher BalloonsExplore HeavensOver Middle-West

Results of Survey Are Expectedto Yield Valuable Data in

Making Forecasts

WEATHER PLANE ASSISTS

The study of weather conditions irthe stratosphere being made by thEInstitute at Lambert Field AirportSt. Louis, Missouri, was initiated lastTuesday when weather conditionswere suitable for the take-off of thEfirst of forty balloons which are beingsent up with instruments for deter-mining atmospheric conditions. Plansfor a series of high altitude flightsover Missouri have also been made byLieutenant Henry B. Harris, researchpilot of the weather research air-plane.

Balloons Burst in Rarified AirThe balloons, which are about four

feet in diameter when inflated, werereleased at intervals of two hoursfrom Lambert Field Airport. Eachballoon carries specially designed in-struments weighing only a fewounces each for automatically record-ing temperature, humidity and atmos-pheric pressure. The balloons risemany miles above the earth and fin-ally expand and burst in the rarifiedair of the stratosphere. The instru-ments are incIosed ihn bamboo shock-absorbing frames, and the flutteringfragments of the broken balloons are

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Earthquake StressRecorder Designed

One-Ounce Device Saves Monthsin Making Seismographic

Calculations

A new device known as a stressrecorder which will save months ofseismographic calculations has beendesigned by A. C. Ruge, researchassociate in seismology in the De-partment of Civil Engineering. Theinstrument, which is now being usedin the study of the effects of earth-quakes in buildings, measures thestresses in the models of buildingframes. It promises important ad-vances in the knowledge of earth-quake-resistant methods of construc-tion for buildings, bridges and otherstructures.

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fast on the average a driver canapply his brakes after seeing a redlight appear on the car ahead of him.

The results already found from thetests given to more than twenty-fivemen at Technology show that a per-son meeting an emergency while driv-ing at 60 miles per hour would travel64 feet before he actually applied thebrakes. This calculation holds for.ideal conditions, but if the driverwere watching the scenery, or if hismind were occupied with somethingelse, the lag would be correspondinglygreater.

Average Lag Is .73 SecondsThe average time lag for the men

already tested at the Institute is .73seconds. Because these men might be

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A Record ofContinuous News Service

: : for : :Over Fifty Years

D~orm Men Drive Carsfrom, Fourteen States

Some of the more hardy dor-mitory residents have driven along way to get to Technology.A recent survey of the registra-tion plates in the dormitoryparking space reveals that outof sixty-nine cars parked there,very nearly half of them haveMassachusetts registrations. Itmay be that these cars havecome from more distant pointsand then were registered here.

The next state in popularityis New York, with twelve carsagainst the thirty-one ofMassachusetts. Next in line isPennsylvania -with nine. Twoplaces, New Jersey and Districtof Columbia, have three repre-sentatives, while Connecticutand Wisconsin have two each.

Photograph by Bachrach

MacEnnelly to Playat Sophomore Hop

In Walkrer March 2| Committee Changes Orchestra;

! will Also PresentFloor Show

WALKER DECORATED

MjacEnnelly's Victor Recording Or-chestra has been definitely engaged toi play at the Sophomore Hop on Fri-day, March 2. The dance committee|had previously tentatively decidedupon andy Jacobson's Orchestra, butagreed to engage MacEnnelly instead.

A floor show will be presented, asla special feature, an hour after thedance begins. The show will consisti of an eight-girl chorus, several spec-I ialty numbers, and a master of cere-monies.

To0 Use Novel DecorationsSpruce will be used to decorate the

Main Hall of Walker, where the dancewill be held. The spruce will be runbetween pillars on opposite sides ofthe hall and will also be twinedaround the pillars. In addition, fernswill be placed on every table.

Refreshments will be served duringintermissions. The dance will beformal, as in previous years.

Reservations LimitedThe number of reservations will be

jlimited. Reservations will be obtain-I'able in the main lobby for a weekbeginning Monday, February 26. Thefee will be $2.25 a couple.

The following guests have been in-vited: Dr. and Mrs. Compton, Pro-/fessor and Mrs. Hamilton, Mr. andMrs. Richard E. Evans, Dean andMrs. Lobdell, Mr. and Mrs. A. A.1~awrence.

ICOMMUTERS HOLD} BOWLING MATCH

Cambridge and Dorchester MoveInto Tie for First

I Six new officers of the Commuters'.15 Club were elected Wednesday by;he Board of Directors of the club.Jerald M. Golden, '35, Brighton, washosen president; John P. Carey, '35,Belmont, vice-president; William E.pieefe, '35, Arlington, secretary; andFrederick W. Travers, '35, Arlington,teasurer.Two members-at-large of the Ex-

ecutive Committee were also chosen.They are Kenneth D. Young, '35,{eedham, and Hamilton H. Dow, '35,oston. These two and the other four

bfficers make up the Executive Com-inittee.

Elected by Board of DirectorsX The officers were elected by the

Board of Directors of the Club, a

kroup made up of the leaders of thelocal clubs.

Carey was formerly treasurer of'he Club, Travers was secretary,

Young was a member of the Execu-live Committee and also chairman of[be Budget Committee, and Dow wasChairman of the Publie-ity Committee.

E. SOCIETY TO zSEE BERPE:E PLANT

A trip to the Berger Companyilant Friday will be sponsored by the i]Civil Engineering Society. All stu- blents are welcome to attend the sT

oup, which will leave the Institute oft 2.00 P.M. and which~will inspect ale manufacture of high-grade sur- jleying instruments at the plant. H

Xn Monday evening at 6.00 P.M. in dialker the Society will hold a din- hr meeting at which Dr. William

Vie, Chief of the Division of Geod- tiPY of the United States Coast and to

[edic Survey, will talk on the work alE the coast and geodetic survey, with al

pecial reference to some of his per- thlial experiences in this field. T1

700 ALUMNI THRONG TOJUA IINNERGREAT

Walker MemorialWill Be Scene of

Important EventDr. Frank Aydelotte Is Speaker;

Engineering EducationSubject of Address

NEW HIGH SPEED CAMERAFILMS TO BE EXHIBITED

Activities Plan to EntertainAlumni With Displays

In Afternoon

Seven hundred alumni from allparts of the east will return to Tech-nology tomorrow evening for thelargest dinner in the history of theAlumni Association. The supper willcommence at 6.30 o'clock and will beheld in the main hall of WalkerMemorial.

The guest speaker will be Dr.Frank Aydelotte, president of Swarth-more College, who will discuss "Ad-ventures in Engineering Education."President Karl T. Compton willaddress the alumni with a papercalled: "Ghosts and Skeletons." Pre-siding at the dinner will be the Hon.Redfield Proctor, president of theAlumni Association.

Before the dinner, the Institute un-dergraduate activities will performfor the entertainment of the alumni.In the gymnasium of Walker therewill be an athletic program, includ-inT a rerformance by the entire gymteam, boxing matches and an exhi-bition of fencing by Joseph Levis, agraduate of the Institute and nationalfencing champion. Many of theclasses will hold meetings during theafternoon.

Activities to Entertain AlumniThroughout Walker the activities

wjill have displays for the benefit ofthe alumni. In all of the publica-tions offices some of the staff will beat work preparing copy for their re-spective issues. They will be pleasedto explain any of the details to inter-ested visitors. Tech Show will haveon exhibition a miniature stage, illus-trating the various parts and mechan-isms thereof. During the dinner, theMusical Clubs will present a musicalprogram.

This general open house for under-graduate activities will be held from5.30 to 6.30, the dinner beginning im-mediately upon its conclusion.

"<Technology," New Motion Picture,

To Be ShownA feature of the evening will be

the announcement by Vice-PresidentVannevar Bush of the first showingof the Institute's new motion picture,"Technology." 'This film portrays theexperiences of a young man whocomes to the Institute to inquireabout the nature of its courses andactivities and the types of careerwhich such a course of training mayopen to him. A number of duplicatesof this film have been prepared andwill be distributed and shown throughTechnology clubs, honorary secre-taries and science teachers in schools.

New Super-Speed Camera To BeExhibited

Dr. Harold E. Edgerton, whosework in super-speed motion photog-raphy has created widespread inter-est, will show a new film of interest-ing subjects taken at speeds up to6,000 pictures a second.

Dr. Aydelotte, who was professorat the Institute from 1915 to 1921.has had a wide experience in thestudy and teaching of English. Hewas graduated from Indiana Univer-sity in 1900. He matriculated in and

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Harlow ShapleyD Iel~ivers Fourtha

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rHarvard Astronomer and Memober of Corporation Speaks

on Galaxies

.WON RUMFORD MEDAL

.Dr. Harlow Shapley, director of the.Harvard College Observatory, willdiscuss "Engineering Problems and

!Practice in the Construction of Gal-axies" in the fourth Aldred lecturethis afternoon in 10-250 at 3 o'clock.

Dr. Sbapley, who is internationallyknown as one of the greatest of mod-ern astronomers, received 'his doc-torate at Princeton in 1913, and forseven years serv ed as a member ofthe staff at Mount Wilson Observa-tory. He has directed astronomicalresearch at Harvard since 1921. Lastyear he was appointed a term mem-ber of the corporation at Technology.

For his achievements as scientistand educator, Dr. Shapley has beenawarded an honorary doctorate oflaws by the University of Missouriand the degree of doctor of scienceby Harvard. He has been the recipi-ent of the Draper medal of the Na-tional Academy of Sciences, the U-ni-versity mredal of Brussels, and theRumford medal of the AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences. NextMay be will receive the gold medalof the Royal Astronomical Society,and at -the same time will deliver theannual Darwin lecture in England.

PR(MP ACILITIESA1REi ALLj RESERVED

Several Places May be OpenedNext Week, Committee

Announces

The Junior Prom committee an--nounces that all tables have beenreserved for the dance. Therefore, -nomore tables will be available untilnext week. This is possible becausein some instances one man has signedup for a whole table. In the eventthat his party decides, -not to take thewhole table, there will be severalplaces available. Reservations willbe held until Monday, but if not re-deemed by then will be sold.

S'o far, tables for 225 couples haveIbeen reserved. This is 25 more thanthe budget provides for. Invitationswill be available in the main lobbynext week.

HOW LONG IS SPLIT SECOND? RESEARCHON! MOTORIST'S REACTION GIVES ANSWER

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EDITORIAL BOARDMalcolm A. Porter, '35 Perry H. Ware, '35

Phoenix N. Dangel, '35

OFFICES OF THE TECHNews and Editorial-Room 3, Walker Memorial, Cambridge, Mass.

. Telephone, University 7029Business-Room 302, WalkerTelephone, University 7415

In charge of this issue: Daniel Tower, '37

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In our sporting-goods sectionyou'll find everything you needfor winter sports in equipmentand clothing, Of course there isequipment for every other sporttoo, but here are a few of ourseasonal specialties.

Northland ridge-top hickory sks,$13.20 to $;14.75

Northland jumping skis, $15.75 -

Olympic ski harnesses, $4.50 pr.

Ski boots, $6.50 to $8.95

Snow shoes, $;7.50 to 10v.50

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Woolen sport socks, 50c to $3.50

SECOND FLOOR-ANNEX

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T APPPEARS that Yale University's foot-ball team did not have an exceedingly

successful season in 1933; and for some timethe alumni clamored loudly for a new coach,whose choice they seemed eager to dictate.To an alumnus of Technology, where the stu-dents have undisputed control over suchmatters, this situation probably appears pe-culiar. It is of no great moment to himwhether or not we turn out a winning team;he realizes, in any case, that the coach andplayers have done their best.

Athletics at Technology are quite free fromthe undue emphasis they are given at mostof the colleges in this country. Their primaryfunction here is the development of the phy-siaue and character of the participants. Theyare not looked upon as a source of income, anagent for publicity, or an entertainment forthe alumni. The system is unique, for ex-ample, in that squads are not cut in any sport,so that poor players get the same opportunityfor exercise as the expert. The measure ofthe success of any sport is not the number orproportion of games won but the number ofstudents out for it.

It is gratifying that Technology can keepits standards of sportsmanship above boardat a time when so much graft and commer-cialism is being bared in other collegiate in-stitutions. The alumni have shown littledesire to lower these standards. Perhaps thereason is that the work of the Institute affordsit so much real prestige that no great athleteattainments are needed to give it prominence

in the eyes of the world.

PHOS GROWS CANNY

HE decision of the Managing Board ofX Voo Doo to reduce the price of the publi-

cation from twenty-five to fifteen cents will begood news to an undergraduate body thatsince 1929 has seen no reductions in publica-tion prices except that of this paper. Voo Doowill appear Tuesday.

Newspapers, magazines, and the like, fallinto that class of petty luxuries which hassuffered more than any other in these timesof depleted incomes. Unfortunately Tech-nology's publications have been all to slow incutting prices to fit changing times. Only lastyear was THE TECH made to sell at threecents.

It now remains for the other two Tech-nology undergraduate publications to acceptthe changes wrought by the financial revolu-tion of 1929-34, and cut their cloth accord-ingly.

Fr.nAn.',,c,, COD H A R%.,fA R

DEAN Alfred C. Hanford of Harvard hassubmitted to President Conant a plan

which would inaugurate the Oxford-Cam-bridge system there. This plan would makethe attendance of classes arbitrary. Studentswould be expected to take two examinations ayear. Thus, states Dean Hanford, will greaterintellectual activity be stimulated.

This would of course be an excellent planfor that rare species of student who does notrequire pedagogic prodding, but for the stu-dent who must not only be driven to water,

-but also made to drink (by far the greaterpart of the enrollment of any college) it wouldmean a paradise of ineptitude and probableoblivion.

Again it must be pointed out that no edu-cational system yet devised has succeeded inturning out consistently famous men. Wemust not forget that in the making of anyarticle there are two major divisions, the ma-terial and the process, and as far as highereducation goes, the process is of minor impor-iance.

Certainly the system will work, if applied bygood students and teachers. But then, almostany system will work under similar conditions.

MANAGING BOARDGeneral Mannager ........................... John D. Hossfeld,Editor . . . , .,.Paul Cohen,Managing Editor ......................... Hamilton . Dow,Business Manager ................... ..... John D. Loomis,

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The Passivee ResistorThe sagacity andd competent lead-

ership of Dr. A Lawrence Lowell,sometime president of H~arvrard, arequalities so intimately tied~to the manthat they will ever be connected withhis name. Likewise the scholar'seager inquiring mind and the subtlewit of the truly keen intellect, wemay not dispute as integral parts ofhis personality.

But we are feeling a little chas-tened, nevertheless, or perhaps theatmospheres of Harvard and this In-stitute generate conflicting aurasabout their individuals.

It was a reception of a certain ladyof Beacon Street who had invitednumerous foreign students to meetsome of the domestic brands and viceversa, from Boston colleges. Whenwe entered. what seemed like a largeroom jammed with an excessivelylarge number of people, we were givena paper on which was printed a roughMercator projection of the globe, withminor details omitted.

The object, we were told, was towait for a signal. When you heardthat, you started around the room,getting everyone to sign their namein the margin and draw a line to theplace they came from. All this timeyou had to listen for another signal(a small peeping noise from a shyindividual standing near the door),and when that came, you stopped. Theone who had the most names wron ared plush bathtub with pink pincush-ions, or something.

Barely had the game started, wenwe, bright little stirrers-u-pners thatwe are, decided to fix things properly.We had, in point of fact, -rebelledfrom the inferiority complex result-ing from superior individuals puttingtheir name over Afghanistan andMiddle China. Ergo, we selected aconvenient looking locality in theSouth Pacific somewhere a thousandodd miles west of South America, andproceeded to affix our names to asmall circle drawn neatly in.

It created quite a stir. And wefelt quite the little smarty when one.of our friends came up, all in a fidgit,and murmured that the sometimepresident of Harvard, Dr. A. L~aw-rence Lowell no less, was not only atthe party but wished to know the per-son who had lived in the SobuthPacific.

In fact, we felt smartier and smar-tier as Dr. Lowell said howdoyoudo,-in a deep grave voice. Drawing adeep breath we started our explana-tion.

"You see, Dr. Lowell, that's anatoll, and the reason we put it downthere is because we haven't even beennear the Pacific."

"Do you mean to say, then," saidthe Doctor, '&That you didn't live inthe South Pacific ?"

Ready to burst in our fine frenzy,we replied with a devilish twinkle inour merry eyes, "No, Doctor, notatoll."~-

And he didn't get the point.

ARGUE? WHY NOT?

Every student loves an argument.If you don't believe this just drop inon any gathering of undergraduatesand listen to the pro's and con's be-.ing bantered back and forth. Anysubject and any opponent seems tosuit Joe College, and the more, ap-parently, the merrier.

To this popular pastime we extendour unqualified support. There is nopleasanter way of spending the oddhours between or after lectures;there is a lot to be learned from one'sfellows, and there is a lot of mentaltraining in itemizing a subject andin picking holes in your opponent'sitems.

Unfortunately there are a few spoilsports in our midst who are foreversuggesting that we should confineourselves to arguing upon subjectswith which we are pretty familiar.

And what unutterable bores we allshould become! All our powers ofself expression would fade from us.

ASSOCL&TE3 BOARDAssistant Editors

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Business AssociatesRobert S. Reichart Benjamin B. Dayton, '"OElwood H. Koontz, '36 Robert F. Driscoll, '36

Staff WritersArthur LA Carota, '36 Charles J. Rife, '36Jackson H. Cook, '36 Charles W. Smith, '35

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ELECTIONS

OLUME LIV is pleased to announce thefollowing elections to the staff of THE

TECH: Benjamin B. Dayton, '36, Business Ser-vice Manager; Oscar A. Fick, Jr., '36, Associ-ate Advertising Manager.

New Sound SystemNow In Operatio-

Amplfier Installed in LectuRoom to Be Used

Regularly

The sound system which has bein the process of installation for so:tim~e in Room 10-250, is now compl-and ready at any time for use.ready tried on about a dozen specoccasions, the apparatus has prova success. The acoustical propert;of the room make sound recepLtonfective.

Beginning next week thiere aplans for use of the system fourfive times each week. It will probal-be used regularly in the freshm-chemistry' lectures for the con-nience of both lecturer and student.-

Professor Richard D. Fay and INWilliam M. Hall of the Electrical Egineering department were fi-aware of the need for such equipmeand were most instrumental in meing and promoting the plans. Tparts of the system were bought owright and installed through the SupEintendent of Buildings and Powerthe Institute electricians.

The system is made up of a Simson electric amplifier, a Western Elrtric speaker attached to horn of tthe square type, and microphoneeither of two types. A desk micrphone of the condenser type may -used in most occasions but, for t-convenience of a speaker who mumove about while speaking, laFmicropbones which fasten to the leturer's coat may be used when neede

In addition to being useful for;clectures and addresses in the roorthis sound system is so arranged th-it may' be used when, desired f-sound pictures. Suggestions and wo-in this special detail were made -Frank H. Conant of the Technolo_Photographic Service.

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST

ANNUALLY the alumni of the Institute1A gather for one evening from, literally,

the four corners of the earth, drawn togetherfor the brief space of a day by a commonmotive. Some of them go to considerableexpense and trouble to attend a function whichon the surface is no more interesting thanmany they can experience at home.

They are drawn here by memories, memo-ries of voices, of faces, memories which arelosing their sharp edges and growing dim.The desire to see how their friends havechanged and prospered, to view again sceneswhich are the same, yet subtlely changed, isstrong enough to cause them in many cases togo to considerable inconvenience merely tospend a few hours together.

For -the greater pleasure of these veteransthe Institute, in addition to the main featuresof the. evening, has arranged for exhibitionsof the various undergraduate activities. Herethe alumni will have the opportunity to notehow these activities are carried on now andcompare them, probably with results detri-mental to the whippersnappers in control atpresent, with the good old ways as practicedin the good old days.

AN ILL WIND?

PARIS rioted' and the French governmentwas on the verge of collapse, all because

the people discovered how oppressive govern-mental graft can be upon an almost emptypocketbook. The French have long had a repu-tation for a popular nonchalance about poli-tical affairs. It was said that they could nottake their government seriously. But that waswhen the French people were relatively pros-perous.

Now that changes in currency standards onthe part of the other world powers have with-dr awn m.ost ofe F'rance's stock ofC gold and thenation has been given a taste of real depres-,sion with its attendant discomforts, the gov-ernment has had to bear the brunt of thegrowing discontent. Six cabinets have fallenin twenty-one months; and when the 8tavislkypawnshop case was brought to light, Parisianmobs decided that more than an overthrow ofthe cabinet was needed to clear up the scandalin high places.

In this country, political graft has becomea national institution, probably as bad as thatin France;- and the depression has had a sim-ilar effect in- convincing people that graft isan expensive-luxury. Thus, many of our mostpowerful municipal machines, sulch as those inNew York, Boston and Pittsburgh, have beenrecently submerged for the first time in years.Our national administration has done its bestto keep its enormous recovery program freefrom politics and corruption. It realizes thatany scandals in its operation might turn thepublic enthusiasm for it into antagonism.

'Tis an ill wind that blows no good! Per-haps this depression will secure the variouspolitical units of the world honest and efficientgovernments.

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A report from a school of educa-tion stated that one of the freshmenspent the summer soaking his nosein brine, because someone told himthat he would have to keep it to thegrindstone in college.-McGill Daily.

"The idea that girls are an inspira-tion for football players to do biggerand better things is a hoax," saysCoach Michael Percarovich of Gonz-aga University. - The Technique,Atlanta.

Oh, yeah?

An examination at the Universityof Mississippi asked for the principalparts of a Latin verb. One paperbore, "slippeo, slippere, falli, bump-tus." The paper, when returned,contained the inscription, "fallo,failere, fluncto, suspendum."'--TheHoya.

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OFFER COURSE INTEXTILE RESEARCH

Six Weeks of Laboratory Workand Lectures Included

The Institute is again offering aspecial course in textile research in-tended for textile executives, re-search directors, laboratory tech-nicians, and others interested in thisfield, beginning March 2. To insureefficient use of the laboratory facili-ties the size of the group will belimited to 20.

The work is arranged to afford lec-ture and laboratory exercises on Fr~i-day and Saturday each week for sixconsecutive weeks, making it possible-for men in the industry to attendconveniently. Twelve lectures will bedevoted to textile analysis and willinclude discussions of the characterand necessity for textile testing; thedesign of textile testing laboratories;bone dry tests; conditioning appara-tus; correction for moisture; yarnanalysis; twist and thread countingdevices; corkscrew in plied yarns;auxiliary apparatus; textile testingmachines; special tensile testing ma-chines; and the measurement of spe-cial properties of fabrics.

Twelve lectures will be devoted totextile microscopy and will includediscussion of textile microscopes andhow to use them; light and the micro-scope; specimen mounting; theory oftextile micrometry; applications oftextile micrometry; rapid and preci-sion sectioning; color as it applies totextile microscopy; micrography oftextiles; photomicrography of tex-tiles; micro-analysis of fabrics;micro-analysis of yarns; and micro-

Solving of UnsolvableCasts Doubt on Honesty

"To pay or not to pay, thatis the question." And withapologies with Shakespeare,that is the question facing acertain officer of the freshmanclass.

It seems that there is a puz-zle into which one puts num-bered blocks, and then tries toarrange them into consecutiveorder without removing themfrom the box.

The aforementioned class of-ficer had read that the solutionwas impossible. Hie conse-quently bet another class offi-cer two dollars that he couldnot solve the problem in twohours.

in an hour and a half thesecond class officer came out ofhis room with the impossibleapparently accomplished! Nowthe first officer, after consult-ing hlis book again, does notknow whether to pay or to ac-cuse the first officer of remov-ing the blocks.

analysis of fibers. The lectures willbe illustrated with slides, motion pic-tures, and experiments.

In addition to the laboratory workperformed by members of the class,opportunity will be afforded for con-ferences. Successful completion ofthe work entitles the student to creditin the subjects taken. Each memberof the group will be registered as aspecial student.

IThe est tobacco forpipfcomes Kentucky . and it's

called T¢White Butrley"WE use White Burley in making

ranger Rough Cut. It comesfrom the Blue Grass region of Kentucky-ripe, mild leaf tobacco that just abouttops them all for fragrance and flavor.

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Highway SurveySolicits Aid of

10,000 DriversEngineers S e e k InformationAbout Accident Hazards, Safe-

guards, and Driving Habits

Ten thousand automobile driversthroughout the state are going tohave an opportunity to give engi-neers of the Massachusetts CWAHighway Accident Survey the benefitof their opinions on accident hazards,traffic safeguards and driving habitsin a questionnaire which is now beingdistributed.

in announcing the study, ColonelRobert C. Eddy, who is in charge ofthe survey being made under the di-rection of the Institute, emphasizedthe vital importance of the motorists'viewpoint.

"We are seeking the opinions andhelpful suggestions of some 10,000Massachusetts automobile drivers,"he said, "because their experience onthe highways should enable them togive us valuable assistance. Thehighways are built for the con-venience and pleasure of the people,and we feel it is their right to makesuggestions for increasing the safetyand pleasure of driving. Speciallytrained engineers will submit thequestionnaires to a large group ofmotorists, who do not place them-selves under any obligation inanswering the various questions."

Test questionnaires distributed todetermine what information would bemost interesting to motorists as well

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INITIATE TEN INTOQUADRANGLE CLUB

Oustanding Freshmen Chosenfor Honorary Society

Ten freshmen were initiated intothe Quadrangle Club, the honorarysociety of the Freshman and Sopho-more classes, Wednesday night. Theoutstanding members of the fresh-man class are elected to this club atthe beginning of the second term eachyear.

Those initiated are Frederick P.Baggerman, Cleon C. Dodge, ConoverFitch, Gray Jensvold, Thomas R.Kinraide, Rinaldo V. Kron, James R.Thomson, John B. Toy, Robert H.West and Stanley D. Zemanski.

The purpose of the QuadrangleClub is to foster better relationshipsamong the two lower classes.

Vassar, according to a sociologyprofessor at Lehigh, was founded bya brewer who was trying to provethat women really could be educated.-The Haya.

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.C. SPRINTSSquash Tournaments Starting;

Classifications Include All Groupsfour squash tournaments Iget under way, players of In addition, an inter-frateenity con--alibres may all find oppor-test open only to members of the In- g

compete. The feature is the stitute fraternities, together with- a i,Junior Varsity tournament open to all (Cup Tournament, the com-

for the large silver cup undergraduates except lettermen, are,,-fo the arge J.iEmersn '04. now in progress. In fairness to the E

el wll ave is alneen-graduate students and to the members-n the cup and lretain its of the faculty, a tournament exclu- 'L-ifor one year, and -with the sively for them is also being held-,

receive miniatures of the The sign-ups for all these contestswhich they may retain per- eionrbfreWdsay'

To date, over 120 menFified their intention of com Feruar 21st. The deadline for theid the sign-ulps will continue Emerson Cup sign-ups will be an-Xal weeks. nounced later.. '

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Jumboes Take Five Matches;Freshmen- Win, 19 Y/z- 12 V2

In a meet that saw every bout ex-cept the last go to the time limit, theTufts mnatmen defeated the varsitywrestling team, 19 to 9. Judd, Boyanand Captain Poole were the winnersfor Technology. George was forcedto default his bout because he wasunable to make the weight.

The Technology freshmen defeatedthe Tufts freshmen by the score of19l,42 to 121/-, in a preliminary meet.

Varsity118-poundl class-Gillespie (Tufts) wvon

from George by default.126-p~oiind class-Slate (Tufts) defeated

M~arderosian, time advantage, 3.38.135-poundL class-Judd (INI.I.T.) defeated

Sp~offord, time advantage, 3.21.145-poundl class-Boyan (I.I..T.) defeated

M~attioli. time advanta- t. 7.00.1.,-p-Iound class-Hingstn (Tuf ts) dle-

feated Isbister, time advantage, 9.14.165-pound class-Cap~tain Poole (MI.I.T.)

defeated Johnsonl. time advantage. 6.14.175-pound class-Smith (Tufts) defeated

.McCaughan, time advantage, 7.54.Unlimited-Captain Linberg (Tufts) (le-

feated Graham, fall, 2.OS.Freshmen

118-p~ound class-Pagan (Tufts) defeatedNoodleman, time advantages 7.25.

126-p~ound class-Ergang, (Tufts) defeatedHartim, fall, 3.16.

135-pound class-Slats (Tufts) and Testadrew in two overtime periods.

14;-pound( class-Web~b (.ALLrT.) defeatedGoodall. fall, 8.32.

15*)-pouind class-Stewart (Tufts) defeatedBaggerman, time advantage, 8.0S.

16;5-pound class-Held (M1.I.T.) defeatedOrdon, fall. 6.41.

17;5-ponind class-Pellam (MI.I.T.) defeatedDesmet. time advantage, 7.55

Unlimited-Ceston! (MI.I.T.) defeated K~ra-mer. fall, 24 sees.

urday night. To date, the team haswon two out of eight games, a poorshowing compared to the unusualrecord made last year which broughtthe team the Greater Boston cham-pionship and gave Sysko a positionon the All-New England team.-

The freshman basketball team losttheir eighth straight game Wednesday.to St. Georges at Newport, R.I., by.

Track Captain Invited to Com-pete in Special 50-yard

D~ash

ONLY ENGINEER TO RUN

Dick Bell, Technology's starsprinter and track captain, has beeninvited to run in the special sprintevent at the New York A. C. Gamestomorrow night, it was announcedthis week.

His most outstanding opponentswill be Wedmyer, Navy's star; John-son, freshman flash from Columbia;and Jannell, Fordham's ace dash man.The latter was among the qualifiersfor the finals in the sprint event atthe Millrose games.

Bell In Better Form NowBell has come along slowly this

sloason, not doing very well in hisfirst competition, but has graduallyrounded into form. At the B. A. A.games last Saturday he broke thelocal record for the 50-yard dash, andait New York tomorrow 'he willattempt to continue his victories.

.Bell will be Technology's only rep-r~esentatives to compete at the NewYork meet.

Cagfers LoseEighth Game

Basketball Team Falls BeforeWeak Clark Team, 32-21

in Slow G~ame

Playing the usual type of unor-ganized game, the Technology varsitybasketball team fell before the on-slaught of an inferior Clark quintetat Worcester last Wednesday -nightby a score of 32 to 21. This wasClark's first- victory this season.

The shift which brought O'Brein tocenter and Garth to forward did notwork out as well as Coach McCarthyhad 'hoped, and he was obliged toresort to -the old combination. Fre-quently the Engineers' shooting andpassing was quite -ragged.

McCarthy OptimisticMcCarthy hopes to break the pre-

vailing jinx which has followed theteam this year when the team meetsWilliamis at the H4angar gym onl Sat-

matic signals indicating turns or'.stops on state highways a rea'sonable _requirement? .

Should this law be extended to:cover all roads ?

Are the responsibilities of pedes-trians and motorists on highwaysclearly understood?

Should the schools be required to~teach children accident prevention?

Is the present method of inspecting;~cars and equipment adequate?

Should inspection be extended to.include tires, -rear vision mirrors.-visibility through windshield, bump-ers and stoplight ?

In Massachusetts an examinationis required before a driving licenseis issued. Would it be advisable tore-examine drivers at stated inter-vals ?

Should drivers be required to pre-sent a certificate of proficiency fromsome recognized or state-operatedtraining school ?

At what age are applicants suffi!-

ciently mature to represent a goodsafety risk ?

Would a reduction in insurancr,premiums for good drivers and an in=crease for careless drivers help tc.prevent accidents?

What penalties would help to cure-drivers of careless habits ?

Would some system of merits forgood drivers and demriets for care=-less drivers help to reduce accidental

These and other interesting ques-tions are being presented to variou--drivers in a prepared questionnair-on which, in addition to his answerrto specific questions, the mzotoris.may add such comment as he think.-will be helpful.

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Seek Second Consecutive VictoryAgainst Trinity Team

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F~resh f rom their victor y over the.Boston University natators, the swim-ming team will travel to Hartford to-mor row afternoon to tackle a weakTrinity team. At the satne time thefirst year team will stack up againsta strong and highly favored Exeterteam.

The varsity will be without theservices of DuRoss in the 50-yarddash and the relay because of an in-jury recently received in an automo-bile accident. However, with CaptainVaughan and Summers in the 220-yar d dash, Paige in the dive, Gran-berg in the 50-yard dash and Muellerand Vonnegut in the breast stroke,the Engineers should pile up a suffi-cient score to win the meet.

Dodge, Freshman MainstayAlthough the freshman team has as

yet failed to win a meet, Cleon Dodgeis still undefeated in 50 and 100-yarddashes, and has been the mainstay onthe relay team. Swimming in theRoxbury Boys' Club pool last week,he made a record time of 244/s sees.for the short dash. Dakin, anotherof the first year mainstays, will notenter the Exeter meet because of aninfection.

The line-ups for tomorrow are asfollows: Varsity - medley relay,White, Edmonds and Granberg; 220-yard free style, Summers andVaughan; 50-yard dash, Brown andGranberg; dive, Paige and Wells;440-yard free style, Hamilton andVaughan; 150-yard back stroke, Ed-monds and Hope; 200-yard breaststr oke, Mueller- and Vonnegut; 110-yard free style, Callan and Granberg;440-yard relay, Callan, Summers,Granber g and Vaughan.

Freshmlan-50-yard dash, Dodgeand Haywood; 100-yard dash, Dodgeand Rutherford; 220-yard breaststroke, Bliss and Burnett; dive, Rog-ers and Heywood; 150-yard back-stroke, Kron, Smith or Fishel; 220-yard breast stroke, Goldsmith andT&Crane.

10,000 DRIVERS WILLAID HIGHWAY SURVEY

(Conwtintued fr'om} Pa~ge 3)as the highway experts indicated theeagerness of drivers to contributetheir observations.

The survey engineers want to knowwhat automobile drivers consider thebest methods of traffic control. Theywvill be asked for their opinions on

the direction of traffic by lights andby police officers at city street in-tersections. Their opinion on "stopbefore entering" signs, blinkers andautomatic traffic lights on highwaysalso will be sought. Are these signlsand lights properly located ? A-rethere enough or too many warningsat intersections, curves and school

Izones?7 The survey engineers areIalso particularly interested to knowwhat highway locations are consid-ered by motorists as danger spots.

Other interesting questions beingasked drivers are: Do signs indicat-ing permissible speeds on highways

!help to prevent accidents?Is the law requiring hand or auto-

a score of 37 to 17.The summary:

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ENGINEER BOXERSSEEK INITIAL WIN

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Team Will Not Be Handicappedby Forfeits as in

Past Matches

The Engineer boxing team willattempt to break into the win columntomorrow when it meets the U. S.Coast Guard Academy at New Lon-don. The Beavers' ego is still low onaccount of a 121/2 to 3 Y2 beatingreceived last Saturday at the bandsof New Hampshire. Faring betterthan in the last meet, the previousforfeits in the 115, 175 and heavy-weight classes -will not handicap theteam, as they will be compensated forby holding one extra 135-pound boutand two extra 145-pound bouts.

Muldow-ney is entered in the 125-pound class, and it is expected thathe will lrepeat his brilliant showingmade at the New Hampshire meet,where he was one of the three Techvictors.

Several Changes in Line-upCaptain Wetherill, as usual, will

box in the 135-poundl class, togetherwith Bradford, also a victor at NewHampshire and who has usuallyfought in the 125-pound class. Amongthe 145-pounders, ex-Captain Careywill share honors wvith Leftus andWoll. L~eftus has been losing wveightlately and thus has been forced tobox in a lighter division. Ed Gaughan,hard-hitting 155-poundleT, will at-tempt to lrepeat his New Hampshirevictory with another K.O. to hisgrowing list.

Since the intercollegiate boxingrules do not govern the Coast GuardAcademy, Bob Thorson of the fresh-man team will experience his first col-legiate bout, fighting in the 16a-poundclass.

According to Tommy Rawson, theboys are not all in top condition be-cause of the strain of the recentexams and their lack of training.However, since the team is not hin-dered by defaults it is expected thatit will f are better than in the NewHampshire meet, where it had ahandicap of four points out of a pos-sible sixteen.

Froshl Track Teamiin Indoor Meet;

First Year Men Face UniversityExtension School on

Boards

Track Coach Oscar Hedlunld hasarranged a full week-end schedule,with the freshman runners facing theUniversity Extension -School and thevarsity men participating in a handi-eap meet on the board track. Overtwenty first year men are entered inthe dual meet and a large number ofupper classmen are expected to com-pete in the handicap meet.

The freshmen who are entered intomorrow afternoon's event are asfollows: Low and high hurdles, Faatzand McClellan; 50-yard dash, Hough-ton, McClellan, Sabi and Wilkes; 300-yard dash, Sabi, Wilkes and Pulsifer;600-yard dash, Cooper, Moffatt andHaskel; 1,000-yard dash, Guerke,Oakes and Matthews; high jump,Schilling; pole vault, Woods; shot put,Sawyer and Thompson; broad jump,Lipnick and Dreselly.

GARONO FINALISTIN DORM SQUASH

In the semi-finals of the DormSquash Tournament, Louis Garono,'35, yesterday defeated Dave Ingalls,'34, by the score 3-2. This meansthat Garono will meet the winner ofthe Lucas-Vallone match, to be heldas soon as Lucas recuperates from anattack of scarlet, fever. The scoresin last night's game follows: 9-15,10-15, 15-10, 15-11, 15-12.

The University of Oklahoma foot-ball team gained a half mile on for-ward passes alone during the 1932season.-McGill Daily.

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above average in ability to reactquickly to certain stimuli, there is apossibility that the average manwould take longer to respond.

To find out what the test is like,this reporter went out in one of thecars used in the investigation andtook the driving test. Two cars areused in the test, the car carrying themeasuring device with the observerbeing followed by the auto driven bythe subject. After the lead car andthe subject's car turned out on Mem-orial Drive, data was taken at inter-vals. With the attention of the sub-ject concentrated on the stop light ofthe forward car, a monotonous high-frequency hum coming from the in-strument in the back seat, occasion-ally the red light would appear and

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Tests SatisfactoryThe cars came back on the opposite

side of the river and concluded thetrip behind the Institute. After com-putations were made to transfer thedata into time units, the inventor ofthe device, C. W. Frank, a graduateof Technology, explained the mechan-ism of the instrument. At the instantthe red light flashes in the forwardcar, a charged condenser starts dis-charging. When the subject sees thelight and applies the brake, an elec-trical impulse is sent to the lead car,operating a relay which stops thedischarge. A vacuum tube voltmeterautomatically measures the potentialacross the condenser, and the observerrecords both the measurement and thedistance between the cars. A seriesof measurements determines the aver-age time lag for the subject.

A group of engineers under thedirection of Professor C. E. Tuckerof the department of electrical engi-neering are carrying on the research,the initial results of which have beenpronounced satisfactory.

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turers, research associates and assist-ants, teaching fellows, and assistants,technical assistants, and nationalresearch fellows.

There is a total of 2,650 studentsincluding 440 graduate students, tak-ing the 18 courses now offered.

The 3,670 people of the Institutealso include about 250 persons em-ployed, whose positions range fromjanitor to stenographer.

UNDERGRADUATE NOTICE:

There are a number of openings forfreshmen as assistant manager of thetrack team. All first year men inter-ested may leave their name with theA. A. secretary on the third floor ofthe Walker Memorial or see Bill Crossat the Track House any afternoonafter five o'clock.

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Of this number, 520 are membersof the instructing staff, which in-cludes about 85 professors, 55 associ-ate professors, 75 assistant profes-sors and 93 instructors besides lec-

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WHEELOCK SCHOOLAIDS CONCERT

The program for the coming jointMusical Clubs concert wath theWheelock School, to be held on Feb-ruary 21 from 8.15 P.M. to 2 A.M. inWalker Memorial, was announced to-day. Matrons for the evening will beMrs. James Jack and Mrs. LeicesterHamilton for Technology, and Mrs.Lyle Ring, Miss Marion Gilbert andMiss Laura Holmes for Wheelock.

The Combined Glee Clubs will ren-der "Jerusalem" by Parry and "AsTorrents in Summer" by Edgar. TheBanjo Club will follow this withTschaikowsky's "Danse Russe Tre-pak" and "Jota" by E. Granados. TheWheelock Glee Club will present "TheMoon Reappears" by Purceli and twofolk songs. Following this, the M. I.T. Glee Club will give "Down Amongthe Dead Men" by Taugh-Williams,"With Hearts Uplifted" by Schredof,and Robertson's "Jolly Roger." TheML. I. T. Orchestra will follow withLuigini's "Ballet Egyptian" and twoothers. In conclusion, the CombinedClubs will present "MNother Moscow"by Tchesnokoff.

Exactly thirty-nine freshmen at theUniversity of Florida were promisedthe freshman class presidency duringZone active campaigning of rush week.-The McGill Daily.

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ing, indicating the younger men willgrow into conditions less favorablethan those enjoyed by the generationahead of them. The rate of educa-tion is such as to foretell a gross en-rollment (men age 25 to 64) of 265,-412 in 1950 if those of four or moreyears of engineering education arecounted.

If those of one or -nore years offormal training are included, thenumber becomes 363,500; this com-pares with 194,997 employed in 1930and 3-4,174 in 1900. In relation tothe national population, the numberof engineers has more than tripledfrom 1900 to 1930, while the numberof doctors decreased by one quarter.

The large number of younger en-gineers in relation to the smallergroup of older men tends to lowerthe price of technical service, thearticle. points out. The growth innumber of the younger group, duringwhich no danger signals are likely tobe noticed, cannot go on indefinitely-without relation to general economicindices, such as population, produc-tion, and wealth. Eventually it mustbe stabilized. Since the growth comesfrom the continuing entrance ofyoung men into the field, the total isliable to exceed the demand, and thendecrease, -with painful consequences.

Competition Accentuated

The success of previous groupstends to encourage the continuanceof the supply of younger men. The'result is that ratio between the oldand young groups of engineers hasgone above 2.5, -when the normal ratioamong professional men, engineersincluded, is 1.8. This brings aboutstrained conditions of competition.

"It is ironical," the article con-tinues, "that the converse of all thisis commonly assumed to be the case.Because employment has risen, wea-re told, things are getting better.'Because those older than I have donewell,' the engineer says to himself,'therefore I, with my improved tech-nical training, will get mny recom-pense in due time.' He may get it,but his reason is wholly vrong.)

The facts of the analysis showsthat within the next twenty years thenumber of men in the engineering

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Friday, February 162:00-American Society of Civil Engineers Trip to Berger Co. Leave Corner

of Massachusetts Ave. and Memorial Drive.3:00-Aldred Lecture, Dr. Harlcw Shapley on "The Construction of Galaxies,"

Room 10-250.Saturday, February 17

2:00-Aristocrats Rehearsal, North Hall.2:00-Beta Theta Pi Basketball Practice, Hangar Gym.7:00-Annual Alumni Dinner, Main Hall, Walker Memorial.8:00-Wellesley-Roslindale Dance, Commuters' 5:15 Club.

Monday, February 195:00-Dormitory Dinner Club, Grill Room, Walker Memorial.5:00-Tech Show Orchestra Rehearsal, East Lounge, Walker Memorial.6 :00-Amnerican Society of Civril Engineers Dinner Meeting, North Hall,

Walker Memorial. Speaker, Dr. William Bowie, Authority on- ~~Geodesy.

7:00Tech Show Chorus Rehearsal, Walker Gymnasium.Tuesday, February 20

5:00-ommuters' 5:15 Club Showinlg of the Film, "Technology," Room10-250.

8:00Chemical Club Meeting, Dr. William H. Walker, Speaker, Moore Room,Building 6.

WEATHER CONDITIO>NSSTUDIED AT ST. LOUIS

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Professor Carl G. Rosby, directorof the division of meteorology, andLouis Harmentas, research associate,are in St. Louis with specially de-signed meteorographs, one of whichis attached to each balloon.

DJr. J. Bjerknes, the distinguishedNorwegian meteorologist who is nowvisiting the Institute, is co-operatingat Cambridge with Dr. I-urd C. Wil-lett of the Institute staff in -makingthe weather-forecasts upon which the.

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Effect on Structures StudiedIn the solution of construction

problems, the engineer must trans-late his fundamental knowledge ofearthquake movements into terms oftheir effect upon the structure he isdesigning in order to test itsstrength. For simple buildings hecan utilize mathematics, but forstructures of more than three or fourstories the task becomes so involvedas to be practically impossible bysuch means. He has, therefore, long

release of the balloons will depend. sought other methods of accomplish-Meleorographs Used ing his purpose.

Many of the balloonsare expected The significance of thle instrumentto reach an altitude of 12 miles above designed at the Institute is that itthes earth, and because they may be gives at once data of importance tocarried treat distances by wind cur- the engineer. In previous methods ofrents each balloon will bear an iden- model study the "deflections," ortification tag offering a reward of motions, of the models were meas-$5.00 to the finder. provided the in- ured and from these the stresses hadstruments and their records are not to be calculated by a tedious process.tampered with. Further instructions The stress recorder not only markswill advise finders- how to care for an important advance in this branchthe instruments until Professor Ross- of the science but can be used toby sends a special shock-absorbing determine the stresses caused by sim-container in which to ship them to ple forces, such as wind, as well ashis laboratory. those caused by more complex earth-

A mid-continent location for the quake forces. Once the engineer hasexperiments was chosen in the hope the data on the stresses in the beamsthat most of the instruments would and columns of the model, it is a sim-be found on land. To carry out the ple matter for him to apply them instudy in New England, where the terms of the full-sized structure.prevailing winds are from the west.prnbably would result in loss of mostof the balloons at sea. The informa-tion gathered in these upper air ob-servations is expected to result inimportant contributions to knowledgeof meteorological conditions in thestratosP-here and to advance studiesof weather forecasting.

Extension of the Institute's highaltitude meteorological exploration ismade possible by a grant of morethan $8,000 from the RockefellerFoundation.

Device Weighs One OunceThe stress recorder, which weighs

only an ounce or so, by an ingenioussystem of mirrors, lenses and prisms,writes a record of the stresses inmodels on photographic paper bymeans of a pencil-point of light mov-ing back and forth across the paper,which is fastened to a revolvingdrum. Simultaneously, time marksare "flashed" on the record by anelectric spark operated by a mag-netically controlled tuning fork. Thisarrangement enables the observer tocompute time intervals.on the recordto an accuracy of 1/1000 of a secondor better. The models used in Tech-nology's laboratory of engineeringseismology are made up of flat steelbars welded together at the joints. Atthe "floors" of the frame are ironweights proportioned to represent inminiature the weight of the proto-type structure.

Artificial "Quakes" Produced

A model. if built according to thecorrect model lawfs. wifll react to anartificial earthquake in exactly theway the large structure would reactto a natural earthquake. only on asmaller scale. If the scale is chosenpropertv it is quite possible to builda model of a ten-story. structure hav-ing a total height of onlv. four orfive feet and a total weight of per-haps a hundred pounds. Such a modelcan be r~ut on a "1shakinz table."which produces an artificial earth-quake, and the results wrill imimedi-ately revreal more than months ofcareful figuringz could. The modelautomatically solves the problem. andin that sense is a snecial tv. pe ofcalculatim-, machine -which Oves theanswer to equations so coynT)ex as tobe bevond 'human calculations. Theanswer is ivien by. the model in theform of vibrations caused by theearthquake. and these the engineermeasures in the laboratory.

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A total of 78 floodlights rangirfrom 250 watts up to 1,000 watts a:used nightly in lighting the buildin.and grounds of the Institute. Ditributed along the grounds neare,the Charles River on the inside of e

huge horseshoe formed by the ma:group of buildings, and so focus-that their beams illuminate the buiilings, are 56 1,000-watt floodlightThe lighting of the dome, so thatcan be seen at night from a gre~distance, is accomplished by havineight 1,000-watt and two 500-wa7lamps on the roofs of the adjoinirbuildings. The length of time th.-the buildings are illuminated nightfis determined by the season of tryear. Three hours each night -about the average. The nightly ligh-ing of the buildings and dome w.started in June, 1929, about the tinrthat Dr. Compton was inaugurated -president of the Institute.

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The Rogers Association will hold -dance at the Boston ArchitectureClub on March 9. The price will b-a dollar and a half.

Engineering FieldMuch Overcrowded

Says David FiskeToo Many Engineers on Market,

Hence Good EducationIs Necessary

Opportunities in the field of en-gineering are found to be limited,according to the statistical analysisof five professions in a recent articleby David L. Fiske, Secretary of theAmerican Society of RefrigeratingEngineers. The answer to the ques-tion asked by his title '"Are the Pro-fessions Crowded" is "yes" in the caseof engineering and law and "no" inthe case of medicine. The data usedrelates to the numbers, and employ-ment of men in these groups from1890 to 1930 together with a forecastof future population at the presenteducational rate.

According to Fiske, "the number ofengineers . . . is the key to theirsocial-economic status" rather thantheir "training, abilities, incomes, or-ganizations, or other factors com-monly given more weight." Ananalysis of our professional popula-tion which has had little attentionin the past, is more fundamental, theauthor states, and contributes moreto an understanding of the situationthan such matters as education andcharacter.

The analysis shows a very rapidincrease in the numbers of graduatesof engineering schools in the pasttwo decades. To keep up employ-ment a relative increase in the de-mand for technical services mustbe brought, about. "My own opinion,"declares the author, "is that the de-mand for such services -will not

lgreatly increase in the next decade or!two above what it was from 1920 to

1930."1Young Engineers Predominate

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He was -hosen an Rhodes scholarfrom Indiana to Oxford from 1905 to1907. While there he gathered muchinformation which was subsequentlyto take form in the publication ofseveral books concerning the ancientEnglish school.

His career as an English teacherbegan when lie accepted a positionas an instructor in the SouthwesternState Normal School in 1900. Sincethen he has taught in Indiana Uni-versity, Louisville High School andM. I. T. He was made president ofSwarthmore College in 1921, and hasheld the position ever since.

Has Written Many BooksAmong the many books which he

has written or edited are: "Eliza-beth Rogues and the Vagabonds,""College English," "The OxfordStamp," "English and Engineering:and "The Oxford of To-day."

He is a member of many nationalorganizations, including the Phi BetaKappa, National Research Council,World Peace Association and theAmerican Association of UniversityProfessors.

President Compton is expected todiscuss some of the current problemsof education from the point of viewof the parents, the student, and theeducator.

The guests at the head table willinclude Dr. Aydelotte. Dr. Compton,Dr. Bush. Professor Edgerton, Mr;Proctor, Orville B. Denison, StephenS. Townsend, Edward L. Moreland,Harrison P. Eddy, Jr., ProfessorICharles E. Locke, secretary of theAlumni Association, and Raymond S.Stevens.

Members of the committee incharge of the dinner are Mr. Stevens,chairman: Dr. Allan W. Rowe, HTam-ilton L. wood. Percy R. Ziegler andA. W. K. Billings, Jr.

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