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WO Rt ' F.STER, ~lASS., TU E~DA\ , j M\ ll .\RY 1 , 19~
No. 13
Dean Howe Urges in Chapel 'The Theatre" Tech Iron Men Suffer First Talk That Students Cultivate Is Higginbottom's Defeat of Season at Hands And Develop Critical F acuity A.S.C.E. Address Of Sol Nechte1n and B.U. Criticism To Be Effec tive Must Be Detached From Emotions of Critic
UPHOLDS PROFESSORS
Tech Wallops Trinity 56-41 At Hat·tford
'l'ulk Confined t o Comed y; Severn) Plays Aonl yzc•l ; Molie r e Praisecl
A.S.M.E. Hears Talk On Recent Economic l'rends of
Iron Meu Exhausted After Holding T errific Pace For Forty Minutes
S peaking before W.P I. ~<'~' lion NECHTEM RUNS WILD the Anwrican !-iocie t y of Civil Engineers Critical Attitud e Approt•riate Worcester Boys Come From in lhe Snnfnrcl Ril ey Ltall Lou•tge la«l Prolon~ecl Business Slump Sol Ncchtem and Red Kopecky 11 ridn' ' e\'enmg, Professor Edwin ll ig Predicted by Mr. OnJy in Fields of Pnct> VisHors With Total of Be hind To Win in Last ginhnu um c>f the Engli ~h DcJ)artment P e rsonal Skill 38 Big Point8 Livingston Hfll£ Spurt s a ,•e a talk on " The Thentl' r " The le1 lurr drew u Iorge: au<licn~·t• (rum I am not now making allusion to om J ~1inin.: the s tudent hrtlllch with ~he In o gnme that wnR ful l of th rills The Tech huopsters co ntinued their otht'r rll'pnrt nwnt~ as wc:ll as th e f'i\lil 1'cl'h Pacult y , which is probably no winning s trt!nk last Tue~d:w hv deWon'(!stcr Hrnnt'h of tht: Am ericnn ~o· frum start to finish those terrific Ter· Enlo(met•rs. more criti cal than mo~t college fa cultie~. feating Trinity ttl Hartfo rd . 56-41. 1'his c•et\• \lf 1\le.C'hnnil·nl En~ti ncer$, the reg- riers from IJoston University outscored 1 propose qui te o different matter : a win g•ves Tech a n?l'Ord lif four cOn· ular numlhl v mcHin~t was held in San. lhe Tech h:;lskctbnll team by 68-54, li t tle d isc u ~sion or the \'lllue which ~ccutive \' irtorie:<, wh it•h few rllher for<l R•ll'v !lull on january elt:venth. Snturday night at the gym. It was the cw rv person can derive from a culti· A lnr1;1e audience, l'(ll11tloscd prim·ipnlly wildest, most exciting basketball game t•olleges cnjor. lt rt•mains to be seen ,·ation of that m ental characteri ~tic of \\'or~ester htl!.;nessmen, but also lhnt has been seen here in some time, how long Tech cun continue with its whic: h is call ed th e t'Titical facult v. 1 r ontuinilllt a number or students nncl nnrl nlthough we are naturall y a bit s tellnr perfo rmance shall not. of course, attempt to deal prufcssor~ fruni Worcester Ter h, heard dnwncnst over th e outcom e, we must It was nn extreme!}· fast and wilci ex haustively with this subject ; but a ~I r \Villi!ll11 l, ivinJ,rston of Alexanrler extenrl congratulations to every mcm· game from s lnrt to fini sh, nnd there few comments mn )l se rve to st imulate llnntiltun 1n~titute. a 11nnnciul organ· ber of lhc iron man five wh ich played was never a (lull momen t. The ball yo ur minds to furth er considers lion of tnlliun, speak on lhe S\lhject or "But:i· magnifirently throughout the entire changed hands conslflntl y bul Terh this very valuable human trait. n~ss .\Nr>t:l'ts nml Economic Trends." fortv minutes. It would he hard to ma naged to hold the nclvttntagc mo$ t At the outst~ t it may be helpful to Stating that he found it impossiblt~ ]><lint out nny individual star in the of the uight. Trinity's small. fast remork that the development or the to I ~C optimisli(' nbouL the ncar future, 'l'erh lineup l:)at~•rdny Every one of pla )•ers were in direct contrast to our critical fa culty is not at nil identical ;\lr. llnmilton said he was forced to them had n turn ut pulling the game ruther lumbering giants, and lht.! adwith th e habit o£ criticism wh en by cuntrndkt the u~ual uptrenrl·predicting out of the fire, n11rl it was only due '' c·ritirism we mean, us we so often do, nntlllN of height tended to decide the PWllht• tN lie xupportcd his con ten t ion to lhcir utter exhaustion that the censure and di sparagement and anim- issue by pomtin){ t o similarity or pnsl per· Terriers were able to score the winning Tech hacl a hard time getting used adversion . Unfortunately, thi~ latter (ormo nce nncl to s<H:alled "nnturnl ten· points in the last lew minutes of play. very comm on nnd unplensont trait is to the ~<'ide fl oor whkh \\':tS much deucics" which lend to specific results Th~ game started out looking like On this bnsil1 there will be two more n rout for Boston University . Sol what <·omes to mind most surely when wid er thttn that in the Alumni Gym , criticism is mentioned, so that reproach but they soon se ttled clown to the bus· major dctm :ssinns before n long and l\'cl'l1tcm and "Red" Kopecky showed is thereby cast upon all degrees and' incss llf winning the ~;nmc. The team l'(cnerol pro~opcHous period l>e~tinning in the audience h•s~ hnw they got to be fonns of t•rilicism . Another unpopular wu:~ well supported with a surprl sin~:ly 1!.100 nr !«1. Thus 1!13R may he the be· first and third respectively in the New charnctt>risti c often associated with lnrgc crowd of Teeh stuclents and sup· ~t•nning of n third post·World War de· ~ngluncl ~corinl{ ral'C by giving the (Continued on Page 4, Col. I) critiri~m is p relensitm or nn attitude of preSIIitln t1r mn v IJc just a IHI!Iurlll 1111· team n 10·0 lend before the game was , f<lre a major slu mp around 19-10, he fnur minu te~ old. The Tech boys supenl, nt y. Since th• s often asserts it~clf in the fcmn o( criticism. criti t·isrn nh.-~crtecl, see med unu!lually jittery a.11 they missed The llt>t•ake r anulytcd the causes or ~e,·crol free tie~. hut Munson started OJ1d the critk al faculty :'He thereby the hall rolling with three baskets in somewhat put into disfavor And r (Continued on J>age 2, Col. 4) n row nnd the gym was in nn ttproar. <'xpecl [ might discover other un~nvory The ire being hroken, our heroes prohuman traits lh<tt are confu sed with l'eedcd to match the Terrien;' strong the critical fat'\llly to its ciiscrC'dit. oiTc nslve bosket for basket until just a O nt! mighl n,;k : then why mit disLie ut.-Cornmoucler Manning short time he f~>re the half ended. At sodnte criticism whi ch is so unpopular Will A•l•lress Groutl that point the Te<'h boys practically from the critical faculty which may Of Engineer s monopolized the ball, " Ras" and Mun· have sum e great valuer No, this will son scoring once each, and McEwan not be wise The critical faculty will The Won·ester Secticm uf lht· Am crl· not get ve ry fnr without criticism. Just Mernhcr~hip Cords Muy Be twit-e t o pull their team total up to twenly·eight, a ~tcilnt four points ahead as it n:quires th e practice uf jumping can Institute of Elet•trical 1-:nJ,..;nuers is Obtained in Professor of the Boston brigndc, :u the half ended, to develop a high j umper, so it requires to be addressed Tuesrla y, January 18, • Swan's Office the exerci se of criticism lo develop the hv Lieut. ('omrnanclcr Ceort:e (' Mnn As the seconrl half got under way, rri ti tal faCllit \' Anrl now is the proper ning. U.S.N .. who will speil k on "At1Pli· RMIIl\'Sky shnwe(] a fln11h of hi~ re· ~a<•h year the students of W, P L time to remark that this same critical clltiuns of l':leo.:tricity to Na val \'cssels." are given an 1\pportunitv to join the marknhlc ~coring ability with three facult>• is ona of the mosl \'alu able to The mceung wilt he hclrl in the loun~~ s< ·hool's <'hnpter o( lhe Studen~ t"hrill· baskets lhnt ~«:nt the tenm out front by cultivate. \\' alter Pater, who~e writings of Sanford Riley I Iall, \Vurcc~ter Puly· linn 1\~sot'in tion. Thill year, ns last, 3£) 3(), an <I the Tech su pporter11 were in the fi elci of aes thetic criticism are tvchnic ln ~t i tutc, with dinner at 6 :41i man in each divisinn will he given brenthing a little easier than nt a one amnng the mos t renowned that have and the main prn~tram stadin" at 7 :45 ~imilnr stage in the opening half. 11 sheet upun whirh iR written lhe pur· Unfortunately, however, it is unwfe to ever been produced, upproisus criticism Cnmmande r Manning is now lnspec wr puse and aims or every member in the in the following phrase: "To see the of Naval ~1 aterial, Boston Distrirt, is hreathe easily with n gang of sha rp<Jrl(nnization These ~heeUI will be shnt)ters or the raliber o{ Nechtem and objec t a::; in it.•clf it really is. has been a lso a l.erturer on Na val Architecture pn R~rl around during the week o£ Jan· iu~tl y snicl to be the aim of all true at Massachuse tt!l Institute of Techno! unry 21 Upon signing the pleclge, a Kopvt'kY worldn1: for the oppolli tion . og~· oncl iH the author of several hooks t•rilicism wha Lc;oever." enl hecvme11 n memher, and is en. Tht• Terriers Clime si nging back hard <tud Prufc~;~or lligginbottom. !lk'l.ting that The lawyer exercises the critical file· on Lh is subjec t. Following his grndu· it would he impossible to gi ve arlequnte ~•tied to n memhershir, cam whieh may and fast until at n point four minutes ult \' wh en he e xamines a mass of ntion from the Navtll Academ y in 1914, truttm ent to the whnlt of the theater, he ohtainerl in Prof. Swan'~ ollice With from th e end the Terh lrad wa!J cut to tcst1mony and eviden ce, sifts ~ut the Ct1mmander Manning server! afloat and t•hose to ~pea k on the comedy side of thi,; card one may use the facilities or 504,1!, 11 very dangerous difference in rt>lt vant from this cha()tic mass, cs ti· at ~e ve rnl Naval S tati ons, received a th e staue. lrumur and comedy, he "llid, any Y. llf. I A. (with the excep~ion of view of the fa<·t that a couple of the ma tt!< the relati \'e value of whatever Mnster of Sdence d~gree at MMsachu· are bn~:ctl 1m appeal to the intclliucnce s"·imming pool and gymnac;ium). I~ Ter h boys were almost completely exis thus wh·aged, and relates each ele· ~etts I nstitute of Technology. and later and have little or not hing to flu with •.erves M an introduction to any one hausted from the "hoi" pace or the ment of the useful evidence to everv rl:lurnen to An napolis as Instructor in til the man y hotels o( the organization game. the em utions. nthe r element and to the whole cas~. Naval Architec ture. For two year~ At th i~ 10tage of the game, the D U. Comed y and "funniness" or the bette• and enohlel\ one to get rooms at rcdured Thu l!ngineer exercises the critical rae· before coming to Charl esto wn he was coach replaN:d the team captain, Lowry, Cl r student rate ~. Every !turlcnt ai quality i~ based on unu$ual t hings ult\' whenever he deols with a new in Shanghai ns techn ical advisor to with P'arrclt at right forward and this That is, a person who has or noes r ech should slanrl behind the loc:al nnd d ifficult problem He breaks the the Gommanrler in Chi ef of the Asiatic fellow , fresh nnd fast, scored !':ix points chapter ann mnke ~h e campaign a St.IC· something that i~ different from what prohlcm down, as we say, into its eJe. Fleet . C'e ssful one. Re sure to get your name frnm horcl angles. Nechtcm got two m•ght he expecten from the average invited to Students are cordiall y ments; h e <'Onsiders the relations be· (Continued on Page 2, Col. of ) on one of the pledge sheets! (Continued on Page 3, Col. 5) a uend the mee ting. (Con tinued on Page 2, C<ll. 3)
A.I.E.E. To Meet In Dormitory Tuesday, Jan. 18
BASKETBALL
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TUFTS
S.C.A. Campaign For Membership Is Announced
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WED.
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R.I. • SAT.