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Basement Scribes HurlThreats at Humzorists

Cones the announcement fromthe Basiement of Walker, and inno uncertain terms, that a secondgreat classic of the gridiron is totake place on Thursday. T. E. N.has thrown down the glove beforeVoo Doo, and the result promisesto be nearly comparable to thegreat struggle between THE TECHand Technique on Wednesday.Rumor hath it that both publica-

itions are grinding the battle-axelwith gleaming eyes and bared

iteeth, while all the school waitsbreathlessly for the verdict.

Frosh! Don't ForgetElections Wednesday

Election of officers of the fresh-man class is scheduled to be heldthis Wednesday in the Main Lobby.As is customary in all Instituteelections the preferential systemof voting will be used by which thevoter indicates, in the space pro-vided, the order of his choice of thecandidates for each position.Elections were originally plannedfor last Wednesday but were post-poned on account of a mixup in thelist of nominees.

HIANDICAP EVENTSATTRAT MANY TO

THIRD FALL MEETGrondal, DeFazio, and Broder

Win from Scratch inTheir Events

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A Record of

Continuous News Service

For 48 Years

Vol. XLIX-No. 66 CAMBRIDGE, MASS., lMONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1929 Price Five Cents

Crippled SoccerTeam Beaten By

Clark By 8 To 0Freshmen Lose to Dean 2 to 0

-V-~arsity Plays TuftsTeam Tomorrow

Trounllcedl S to 0, the E]ngineer soc-cer team lost its last out-of-town gain(ethis season to thie powev ful Clalrikeleven on the Clark Field at W~orces-ter last Saturday afternoon. Althoughthe MI. I. T. team, was cr ippled, dueto the absence of several of its bestplayers, the Clark eleven was inuchme} e- pon-erful and scored all easyvict_ .Y.

In the first quarters 31. I. T. 11at1 sev-eral chances to score, Kaslienisantaand Velez missing two fr ee shotswhen the ball bounded off the cross-bar. Clark immedliately got undcerwayand the Engrineers were unable towvithstand the fulriols atta( k. The'Norcester team scored twice beforethe quarter ended.

M. l. T. Fails to score

Althouglh Teclhnology] had several chances to score again ill the secondqual ter, the Clarih defense was im-pregnalule, and the Beavers wereagain held scoreless. Clark brokethrough tie Cardinal and Gray baclc line once ill this quarter anl scored,!making tile count 3 to 0.

In the third period the crippled Var-sity *eakened, and their opponentsstarted a big offense, whicl netted theWVorcester team three goals in thissession. Although Wyman, the En-gineer goalie tried desperately to holdthe Clark forwards, the score was 6to 0 vwhen the quarter ended. M. I.T. had a few chances to score in thisperiod, but were unable to breakthrough the defense line of their op-ponents.

Opponents Score AgainClark increased the score to two

nore goals in the fourth to make thefinal score 8 to 0, the Reaver bootersbeing held seoreless throughout thegame.

On the Coop Field, the yearlinghooters lost tleir game with DeanAcademy 2 to 0. Thle first Dean scorecame in the first quarter when Mayer,-oal on the Engineer team, booted theball into one of his teanmates onCyconski's try, the ball reboundinginto the net. Dean scored again latein the final period, when Larsen, Deanhalflack, sent the ball througlh Alayerafter a scrimmage il front Of thegoal.

Tufts Here Tomorrow

Tomorrow, the Varsity meets Tuftsin their last game of the season, %vhilethe frosh may have a game with

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Bowery Ball OpenTo Studernt Body

Of The Institute

Exhibition Room at Rogers willBecome Hogan's Hole

Friday Night

Hogan's Hole. the wvell-lhnow n divein the Bowtery of New York City, willlive its life again for one night atthe dance of the Architectural Socie-ty to 7)e given next Friday, November22, ill the Exhibition Roonm, RogversBuilding. Tile dance is not lilited tothe menibei s of the society, blt isop~en to all students.

Tlls Bowel'ry den las a tl;lSt Nv-ichlshould r emain in the darlkl, bult hasb~een broug-lt to light for the benefitof those who alre unac customed wtlithe llalits and usages of the Eoweryrin the 1890's. The _r chllite(turlal So-ciety is atteaptinlg to rpelproluce, the I collc'litioii eDsistill at t'le 1 inle of thleclosing of Hog~ail s Hole. ;

-rnl'iOIIs p~lates aloft e:lgl cgavhins haveceeni pri ocureld e y tbie (tlecorationsw

committee ill ordtler to r epao;dlhce the .setting and scene of the Hole in ex-act r eplicaa. RoX;rs on the nihllt of ,the dance will be filled wit aslh-cans ;and bottles -\which shiould please the ceye of the most cr'itical. I

This is the first year that the Archit- lectural Society has opened its dance .to Technology on both sides of the ;river. The dance will be a costume taffair, the costunies to le typical of tthe Bowery of the 1890's. The music lwill be furnished by George Tyne's Iorchestra, and the dancing will be lfrom 9 to 1. Tickets can be procured dat the Voodoo office, or at the T. C. A. ioffice in Walker Memorial. r

CLOSEFINAL IN 150 IS

Liberal Handicaps for NewerMen Mtake Races Close

And Exciting

Grondala, DeFazio, and Broder wver ethe winners from scratch the thirdfa11 handicap mieet held last Saturdayafternoon onl Tech Field. Four fieldevtents and five on the trackv madle upthe program of nine events. Grondalvon the discus, DeFazio the 11/4 mile

rtln, and Broder the 150-y-ard dash.Thle trials of the 150-yard dash wvere

tile first events on the progranl. Thlefirst heat was wvon by Broder in15 4-5 seconds, wrlile K~inraidle, with a.'- foot handicap X as second. W~itll aone foot handicap, Shlaw took firstplace in the second heat in 16 secondsflat. Kreuzcainp) took advanltage ofhis three foot handicap to come insecond. Peel;, witly a three foot ad --anlta-~e, tooks the third heat in 15 4-5

seconds. Stevernman wias second inthis trial.

DeFazio Wins Long Rutn Follow-in- the 150-yardl trials thle

1 l, mile run. w as held. DeFazio.AlToody, and Wiezorchli started from|scratch and Ikept fairly well b)unchled|from the start to the hlalf-meile mark.D~eFazio then drews away from ilie|other twro men whlile Moody begane to|draw away from Wiezorchli. Fromthen on it was all DeFazio's race and|lie finished wNell ill front of the other runners, to complete the distance in|6 minutes 6 2-5 seconds. Moody wvas second, and Canierlingo third. Caniler- lingo's handicap wvas 75 yards.|

Broder Leads in Final|Next came the fina~l of the 150-yard|

(lash. Broder finished first in this in one of the closest finishes seen Oil i,tile track this year. Inches separated|the first man froml the fifth. Broder's;time in this race Mwas 15 4-5 seconds.IIKinraide took second, -%vithl Peck third,|and Steverman and Rosentllal fourth and fifth.I

The 400-yard dash wvas NVwon }y At-|Idilson with a 30-yard handicap in 47|seconds flat. Sterner took second|

lacee with a handicap of 25 yards.l1,appin, running front scratcll. tookilthird place.

Kallelis Takes a First|With a handicap of 70 yards, Kal-

lelis ran the 780 to wvin in I minute|47 3-5 seconds. Leadbetter started|from scratch and finished in secondplace. Conant took third place and IThomnpson fourth.l

The 120-yard low lzlrdles waNs -,on 1)s Steverman in 15 seconds flat. N\ all t

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B3ATON PLANS DANCE|FOR CLUB MEMBERS[

Walker Memorial is Scene of&First Affair of Season|

Batonl, honorary society of the Corm b~ined Musical Clubzs, wpill hold its first|(lance of the year on Wednesday eve-|nling at 9 o'clock in the North Hall of|Stralker Memorial. Dancing is scledl-ifed to last until I o'clock.lThe Teelitonians, well-knlowvl danee

orchestra of the Clubs, wvill furnish a six-piece orchestra for the affair. Re-|freshlments, consisting of ice creanl and cake, will be served during the 1(evening. Mrs. William T. Hall still

cet as patroness at the dlance, to |which all members of the Combined|Mlusical Clubs are invited.l

Engineers, New Hampshire,Bates, and Maine are Favored. ~Teams in Run

NORTHEASTERN IS GOOD)

NN']lenl tile starter's gull craclies forthe start of the annual Newv EnglalldInter collegiate Cross-Country runt his after noon at 3Pranklinl Parh, theUnlivsersity of Maille runnllers wvill

Xmakve a serious bid to maize itItheir tllirdl consecutive chlampionsllip.| Xlainle has -\ronl the annual run seventimes out of sixteen starts while M.

l . T., *New THampsllire, Bates, and Wil-liams have taken the title twrice eacll.Whr~en D~artmolltl wvas a member of

Ithe New Enlglalld Intercollegiate Athl-letic Associationl, the Ind~ians tool; one

|fil st place.

Technology Among the First{Of the fourteen entries in the meet,

four stand out as being in an almostcertain close-up for first place hollors,'\AI. I. T., Bates, Maine, and Near Hamp-|shire. Northeastern bids fair to rivalthe above four teams in their racefor the coveted title. Maine comes

|down to Boston for the meet with thetwvo men that did so much to placethe Orollo team first last year. Lind-say took first for Maine while Rich-

|ardson was second. Neither of thesemen seem. to have lost any of theirpep in the year that has intervenedIand may be expected to do equally asw xell again this year. Bates is insomewhat the same state of affairs.Witll all almost intact team, anld withnews adlditiols. they come to Bostonwith great hopes of taking away theficllampionsllip. In the Maine Statetitle race the Bates aggregation tookIfirst place honors away from the Uni-versity of braille.

Engineers Are Strong|Led by Captaill Tllorsen the Enlgi-

neer team's prospects need little ex-planation. Tllorsen placed eleventh|in the 1928 run and may be expected|to do better this year. Gilman, com-ing up from the freshman team., of

}last year is an able running mate for|the Beaver captain and may be ex-pected to finishl among the first twenty.}Tlle Engilleers have woon from Holy

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SENIORS PLAN DANCEIN WALKER MEMORIAL

Annual Fall EBall Will Be HieldIn Main Hall December 13

|lEoldin,, dances in Walker Memoriatseenls to have become the fashlioithlis year. The next ball scheduled foi|the '.\\ainl Hall will bie the Senio-rDanc e oll December 1o, w itll dancingfrom 9 until I o'clock.

This is an annual affair held eachfall bya the Senior Class and onllySeniors ale admitted, no charge b~eing

[made. Announlceenelt wtill be made in|the near future wvlen a desk w ill be|opened in the Mlail LJoIbby for tiledistribution of tickets.

Institute EmployeesRevel in Deep Thought

Pervading the atmosphere ofTechnology to its very depths, thespirit of culture and educationmakes its impression upon allthose connected with the Institute.Only last Saturday, the bespeckled,white coated guardian of the Wal-ker basement checkroom, was dis-covered deeply engrossed in a for-midably sized volume, entitled"Contemporary Thought". Such de-votion to the finer things of lifeserve to show that if the studentbody must adhere to the materialpoint of view, the employees of theInstitute themselves will contributethe appreciation of the spiritualside of life so closely associatedwith the modern college environ-ment.

official

Undergraduate News Organ

Of M. I. T.

ENGINEER HARRIERTEAM MAKES STRONG

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MAINE HILL ANDDALERS TRY FOR

LIBERAL CLUB TOHEAR JOURNALIST

Gardnrer Jackson to DiscussMoral Responsibility of

Newspaper Man

Galrdnler Jacltson, Boston ews-papelnman and editor, will adkll ess theLibelul Clurb at 4 o'clock, in Room1-190, on the subject, "Has the Newrs-paper Main a Tdoral Responsibility."Students antl memb~ers of the Facultyare invited to attend the meeting aswell as to take palt in the discussionfollowin- 1Ir. Jackson's talk.

jAltllough nationally famous il newvs-|paper circles, the sncalker of the after-I noon is especially vell known in Bos-t on, and throughout Newv England,having served in various editorialcapacities oll Boston papers. He isa former editor of the Boston Eve-|ling Globe, and is at present the,editor of "Lanter n '. and anti-Fascisti11,onthliy.

During the celebrated Sacco--%aii-zetti murder trials several years ago,I Mr. Jackson served as Clairman ofthe Defense Committee, and axas in-strumental in carrying out the (le-fense, as well as in presenting theside of the defense to the public.

A Free Lance Journalist

At present, although editor of theLantern, Gardner Jackson is servingalso as a free-lance jourllalist, havingbecome known during the past two orthree years for his articles on thenewspaper world, the Sacco-Vanzetticase, and especially in regard to anti-Fascism.

In presenting his talk this after-noon, Mr. Jackson will attempt tobring to his audience, the attitude ofthe news editor in plresenting, moralissues to the public, and will, follow-ing the presentation of his talk, beglad to discuss the clqestion withthose present.

JUNIOR PROM POSTERCONTEST ANNOUNCED

Prizes of $10 and $5 OfferedFor Best Designs

,N merous prospective artists aboutthe Institute will be delighted to hearthe announcement of the Junior Promposter contest whicl has recently beenmade by the committee ill charge ofthis function. Prizes of $10 and $5have been offered.

Three colors (exclusive of blaclk)will be used ill printing the posterswhicl will be on w ite cardboard 11by 17 inches. The following printingmust appear oil the sheet:

JUNIOR PROAIWrALKER MEMORIAL M. I. T.lFRIDAY' FEBRUARY 21, 1930

ORCHESTRA

It has I)een suggested lby the com-mittee that the poster might take afuturistic cllaracter similar to theTlheatre Guild poster foi- "Strange In-terl lue." Tie cointest is open to allstudents of the Institnte. and the d e-''ri"ls Itst Ibe hianded i 1N 110011 (11Decelomber 4 a* Roomn S. flogpers Build-

JANITOR PRAISED BYINSTRUCTING STAFF

(oil( of the oldest employees of thelnstitute is Dali Holelhal, lead janitorof buildings 3 and 5. I-ie has beennssociated witl Technology since 1905,:?rl is wiell liked l)X all the membersof the instilct,>l staff lvital whoni le,leas comle ill contact.

Nilany interesting, details are toldconcer ningg hill. Inside of a weekafter the opening of the sclool sem-nster, he las in lis lhead the lecture,hours of all the Professoi s whoseoffic es are located in the buildings,lder his supervision, and can directanyone to the room at which a cer-tain lecture is being held. It is saidto le no uncommon occurrence forhim to remind a professor, who thinkslie has no lecture at a certain hour,that lie is due in a certain room todeliver a lecture on Applied Mechan-ics, Thermodynamics, or wlvatever itmay be.

THIRD STRAIGHT

IA. 1. E. E. PLANSDINNER MEETING

Turkey Supper will be ServedAt Second Gathering

This Season

For the second time this term,the freshmen and Sophomores of allelectrical courses are invited to adinner nieeting of the M. I. T. StudentBranch of the A. I. E. E., the dinnerbeing, held next Friday evening at Go'clock in the North Hall of WalkerM\Iemorial.

Turkley dinner xvith all the "fixingis"will be served free of charge to allthe men present. Immediately fol-lowing the dinner, the meeting willadjourn to the Mlain Hall, where Mr.J. H. Bigelow- of the Personnel Delpart-ment of the New York Telephone andTelegraph Comipanvy will address thegathering on the subject, "An Intro-duction to the Bell System and ItsWtolrk".

Moving picture presenting somecomnmon problems in communicationwill be used to illustrate the lecture.The ineeting will conclude promptlyat S o'lock. so as to leave the restof the evening free.

In order that sufficient provision11a2y le made, those who expect toattend are requested to obtain admis-sion cards from any member of theEkeeutive Committee, or in Room4-203 before next Thursday.

IPROGRESS MADE INSQUASH TOURNAMENT

Faculty Members Have Al-ready Played Many Matches

At the conclusion of the secondeek of the Faculty Club Squasl

Touriiamei)t, several changes in thealignment have taken place. Quite afew matches have been played up tothe present. Several days ago a cardwhich will slhow the total number ofgames won and lost by each mall wasplaced at the entrance to the sqlnaslcourts, so that it in future it wi ll bepossible to watll the progress ofthe tournament closely.

The present standing of the firstten men in the tournament is as fol-lowvs:

1. George G. Alarvin (Chemistry)

2. Horace S. Ford (Administration)3. Vaiinevar Busll (Electrical)4. Avery A. Morton (Chiemistry):. Louis F. Wioodruff (Electrical)6. Herbert D. Swift (IMeclanical)7. Edwalrd Bowvles (Electrical)S. George W~elch (Administration)9. Fred Hartwe~ll (Dormitories)

10. Thomas J. IKillian (Electrical)

INSTITUTE EMPLOYEEKELLED IN ACCIDENT

\iss ~Alice 1E. Brlacken. of 10 Blos-soII street, Chelsea, employed by theInstitute as an attendant in the Sup-ply Rooni for the Clemical and Min-il, Departments, was fatally injuredwhen she was struck byr an auto.Ino-bile on 'Memorial Drive last Fridayevening. shortly before 6 o'clock. MissBraclken was crossing the Drive atthe time, and was struck by a machineproceeding in a westerly direction.She died shortly after ar rival at theCambridge City Hospital. Sle was 26years of age, and has been employedby the Institute since April, 1923.

NEW HYDR Y AULICS LABNEARING COMPLETIONConversion of the old gas engine

laboratory into a hydraulics labora-tory is well under way. A concretereservoir is nearly completed, andsome of the apparatus for the labora-tory has arrived. Prof. K. C. Rey-nolds is in charge of the newlaboratory.

MANAGING ABOARD OFFCSO THE TECH

D. T. Houston '30 ............ General Manager WakrMemorial, Cambridge, Mass.

W. F. Howard '30 ................. Editor News and -Editorial-Room 3, Walker,C. Connable '30 ............. Managing Editor Telephone Univ. 7029

G. Smith '30 .............. Business Manager Business-Room 302, Walker,Telephone Univ. 7415

ASSOCIATE BOARD Printer's Telephone HANcock 8387 -88

R. Davis '31 ................. .News Editor SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2.50 PER YR.

W. N. Currier '31 .............. Sports Editor Published every Monday, WednesdayE. B. Hubbard '31 ............ Features Editor and Friday during the College yearE. S. Worden '31 ............. Make-up Editor except during College vacations

G. M. Roddy '31 ........... Advertising Manager Entered as Second Class Matter at the

H. T. Truax '31 .......... Business Service Mgr. Boston Post OfficeJ. K. Minami '31 ........... Circulation Manager Memerwspapern Interolleiateo

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT BUSINESS DEPARTMENT

Editorial Board BuiesService DepartmentL. Vervreer, Jr. '30 W. B3. Schneider '31

DEPSARTMENOTS W. Holst '32 H. Swachman '32DEPARTMENTS ~~~~Joseph Valverde, Jr. '32

Night EditorsJ. W. Bahr '31 M. P. Burr '31 Circulation Department StaffF. C. Fahnestock '30 E. W. Harmon '30

S. C. Westerfield '31 L. Cianciolo '32 J. J. Winker '32

News Writers E. D. McLeod '32A. H. Feibel '32 S. R. Fleming '32

O. W. Burtner ',313 E. F. McLaughlin 32 Advertising Department

Photographic Staff Assistant Advertising ManagersP. H. Bonnet '31 J. P. Elting '31 R. R. Haberstroh '31

Sports Writers Staff0. C. Chapman '31 P. A. Robert '32

L. C. Bond '32 W. H. Barker '32Reporters C. E. McCormack '32 A. Jewell '32

E. L. Clark; '32 M. E. McConnell '33 W. B. Simonds '32 E. F. Moran '32J B. Smith '32 R. A. Fuller '32 M. D. Triouleyre '32 A. S. Ellis '32H. Kamy '31 G. H. Sistare, Jr. '321I T. E. Sears, Jr. '32

In charge of this issue: S. R. Fleming '32

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Monday, November 18, 1929Page Two

A. Reord of

C^Xonan

Newrs Service

for 48 Years

Official NewssOrgan of theUndergraduates

of M. I. T. IIn her previous pictures, Colleen

Moore's acting was so obviously far-cial that no attempts even at subtlehumor were made. And now, in thecurrent off ering at the Met, she isseen as a tragedienne, the brave littlechorus girl in "Footlights and Fools".Fortunately, one may be charitableto the picture wvhenl he realizes thesituation. As Colleen's first attemptat drama, it is not a bad eff ort.

"Footlights and Fools" is another ol:those "behind-the-scenes" pictureswhich have become so very prevalentsince the inception of the coloredtalkies. If the prime purpose of thepicture was to afford Miss Moore avehicle for her versatile personality,it is a complete success. During the-course of the plot she roves all overthe scale of emotions, and gives fairlycreditable performances at each stop.

As "Betty Murphy", a former chor-ine, the famous "girl with the eyes"is given opportunity to use them to ad-vantage as the French star in a re-vue, "The Sins of 1930". In master-fully gorgeous make-up, she appearsfor "her public" as an exotic, tempera-mental French spit-fire, refusing tomeet any of the bevy of admirers whoconstantly storm the stage-door, andspeaking only a few phrases of Eng-lish. In reality, she is a simple, good-hlearted girl. violently in love with

a ne'er-do-well gambler.The high point in her serious acting

comes when she at last admits herdisillusionment in the man-she showssome really good acting there. Ray-mond Hackett performs very well inhis role of the lovable young man ofquestionable ethics, and the rest ofthe supporting cast, including FredricMarch and Virginia Lee Corbin, arenot bad.

Martin Downley begins his secondwNeek; as master of ceremonies at theM~etropolitanl, his specialties this time

being a group of Irish melodies. rherest of the stage shlow, titled "Tropic-al Nights", is up to par. With color-ful scenes, soft music, good talent bothin the chorus and in the cast, "Trop-ical Nights" will quickly take themind off the long, long, winter ahead!

To the Editor of THE TECH:In, your issue of November 13, 1929,

we observe an article pertaining to theStandard Senior Ring. Because thearticle misrepresents the ring situa-tiOll, we feel that we should acquaintyou and, through you, the undergrad-uate body, with the true aspect of thecase.

To begin with, there has been nomotion ill any Institute Committeemeeting to the effect that the Domeshall be on the face of the ring. TheRillg Committee asked for discussionat the last Institute Committee meet-ing on the Standard Class Rying illorder to ascertain the sentiment ofthat body on this matter. A show

.of hands was requested resulting ineleven men in favtor of having theDome and nine men in favor of havingthe Beaver on the face of the ring.Two of the eleven men immediatelyafter the meeting examined the de-signs more closely and decided tlatthey lvere in favor of having theBeaver on the face of the ring. Thisleft the expressed opinion as elevenin favor of the Beaver against ninein favor of the Dome. Six men wereabsent, so it weas impossible to ob-tainl the opilliol of the entire Insti-tute Committee. It appears that sen-timent was equally divided betweenthe Beaver and the Dome.

To the best knowledge and beliefof tile Rinlg Committee, the Beaver hasnever been llsed onl the Class Ring ofany other school, and, moreover,only one other school in the UnitedStates has the Beaver as its mascot.Furthermore, our belief is that thebeaver is now the mascot of the Insti-tute. We being borne out in this be-lief by the 1915 TECHNIQUE, andby constant reference to the Beaverin the daily papers and in THE TECHitself.

Thle purpose of this letter is notto spread propaganda ill favor of theBeaver but to prevent any misconlcep-tions of the ring situation which mightbe caused by your article of Novem-ber 13, 1929.

HAROLD P. CHAMPLAIN,Secretary, Stalldard Ring Committee.

To the Editor of THE TECH:The present controversy among the

seniors re Yarding the insignia to beused on the rings wvas settled correct-ly. Bothl the beaver and the dome areequally symbolical of M. I. T., andsince the dome appeals a more strik-ing, design, artistically, to the dis-criminating upper classmen, theirjudgmellt should be emulated by suc-ceeding classes as to what they avant.

Traditionally, the various collegeshave adopted certain animals as theirmascots, which becuse or some idealcharacteristics, ex;pressedl the generalspirit of the student body. Coulse-quently, the beaver, a highly ingenl-ious and cunning creature in his hab-itat, is naturally most representative

of Techl prerogatives anld should beretained as the official symbol of theInstitute; the individual groups ofthe school to decide for themselves.

ARTHUR A. PISTILLI.

See the pencil stripes?

T~o the oldtime beauty andsturdiness of our Forefath-ers'* cloth, we've added newattractiveness with fine pencilstripes.

And, of course, the smartstyles of our sack suits ofForefathers'* cloth are equal-ly up-to-date.

Solid colors, too, if youprefer.

$ 60.00.

Other suits, $ 40 to $ 85.Topcoats, from $ 40.

* Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.-

ROGERS PEET COMPANZformerly

Macullar Parker CompanyTremont Street at Bromfield

"A H U NDRED YEARS OLD"-theM ajestic

In this day of mystery thriller playsa piece of the type of "A HundredYears Old", at the Majestic this week,comes as a delightful novelty. Thestory is a simple narration of the trialsof an Andalulsian centenarian, PapaJuan, in the fulfillment of his plansto have every one of his children to-

gether at his one hundredth birthdayparty. The play is one that has longbeen a favorite on the Spanish andhas been translated into English byHelen and Hartley Granville-Barker.It seems to Slave lost none of itscharmn in the process.

O tis Skinller is magnificent in ther ole of Papa Juan. A more cap~ableperson for the portrayal of the kindlyand affluent old fellow in his justifia-ble pride in his excellent state of pre-servation can hardly be imagined. Itis not however a one mars show. PapaJuan has a great granddaughter, Cur-r ita, naho is one of his greatest joysand Mary Arbenz, playing the partmakes it more than easy to ulnder-stand his weakness for her.

Then there is Dona Filomena veryconvincingly portrayed by OctaviaKsenmore as a widow who has gonesour on the world. Her absolute rev-ersal of attitude under the influenceof a mninute amount of Papa Juan'sbirthday wine serves as an excellentdevice for forgetting the past for agl orious present. Trine, a versatilescapegrace whom Papa Jnan wishesto see united with Currita, is done in aworkmanlike manner by Hai-die Al-brig-ht. Excellent wvork was done bythe r emainder of the well-balancedcast.

No one wvho insists on murder andm)ystery should go to see this play.Though there is never any note oftragedy there are somle tense momentsw hen the heart wvarming kindlinessof the old -entleman in his conflictwith the intolerance of his childrenstirs one rather deeply. For a reallydelighltfull evening~ of the more quiettY Pe "A Hundred Years Old" is ulncon-ditionally recommended

You can either run right, if you'rea back field mall, or develop the"Reggie Browrn hlobble." Specifically,Coach Reggie Browvn of Boston Uni-versity has devised a new methodwNitll the assistance of Trainer DoeCollins at Nickerson field, that teachesa backfield the art of running correct-ly with the ball.

The device made out of stiff leatheris a "spur or hobble." Worn on theinner part of the knee it results in achaffed leg if the runner dashes downthe field with his knees close together.-University News.

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ball team of the University of Arkan-sas are mnembers of the local fire de-partment.

The students of North CarolinaState College are required to paya fine of 50 cents for each class theycut.

Not a centipede contest, but a DimeCrawl, juist another name for a campusdance is the way in whichl the womenof the University of Oregon raisemoney for the foreign scholarshipf und.

It is said that former pickpocketsand safe crackers will lecture at theUniversity of Chicago's school of po-lice administration. Thlis is an at-tempt to attack the problems of thepolice from the point of view of thecriminals against which it is directed.

The upkeep of a small airplane com-pare favorably waith the operating costof an automobile, on the basis of dis-tance covered, an official of a flyingservice has decided after a demon-stration tried in a monoplane illwhich expenses were less than threecents a mifle. The flyer visited fiftycities, and covered 17,124 miles. Dur-ing the trip the ship was flown in330 demonstrations by 108 pilots whocovered 9,278 miles, wvhile cross-coun-try flights accounted for the remaindterof the distance, the ship landing andtaking off 410 times and carrying 656 passengers. Gasoline, oil, storage,Iservice repairs and all incidentalstotaled $456.61. The flying time was174 hours and thlirty-six minutes, thecost per hour being $2.61. The aver-age speed was about ninety-eightmiles an hour.

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probably themselves wvill not be realized. Make big plans. . .Remember that oulr sonls and grandsons are going to do things thatwould stagger us. Let y~our watchword be order and your beaconbeauty."

PERHAPS Daniel H. Burnham did not realize the significa-nee,to his own city, when he uttered those words in London many

years ago. To anyone they are excellent advice, but to Chicago,they mean accomplishment. Mr. Burnham was a philosopher,but he was a practical dreamer-an artist, but an engineer. In1907 he conceived a bold, romantic plan-"utterly imprac-tical", said his opponents-and with the above words as hiscreed, he has carried out in his Chicago a plan of civic beautifi-cation and utilization which has put to shame the small originalplan.

To him and his Plan Commission grateful Chicago may laythe building from out the very lake itself a system of boulevardsand parks which have made the city's eastern edge a beautyspot instead of a hideous railroad yard, and have relieved im-measurably the traffic tangles of a great metropolis. This grouphas removed the archaic buildings which spoil most city land-scapes and replaced them with edifices of architectural beauty

-not one structure, but hundreds, and their size, beauty andnumber is growing constantly. The Plan Commission's effortshave made it possible for any Chicago family to reach realforests within a short drive of home. They have put Chicago,in the words of an Easterner who has recently devoted muchtime in study there, "many jumps ahead of every other city inthe world."

They have not done this without much opposition. Tshey havecarried on in spite of the most unfavorable publicity. Whilesuch an opinion is erroneous, Chicago to the average man is adangerous territory, stronghold of gangmen, the home of vice,violence and corruption. In the rating by the Prudential In-surance Company of cities according to their crimes of violence,Chicago is far from the top. Adverse propaganda has beenquickly accepted as fact by a willing nation. But did this factdeter its far-sighted citizens? Not in the least. And the monu-ments to their work are erected in lasting stone.

To the average engineer, Chicago's experiences have a pro-found moral. Chicago does everything in a bold way-andlook at its accomplishments!1 The city goes on with worth-while work, while the nation raves and rages over its trivialshortcomings. Its commissions have set their eyes on a fargoal, and are working steadily towards it-"come Hell or highwater."

One sees mottoes in offices whose prime purpose is to coverup a flaw in the wall. But the one we have printed above isreal-it epitomizes the growth of an immense city. That cityis typical of our age as is no other in the world. Its problemsare ours-its solution to those problems has been effected bymen who "made no little plans."

OPEN DOORSAT the suggestion of the Curriculum Committee last year

there was a general adoption of the policy among the in-structing staff of holding certain hours open for the purpose ofpermitting those who were deficient in their studies to conferwith them. As a result, cards are posted on many of the officedoors, indicating which hours are free for this purpose.

Yet the general complaint is that the students whom theirinstructors wish most to see in conference neglect this oppor-tunity. Capable students who shirk their work in any givencourse -need the advice and help of the instructor in planninga more effective schedule of study. The tendency of this typeof student is to avoid meeting the instructor outside of class forfear of receiving a good old-fashioned "bawling out".

A trial would showe this to be far from the case. There isalways some underlying reason for the failure of a capablestudent to obtain creditable marks. Sometimes the missing ofone point in the text causes a student to lose interest in the sub-ject because he assumes it is beyond him. Others fall behind intheir work due to outside activities, and believe themselvesincapable of recovering lost ground. No student worthy of thename deliberately neglects his work, and few are those whoreally cannot do justice to a prescribed course of study at theInstitute.

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0HOO E your pipes as you do yourC hats!-try 'em, on. See how theylook.

How a pipe feels is your worry-buthow a pipe looks is a matter of com-munity concern. A bulldog pipe in agreyhound face would sear the souls ofone's remotest associates. One owesone's duty . . .

The tobacco, now, is your personalbusiness entirely. Take no man's pref-erence-find your own.

Here's Edgeworth, a good old burleygraduated with the Class of '04. Like tomeet Edgeworth at our expense? Seethe coupon? Fill it out, and soon there-after the postman will bring you-thesemagic mails!-a neat little glad-to-meet-you packet of the real, the genuine, thegood, the unchanging Edgeworth . . .Don't mention it! The trick is you'll bebuying Edgeworth laterl

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Numerous fellowships and sclhol-arships are offered for study in for-eign countries by the Institute ofInternational Education located inNew York. These fellowships andscholarslips have been established asan international exchange in apprc-ciation of those offered by Americancolleges to foreign students.

To be eligible for one of these acandidate must have good health,latural ability, and a speaking11knorledge of the language il theCountry to Nvllichl lie desires to ~o.He miust be a graduate of a scho"Ol of recognizecl standing andl a citizen of t~le Ullitel States.

Several of the fellowships coverboard. lodging and tifition. Thley areavailable for study in the higher ill--4itutiolis of learning ill Austria,Czeclioslov~akia, France, Germany,Hillgary, Italy, and Switzerland.l Inaddition to these fellowships and-scholal ships already described, the111stitute of International Edulcafion.adniliisters the Americanl Field Serv-iCe Pellowshlips for advanced study inFrenchl uliversities, Gernianistic So-dlety of America Fellowshlip for studyat a German university, and theSchlolarship for the Junior YearAbroad.

Fiurther information about thesescholarships may be obtained; uponaPPlication to The Students B'ureau,Ins8titute Of International Education,2 West 45th Street, New York, N. Y.

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names of Lindsay and Richardson stand out. These two men finishedfirst and second for Maine last yearand are running in as good formagain this year. Hazen, the NewHampshire runner that toolk first placein the dual meet with the Engineersthis year, is another contestant forfirst place honors. He Nvas seventhiin the annual run last year. Hobbsof Bates took sixth place in this samerace and may be expected to do evenbetter this year.

Thorsen Is High LightCaptain Thorsen of the Engineer

team bids fair to advance from theeleventh place he captured il the 1928run and finish among the fil st fiveacross the line. In the Holy C1-osslun he took first place and in theNew Hampshire meet was beaten outin the home stretch by Hazen. Bren-nan took fifteenth place for HolyCross in last year's run. In the dualmeet witl Technology this sear liecame home il second place.

Amherst has its best runner in Sny-der who was number 20 last year.Bottomley and White ale the bestthat the Connecticut Aggies are put-ting on the field. Last year this col-lege did not compete il the Nev Eng-land run, so a comparison of theirlrunners is not possible. Rhode Island IState is another college that did notIcompete in last year. s rui]. Tle best|hope for this team is Bean.

N. U. Has Two ThreatsJellison is Northeastern's star hill {

anl dale man. He holds the Bateslcourse record gained in his victorythis year over Whlitten, the Sophlo-more runner for Bates. Jellisoii wasfirst in the Harvard open meet thisyear and came in first in the dualmeets with Tufts and W~olrcestelTech. Sheridan has also done goodwork for the Huskies this year illfinishing second to his teammate inthe most of the races run. Goodboyis the star runner for Wiilliams. Last.year he finished twelfth in the NewEngland run. !

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CLOSE COMPETITIONIN HANDICAP MEET

Field Events are Featured byGrondal's Performances

(Continued from page 1)was close behind him to take secondwvhile Corson took third place.

Grondal Tosses DiscusIll the field events only one contest

was won by a man starting fromscratch. Tlis wncas in the discuss,which was won by Bror Grondal witla heave of 1I feet, 10 incles. Secondplace was taken by Paananen withi ahandicap of 35 feet. Etstein, witl 15feet, took third place.

Dahl-Hansen won both the 12-lpoundland the A6-pound shot put. In thefirst event lie won witl a put of 49feet, 9 incles, after being given ahandicap of two feet. Grondal, start-ing fromn scratch, took second placewith a put of 4S feet, 9 incles. Paananen. with a 12-foot advantage, was ilthird place.

Another Win With Heavy ShotDalil-Hansen had a handicap of 2

feet, 6 inches in the 16 pound event,and won wita a put of 43 feet, I inch.Grondal with no handicap pult theshot 43 feet even and wuas thlls justnosed out of first place. Etstein tooksthird place, thlrowving from scrat ch.

Zigler took first,place in the highjumip w~itl an accredited junip of 5feet, 9 inclles, after being allowsedl anadvantage of 4 inches. Coonl, t-hefreshman jumnper, started from scratchandl took second place. Dalil-Hanlsenwas third with no handicap to aidl him.

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The MOHICAN CafeteriaServes the best food at the mostrc:sonlablel prices ofC any restau-ralnt entering lo the DomlitorNatnd Tech nien.Mass Ave. opp Aeronautical Bldg.Paper of Co-operative Electri-

cal Students Contains NamesOf New Staff

"VI-A News", the official Alumni andlundergraduate publication of the Co-operative course in Electrical Eniin-eerin.-,, made its first appearance thisfall with an issue published last Wed-nesday.

In addition to a detailed account ofthe VI-A Smoker, held on Wednesdayevening, the paper contained a resumeof the present activities of recent VI-Agraduates, and other news of partic-ular interest to men in this course.

At a meeting of the VI-A men atthe Institute held, r ecently the staffof the "News" was elected. The mem-bers chosen are as follows:

Editor-in-Chief, G. W. Schaible '30Business Manager, F. E. Burley '30Advertising Manager, C. J. Ells-

worth '30Undergraduate News Editor, nI. F.

Burr '31Alumni Editor, F. P. Fay '31Special News Editor, J. N. Ness '31Circulation Mlanager, W. B. Fer-

guson '30Assistant C~irculation lkIanagel, K.

R. Bolles '31

We learn from the 'OklahomaDaily" that mi cropaleoltologist s, fos-sil specialists, and men versed inother phases of geology are in greatdemand by oil companies. Althoughformerly these sciences wlere not con-sidered of commercial importance, itis said that the expenditure of tensof thousands of dollars by oil com-panies at present hinges on the de-cisions of men specializing in thestudy of the contents of the roclk intowhich drills are to be sent.

N. U. Has Stars

New Hampshire has few men ]

turning from last year. For want ofpast performers il the New Englandsto defend her, she has a crippled team.The new men and the runners whomade up the Wildcat freshman teamin 192S are the mainstays and hopeof the Durham team. Northeasternhas a good team built upon two excep-tional runners. It is a question as towhether the rest of the team canscore in high enough places to givethem the lowest team score. TheHusky runners have more than anequal chance to take the first place in-dividual honors.

lows:M. 1. T. Varsity ClarkWMyman, goal .............................. goal, PeltierRiehl, Ifb ......................................... lfb, PhilbinFragiacomo, rfb .................................... rfb, ToyNewman, lhb .................................... lhb, RogersCooper, chb ............................ ...... chb, MattsonSerralach, rhb ........................ rhb, WrightSchulze, or ........... or, G. HiggenbottomKashemsanta, ir ... ir, A. Higgenbottom ,Axford, ol ......................................... ol, BorettiVelez, il ........................................ il, MurdockYoungson, center ........... center-, Parker

Referee, Frazier. Linesman, BrownGilmore.M. I. T. Freshman Dean AcademyMayer, goal ....................................... goal, BassMohr, lfb .............................. UfT, Worthincgton

lBateman, rfb ........................ rfb, HodgsonKidde, chb .................................... chb, JonesKessler, Ihb .................................... Ihb, LarsenSirkman, rhb ........................ r!lh, FergusonLovejoy, or .............................. ol-, CyconskiSinkovic, c ........................................ c, BallouWay, ir .............. .......................... ir, BersonThumm, il ........................................ ii, SmithMlcCormack, ol ............ ol, Collingwood

The unique distinction of havingthe oldest freshman in the countrygoes to the University of ChicagoHe is seventy-two years old and issaid to be complying strictly with thefreshman rules of the university.

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Away Twice from PastNew Englands

(Continued from page 1)STewv Hampshire by the close marginof one point last week.

SOCCER TEAM LOSESGAME AT WORCESTER

Absence of Best Players HasBad Effect on Engineers

(Continued from page 1)Watertown High next Saturday. TheTufts game will be played on the CoopField at 3 o'clock, due to the presentcondition of the Varsity, the Junbosare expected to win an easy victory.After the freshman game next Satur-day, the yearlings will meet the firsteleven in a game scheduled for No-vember 30. This interclass game willIend the fall soccer seasoll.

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WRIGHT & DITSONAthletic Eqlulipmlellt

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Basket Ball, Track,Ice Hockey and Gymnasium

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'Rlogers NoteslOverheard by a pellllcious eaves-

dropping reporter for THE TECH,vlho wvas standing onl the corner of

W~ashinlgtoll and Tremont Streets."Yes, I'm not going to wear any-

thing !" the young thing insisted, asher malae escort pleadingly tried tosay "But think of the men. Imagine,my embarrassment to be seen w~alk-ing wvith yhou, and you having nothingon." Replted s3he promptly, "Why yotuold soak, you old meanly, and selfishold dote, why think of yourself al-ways. Imagine 'these h^ard-working

engineers on the other side of theriver, who toil in~sistenltly over M ell-wvorn drafting tables. Thley lack aIgeneral education, and I intend to

giv e them what they miss. Don'tbe a sil, I intend going to the ":BoweryBall" of the Architectural Society ;a lanaturale, and you won't do anythingabout it. No college course is com-plete without its extra-curricular .act-ivities, and I'm one of tllem.''

W~ell, gentlemen of the Beaver hereis your chlalce, get your wortlh frontcollege bay attendeingb the brawl to be,g1iveii by the artists over at Rogers.Thle drag is only 1.50 per, and thetinie of wvrestlinlg or dancing fl om 91to 1. Tile less yoll are dIressed themore classyc the oultfit, blat to be sureit is a Costume. Seel. a Yeoman orcome nzihius the wvench, b~ut be thereit is to your cultural benefit.. Get)'ouI tickets at tile V'oo Doo ofice.. linefor ming at the foot of the stair andgoing llp, or procure y our admits atthe T. C. A. office.

HAR]RIe"MS TENDEREDDINNER BY D. U."S

All of the members of the varsityalid freshlman cross count ry teamiswhich are scheduled to run in theN. i:. I. C. A. A. race today wereentertained at a. dinner yesterdaygivten in their honor by the Delta 'Up-silon fraternity.

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Word has come from the Fresh-man Rules Committee concerningthe increased enforcement of thefreshman rules in the near future.According to Theodore A. Riehl '30,chairman of the Committee, a sub-vigilance committee has been se-lected and a greater effort will bemade to enforce the law than informer years. The dire conse.quences which an infringement ofthe rules will bring about would notbe divulged, but all freshmen arewarned to beware. ianlel Hays Gloves

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Amlherst, faced by tle same cif-ficulty of receiving co-operation inthe "hello" custom that is continu-ously lamented at the Institute pro-poses the following amendment editor-ially: "Amherst men grunt if theyfeel like it when passing each otheroln tle streets or campus."

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ATTENTION STUDENTlSThe MILIA CAFE, formerly of 295Columbus Ave., is now occupying theentire second floor at 341 Massachu.set's Ave., Boston. Students are so-licited to try our special Steak. Chick-en and Spaghetti dinners, which needno recommendation. Our French andItalian Cuisine are at your service,and our food and prices Nvill ' e to Yourliling.

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TECH SHOW

T!lelre "Vill bIe a meeting of all canld-idates for the Business Departmentof Tech Slhow touight at 5 o'clockhi the Show office, third floor of

CORRECTION

T14E TECH wishes to make a cor-r ectioi i i tbe iiamne of Edward F.Tllielelr Jr., nominated for the Exe-eutive Committee Of the freshmanelass. Tle name -vas erroneonslv,iven as Edwards F. Chieler. Jr.

Tests DevelopedFor Mhore SafeiyIn Gas Appliances

Carbon Monoxide Givren Off byGas Burners Inlvestigated

50 Congress St.Standing: Herbelt, Berry, Allbrigft, Captain Thorsen, Baltzer,

MfcSheehy, loody.-Kneeling: Rallelis, MccNiff, Fisk, Gilman, Littlefield.

Walton Lunch Co.44 SUMIMER STREET242 TRE:MONT STREETG PEARL STREET10S3 WASHINGTON STREET424 TRE3MONT STREET30 HAYMARKET SQUARE629 WASHINGTON STREET139 CONGRESS STREET8-9 TREMONT ROW9 9 2 MIASSEACHUSETTS AVE.19 SCHOOL STREET437 BOYLSTON STREET3 4 B:ROMFIELD STREET540 COMMONWEALTH AVE,2 04 DARTMOUTH STREET

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IfNearly Two Million Tons of|R~ock Blasted for Co>nstruc-

Ition of Breakwaters

The greatest artificial harbor ill theworld will be tile result of the com-pletion of the third breakwater ofthe Los Angeles-Long Beacll develop-ment. The second breakwater hasjust been completed, and the third issoon to be projected. The city ofLonlg Beach spent $2,700,000 on moles,bulkheads, and a long breakwater ex-tending 8,000 feet seaward from theIwestern part of the city.|Sall Pedro, part of the corporate city

of Los Angles, several years ago built2.11- miles of breakwater to shieldits important shipping, now second intotal volume among United Statesports. The third and last link{, whichwill consist of approximately twomiles between and in unificationl withthe Lonlg Beach project, will form aquiet water harbor having a surface

'>area of more than tell square miles.Misning of Rock a Problem

|From an engineering standpoint, theLong Beachl pl oject consists of twvomnajor works. First is the actual con-struction of the moles, bulkheads, andbreakwater, and second the quarryplant, together with the trazisporta-tiOnl Of the rock supply for the harborprotective units.

Lollg Beach has long wvalted to haveadequate harbor facilities, and thelcontract wvas finally awvardedl to theHauser Construction Companly ill 1925.Since then there have been built nearlythree miles of breakwater, weith 1,774,-000 tolIs of rock having, been mined,Itralsported, and placed ill position.

Six; s'eparate strucetures compjrisetile outer hal bor. The breakwater7,100 feet long runs due south fromthe west bank of the flood controlchannel at Pico street 4,200 feet intothe sea, then goes at an angle 2,!900)feet southwest towvard the end of theSall Pedlro breakwater. The first 4,6000feet will ultimately form part of therojected government breakwater. The

east mole runs solltl 1,900 feet. Atits southlerly tip is the east bulkhead,425 feet long and r unnting east andwest to form a protection to the bath-illg beach, between the breakwater andthe mole. The west mole points southinto the sea 2,700 feet just west of theinner harbor entrance. Twio rockIstructures at the end of this structureform a "T." the west bulkhead extend-inlg 700 feet toward a similar structuarefrom the Los Angeles side of the bar-bor. Tlle entrance basin bulkheadruns easterly 900 feet to prevent theentrance harbor from silting up.

U nique M ethods UsedTlle construction of the breakwater-

wias completed in record time becauselof the llew methods users Some ofIthe largest quarry blasts ever madeweere touched off at the Hauser Quar-ries at Riverside, about 80 miles fromLong Beach Harbor. The structureIconsists of a core of quarry-run rock|armored on each side with Ialge rgock.IRock; dumping averaged 3,000 toils or-more each eight hlours. Tlle biggesteighlt hour placemeut wvas 4,200 tons.wh71ich was said by the govrernmlent|inspecting officials to b~e the recordfcor speed in this type of avork;.XSome of the rocki was placed ill cars

|tlat unloaded by pneumatic pressure,}but with the flat-cars, an unusualmethod was employed]. A large steamshovel was set oll the first flat-car,the whole train was runl oult oll a tres-Itle, and the steam shovel traveled thelength of the train, pushing the rockoff the cars as it went. Some of the{rocks were so large that they wverelifted and dropped off.|After experimnentation, it war, de-

lcided that tlle rock in the immediate[vicinity of the projected developmentIwas so soft as to be unusable forharbor work. The blasting shattered

this lrock so that it weas too small,After a systematic search, a hill in

the San Bernardino mountains wasfound just west of the city of Rivrer--side, about 80 miles from Los Allgeles.Thlis hill was of sound blue granite,and wvas 300 feet Iligll, a. mile long,and 1,7^00 feet wide. Tlits nlountainhas been developed into the largest"bit, rock" quarry in the United States.Tlle camnp consisted of 150 men withhouses, commissary, and sanitation.Several miles of rail oad track werelaid, a machine shlop andl power plantbuilt andc eql ipped, a water supplyprovided, and adequate facilities forstorage of large quantities of ex-plosives and~ fuel -%vere prepared. Theelltilfe mountain contains approximate-ly 15,000,000 tonis of usable graniterock.

W'hat is said to be the largest qularry-bllast ever detonated in westerly Amer-ica, dislodged 1,001),001) tonls Of rockat one time. Follr llllldred and fifteenthousand pounlds, of 20 % dynamitewvere used ill this blast. Severalmonths were spent ill careful prepara-tion. Six "coyote lloles" were drivendistances of from 100 to 140 feet illtothe solid rock, andl crosscuts werebored to join tllem. B~othl drilling andblasting were usedl to cut throughthese small holes. So wvell-calculatedIwvere the blasts that comparativelysmall amounts of the r ock; came outover or tinder the required weights-five tons to fifteenl toIIs.

Thle geophysical department of theContinental Oil Company mak~es llseof all instrument known as theEotovos torsion bl~aance. It is ex-mtremely delicate, and detects slight differences ini underground rock struc-tures byn measuring the gravitational pulll.

By A. G. A.

Tllat safety in operatioll is one otthe most necessary conditions in rnak-hig a gas appliance suitable for g-en-eral ulse has long been recognized byn

the Americall Gas Associationl, anddetails llave been pub~lishled recentlyill lreard to thle methods which are,used to dete~rmine whlethler such ap-plianlces are sate enough to merit the

ap~proval of the Association.One of the most important collsider-

ationls involved in this work is the,amount of carbon mlonoxide given off(luring combustion in a gas-burn~ngapplianlce, sucll as a stove, furnace, orother type of hleater. As the rutlesof the Association state that no car-bon monoxide m ust be evolved, it isnecessary to use an apparatus of ex-tremze sensitivity to indicate thep~resellce of this lloxious gas whlichis capable of producing death evtenAllei present in very smnall quantities.Tile most accurate test that has beendevised makes llse of what is knowlnas tile "'iodine penltoxide'' apparatus,and is sensitive to within 0.002 percent o f carbon monoxide in the sam-ple under test.

Methods of SamplingBut, even thoulgh the analytical ap-

p~aratus itself is extremlely accurate,the results obtained can be no moreaccurate thain the method ulsed in ob-taining the sam ple for analysis. It isto this problem that the greatest ef-fort 011 the p~art of the chemists ofthe American Gas Association hiasbeen directed. The problem involvesconsideration of whlethter the sampletaken is representative of the whole;methods of collecting the gas so thatits compositi-on is not changed due toclianginlg the air mix;ture or otlier-w ise.

Samples for analysis alre usuallycollected at the point wvlere thegases of conibustionl enter the chim-ney or flue, Jut in somle cases thegases are collected by means of ahood placed over the burners or at e-applianlce. Samples are taken fromnranges and radiant bleaters in this

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Monday, November 185:-00-i-lstru-lnleltal CluL Rehearsal, East Lounge, Walker5:00-Aheeting fit' Hockey Candidates in Room 1-1908 00-Chernistry Soe-iot.f Smoker, North Hall, Walker

Tuesday, November 19. 30-Alpha ('Ci Si-tria Meeting, Faculty Dining Room, Walker1:30-T'l'ca Shew U ehlearsal, Walker GymS:00--3iIeilcerall tj~ciotv Dance and Lecture, North Hall, Walker

Wednesday, November 20S:00-BUaton Society Dalce, North Hall, Walker

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Tickets are already on sale for theannual Military Ball sponsored by theScabbard and Blade, National MilitaryFraternity. The dance will be heldnext Friday evening in the FountainRoom of Longwood Towers, beginningat 9 o'clock, and continuing until 2.

Leo Reismann, who eeds no intro-duction to those attending last yrear'sProm, will supply the music. A feetture of the evening will be a formalpledging exercise, il which the So-ciety will pledge the new men forthis semester.

Patrons and patronesses will beCol. and Mrs. Edward F. Miller, Col.and Mrs. Robert C. Eddy, and Maj.and Mrs. Robert Arthur. Tickets,priced at $3, will be on sale from 12to 2 o'clock in the Main Lobby everyday this week.

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