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FOLEY PRES.; BAKER TO BE WPIAA PRES. and an Electrical Engineering major, has been a member of the Senate since his first semester here at Tech. He is also Chairman of the Junior Prom and a pledge to the Skull. Bill Baker, one of the co-captains of the hockey team and the starting catcher on the baseball team bas been elected President of the W.P.I.A.A. Bill is a councelor in the dorm and a brother in Alpha Epsilon Pi. He also was a member of the varsity golf team his freshman year. Bill will be ably assisted by Don Lutz, the new vice-president. Don was the leading scorer on the varsity basketball team and is now roaming the outfield for Coach McNulty's baseball team. He also spends the fall on the soccer team. Don is a brother in "Sig Ep." During last week's College Day Assembly the annual elections were held for the position of Tech Senate President and for the officers of the W.P.I.A.A. were held.
The newly elected treasurer is Frank .Magiera. Frank is a letterman in football and a member of the Lacrosse team. He is a brother in Phi Kappa Theta.
Richard Makohon, a freshman With only 422 ballots cast in the elections, Don Foley was elected soccer player is the ·n ewly elected President of the Tech Senate. Don secretary. Rich is a member of a member of Lambda Chi Alpha ATO.
SAE ALUMNI UNVEIL STRUCTURE PLANS On the evening of Saturday, March 27, 1965 at a joint "Found· en' Day" - Initiation banquet, the Alumni corporation of Mass. Delta ehapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon unveiled, to the brothers and invited guests, t he proposed plans lor an all new chapter house. This structure being built from the foundation up will be the first of its kind on this campus. It will occupy two and one half of the fraternities' present four lots; those being that of the present structure plus the three purchased last summer adjacent to the original. The
extra lots will be used for a twelve car parking lot. According to the architect, the plan of construction will permit a smooth transition into the new structure. Since the fraternity now owns three buildings (two of which are occupied) the demolition of only one at a time will allow unrestricted living during the construction period. In order to Cinance this construction, a Building Fund has been set up. The first contribution has been received in the amount of $7,500.00.
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GORDEN LIBRARY TO BE STARTED APRIL 22 Ground will be broken on April 22 for the new George C. Gorden Library at the proposed site on the Institute's east campus. The event will also mark the initial construction project of W.P.J.'s ten . year development program. The building, which is scheduled for completion in 1966. will fill a long standing need for an adequate central library on the Worcester Tech Campus. Jt will make available essential information in the form of books, technical papers, scientific journals and published scientific data of all types, which provide the cornerstone to a fine technical education. Electronic data retrieval systems, microfilm readers and audio-visual aids will also be available in addition to the conventional library stacks of books and periodicals. The new library will also incor· porate with the aforementioned features, study facilities for 600 students, shelf capacity for 200,000 volumes, and special purpose rooms for college archives, art exhibits, extra-curricular reading, typing and listening to music. A night study room, open 24 hours a day and isolated from the rest of the building after regular U-
New Library Site brary hours will meet a current demand for late evening study areas. George Crompton Gorden, whose name will be perpetuated by the new building, has long been known as an outstanding industrialist i1,1 the Wor cester area. He graduated from Worcester Tech in 1895 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. In 1911 he became vice president of the Park Drop Forge Company of Cleveland and remained affiliat·
Physics Dept. To Hold Centennial Colloquium WPI's Physics Department will hold their Centennial Colloquium on F riday and Sat urday, April 16 and 17, in connection with the New England Section of the American Physical Society. The two day affair will be highlighted by such distinguished speakers as Dr . Allen Bromley, Dr. Henry M'8rgenau, and Dr. William Fowler, each renowned in his respective field. Registration will start at three in the after noon on Friday, in the lobby of Alden Memorial. At four fifteen, two special papers will be prertented by Doctors Bromley and Mar genau. Dr. Bromley, one of the bright new young men in modern nuclear physics, will talk about "The Structure of the Atomic Nucleus", and Dr. Margenau, an outstanding pbilosopher-scientlst, will present "Philosophical Implications of Modem Physics". Our own Dr. Al.len Parker has said that these talks are for the educated scientist so that anyone from WPI who attends will get something out of the presentations. Dr. Allen Bromley was born ln Westmeath, Ontario, in 1926. He received his bachelors and masters degrees from Queens University and hia Ph.D. degree from the University of Rochester. He remained at Rochester as instructor and then assistant professor of physics. During this period from 1950-55 he collaborated in the design aDd construction of the first variable ener gy cyclotron
and used this in early studies of the deuter on. From 1955-60 he held the appointment as Senior Research Officer and Section Head in the Nuclear P hysics Branch of Atomic Energy of Canada at the Chalk River Laboratories, which parallels the United States' Oak Ridge Laboratories. Dr. Br omley and his associates carried out pioneering work on the use of accelerated He 3 ions as probes for studying the structure of light nuclei '8nd in 1959, installed and f irst JO Mev Tandem Van de Graaff electrostatic accelerator at Chalk Rivel'. Measur e· ments with this accelerator led hlm to the discovery of the nuclear molecule and to extensive information on nuclear reaction mechanisms. CurrenUy Dr. Bromley is Professor of Physics and 'Director of the Nuclear Structure Laboratory at Yale where the first of the new 20 Mev "Emperor" e lectrostatic accelerators is now being Installed. Today, he is a consultant to Brookhaven and Oak Ridge National I.Jaboratories, and to the Bell Telephone Laboratories. Dr. Henry Marganau, a leading authority on the philosophical foundations of physics, is a native of Bielefeld, Germany. He studied at the Teacher's College in Herford, Germany, r eceived his B.A. degree from Midland College In Nebraska, and his M.S. degree from the University of Nebraska. He joined Yale as an
ed with that firm for more than half a century. Shortly after World War I he was elected president and held that position until 1953, when he was elected chairman of the hoard. Mr. Gorden was a regular and generous contributor to the Worcester Tech Alumni Fund and to campus and laboratory improvements until his death in May of 1964.
The ceremonies will get underway at 11 a.m. with a special tribute to Mr. Gorden. President Storke will open with introductory remarks and he will be followed by a message from the Gorden Family read by Wayne E. Keith, Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Fred L. Ball, Director of the Park Drop Forge Company and Mr. George Gund, chairman of the Board of the Cleveland Trust Company will speak. Both men were close friends and business associates of Mr. Gorden. ·. lte pr ayer will be offered by Rev. .••·. Gordon M . Torgersen of the Fi rst Baptist Church and a WPl trustee. The groundbreaking will begin with an introduction by :>resident Storke and remarks by Professor Albert G. Anderson Jr., Head Librarian on "The Significance of the New Libr ary." Mr. Albert Gordon m, Mr. Ball, Mr. Gund, Prof. Anderson, Dean Price, president Storke, Mr. Keith, and lhe president of the Tech Senate all will assist in the breaking of the ground. Instructor of Physics and won his Ph.D. In 1929. During World War Il, Professor Margenau did Important wor k In microwave theory, particularly duplexing systems-tbe di!vtcec that make ptOISSible the use of ·a common antenna in a radar set for both transmitting and receiving operations. Also be has made important contributions to physics in hJs work on spectroscopy and nuclear physics and dncbarce theory. He has served as a consultant to the Atomic Energy Commission and the Brookha~n National Laboratory, and the National Bureau of Standards. CurrenUy he is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics and Natural Philo80(Contlnued on P..-e •
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The Editor The past several weeks have been a period of change in student government at Tech. A new Inter-fraternity Council is now active. Changes in this body are already becoming apparent. One of the new policies at the Council is that henceforth the Tech News may cover its meeting. U the council is to become the dynamic body it is intended to be, this innovation will prove to be vital in that students will now be able to take an active, iniormed interest in I.F.C. proceedings. The coming year should prove to be a fruitful one w!th regards to improvement of the I.F.C. and the Tech Senate. Along with our congratulations to these newly elected officers, we express our full confidence in their capabilities a nd our faith in the future of both 'Of these organizations. G. G. C. RESOLUTIONS of the INTER-FRATERNITY COUNCIL of the WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE WHEREAS: Worcester Polytechnic Institute is in the process of expansion. and WHEREAS: Throughout the history of the Institute Fraternities have played an invaluable role in the lives 'Of the students, and WHEREAS: It is our wish that the Fraternity system retain its position of strength in service, and WHEREAS: We thus recognize the need for our own expansion without sacrifice of quality and stability, and WHEREAS: We further recognize that some of the stronger National Fraternities provide invaluable services to their colonies, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED: That it is the purpose of this I.F.C. to aid in the expansion of the Fraternity system of this Institute in s uch a manner that no individual Fraternity shall e merge as a weak and ineffectual organization, and further that the Fraternity system as a whole shall not be in any way weakened. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That if at all possible this expansion shall be through colonalization by strong National Fraternities, for while our individual assistance is readily available and of some value, we lack the resources and time to do the necessary council ing well.
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U looks like that the English Department has done it again. As usual the m idterm examination in Oral Communications proved to be an insult to the intelligence of any college student. It was no more than a test of the student's ability to memorize from the text. Although there is always a problem of some memorization when testing, this exam served absolutely no educational purpose whatsoever. When the student is confronted with a question such as "What, according to the t•xt, are the six ways to end a speech?" he gets an idea of just what the exam is intended for. Contrary to popular opinlon, to force the stOdent to read an unnecessary text is not reason enough to give an exam. This is particularly true in a course such as Oral Communications. Since the major objective of th e course is to give the student experience in speaking before a group, the text serves merely as a g uide and r eference. It should not be necessary for the student to memorize material that he will quickly forget when he can more conveniently refer directly to the text. Testing for the sake of testing serves only to alienate the student. It is the hope of this observer that such a practice be quickly ended. David B. Luber
By Robert J . Coates
Did you ever hear of "stork insurance"? The Delhou• Gazette ran an -article about the Canad ian Habitant Life Insurance Company which is considering the possibilities of is· suing pregnancy ins urance to girls on the Waterloo campUJ. Any coed who would obtain such a policy and by chance find herself in a family way would receive $600. Of course the company would reserve the right to examine any potenUal buyers to determine their physical states before issuing a policy. This idea has already received favor-able reactions from several of the girls. Turning t o the topic of college demonstrations, ten serious thinking R.P.I. students staged a demonstration in front of their student union expressing their discontent over the United States' foreign policy in Vietnam. It didn't take long for a crowd to form and the result was an all-cause rally which turned out to be more of a farce than anything else. Students carried such signs as "Let's Neutralize Alaska," "We Can't Win, Let's Give Up The World," "Dignity Requires Action," and several 'Others on s uch subjects as poor dorm food and women.
If there are any grubs in the crowd, try beating this record set by a s tudent at Elmira Free Academy in Elmira, N. Y. David Wellington was presented a memorial plaque and trophy for accomplishing the feat of wearing the same pair of pants for 69 consecutive days without washing or dusting To The Editor: them. His roommates, if be had any, probably moved out With two outstanding pieces of after a few weeks or were well stocked in air refreshener.
public relations work, the Military Science Department has once again endeared itseU to the students of Tech. In a season of the year when the ROTC staff is trying to present the Army in its best light, these stand out as classical military blunders. The first of these tactical errors was the suppor ting weapons course. In the space of approximately twelve class hours over 500 choice tidbits of information on approximately twenty weapons were fed to the MS 204 student. I must agree thjs is useful information for reference, but when the student must memorize them for an exam, the situation becomes ludicr ous. Rising to the occasion, the Techman committed t hese intriguing life facts to memory Cor about twenty minutes, the length of the test. Needless to say, if the same test were given as a surprise quiz, everyone would fail. The second coup engineered by our branch of 1st Army was the medical examination. Heralded as a complete scientific examination, it proved to be a farce . Sick stu· dents were declared well- including one with mono, pulse and temperature measurements were fudged by the technicians administering them, and as a minor detail, urine and blood samples were mixed up. Let us hope the Militar y Science Department will realize the limitations of its programs before expounding the m so vigorously to its students. And fur t her, let us hope it can bring the academic portion of its program out of the elementary level and into the realm of college men. Sincer ely Stephen R. Luber
To The Editor: Many students, American and Foreign, have read the letter to Editor by B. C. Mehta which is printed in the Tech News on April 1st. I am very glad that Mr. Mehta sta ted right at the beginning of his letter that the opinions he ex(ConUnuecl on Par t 4
The Educational Testing Service has completed a survey of college freshmen in an attempt to learn what these prospective college students were golng to school for. Of the 13,000 students questioned, 50.8 % ranked other collegiate activities higher th an academic pursuits. These other activ· ities were extracurr icular activities, athletics, social life, ·and forming new friendships.
It is interesting to note that at one engineering school, the vocational aspects of higher education was the main reason listed by 48% of the students, with only 14% interested in academic pursuits. Of the rest, 34% listed social activities and 4% classified themselves as non-conformists. Well, as least 48 % knew what the rest would learn after a few semesters. Sixty-four per cent of those entering a certain teache11 college listed social activities first oand only 12% interested in academic pursuits. Liberal arts colleges ~me through, witb 47 % of those polled being primarily interested in academic: pursuits and 15% and 7% respectively for social activities and vocational objectives. Instead of taking n ormal study breaks, students at IllinoiJ Institute of Technology have taken a f ancy to terrorizing their dorm mates. One clever studen t invented a graphite bomb which consists of 6 crackers glued together to form a cube and filled with bread crumbs, mM punchouts, and powdered graphite. Another invention produced a snow effect by fillinJ a large manilla envel'Ope with shaving cream and partially sealing one end. This end is then slipped under a door and ~y propping a book on the other end and applying pressure rapidly, a nice white jet is sent across the room. One victim found out how his room was put togeth er when he returned from a date one evening to find the entire contents of his room completely disassembled and piled neatly in the center of hiJ room. These are only a few examples of what the technicall1 oriented mind can think up. -;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;; •
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S RING SPORTS PREVIEW BASEBALL With the opening game less than a week away, the WPI bueball team has yet to practice outdoors. This t'ould prove fatal to a team which on paper has at least the same potential u that of last year's team, which finished the season with a 9-6 toe after an 8·2 start. At best, Coach Charley McNulty will have only four outside practices before the first game at Lowell Tech on Friday. Since many of the teams on the schedule have bad the benefit of a southern trip, they hold a distinct advantage at this point. It appears as though the pitching will have to carry the team until there has been ample time for the rest or the players to get their timing at bat.
the brunt of the burden, has won eight of his last ten decisions over a two year span. Being a switchhitter, Mitscbang will undoubtedly see action as a pinch swinger. Junior catcher Bill Baker and soph shortsop Bill Goudie led the Engineer's offense last year batting .315 and .351 respectively. They combined to take practically every offensive honor and are being counted on for similar performances this year.
Three of the infield positions appear set with second baseman Charlie Kelly, shortstop Goudie, and third baseman Jim Maroney returning. The fourth position, first bue, will probably go to soph Bill Newton, last year's right fielder. Newton has played first base preA strong nucleus of returning viously and apparently bas the nod liUtnDtn abould lead the T... right now. Two returning infielden wbo will play utility roles are John Perrone, and &n Slanson.
champion at Westboro and bas a 1 handicap. He will be backed up by his teammates, Ken Hultgren, Massachusetts State champion in 1961, Eric Sweed, low amateur in the 1964 Massachusetts open, and Bob Bell, a lefthander with a three handicap. Other returning playen of note are Napolitano, Benoit, Jacobs, and Surowiecki. This year's turnout is the largest ever with several promising freshmen, the life blood of any team, pressine fo fill the ranks. What say men - the championship this year?
LACROSSE This Saturday the Worcester Tech lacrosse team, led by cap. tains Bill Zetlerlund and "Buzz" DeBlois, will once more take the fateful step into the world of slashIng sticks, flying balls, and ad· vene acorea. The 1Uckmen, whOM
The outfield is about the only spot on the team which Is unsettled as of yet. Don Lutz will be in cen· ter field and Blll Newton is a pol· slbility in right field , dependiDJ on whether he switches to first base. U Newton should play first base, the two outfield spots will be filled by Brian Belanger, BIU Tanzer or even Mitschang, when not pitching. Right now this ap. pears to be the weakest part ot the team, but there may be some belp from the freshmen . Catching is well in band present· I)' with Bill Baker leading a list of five candidates. The other hopefull are Dave H~bner, Jerry In· fanger, Dick Caprioli and Marshall Taylor. baseballers toward a winning season. Only two starters, left fielder Art Bodwell and tint baseman Dave Wait, were lost by graduation. Among others missing from this year's team will be Larry Hun, Bill Shurbet, Bob Bennett, Charlie Dufour and Mike Dembski. The latter two have decided to forego baseball this spring. On the plus side, the Engineers will have two of their top three hitters and their three leading pltchen amonc the returnees. The three returning pitchers, Captain Geo.·ge .Mitachaf\1, Tod Wicker, and Gary Bouak each post· eel identical 3-2 recoro. lut year. Wicker pitched a no-hitter acainat lOT and a one-hitter acain.st Clark to highlight a season which aaw him finish with the lowest ERA of 1.64. Bossa.k had a very acceptable record u a freahman, both as a starter and reliever, and ended with a 3.30 earned run average. Mitschang, expected to carry
Overall, this year's team could be even better than lut year's. A better break in the weather would have aided them in prepping for their three games this weekend, but with strong pitching so pre· valent it is bard to underestimate the possibility of a three game sweep, which would be quite an auspicious debut.
GOLF Tech's golf team captained by Ken Adrian opens the season with a home match against Holy Crou Wednesday, April21. The linksmen should have another fine season . Coach Seaberg feels they will be in close contention for the championship. The teams to watch out for are Holy Cross and UMass. The first match at Wachuset.t Country Club against the Cross will be a fair indication of the team's ability to those who care to view it. Ken Adrian is a former club
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STEVENS With the completion of the Intra-Fraternity Basketball season, it comes time for the sports editor to select an all-star team. This year Steve Hebert, scorer in charge of all records for the season, has contacted the eleven referees and each has voted for a first and second team. Those participating in the voting were Dave LaRue, Bill Shields, Danny Maguire, Dave Helming, Steve Hebert, Larry Penoncello, Bill Nims, Don Lutz, Ray Rogers, Doug Bobseine, Gary Coram, and Gary Willis. League champions Sig Ep and SAE, who tied for second place, each had two men on first team. TKE and AEP took the remaining first place spots to round out t he starting unit. Unanimous choice for the center position was AEP's Steve Rudnick. This makes it three years in a row for the league's leading scorer. Steve, averaged 19.6 points a game and was a deciding factor in all of AEP's victories. For his outstanding ability the sports editors have selected Steve the league's most valuable player.
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CNCh Klnt C..C_..IM Zetterlund •nd DeBlois fortitude seems to be as elastic as the proverbial rubber ball, have been eagerly preparing for a nine game schedule of the same teams that dealt them a 2-7 record last year. Those two wins, incidently, were history making In that they were the first wins since 1958. The lacrosse contingent, having a fairly formidable starting contin· gent of eight lettermen, have hopes ol setting new records by bettering lut year's record. Also on the agenda for this spectacular sport is a repeat of their television debut last year. There will be new sticks, shined shoes, and clean shaves for the stickmen when they meet MIT over channel two.
At the guard positions were Ron Dill of SAE and George Stevens of SPE. Dill was a sparkplug in the SAE machine that finished tied for second with an eight and three record. Possessing fine ball-handling ability and a keen eye, Ron netted 17.0 per game. Stevens was a fine playmaker and defensive player. George along with Darrel Kost, SPE's other starting guard, put the stopper on many teams' offensive threats from the outside in a league that contained many strong offensive guards.
Junior Gary Dyckman of SAE was the leading forward candidate. Gary was a top scorer for the SAE at the center position. Although Dyckman played center he was voted to a forward post, where I'm sure he is equally as valuable. Dave Geiger of Sig Ep and Ed Piltzecker of TKE were tied for the other forward position. Senior Geiger made the first team after two years on the second team. In three years of competition, Dave has been on the losing end only once as the Sig Ep team has a 30-1 record in this period of time. He has always been a great team player as well as a great ball-hawk· ing defensive player. Piltzecker led the TKE team in scoring Although the team has a strong and since he is only a sophomore, Ed will be leading a TKE starting group, they will be hurting for experienced depth, especially in team, which will be a big threat next year. the mid-field and defense areas. The goalie position may be filled by freshman Steve Holloman. Senlor starters will be Bob Klauber and captain Zetterlund on attack with captain DeBlois, Gerry Morris, and Mike Portanova In the midfield . The defensemen in front of the frosh goalie will be seniors Jack Kelley and Harry Mildonian and junior Joe Acker.
Bill Cobb of Shield and Dave Moore of LCA were named to the guard posts on the second team. Both were outstanding shooters. Moore was even better noted for his sharp passes. At the center poition was Bill Cooper of SPE. Bill was the league champs number one rebounder, and because of this be was the deciding factor in many close games. Number one scorer fur SAE Dick Sadowski with 17.2 average and the top shooter for Shield Jeff Wickeri were named to the forward spots.
The opener this Saturday is against Middlebury who will have ALL-INTRAFRATERNITY BASKETBALL bad the experience of five earlier games. The most exciting match First Team Second Te1m to watch should be the Wesleyan G. Dill SAE G. Moore tilt. Although .this team fell to the SPE G. Cobb Tech stickmen last year, they went G. Stevens on to become the New England C. Rudnick AEP C. Cooper champs. F. Dyckman SAE F. Sadowski
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ATO CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL YEAR As Alpha Tau Omega and Wor- from the University of 'Rochester cester Tech observe their Cen- last faU, bas been impreued by the tennial Year, A.T.O. bas the unique frate rnity system on campus stated, opportunity to reflect upon its ''The men seem to understand the dual heritage in 1965. When form- present and future implications of ed as a local, in 1903, it took its their actions in relation to the name "The Arm and Hammer college community a.nd the neighClub'' from the motto and seal of borhood community . . . . A.T.O. the Institute-"Learning and the hu, during my short tenure, reSkilled Art", with the intention of sponded immediately and fully to some day becoming a part of Alpha every call and concern of mine, the Tau Omega originally founded in other fraternities, and the college." 1865. Three years later the club President Storke pointed out that was granted its charter and be- the Gamma Sigma chapter bas came the present Gamma Sigma maintained high standards of chapter. gentlemanly conduct and a fine A.T.O. opened its significant spirit in interfraternity competiyear last fall by r eceiving the lions. It was also one of the ftrst Scholarship Trophy and is current- houses on campus to discard the ly in the running for the General old "He ll Week" with its often Excellence Prize which it has won hazardous pranks in favor of "Help nine out of the last fourteen years. Week" during which pledges perExcellent participation and leader- form a useful public ser vice as ship in campus activities lend them- part of their initiation into fraselves into areas within the chapter temity lile. itseU. As Dean Hollow's stated, 'Internally, the Gamma Sigma As Worcest er Tech's Centennial A.T.O.'s administer a neat, clean theme, " Engineering and Sciencechapter house and keep a good Partners in Progress", serves to rein on house management. Wor- remind many of its contributions to cester Tech is proud to have A.T.O. the technical fields so does it reon its campus where fraternities mind Gamma Sigma members of are flourishing and are making their own unique theme: ''Worcessignilicant contributions to campus ter Polytechnic Institute and Alpha lile." Tau Omega- Partners in Progress" Dean Van de Visse, who came - for 100 years. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _:....__ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
LEITERS TO EDITOR (C011t1nued from Par e 2) pressed were his " view points as an individual." Otherwise if he had sa1d that his views were the common views ol all the foreign students, then he would have done a gross injustice not only to all those foreign students who do not share his views; but also a gross injustice to all the Americans who d o not at all fit his descriptions of the "American students." For those who have not read his article, here I shall attempt to summarize his views accordine to my understanding. He claimed that " .. when a foreigner talks to an American he might read in his eyes his power of superiority which certainJy would show in his attitude." Another point he mentioned was that " Foreign students do not find most of the American students friendly." Finally, he even gone so far as to criticize the "American ~.riendship." Here is what he stated: We do not find what we call 'friendship' among two American students . . . they seem lacking sincerity in their friendship." Since 1 have quoted the main points of this Jetter , I shall now attempt to express my "view points as an individual" in regard to the opinions that he expr essed. First of all he said that American students consider the foreign students inferior. He said there are looks of superiority in the eyes of Ameri· can students. I do not at all see thls kind of look in the eyes of
STUDENTS PROTEST FOREIGN POLICY ( CPS) -Seven George WashIngton University students began a fast for peace in Vietnam last Friday. Calling on students throughout the country to take up the fast, the seven vowed not to eat until the fasting had spread to other campusea. Tbe students, members of the Washington, D.C. ICbool'a Students For Peaceful Alternatives, appealed for "a ceaatlon of hostilities by all combatant parties in VIetnam . . . We appeel for arbitration of the conflict by the UN or 110me other approp.riate international agency," they said. Taking oilly water and salt tablets, the students tasted for 72 hours before being replaced by other George W·a shJngton students and students at other .choola. Presently there are ten students fasting at GWU. 'lbeee have been joined by 15 WashIngton area high school students. The students are continuing to attend classet whJle they are futlne. Other ecbools partlclpatlnl in the fast include the Univeralty of Maryland, American University, Unlvenity of Callforni& at Berkeley, and Stepbena College. Students at these schools have
also agreed to break the fast only when they are replaced by students on other campuses.
At the University of Maryland 11 students have taken up the faat for peace. They expect to be
replaced Wedneaday by .tudenta at Jotm. Hopldra University and Go~er College. In conjunction with tbe fast, Maryland students oreanlzed a picket of the White Houle over the weekend. About 50 students participated in the dem01l8tration demanding an end to ha.tllltles in Vietnam. Support for the fait Ia planned to ln<:lude ..mauive plcketl.J\1 at the White House" next weekend, accordint to the organizers. ADo planned Ia a 24 hour viJil at Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. The faating of American students comes in the wake of worldwide student protest ag.ainst increased fighting in VIetnam. Student demonstratiON, many of them violent, bave been launcbed aplrat U.S . embualea end other facllltles in ~everal countries, including the Soviet Union.
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In Canada, University of Toronto ltudents marched on the American Consulate last week to protest U.S . raJda on North Vietnam. Student leaden also asked participants to llgn a teleeram to Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson calling for Canadian acUon toward neutralization of South Vietnam and withdrawal ot all foreign poupa.
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the American students! Maybe it is his own psychological imagination, or shall we say, inferiority complex that caused him to see things that way? It is quite natural that when a foreigner' comes to the United States and sees with his own eyes bow wealthy and powerful this nation is. A sense of jealoUQ', a sense of ''We don't have all these back home" feeling might make him feel this way. Secondly, be stated that American students are unfriendly, which I completely disagree with him. From the personal experiences that I have had, I think Americans are u friendly as any other people in this world. If be bas no Ame.rican friends, that does not mean at all that American students are unfriendly. This distortion of truth can not be ignored light-heartedly. He also criticized the lacking of sincerity of the American friend· ship, which I think we foreign stu· dents are in no poaition of judgmg. Every society bas her own standards concerning the relationships among her own members. If the American standards are. dilferent from ours, it does not mean that we are right and they are wrong, or vice versa. Again be mentioned that due to the difficulty of expression in English, many teachers have considered foreign students as " not knowing a thing" in the field of the study. On the con· tnry, the professors we have are very considerate and understand the difficulty that we have in the English language. In many instances they even give us extra help if we go and ask for it. Finally I wish to point out one of the fallacy in his letter, in which be said: " ... one of the measures of one school's superiority over another may be the relative number of foreign students it bu." Is be implying that if a school bas no foreign students at all, this school is inferior, and scholastically of no value? What a horrible standard that be bad set for the American schools. He had so much overestimated the Importance of foreign students. The purpose of hla letter is "hoping that such a presentation might lead to a more fruitful relationship
HONORS BANQUET HEL Last Tuesday night, Tech held its fifth annual Honors' Dinner at 6:45 Plrl in Morgan Hall. Guests at the banquet, which is held each year in recognition of those students who have academically distinguished themselves, Included first semester (reshmen honor roll students and all other students who have been on the dean's list for the past two successive semesters. Without a doubt, the bighligbt of the evening was a speech made by Mr. Charles C. Bonin, '38, vice president of engineering and procurement for Ebasco Services, Inc., the world's largest engineering consulting firm . lrlr. Bonin, whose personal specialty is utility facilities (in particular, hydro-, thermo-, and nuclear electric systems, and large river basins), received his B.S. in civil engineering from WPI in 1938; in 1944, he received from Tech additional advanced degrees. For the past twenty-seven years, he has been associated with Ebasco Services, Inc. One of Worcester Tech's more distinguished graduates, Mr. Bonin presently holds professional engineering licenses in 51 states and countries, another global first! The evening's topic, "Square Pegs in Round Holes-and All That Jazz", dealt with the engineer's role in industry. After a rather humorous introduction (....Tech's still explaining away the record of its athletic teams ...."), Mr. Bonin pointed out that the responsibility for success in the professional world lies wholly with the engineering graduate, and not with his company or alma mater. While it is true that industry Ia r esponsible to the engineer, this obligallon extends only to trying out an engineer and giving him the opportunity to prove bimseU. The engineer seeking steady advancement
will find plenty of opportunity to achieve it after he prov" himself worthy. Mr. Bonin was extremeq critical of the graduate who advancement with no work. .Mr. Bonin concluded by sayiq that graduation from WPI ls .,. onymous with job security, Ill area with which most colle,e graduates are prematurely coacerned. His closing advice Wll " ...lorget football, soccer, llld swimming-Jearn to play bridce and goU; and don't take youneU too seriously....".
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series. Following the presentation of the papers, dinner will be •rved In Morpn Hall at six-thirty. To end the evening, Dr. William Fowler from the California II\IUtute of Technology, will give u address at eight in Alden entitled "Nuclear Coemochronology". A world renowned aatro-pbyllcllt, Dr. Fowler was born In Plttaburgb. He received bis Bachelor of Engineering Pbyslcs from Ohio State Unlvemty -and his Ph.D . from cal. Tech. During Warld War n he worked on the research and development ot atomic weapons -and rocbt ordinance. Recent research baa been done In the study of nuclear forces and reaction rates, nuclear spectroscopy, the stnJcture of light nuclei, and thermonuclear sources of stellar energy. He baa contributed to many magazine~ a.nd books including Quul-8tellar Sot~rce. aDd OnntatloaaJ Cel· JQ.e.
On Saturday, the 17th, another relfatratlon period will start 'It nine In Olin Hall. At ten, two contributed papers will be presented, one ln Sallabury 103 and the other in Olin 107. They have been prepared by members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon reigned king faculty, one by Profe110r HUot the r. F. basketbaJl league which singer and the other by Profftlon closed out its season before vaca- Wooten, Niiler, and Goloski. tion. Sig Ep's record remained The proeram will be Interrupted unblemished as they swept to an for lunch in Morgan Hall, to be 11-0 season tally. Behind S.P .E. continued at two in Olin 107. At were S.A.E. and P.K.T. These t wo this time a serlet of lectures wlD teams both battled to 8-3 records be preaented concerning coherfor the year. Following were A.E. ence and laaen. TbeM pre.enta· Pi, Phi Sig and the Shield, all with tiora will gl~e a broad aurver ol 7-4 records. This tight bunching the field .and Its fundamental of the top six teams illustrates principles, and are open to any· just how close the league play one who wishes to attend. was, as all teams were well matchDr. Georee B. Parrent, from ed. Sig Ep's great shooting and Technical Operatiora, Inc., wlD depth proved to be more than enough to handle all this opposi- talk on "Coherence''. Next, Dr. Robert H. Rediker will pretent tion, however. Top performer in the scoring "Semiconductor La.en". He II column was Steve Rudnik A.E.Pi. a tltaff member of MIT'a LlncolD Steve amassed 216 poin~ in his Laboratories where he worked oa 11 games for an average of UU transiltorized computer clrc:uitl. points per game. Following him Recently he hu been enppd lD were Dick Sadowski and Ron Dill semiconductor device reeearda of S.A.E. They both averaeed 17 and now head• the Applied Solldo points • game. S.A.E. also posted state Phyaica group. Gary Dyckman and Paul KazemerCarrying on In the field ol sky among the top 20 scorers. lasers, Dr. Elias Snitzer, from the American Optical Company, wtJl and better understanding between speak on " Glass and Crywtal foreigners and Americans." I do Luen". Finally, "Luer AppUca· fear it bas just accomplished the tlons'' will be presented by Dr. opposite. Therefore, I have endf"av- John Atwood. Mr. Atwood wal ore d to express my views which named Director of Re•arch ol opposed his. Also I wish to bear Perkin-Elmer's Electro-Optlell some comments from the American Division where be Is responslbilt students. for dlrectlng Perldn-Elrner'l ad· Jih-Hau IJu vanced reee.arch program• in GP" President of Cosmopolitan Club tics, phywics, and qptleal J.uerl. President of Chinese Students' Club At the conclualon•of the. t..lkl. in Worcester Member of Programming Commit- about four-fifteen, coffee will bl eerved In the library of OllD tee of International Center Ball. Chem. '65
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