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oph Prom To Sell5plDgt'Tc1¢h22 Wed.

$5.04 And $3w6OOne-night tickets for,the Class of952's Sophomore Prom Weekend,ay 12 and 13, will go on sale to-

ntiorrow morning in the Sophomore>om booth in the lobby of Build-ag 10. Also, options -for weekendickets are being redeemed androtp table reservations made inhe booth this week.Tickets for Friday night's formalthe main ballroom of the Hotel

ontinental will be $5.40. Vocalist:eddy King will sing to the musicif Ray Dorey and his orchestra. .Dancing to the music of Blueviaron and his orchestra will be thenajor non-revolutionary activity athe informal affair in Walker Me-borial Saturday, May. 13, the eve--ing of Open House. Party cardsill serve as tickets for this '~Revo-

utlon Party" and will be sold for3.60.Although options are now being

redeemed, weekend tickets will beld for those who have no options.

purchasers of these weekend tickets,re also eligible for the drawings

or champagne.

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c-=Tac=Tce PlayerVisitors at M.I.T.'s 1950 Open

louse will have an opportunity toheasure their romantic skill with

in "osoulometer," write their namesn an oscilloscope, or view them-

~lves on television. These aremong the exhibits planned by thestitute's Electrical Engineering

'epartniment -for the May 13 event.The osculometer (kiss-meter),

hich lights up like a pinball ma-hine to record the pressure of ass, will be part of the Measure-

pents Laboratory exhibit, whichlso includes a. machine which playscc-tac-toe automatically and can-ot ,be beaten. The Conmunica-0ons Lab, which is sponsoring theelevision, 'also plans to scan theIty of Boston with a shipboard-ype radar set, and to light fluores-ent bulbs in midair by means of aiicrowave transmitter.

! Many of the new computingevices and mechanical brains willIso be demonstrated, including the!eclassifled portions of "projectWhirlwind."Dr. Harold E. Edgerton's strobo-copic photography will formInother Electrical Engineering ex-jlbit. The technique, which can= ." a bullet as well as a golfer'swing, will be illustrated by severalf Dr. Edgerton's pictures.

Beaver Key Soc. ElectsNew Members From '52

The Beaver Key Society, honor-xy Junior Society which plays host0 visiting athletic teams, has an-nounced the election of new mem-

ers from the class of '52. Amonghose men elected were: Howard C.Mlderson, Richard H. Baker, Robert

!. Briber, Stanley I. Buzhn,)0nald A. Christensen, Robert t I.)amnon, Conrad F. Prey, James'C.}race, Ricardo E. Haegler, Henry). Hohorst, Kenneth King, Jr.,larold R. Lawrence, John B. BMatt-on, Jr., Lawrence. W. Mayer, WaldoTewcomer, and Robert M. Oliver.Also elected were Dirk A. Plum-

aer, John M. Prizer, Gustave J!lath, Richard D. Semple, Charles

S. Springer, James L. Stockard,eales R. Strawn, Otto K. Tonnesen,

l-drew Wessel, Douglas F. Haven,Irthur I. Martin, Kenneth M.hilds, Jr., Laurence L. Garthe,bseph A. Miller, and William H.Iueser, Jr.

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KMay GiveDiaqnosis

A new approach to the problemof detection and diagnosis of braintumors and other abnormalities inthe body is being investigated bythe Acoustics Laboratory under aproject entitled "The Detection ofIntracranial Pathology by Ultra-sound."

The project is still in its infancyand may take years of research be-fore clinically satisfactory methodsof diagnosis can be perfected. Yet,a great deal of progress 'has beenmade and it appears that ultra-sonics .will find many important ap-plications in medicine.

Before commencing this project,Doctors Hueter and Ballantine andProfessor Bolt visited Doctors K.and T. Dussik in Austria. The 'I>us-siks have pioneered in the use ofultrasound for brain tumor detec-tion and the present program is anextension and refinement of theirwork.

When.a beam of ultrasound issent through the brain, a certainamount of it is absorbed, refractedand reflected before the beam ispicked up 'by the receiver on theother side. The amount is deter-mined by such things as elasticity,viscosity and density of the braintissue. Influence of these factorson the beam of ultrasound caan leadto a "picture" of brain topographyby a process called "scanning."A beam of ultrasb'uid is sentthrough various regions of the -headand the transmitted intensities arepicked up to give a graphic pictureof important structures 'of thebrain.The information obtained fromthese experiments has been suffi-cient to yield an outline of theliquid filled ventricles in the brain.

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Tech Embassy PresentsReligious "Am bassadors"Pres. Killien On May 9

President James R. Killian, Jr.,will speak on "The Search forVirtue" on Tuesday, May 9, theannual Tech Embassy Day. Dr.Killian's address will be deliveredat 5 pm. in 10-250 as part of theyearly day of religious emphasissponsored by the Technology Chris-tian Association.

Under the Embassy plan, a dis-tinguished speaker -is invited todeliver a message off religious im-portance to students and faculty,after which the individual livinggroups adjourn to dinner and dis-cussion with other lay or clerical"ambassadors." Twelve fraternities,the student houses, GraduateHouse, Munroe Dormitory, and5:15 Club ,will participate in thisyear's dinner-bull session program.

Originated in 1928 by Dr. Kin-solving, then Secretary of the Am-herst College Christian Association,the Embassy plan rapidly gainedfavor at the Institute, and atBrown, Dartmouth, and other col-leges in the area. Past Chief Am-bassadors here include Dr. Karl T.Oompton, Professor Erwin H. Schell,and other prominent men.

Deeds Goes To TownflTe 'Lecture Series Committee, in

cooperation with the Boston FilmSociety, will 'present on Tuesday,May 2, at 7:30 pan. in Room 10-250,an academy award-winning motionpicture of 1937, '"Mr. Deeds Goes toTown." This famous comedy starsGary Cooper and Jean Arthur, andis directed by Frank Capra. theadmission charge is thirty cents.

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By ED LEONARD

What is between the Instituteand a terrific conflagration whichcould level millions of dollars worthof buildings? Is the Institute safefrom fire? And 'how serious havefires been in the 'past?

The answers to these and manyother specific questions concerningthe Institute's fire protection sys-tegm originate in the office of ChiefSafety Engineer Mark A. Dondero."First of all, how do you go aboutpreventing fires, Mr. Dondero?" weasked.

The Safety director repliedc thatthe primary responsibility for theprevention of fires lies with the in-dividual. Regulations throughoutthe Institute laboratories vary ac-cording to the type of work under-taken, but certain protective regu-lations are universal. Special con-sideration is given to areas wherehigh voltage equipment, volatileliquids, inflammable chemicals, orwoodworking equipment is em-ployed.

Inspection ToursEvery three months, representa-

tives of the companies which insurethe Institute against fire Ioss ac-company Mr. ,Dondero on a tourwhich takes them into every roomat Tech. Complete reports of all,such trips are filled with the SafetyDirector. From his office, directivessuggesting .improvements go to de-partment heads.

But what happens when a fireactually does start? Anyone sound-ing one of the many strategically

Photo by BronsonChief Safety Engineer Mark A. Donderopoints to a dletailed map of thecampus, which shows the location ofevery major piece of fire.fighting

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located fire alarm boxes simultane-ously sets off an alarm in the Build-ings and Power office, the Techpower 'plant, and. the offices in thebasement of Building 24. (This istrue only of the school and researchbuildings, 'alarms from the dormi-tories being directed to Cambridgefire department.)

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"What Can We Expect from the Soviet" will be the verytimely topic of Dr Alexander Szent-Ivanyi, English and Historydepartment lecturer, who will speak in Huntington Hall Thurs-day, May 4. Sponsored by the Lecture Series Committee, thiscompetent authority on communism served as Hungarian

Fitch, WerblowTake Lead RolsIn Robot DramasJohn T. Fitch '52 and Bikki Wer-

blow of the Boston ConservatoryDrama Department will play theleads in the Dramashop's produc-tion of It. U. R. (Rossm's UniversalRobots), the futuramic predictionof doom in a world of niechanicalmen, by 'Karel Oapek.

Professor Nobert Wiener of theDepartment of Mathematics of theInstitute will deliver a prologue tothe piece analyzing the social prob-lems presented by the robots oftoday.

Fitch plays the role of HarryDomin, general manager of Ros-sum's Universal Abbots, a factorywhich has succeeded in producingmillions of living automats withoutsouls or feelings. Helena Glory,played by Bikki Werblow, tries tohumanize the mnachines and in theprocess falls in love with Domin.

Dr. Gall, head of the Physiolog-ical and Experimental Departmentof R.U.R., played lb Allan Elston '51,changes the formula sufficiently toproduce society forming robots andthese eventually revolt against theircreators.

Disporting themselves as robotswill be David G. Newton '51, Harvey

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Pi Tau Sigma Elects14 Men To Meml erssip

Two honorary and twelve under-graduate members of Pi Tau Sigmawere initiated at the MechanicalEngineering Fraternity's banquetlast Wednesday. Professors Ken-neth R. Wadleigh -and George W.,Swett were the honorary members.

Juniors initiated were 'Richard C.Blanchard, Roland Ca nn, RogersB. Bowney, Freddie D. Ezekiel,William H. Fincke, Alan H. Helr,Gerald S. Iklheimer, Wiliam F.Moon, Raymond W. Moore, Peter F.Plender, Seldon B. Spangler, andAntonio Terrenzo.

Last Saturday on Lake Carnegiethe Beaver varsity crew was nosedout of a victory in the annualCompton Cup Regatta when Har-vard beat them by the scanty mar-gin of one foot in a one and threequarter mile race.

Finish in DoubtThis was the ninth straight time

that the Crimson oarsmen carriedthe cup home and for the secondtime in two weeks they beat Techby less than a length. The finishwas so close that the followinglaunches did not know who wonuntil it was announced by' the ref-eree. The difference in times wastwo tenths of a second with Ear-vard finishing in 9:08 and theBeavers in 9.08.2. Princeton finishedthird by four 'lengths and Rutgersfinished last by a wide margin.

Tech Goes AheadFor the first mile and a quarter,.

Technology, which got off to a slow

underground chief throughout therecent war.

After receiving his S.T.M. degreefrom Harvard, he returned toHungary and in Budapest foundedthe Emerson Guild for the dissemi-nation of American thought. Soonafter the war broke out this Guildbecame the foremost center foranti-Nazi activities in that sectorof Europe.

The Swiss Legation in Hungaryrepresenting the U. S. and GreatBritain In that country appointedDr. Szent-Ivanyi "spiritual advisor"to all the Allied civilians and pris-oners of war. Soon the "spiritualadvising" was extended to includethe feeding and sheltering of Brit-ish and Americans who had con-vened in Hungary, and assistingthem to escape. After German oc-cupation of Hungary, he was placedon- the wanted list, but managed toelude the dragnet set up by theGestapo for his capture.

For his work, Dr. Szent-Ivanyiwas awarded the "Token of Grati-tude" .by Field Marshal H. R. Alex-ander, Supreme Allied Commander,Mediterranean Theater of War. Hewas further decorated with thehighest order of merit yet issuedby the Hungarian Republic for hisactivities in the underground re-sistance movement.

While on a lecture tour in theU. S. in 1947, Dr. Szent-Ivanyi wasfound implicated in a "conspiracy"by the communist-controlled Hun-garian Government and thus .be-came a political refugee, unable toreturn to his native country. Henow serves as minister at the FirstCongregational Society of JamaicaPlain in addition to lecturing forthe English and History depart-ments.

I. D.C. DANCEI

The next I. D. C. dance will takeplace on Saturday, May 6th,instead of May 13th as previouslyannounced. This change has been'made In order to avoid a conflictwith the Soph Prom and OpenHouse. This ishe last 1. Do C.dance of the year and the comnmittee is working hard to ensurean enjoyable evening.

start, fought to get even with theCrimson. As the boats moved intothe last half mile, Tech rowing verysteadily, pulled out in the lead andkept a small advantage of a fewfeet coming into the last quartermile.

At this time it still seemed as ifthe Beavers held a slight edge butjust before the finish with bothcrews upping their beat to 41, theCrimson managed to cross the linealmost imperceptibly ahead of theEngineers. The race was so closethat the margin of victory seemedto be, that the Crimson eight hadtheir oars in the water crossing theline while the Beavers were justcompleting their recovery.

The Frosh race ended in anothervictory .for Harvard with the Tech-men finishing -third behind Prince-ton, about a half length behind theTigers and three and a half behindHarvard.

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News and Editorial-Room 307, Walker MemorlaW, Cambridge, ',aTelephones: I rkland 7-1881, T-1882.Business-Room 335, Walker M~emorlal. Telephone: in rkTand 7-1881.

IftH Subscriptton $3.00 per year, $5.00 for two years.Published every Tuesday and Friday during -'~Iege year, except during colIge vacstion,

under the Act of March 31, 1879.Represented for national advertising by National Aovertlaing Sorvica, Inc., College Pub-

llshers Representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York, N. t.Night Editor: Melvin M. Cerier, '52.

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Th.e Chi Phi Bohemian party lastSaturday n!~%t featured whatTeehmen often dream about-a lifeof ease on a South Sea island. TheChi Phi's provided the chance tosee what it would actually be like.They covered the walls with muralsportraying beautiful girls who wereclad in nothing but maidenly chas-tity. During -an intermission, theypresented a short skit about life ona South Sea islatd. As an addedattraction one of the dates per-formed a hula dance.

The Tectonians played for thedance. Incidintaliy, they have agood band, and it might be worthwhile for some of the social chair-men to ,consider them instead of theusual orchestras that asppear timeafter time at weekend parties.

Hobo PartyThe Phi Kappa Sig Hobo Party

Saturday night featured anotheroceupation .which at times some ofus think we might be better offdoing. I'll let you guess what thecostumes were. A hot Dixielandband kept things alive for thej itterbugs.

The Institute and Deferred RushingAfter a -dinner at the SAE house

the other night, Dean Baker clari-fied the Institute's views on de-ferred rushing. It is not the Insti-tute's intention, he said, to jeopard-ize either the position ,held by fra-ternities or the long record of ex-cellent relations between fraterni-ties and the administration. It ishis personal opinion that if the longrushing period last fall is an i'diacation of things to come, fraterni-ties -will eventually be forced to ac-cept deferred rushing. At present,however, the Institute would rathernot initiate the plan if the fraterni-ties vote against it.

For this coming fall term, theInstitute is guaranteeing housingfor all incoming freshmen. Withan eye toward the benefits of hous-ing the entire frosh class in a group,they are considering more extensivebuilding plans.

The problem of deferred rushingis the most important question thathas faced fraternities in a longtime. If the ,plan is adopted, theIFC aand the administration will befaced wittk the -formidable task .ofputting it in efficient operation. Ifit is not adopted, fraternities maystill face a rocky road ahead be-cause of -apparently waniug interestin rushing' from the freshmenclasses.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 3Faculty Club. Luncheon meeting. "Interlocking of State and Local

Taxation." Henry F. Long, Commissioner of Taxation. Campus Room,Graduate House, 12:00 noon.

Varsity Baseball Team. Game with Tufts College. Briggs Field, 3:30 p.m.Junior Varsity and Varsity Lacrosse Teams. Iviatch at Harvard Univer-

sity, 3:45 p.m.Electrical Engineering Department. Colioquium: "On the Use oi Storage

Devices in Communications" by Achilles J. Lephakts," and "On theUse of Storage Devices m Computers" by Robert i. mverett. Room 6-130,

4:30 p.m. Tea will be served m Isoom t-3?1 at 4:00 pa.English and History Department. "The New Deal and Political Theory,"

Professor Richard Hofstadter, Columbia University. Room 10-250,4:00 pum.

Mathematics Department. Lecture series: "Harmonic Forms of the Sec-ond and the Third Kinds." Professor HunTihio Kodaira, Institute torAdvanced Study. Room 2-315, 4:00 pam.

Metallurgy Department. Colilquinn: "Research on Thermodynamicsof Alloys." Dr. Carl Wagner. rvoom 2-390, 4:~0 pa.

Catholic Club. "Welfare State or Not?" Reverend A. J. McDonnelLRoom 6-120, 5:00 p.m.

Tech Model Aircrafters. Meeting on Open House plans. du Pont Room~Building 33, 5:00 p.m.

Chemistry Department. Harvard-M.I.T. Physical Chemistry Seminar:"Imaginary Contact Angles and the Jones-Itay Effect." Dr. A. S. Cool-idge, Harvard University. Room 6-120, 8:00 p.m.

THURSDAY,, MAY 4Technology Matrons. Annual luncheon meeting. Mrs. Albert G. H. Dietz

will sing Latin American songs and Mrs. Karl To Compton will tell ofher experiences in Central America. Brae Burn Country Club, WestNewton, 12:30 p.m.

City and Regional Planning Department. "English Housing Legislation."Professor John J. Clarke, Visiting Lecturer from England. EmersonRoom, Room 7-403, 2:00 pmn.

Civil and Sanitary Engineering Department. Seminar: "Urban Parks--An Engineering Proolem and a Recreation Resource." William A.Latham, Department of Parks, New York City. Room 1-390, 4:00 to5:00 p.m.

Musical Clubs. !iand concert. Great Court, 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.Physics Department. Colloquium: "Lifetime of the Pi Meson," Dr. William

L. Krausnaar. Room 6-1;g0, 4:30 p.m.Flying Club. Annual election of officers and discussion of pilot error

policies. Room 4-7 0, 5:00 p.m. Open to the public.Lecture Series Committee. "What Can We Expect from the Soviet?"

Dr. Alexander St. Ivanyi. Room 10-250, 5:00 p.moFRIDAY, MAY 5

Golf Tean. Eastern Intercollegiate Round Robin matches at Worcester,1:00 p.m.

Freshman Tennis Team, Match at Keane Teachers' College, 2:00 pm1- Varsity'Tennis Team. Match at Amherst, 3:00 pam.

Mechanical Engineering Department.: Seminar: "'A Survey of Heat'Transfer in Boiling.11,Dr. Wvarr~en 1VL Fhsenow. Room -3-470, 4:00 p.m.Coffee will be served in Headquarters at 3:30 p.m.

Technology Dames. Benefit card party. Emma Rogers Room, 8:00 pa.Dramashop. The play "R.U.R." (Rossurns Universal Robots) will be pre-

sented with prologue demonstrating robot mechanism by ProfessorNorbert Wiener. Peabody Play House, 357 Charles Street, Boston,8:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 6Golf Team. Eastern IIntercollegiate Round Robin matches at Worcester,

9:00 am and 1:00 p.m.Freshman Baseball 'Seam. Game with Tufts College. Briggs Field,

2:00 p.m.Varsity Lacrosse Team. Match with University of New Hampshire. Briggs

Field, 2:00 p.m.Freshman Tennis Team. Match at Brown University, 2:00 p.m.Varsity and Freshman Track Teams. Match with Tufts College. Briggs

Field, 2:00 p.m. aVarsity Tennis Team. Match with Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Briggs Field, 2:00 p.m.Junior Varsity Lacrosse Team. Match at Governor Dummer Academy,

2:30 p.m.Varsity Baseball Team. Game at Worcester Polytechnic Institute,

2:30 p.m.Dramashop. "R.U.R." Peabody Play House, 8:30 pm.Walker Memorial Student Staff. "Spring in Vienna," inormal dance.

Morss Hall, Walker Memorial, 8:30 p.m.SUNDAY, MAY 7

Baton Society. Tech Night at the Pops. Symphony Hall, 8:30 p.m.MONDAY, MAY $.

Aeronautical Engineering Department. Seminar: "The Designer's In-fluence on Air Transport Economics." Professor'Otto C. lKoppen.Room 33-319, 4:00 p.m. Coffee will be served in du Pont Room at3:30 p.m.

Chemistry Department. Physical Chemistry Seminar: "Kinetics of Gas-eous Reactions and Bond Dissociation Energies." Dr. Mehael Szawrc,Manchester University. Room 6-120, 4:00 p.m.

Physics Department, Spectroscopy Laboratory, Research Laboratory ofElectronics, and Laboratory for. Nuclear Science and Engineering.One of a series of lectures by Professor Hans Kopfernmann, Universityof Goettingen. Room 4-231, 4:30 p.m.

Outing Club. Lauletaan-ballads and folk songs. Tyler Lounge, WalkerMemorial, $:00 p.m.

TUlESDAY, MAY 9,iBiology Department. Colloquium: "Metabolically Active Factors from

Radiation-Damaged Cells." Dr. John R. Loofbourow and Dr. Falls B.Hershey. Room 10-275, 4.00 p.m.

Technology Christian Association. Annual Religious Embassy. "TheSearch for Virtue." Dr. James R. Killian, Jr. Room 10-250, 5:00 p.m.

Christian Science Organization. Meeting: "Life." Tyler Lounge, WalkerMemorial, 5:15 p.m. All are welcome.

Tech Model Railroad Club. Business meeting. Room 20E-216, 5:15 p.m.EXHIBITIONS

Professor Gyorgy Kepes has assembled a notable collection of paint-ings by 19th and 20th century artists. The theme of the exhibition,"The Painter and the City," shows the influence of city environment onthe work of these artists. New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library,May 8 to June 15.

* The Photographic Service will present about 100 POPULAR PHO-TOGRAPHY Magazine salon prints representing the finest examples ofcontemporary photography, both professional and amateur, from all overthe world. Gallery, Basement of Building 11, May 2-15.

CALENDAR OF EVENTSThe Calendar of Events is published weekly on Tuesday in THE

TECH and contains announcements- for the following week. It is sentwithout charge to all members of the staff, heads of D.I.C. projects, aswell as to the leaders of various organizations.

.Announcements, typewritten and signed, must be in the Office of theEditor, Room 7-204, not later than noon On Thursday, prior to publica-tion-date. Material for the Calendar, May 10-16, is due May 4.

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Because- of the susceptibility ofbooks to damage by water from asprinkler system (which might re-,spond to a small fire in a- vsmte-basket), the whole library buildingis protected by an electrical alar-msystem which is connected to B &P's alaxm system.

Throughout the library aremounted thousands of small units,consisting of two fusible discs sepa-rated by a non-conductLng fiberscreen. Heat in excess of 135 degreesmelts the discs and allows them tomake contact through the screen.This completas - low-voltage circuitandi sets off the latan bhroughbutthe library and B & P. /ne libraryis also equipped with large numbersof extinguisllers, hose outlets, andmanual alarm boxes.

No Fires Due to SabotageAlthough equipment, personnel,

and unusual vigilance help to makeTeoh one of the safest public insti-tutions in the country, .the safetydepartment is continually trying toimprove and enlarge their equip-ment.

In Pondero's two years here asSafety Engineer, there have beenno serious fires. More amazing isthe story offered by Professor EarllYIlard, fire marshal during thewar. During his term of offoie therewas not a sinoe -report of fixe dueto sabotage.

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Eisenburg '52, David Kemper, G,Stan-ey H. Sydney '52, Jere L. San-born '52, Roy Weinstein '51, Leon M.Polinski '52, Michael W. Maresca'53; and Bayard G. Gardineer '52.

[The play will be.presented IBidayand Saturday, May 5 and 6, at nhePeabody Playhouse, 357 Charles St.,in Boston. Curtain time is 8:30 pm.

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drenching the surroundings. Theflow of water through the sprinklerpipes activates a water turbine,connected to meehanical alarmbells.

The alaxm to Buildings and Powerinstantly . starts a gong systemheard throughout the Institutebuildings. This alarm, signal 2-2-2,informs all employees of the fireand sends them to phones to receiveinstructions as to where to proceed.

Cambridge Fire Dept. On CallIf reports indicate a serious fire,

B. a P. calls the Cambridge FireDepartment. In all cases, threestations, coming from as many di-rections, respond to the call.Broken-down sections of curbingallow the fBxe trucks to -drive rightup onto any ,pao of the campus.All chained-off thoroughfares areequipped -with cast iron locks whichcn be shattered by a harmner blowin an emergency. Ia~ recent drillsthe trucks were on the scene withinthree minutes after the alarm wassounded.

Meanwhile a crew of about thirtyjanitors, trained in emergency firefighting, responds to the call withlarge ·carbon-d.ioxide and foam-type ext'mguishers, mounted onhand trucks. Hoses, stored in wallcases, are easily reached whenwater is deemed necessary. How-ever, water is used sparingly be-cause it is often more destructiveto delicate equipment than fire.Should the fire spread to the halls,spring-driven fire doors, held openby a fusible link, close off the burn-ing -portion of the .building.

. Hayden Library ProtectionMost modern of all fire-fighting

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Continuing a. spring season ofundefeated dinghy competition, theEngineer skippers brought hometwo more blue ribbons over theweek-end. Sunday's FifteenthBrown University Spring Regattahanded- the Beaver sailors .the'

coveted Sharpe Trophy as well asexperience in the boats to be usedIn next week's New England Chan-pionships.

Off to a slow start, and ninepoints behind the leading Brownteam, the Beavers relentlesslyinched up on the leaders.

But in the final .race a suddenspurt by the Techmen put themahead of the Bruins 100-96. FolloW-ing the two top teams were Prince-ton with 91 points; Coast Guardwith 80; R. I. State, 74; Williams,54; Dartmouth, 50; and Yale, 22.

Nickerson High ManHfih point mnan of the regatta

was Beaver Bob Nickerson, sailingin 'Division A with crewman MikeDoyle. Howie Fawcett, sailing inDivision B with John Hansen ascrew, took second place in his divi-sion and, but for a lost protestconcerning a crowded turn, wouldhave take high score in his division.

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five opponents to take the chamn-pionship. Skipper John Hansen inDivision B ended the day with aperfect record-a 100%. score, 24points, and high score honors. Divi-sion A's entry, 'Bob Woods, tooktop honors in his division as wellSeond place school was Harvard,with 39 points to Technology's 45.Other schools participating wereB.U., B.C. Northeastern, and Tuftm

The Freshmen sailors took sixthin a nonagonal meet on the CharlesSunday. Jake Kerwin in B divisiontook a second place with 39 points,one point below the top man'stotal. In division A, another protestcut the Beaver totals down andcost them the meet.

AdeRh M Edges TechLacrosse Men 10-8

At Briggas Field last Saturdayafternoon the 5Beaver lacrosse teammet the stickmen from Adelphi andsuffered a 10-8 loss. It was thethird game out of four which theTechmen have played in a pouringrain.

The Engineers drw first bloodwhen Hucke hit the net at one mm-ute eighteen seconds of the firstperiod. Tech took a 2-0 lead whenAycrigg, after an assist by Lea,scored again for Tech' less than aminute later. Another goal byAycrlgg and an Adelphi score gavethe Engineers a 3-1 advantage atthe end of the first frame.

In less than half a minnte of thesecond iperiod Miller was able toput the Beavers in front 4-1 butthen came the story of the gamewhen Adelphi scored five goals tonone for Tech in the remainder of

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Tennis Team Defeatseates By 6-3 So$re

For Second Stra;ghtThe Beaver tennis squad engaged

the (Bates College netmen Fridayafternoon here at Technilogy'scourts in a successful quest of theirsecond straight victory of theseason.

The meet had all the appear-ances of a runaway as the Engi-neers scored a clean sweep in thesingles matches. Gerry Monsal-vatge, St. John Bain, MorleyDrucker, Peter Ney, Bob Furman,and John Bent each racked up avictory in this department.

However, the Beaveran werefar less successful in their doublesmatches, as the Bates squad foughtback hard to stave off a shutout.Nevertheless, by virtue of its faststart, Tech scored an Impressive6-3 victory.

Golfers Top Twice;Beat Bates, Colby

The Tech golf tem defeatedBates, 7-2 and Cl]by, 9-1, on suc-cessive days at the Oakley Coun-try Club last week. Of the twopoints scored by Bates on Friday,one was gained on the Anal hole.In spite of the fact that the Tech-men narrowly missed sweeping thematch, they showed the effects ofa week of idleness and their scoreswere uniformly high. On Saturday,however, they were much improved,and Ed Corrie, BI Hewit, PaulGrady, and James Fuller sred inthe 70's as Oolby was routed.

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Tuesday, May 2Varsity Tennis-M T, vs BC..AwayFrdshmen Baseball-

MIT vs.- Harvard .... Brlggs--:0|Wednesday,, May 3

Varsity. Baseball- 'MIT vs. Tufts ....... Briggs-3:30

Varsity Lacrosse--MIT vs. Harvard ..... Away--3:45

Freshmetn Lacrosse-MIT vs. Harvard .. A..way-3:45

Strong armed Dixie Dixon scattered seven hits to pitch

the Beavers into a 2-2 tie last Thursday afternoon at BriggsField with a strong Boston College squad which represented

New England in the 1949 NCAA Finals.

Track Team LosesTo Brown For FirstSetback This Season

The Tech varsity track team wentdown to its first defeat of the out-door season last Saturday, bowingto Brown University's tTackmen, 80-54, at Brown, in a meet that wasrun off in a steady rain.

The Bruins, who beat the Tech-men -by a 57-51 score in an indoormeet last winter, won without theservices of Gil Borjeson and DickPhillips, standouts on the squad,who won the hammer th.bw andthe high jump, respectively, at thePenn Relays, also held last Satur-day.

Al Dell 'sola led the way for theTechmen with victories in the 100-and 220-yard dashes and in thequarter-mile.

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In the field events, Jack Adamsof the Engineers picked up 10 .pointsin the weight events and set a new

ITAA ,record in -wnning the ham-nmer throw with a 164' 51/4" heave,breaking his own. Tecords of 162' 10",set last year.

The varsity score:100-yard dash: 1, Dell 'Isola, M.I.T.; 2.

Thornton, B.; 3, Childs, M.I.T.-Time 10.6seconds.

290-yard dash: 1, Dell 'IsoLa, M.I.T.; 2.Thornton, B.; 3, Frasca, M.I.T.-Time -23.7seconds,

440-yard irun: 1, Dell 'Isola, M.I.T.; 2,Olney, M.I.T.; 3, John Tobey. B.-Time51.1 seconds.

8S0-yard run: 1. Olney, M.I.T.; JohnTobey, B.; 3, Preble, B.--Timne 2:01.2

.file: 1, Tobey, Josh., B.; 2, Belton,M.I.T.; 3, Simpson, M.I.T.-Time 4:38.9.

2 miles: 1, Tobey, Josh., B.; 2, Hunt,M.I.T.; 3, Liswith, M.I.T.-Time 10:OS5.

120-yd. high hurdles: 1, Leeth, B.: 2,IAnderson, M.I.T.; 3, Spangler, M.I.T.-Time 16.1 seconds.

220-yd. low hurdles: 1, Thornton, B.; 2,Leeth, B.; 3, Anderson, .M.I.T.-Time 27.2seconds.

Broad Jump: 1, Hiney, B.; 2 Munro, B.;3, Keuster, B.-distance 20' 6".

High jump: 1, Cresswell, B.; 2, Roth,M.I.T.; 3, Hiney, B.-height 5'8".

Pole Vault: 1, Smart, B.; 2, Thompson,M.I.T. No third place.-height 9' ".

Discus: 1, Heinz, B.; 2, Sheard, B.; 3,Adams, M.I.T.-distance 123' 4".

Hammer throw: 1, Adams, M.I.T.; 2.Chernak, B.; 3, Gibson, B.-distanee 164'5Y4" (neaw MITAA record).

Javelin: 1, Sheard, B.; 2, Steere, B.; 3,Adams, .M.I.T.-distance 167'3".

16-lb. shot put: 1, Munro, B.; 2, Adams.M.I.T.; 3, Steere, B.--distance 43'10'%,".

Total score: Brown 80, M.I.T. 54.

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Dixon looked good throughoutthe game, although he exhibitedconsiderable wildness, walking tenbatters. Mulrenon, who was doingthe twirling for the Eagles, matchedhim every step of the way, how-ever, giving up only three hits tothe Techmen.

B. C. Opens ScoringB.C opened the scoring in the

very first frame and then collectedanother run in the third.

Mulrenen, deadly all afternoon,held the Beavers in check though-out most of the game. In the sixth,leadoff man Ronny Thompson col-lected a hit and Mike Johnson fol-lowed him with a base on balls.Dave Gushee reached on an error,Thompson scoring on the play. PetePhilliou then belted a tremendoustriple, on which Gushee, thinkingthat the ball might be caught, heldup too long and was thrown out atthe plate with the .potentialwinning run after Johnson hadscored to tie it up. The Beaversthreatened in the ninth, when Lu-barsky got as far as second, butwere unable to cash in the winningrun.

Fielding SharpThe Beaver infield whipped off a

nice double play in the fourth,Celantano to Thompson to Fenster... The entire squad played error-less ball afield, for the first timethis year.

M.I.T. ABThompson, ss .. 3Johnson, If .... 2Gushee, rf ..... 3Philliou, 3b .... 4Celantano, 2b .. 4Fenster, lb ..... 3Lubarsky, c .... 4Mac.lillan, ef .. 3Dixon, p ....... 4

Totals ........ 30B.C.

Walsh, cf ...... 4Ceglarski, 3b ... 4tiarrlngton, 2b . 3Fitzgibbons, c .. 4Fitzgerald, If .. 3Collins. lb ..... 5Ryan, rf ....... 2-Hewes, ss ...... 3Mulrenen p .... 4

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Celantano, Philliou; SB: Harrington,Walsh, Fitzgerald; DP: Celantano toThompson to Fenster; SO: by Dixon 5, byMulrenen 9; BB: off DIxon 10, off AMul-renen 6; Hlits: o~ff Dixon 7 in 9i, off Mul-renen 3 in 9; Balk: Dixon; ER: off Dixon2, off 3iulrenen 2; LOB: M.I.T. 7, B.C. 13;Umpires: Silva and Cleary.

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Light GCews"'Lose: TWO/ ,.Tie One V/Mt Hervardl

Last Saturday on--the CharlesRiver,-the Bearer -lightweight crewsraced against IHarvard, losing tworazes and tying one. The varsityboat lost to 'Harvard by three anda half lengths after two false startsdelayed the race and the JV's lostto the Crimson by four lengths.

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the second iperiod making the score6-4 with Adelphi ahead.

Fie fourth period saw the,Beavers catch up to the Adelphistickmen when Huicke and Aycrigg,assisted by Lea,' hit fo£ Tech in thefirst five minutes. But Tech hopeswere shortlived as Adelphi cameback with the two goals which ,gavethem their third win of the year.

In a J.V. ,gae at Middiesex theyoung Beavers lost by a 12-4.count.

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Symphony Orchesfra'sSeason Closes May 12-

A free concert by the Institute'sConcert Band will be given thisThursday at 4:15 pmn. in the greatcourt in front of Building 10. JohnCorley.will conduct the band in"Man of the Hour zrch,"' theFinale from Tchaikovskyfs FouDthSymnphony, and several selectionsfrom Cole Porter.- Another' oomeert.by the bands in ,the great court isscheduled for Open House, May 13,and another in Hatch Shell onMay 17.

The Symphony Orchestra, don-ducted by Klaus Liepmann, willclose its season with a concert in

'Morss Hall on Friday, May 12.Featured on the program is WeberT's"Concertino" for clarinet and-or-chestra, with Nathan Levine assoloist. Melvin Greenwood will betrumpet soloist in Coplan's "QuietCity" for trumpet and strings.

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