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DEC F.MBER 17, 1935
GREEKS' GALA ANNUAL BANQUET FRIDAY INTERFRATERNITY DANCE IS TO BE HELD THIS FRIDAY EVENING College Greeks To Hold Annual BaJI At The Bancroft From Nine To Two Witb Billy Murphy's Band
DR. BETH WILL PRESENT PAPER ON RESEARCH December 20th, the Interfra·
AFFAIR WILL RE PRECEDED BY FORMAL mNNERS ANI) THE B.U. BASKETBALL GAME [~riday.
ternity Ball will b<! held under the auspices of the Tech Interfraternity rouncil. The affair this year is going LO be one of Lhc best in many years. The rhythms are going to be presented hy Billy Murphy and his Royal Ar· <:ndians; this band is well known among Tech student.s and it is always good to clance to, ns mnnr mar vouch for at school. The affair will be well popularized as lhe li~i. on page 2 show s. The Patrons 11nd Patronesses will be: President and Mr~ Ralph Earle, Profe~sor and Mrs. llarold J. Cay, 1\lr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Tnrhox. ann Mr. and l\!rs. Paul R.
Results Of Investigations On Angular Momentum Of Light To Be Divulged At St. Louis Within n few days Dr. Richard A. Hetb. of th<' Physics Department. wilt present the re~ults of over a year's re· ~t·nrrh on the anll1Jiar momentum of liuhl hefor11 the annual meeting of the Americ-an PhvRicnl Sorieh• at St. l.;ouis. i\fi~sourl.
Dr. Beth has lluN'essfully demonstrated that polarized light exert-11 a tttrquc on a c'loubly refracting medium ~wan. which t'hange!l its state or polariza tion. The dance will be preceded by nnrl hns m!'asured with great accurncy formal and informal din ners at many of the e~tent of lhi11 torque. 1'he research the f ra terni ty hou!ies. also <:tand ~ as a substantiation of the Most of the cou ples will attend the modern theory of light, basketball game at the gymnasium be· The result.<~ of Lhe work will be prefo re hand. The game with Boston ~entcd at the thirty-seventh annual University will start muc.h earlier so meeting of the American Physica l Sothat the couples will have a chance to cietv to be holtl jointly with the Amori· go to the game and get to the dance on ca n Association for the Advancement time. The dance hours will he from of Science. Four thousand !leicntisLo; nine 'til two. representing all bronches will convene The commit.lee in c-harge are the fnr the mee liog at Washingto n Uni· members of the Interfraternity Coun· vcr~-ity in St. Loui s, Missouri, from De· cil · Jame.~ W . Phelps. chainnan : LeoT. •~mher 31. l 931i. to January 2, 1936. nenoit. Julian R. Buck. George A. Dr Rc!h began expe rimontntion ot Sherwin. Do nald L . Edmanrls, John R . \Vorcc!ller Polytechnic Tnstitute durin~ Brand. Runalrl V. De F()(', Ernst P. L. the ~um.ncr Of 1!}33 At the f;UggcstiOII Of Krippendorf. Dr 1\ . W l)uff. 1fearl of the Physic~ The price is thrN• dollars per rouple, Department l i e then con tinued the and it should be a grantl affair rr~carch for a ''ear at the .Palmer Labllrtl ton·. Princeton. und er n Nntionnl Rrc;eon::h C rant. At the present lim!! t>xperiml'ntntion i11 being continuerl nt Prinreton hv a re~enrch m~~ocinte undPr nr Beth's direction The wMk cOnRi~tetl <'S~cnllallv in de· tecting rlire Ni r and measurin~ the N.E.S.C. Of A.I.E.E. Meets At angulur mo mPutum of light. Maxwell's Rrown University theo rv predi c t~ thnt n h eam of polar· irecl light mu~t. in genc>rnl. exe rt a _\ paper entitled "Development of a torque on a rlnubh· refracting medium Low Cost Relov'' was pre~ented by B whir h chnn~e!\ its l;tatc of t>olari~ntion II. Smith. Jr .. a se nior in the Electrical l.. ight ~n n lw mari e to ca rr\' an nngular EnJ:'inceriJlS: Department at Worcester momen tum as wt>ll a!' the linear m oTt-ch, at the New England Sturlent m1•ntu111 n~;.c:igned to it in Einstein',; !"onvention of the American Io Rtitute theory. nf Electrical Engineer!' held at Flrown During thco t'ast year it was po~~iblc Universitv. Providence, R. I., on De· to detect anti to mea~urc thiN effect rember 14 th. The paper describe~ Th r experiment ronsisterl e••entially in •orne or lhe tech nical problems in- <letermining, lw mirro r and scale, the W•IvN! in the development of an inex· clrAec-tion of a outtrtz half wave pia te pensive relay to operate the whistle or hung from a I'J\1nrt:o: fiber between two a tov locom otive while the train was fixed quartz quarter wave plate!', the in m otion. Mr. Smith as..qisted in this toJ1 -.irl c of lhl! top one being con ten with u reflecting la yer o( aluminum . work during his summer vacation. Other papers on the program from Thl! rlef!ection n•qulto; from the ab~orp· New England Engineering colleges in· 1ion of the angular momentum by the eluded two from Harvard. two from free plnte .\11 of the plates arl' ho riBrown, and one from Tufts Univeraity. zontal. and the axe!' of the two fixed Rtudent papers were pre.~ented in the plale11 are ninety degree~ in Mimuth afternoon session, which was followed from tho!'e of the hanging plate he· f..,ight from n tungsten lw a dinner at Faunce House and an tween them cwning sel'_c:ion addressed by 'Professor ribbon pn<:~e· thro ugh 11 large Nicol and Wm. H . Kenerson, chairman of the into the plate !w~tem The change in Rngineerin~t Department at Brown Uni· torque on the half wa\' C plate wao; ''er11ity. H is topic was "The Engineer measured when the lower plate was !Continued on Pa~ 4, C<ll l l on the Witness Stand."
B. H. SMITH, JR. READS PAPER
CALENDAR TUES., DEC. 179 :60 A. M.-Ohapel Service. Rev. M. E&rls, S.J . 4 :16 P . M.- Orchestral Rehe&rsal. WED., DEC. 189 :60 A. .M.-Cba.pel Services. Rev. M. Earls, S. J . 4 :16 P. M.-Soph-Frosh Rifle Match. 4 :30 P. M.-Band Rehearaal. 4 :30 P. M.-Relay Racea, S. A. E.·T. K . P ., S. 0 . P .·T. X .,
FULLER LECTURER PREDICTS NEXT WAR WITIDN FIVE YEARS
P. G. D.·P. S. K ., L. X. A.· AT. 0 . 6 :30 P. M.-W. 8. C. E. Din· ner Meetlng, S. R. B . THURS., DEC. 199 :50 A. M.- Cba.pel Services. Rev. Ro be.rt I . Nicholl. 4 :SO P . M.-Glee Club Rehear· sal, .B-19. FRI., DEC. 209 :60 A. M.-Oh apel Service, R ev. Robert L Nicholl. 4 :30 P. M.-Relay Raeea, L. X . A.·T U . 0 ., P. G. D.-A. T. 0 ., T. X .·P . S. K., S. 0 . P.·S- A.
E. 7 :00 P. M.-Baaketbt.U, Tech Vanity v1. B. U. Varalty.
8 :1.& P. M-Buke\ball, Tech J ayvees va. B. U . J'roah. 9 :00 P . M.-2 :00 A. M.- Interfraternfty B&ll. Bancroft Hotel. SAT., DEC. 212 :U P. M.-Faculty Chriatmu P arty, S. R. B .
87% OF LAST YEAR'S MECHANICS ARE EMPLOYED 85 ~1,
Of Entire Graduating Class Now Have Jobs
J\t'l'nrchng t!l stflliilti cs eumlipcd by l'rof. H erbert 1'aylor, it appears that Clpportunities fr>r engineers to obtain employme nt nrc at last increasing after the sari slump of the past few years. The information Kalhered by Prof. Taylor shows that of the thirt>··oight groduall's of lhe M E. department in '3/i. thirty-t hree are now working and nil but four or these are sa tisfied nt the present time with the jobR that they nuw hold Twenty-nine of those em· t.llllyed hc.ld rei(\Jlar engi neering posi· lions. three are doing work of other types, tmd one is rloing Post Graduate work. With the e:ocception of this one thel'C men are employed hy twenty· ~eYon ditTerent. rompn.nie.". It might be well to s lres~ the fnct that none of the rnen nf thi~ w oup nrc employed on gov· emment pruject!\, suC'h n~ the ERA and FERA Thl' wa~;c~ rnnge from fifteen to thirtr·thrce dollar~ per week, the aver· nge wage being about twenty dollars. II owever in most cnse~ there are excel· lrnl opportunitie~ fo r advnnoement. The pcn-entngc of employment of graduate~ of the other depnrtment.~ is al~o very high, that of the E. E.'s heing one of the highest with thirty-six out of thirtv-eight employed or 95%. Of the C. E .'s twenty-three of the !Continued on Page 2, Col. 1)
Leland Stowe In Discussing Italo-Etbiopian Conflict Wama That America Must Observe Strict NeutraUty To Avoid Trouble
ANNUAL SPORTS BANQUET HELD AT SANFORD RILEY Letters Awarded To Football, Soccer and CrossCountry Men Brenkins: all pnwcdents, the football leLt..er men elected Jackie Cerrnai n to captain the Hl36 tetun . Ccrmnin is per· haps the Jirst Sophomore to e\•cr !>old the position: il hcing the custom in pnst vears to elect u .I unior to that pos t. The same t hing happened when J o hn Mudgett was elected to the oaptnincy tlf the scx·cer team. Mudgett, a back· fi<·ld man and n 11tnr defensive player, is al so a Sophomore. Th.:se elections took placu at the fifth annual Fall Sport.q Banquet held last Tuesday night in Sanford Riley EiaU. Professor Carpenter begnn t.hc after dinner program by introducing Adm iral Ralph Earle. Prexy stated that atb· let.ics nre worth whil e because of the memorie.~. health. di!iCipline, and char· twter tha t '"c receive from them. The footboll t~um wns complimented on a fair ~ason while the soccer team Wlll'l cnnr:ratulotcd on suoh n lint> showing thi!l fnll Prexy commended t he cross ('Ountry team on .their "never die spirit'' and 1mid that the chaps hnd pluck to ru n nn mn.lter " what end they came in:~
ProfesHor Coq>en tcr continu ed the hy uiving statistics o n roothall rct•ords of the last twenty years. ffl.! snid that TeC'h othle~ic~ were nsing nil lhe lime tlflfl to give credence to this stAtement he gave tbe~e fh~unlR. rrnm 191 6 to 1924, Tech wun nnrl tied wn l{ame.~ and lost forty-three From l!l21i- 19:J!). T<'l'll tenms roached l>y Pete Rigler won nr I ied thirtv-three games anfl losl fort y-five. roloncl !'amuel E. Winslow, the guest uf honor, th en gave nn nrlflress on th e early history nf !Mtbnll and basehall. rle told how, between the years of IAA4-IIl07. the chief a im of the football player was to kill th e opposing player Thi'l was Lhe commnnd of the roach 1111 n team went into o game. T hi s made thl' garne l.'x t remely clangemus for when a player wall tiLCkled he wns manhnnrllerl while on the ground anti very often injured C'olonel WinRlow gave amn sinu anec· dote~ on the flying wedge and on th e tight leather jerseys. He gave an ac-count of the part he played in the Princeton-Harvard game of 1884. The centcr-ru~h of Princeton had a reputa· tion of knockinf( out hi' o pponent while on the offense. Colonel Winslow, as cent.cr-rush of Harvard, was knocked out three times before figuring f!Lit how it wa'l done. When Princeton was on the offensive Colonel Winslow j ust let hi~; knee ri~~e a.nd out went the ce nter· rush of Princeton Jt took live minutes to revive him and Colonel Winslow !Continued on Page 4. Col. 1) ~<Jll'c'· he~
WAR CORRESPONDENT GIVES
INTERESTING VIEWPOINT ON SUBJ~CT An \Hlusua lly fine crowd oi studen ts. instructor$ and outsiderll was present at Lhu third in t L ~erieN of a sse mblies at the gymnn11ium last Friday m o rning. )t>hn Oennn.in, Sophomore dass presi· dent.. ncting as chainnan, iutroducerl President. Enrlc, who in turu introduced l.t'land S. ~-Howe, nnted foreign cor· respondent, a nd speaker of the day. ·rhe 13anrl and Glee Club both rendered selectio ns which were vcrv well received . Mr. Lelunrl S. S towe, widely .known for hi~: <·omments on foreign atTairs a11d 1hirtl Puller lecturer of the year, painted n most v ivid picture of the present day condition ~ in Europe, wam· lng l hnt wnr and revolution in Europe are almost inevitable, and that if we, citi?.e ns of lhe United States, would keep ourselves fro m that war, we must kt:CJl ourselve~; o n a strictly neut.ral plane _ Tie also wnm ed that if we should try tn gain financially through war trade, loans, a11d o ther means, we would pay for it in the slaughter o£ o ur younger generation as in t he last great war. Unhampered hy the wa trhful eyes or cen sors, as is the usual ca~~e, Mr Stowe gave nn unreserved and truthful intcrpret:llion of his suhject. "The f talo-l~t hiop ian Connict and Whn t It Mean!'~ ." The meaning is that only a m iracle ran keep many of t he European countries from war, and that t he chan ce of o ur t'Ountry keeping ou t of that war ''i~ very slim." Hist ory will he repeated and the United States will he in the nex t. F:uropean war unlellll we stri~·t)y oh:;r rvc rules of ne utrality, and Nacri fi ce a great deal of wo rth while h ut neverth~lcss dangerous foreign trade. "We've got to remember there iq a way to keep our bovt> from going over there tn die in the rnutl ," he sairl. An o ther !'liluation that may develop from the prescnt-dny atancl of affairs in Europe, he declared, is the attitude P'rtl.l1C'e to wnrrl a war between Great Britain and I taly At the present time l)oth Prnnre nnd Great llritain ttre leac'lers in the attempt to bring about agreement through peaceful means be· twee n Italy nnd Ethiopia. If I taly is vk-torious In her war the English line of dcfen11e extending from Gibraltar to Ind ia would be gravely t hrcatenecl nnd wt1r hctw~en 17.nglanc'l and I taly would be almost a sure thing. Would Prnncl.' go to th e ai<l of A rita in ? Tf she did there woulrl he revolution in both her army and navy the moment th ese war machine~ were ordered to fight. "The army nnrl navy of ll'ran<'c will not fight Italy." As the ~ituation bect1mcs mo re acute, Bnglnnd, France anrl the other Europcun nntionn r11ali:o:e more thn.t Mus.'IO· lini cannot now back down from what he hns so far done. tf he should there would he cau~c for immediate war. J f he ic; victorious the war will only be rlelaycd a few year!!. Mr. Stowe concluded his ~peech with an ap~al for absolute ne utrality of thto !Continued on Page 4, Col. 4)
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