VOL. XXVII
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Twciitictll Atiilttal Tecb CarJtival I Voted H ttge Stu·<·cs.. hy Ct·o,\Td no'
The Winning . _ kit " A i\1id UH1Blt" l"~ Nightntat·e" \Va· ittt.~ n hy WmTe n l t>aling, '39, \Va Awar·dc(llht.• Cat·nival Cup
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Juuiot· ]>a·om Plans Pt·oarc 0 Rapiclly a~ Conunill . . e Chooses Ead Pc<·k and Ilis Oa·cheslra
TON'S UEACO
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Oritlc'a Column
Fuvnrit<> o{ Yale U niver s ity Will Pluy For Dancing At Annual Evenl
PUOM 1.. l\IAY AM , l'XG F<\CllLTY
KIT DELJGHTS BIG \ C OIENCE
Tlte Tec· h Quartc•t Rc•ttclf'r s
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fn an cclitnrinl The twl·ntocth annual Tcdl Carru\'al Wll" h~>ld S:11urcl:l\' ni~:ht at tit• Alumni (;\ mna<ium undn the dircnaun ur the \\' P . I. Student Chra taan .\><~dation The alTair "n-; ecm~iflcrcd hy nil ns an ou t~tanchnt: mcTcss. The l'Utl·winning Prl·shmnn .\l't the ~ophomorc At•t. an1l estwcially the fnnalty ,;kil wt•rc the l'fluals nf anr in former renrR The first c\'ent on thr prnurnm wns thu Preshanttll .\d whirh wnn the C'nr· nivnl C'up Thi!l was wrill<>n hy \\'nr· rcn Kt•n tins:. and entitled "A l\f id· summl.'r's :\'iRhtmare." It Willi o well executed lakeoh on ghnkc~pcare's ",\ ~lidsumrncr t\i~:ht'R On•nm" 'rht• or l•>r~ w~rc J \\'ellington Onttom, flmtl fnrd Ortlwnv; Puek. Wnrrl.'n Kt•nting . Ruhl>cro n l~d,,nrrl Dcnrh. Pcn~e Blo~ <t<un Rachord \\'1l~on. onrl Titanic. \\'alt~:r Sclii•IIIO The hi~thli~hts or the net wuc till' nppt•nrnm·c tlC Wii!IC!n, n Cnuthall plnnr. n~ n clnncing fnirv and the cle\'C?r pier!? of ~tnge mnnngcment that ennhletl n flit gun to llnat !'Ct:m· ingh· unmrled . thmu~:h the nir into thC? hnntls ol Pu ck. .\Ctcr thi nn nnnnunctmt·nt wa~ made <'onrcrning the- Oenn f'oomh~' f'hcer Conte'' The nnnounrcmcnt of the winner wn~ rlelnycci un t il lhe nc:oct a~~embh·. ~in<·c it wn~ felt h y the jud~:"c~. thnt. although tlwrc hod hc<'n mnn\' cntrie~. thcv hntl t•ome almost wholh (rom the 11'rc•hmon ('loss fl wns hopl•fl thnt the uppcrclo~smen would lry their hand nt the con test.
t>\'11, -<he del'id,-s to rl'tural I•> Ruh hcrnn. ll owcnr Pul'k •poi!~ it nil I>\' n<kang Ruhherml to nnu thl·r part\ l'u thr nn ends w ath e\·ervthint-: Ju~t '' h,·r,• it hc.:nn 'rlw rruwning C\'enl uf the c\ cmng the fact•lt" net o f 19:l0 raml' next 1t wns ematled "Ol'fectiw< De l.uxe ur \\'ho Kallcd rock Ruban anti Who rarl'~" The Lhnrn<·tcrs were .l Srn" h>u•c Pippkwnitl•. ~[r 1•. L .•\t wnutl; the rol•ber. ~lr U. Scigfricti; Ohver Larch•, :'.lr Dnnnld G . Uowuin.:: ~tnu ll·~ llat•rcl. Mr. H. [,eightnu \\'t•llmnn, t ht• ~tng" hruul , Mr 1r 1\ ilfnxtidtl .u11l tht• mclio nnnnuttccr i\lr LawruKc Prin• ~lr l'it)Jlll'waitc, n packlc manu tOt' turcr, wn~ hdd up in hi~ nt1ic~ b\· the ruloht: r. \\'h,·n tht· rullhl'r lwnrs that Pipplew:utr 1« lhl' ~l"'"'"r of till' rmli•> program whic-h clru,·c him to hall trimc~. h .. shout~ h.im in cul<l ltloc•ol Then the "C ~len" Lnrd~· o.mt llaurcl. tntH. They cnt:ln)tlc thcmscl\'es in the my,ter}', hut flo n ul solve 1t It nil cncl,; with C\'ervonc, inclucian~: the CO!llSC, ru~hin~t orT to ''Tech llnll 1'oni):ht" :\lr Downing', "Lnrdy" nncl ~fr \Ycllmnn's "llaurel" were w like thdr nri~:inals "Laurel ami llarcl y"
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do onvthin~ nhnut it .. " This anti n thca-. hk<• it hti\C h~·cu printed until the mcmhcrs ot th e T IW II i'.J B\VS Rta tT <arc hhw ill 1111' fnt'l' ,\nd )'ct VI)\\ don'l know how t r ut• it i11, how ut lt•rlv lm JHl~~i hlt• it i:< ln ~rt 11 rl•shnwn lo re· pnn Cm the N B\\'S And 1111 mudt ns we di:<likc enmphmentang ~·uu in the some word!~ with whic•h wt• hnrn ali(UC ynu on ynur l11ck uf nmhitinn. wr lll\IRt tulmit thnt \'nu hn\'t' mn1w Vl'ry <'<nn pc:t<:nl nncl pokntinl rcpurl~;r'! suc h nwn, fur t•xamplc "' \\in ~In It• nrn tnrirnl rnntc~t• ,\n t•chtnrinl thi~ \\ CCk. t·tHIIIl'cl "~tuppang to Think," \'Cr\' ohl}' ll•lls \'Ou whnt "e hun: hl'en try til).( tn l:l'l :lt'r~><~ fur mnnv llltKlnll. Tt ss ,-.,.rv disconcerting to ~:n up to the T l-:<'11 'liE \YS otlke'l on Sundoy nnd lind the t·on tralmtur's box emph I t'• like ··~ttucwang hluc~<l out nf n t urnap" 111 ).ret out a Rc~<ld i'<suc uncl!'r tho~c <'lrtusnstotncco;, only it's worse Must \\C ull<'r \'Oll lnllv J)(IJl~~ lh-cnute if '''"' -.ar so wt• will' ~nw with sprang
Junior Pmm weel.-cnd is on the h o ri· wn nne! the Cia!'~ or 19:17 i11 ~toinK to do at up well 1'he dnte is ~ln}' 7 nnd the time is nim' until two w ith a JlOS· sihili ty of it lnsling until three. l'rntlting h)• lhe experient·e or lhe ln~t tw1.1 Junior P mm Comm.itlces, the ('t>mmlltcc this yenr is not attompting to procure nny fnmou11 bnnrl Co r a smnll amoun t uf ano ney. You pay for what Y<lu gd :and it is o n this print'iplo thnt plnns hn ve Iwe n mode. Enrl Peck nnd his orches tra have hc~n cnunged for this n.ffair. This orl'lwNtrn is known pe rsonally to some of the cuanmillee m embers nnd they an• vt·r>· goocl. The orc hes tra comes from Nt•w !Iaven, Conn ., and plays a ~·sent d eal nl Yale dances and fra · t~rnity dnnccs This week-end m el\ns dinner parties before the Prom and-after lhc Pro m . Sntunloy nighL there will be the pre• en tntson of the l\fn ~que followed by the Round Rubin dances o f the Craternitic~. The price of the tickets will he I'll)(} per couple . Tho <'ommi ttee i!! compo~ed or Caleb U ll ammoncl. ch oinnan ; P. 0 . At· wood, ticke ts: Roland Farrar, james ~luure, decorations; Harold 1. J ohnson, Jr .. ntlvertising ; R o llll rt Powers, Daniel llo stings, Sam Me n row.
Glee Clubs to Be At Bancroft Cumhined Clnhs of Wt>lles1ey And Tech to Sing
Next on lhe prugrnm wns the Rnpho mo r~ 1\ct. "A Dilute Solution of Mur·
dcr" r ~ was ronccrned w ith the mur· dcr m~·<;ten· of the domilory scab The pla~·crs were Shylock Ohm, P Michael :\lurphr: \\'at<:on, F.clwarcl Turner, :\furflc:rcr. [Mrlore 'rouhman. the body. Fred Wilt\'. 5pike Robert Steele: \\'arden or the Dorm. Angelo Mallis. nnfl a reJl')rter. Donald :\lalliken. M ur· phr's portmvnl of Shylock and Tur· ncr's of Wnt<:On were especially welldone This net wa<~ particula rly effec· live becnu!<C of t he Jokes on school affairs. The 5Ccne of the pri1e-winning Freshman piny was lnid in the " Wilds or ChapinR.'' where the faary kingdom ruled ove r by Titanic and Ru hberon held sway. Ruhberon nnd Titanic were hoving n qunrrel over Ru bberon 's lik· ing for porties at Carberry's. Tit.tmic leave~ Rubberon to go home to her mo ther. so he calls on Puck to help him. Puck sprays n "Love·in-I dleness" potion on Titanic's eyes nnrl causu her to fall in IO\'C with J . Wellington Bot· tom. W hen Titanic wakes up from her
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INVITING - BUT WHAT A BILL that at woulrl ha,·e been d.ifficul~ to di<;tinguish them if you were lo mecl them on the s treet AISQ ou tstnnciing were the rouber with his well grown beard, Mr Seigfriecl, oncl l)r Alwood os the pickle-manufacturer. After the committee uf Judge~. P rof fl'rnncis W. Ruys, ~lr Edwin Iliggin hottmn, and Prof. Charles ] . Adams, hod prc~ntecl the Carnival Cup to the Class of '39. there was dancing with lhe lloynto nians Cor the rest of the eve· ning Booths were open a round the sides or the Roor.
DORM DANCE
Ph ysics Colloquium To Ucnr Talk hy Dr. Du11 nr 1\
Witman DufT, head or the Dl'partment. will he the ~peake r at the Phy~ic!l C'<>lloquium to he held Tuc111lay, Mor,·h 17th, nt 4 · l5 P M in the Ph >·~i<:, I.ecture II all. II is suhjcrl will he "RclativiLy Under Jlire." This topic "houltl he of interc!lt to cvoryonc, for righl n ow th.is principle seems to be one or lhe most discu~~ccl s ubJects in the field of Ph y•ic~
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around you'll pruoo hly become choosy and re(Juire ice <:ream coneJ. W e might even do that. But spenking "eriously (after all this i1 1\ harangue) we would appreciate immensely your 11h•1wing up Mondnya at four o'clork in Room 10 in ll ny nto n llall. The ~ EWS editor will he o n hlul(l with plenty or assignments fo r all Remember, lifter you've h11d sixty column inches printed you he· come a reporter, and then you will hove carved 11 small niche fl)r yourself Ill the great field or jourunlism
MARCH 21
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The Tech Gl ee Club will hold its an· nun! joint eoncert with the W ellesley College Choir Fridav night at lhe H o tel Bancroft This iA o ne o r the most populor <'oneert!l of the year nnd is being ~p<m!IC!recl by the Wo rcester County 'rtch Alumni A s~tion, the W o rcester Y 's Me n's Cl ub, and the Wellesley rtu b or Worcester . A very complete program is being planned which will Cealurc selectio ns hy the comhin ecl clubs. the W ellesley f'hnir which is composed or seventy memhel'll, nnd the Tech Glee Clu b or fifty. 'I he Wclle!lley group will be un· clcr the direction of Edward B . O riere, with the Tech Cl ub heing headed by C'li tTo rd .11 • Creen . Following the ap· penrnnee of the Mus ical Cl ubs, there wi ll he dondng, with music by the lloyn ton ian11. Those on the committee rep resent. ing the Tech Assoc.iation are : j o hn A. ll e rr, c hairman; Charles B. Hardy, and Warren R. Purcell.
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