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--v Page Two Ni~ght Editor: George R. D~vorak, '46 l 4 l I l . I . . l I .i I T HE T EC H oneearylsuebereunbu~ysoon graduated with PresidentI filled with news of other changes, Compton and Dean Prescott giving' the various elections of the student the main addresses. This serious activities so prevalent that time of event was accompanied by the year. Familiar names filling many entertaining events of Senior DOTO COMPTON ADDRESSES CONVOATO Friday, December 18, 194z I l z ~~~~~~~~in which the Dekes triumped over| Afer this, national events on-- I Volitnte LXfII | Te ' ech many conglomerate squads. All this iagain pushed other thoughts asi. at the same time as the announce- as the ration books for sugar an Bids lFarewell |ment that the Hangar G3ym,, gasoline were issued in quick su ,e~eW. revered relic of World War days,,eession. Many an Institute jalo; Vol. HIXT Fridawy, December 18, 1942 No. 551 tIn Hear s ewas to be demofished. '!saw' thie beginning of the ehnd Never to be kept on the back-l the limitations of A cards becarr Managing Board With the Christlnas vacation pages, the Faculty made the head- |more apparent. General Manager ........ John F. Tyrrell, '43 rignLi on top oi us and the end of lines with the announcement Of ITo clear up certain misunde- Editor ............. . Harry Ottinger, Jr. '43 Lneteri nt ir ohin, i coesthe retirement of Dean Prescott standings and rumors, Presider Managing Editor ....- Robert P. Richmond, '43 tleters nt rl bhin, i coesand Professors Davis, Shimer andi'Compton called a convocation . Business Manager . ... A. Donald Moll, '43, Lime !or the retiring stall of Volume Thompson, while Professor Whit- the Great Court on May 22nd, th "Vu" Editor-in-Chief Stewart Rowe, '431LXII to bow out and relinquish mnwas granted leave of absence second convocation since the staf Associate Board their zpositiols' to the newer, more to go to Washington. Dr. Hauser of the war. At this time Dr. Com- Frederickc D. DeBell, '44 Leonard Harris, '44 Rsobert Isaacs, '44 Xtsslstant Editors Arthur F. Peterson, '44 Bernard lab~inowitz, .44 PaLal M. Robinson, '44 Eugene A. Schnell, '44 L Ga rdner 11. * boau. '44 Nla rtin E. WAunsch. '44 eager youngsters of Volume LXIII. contributed a long and compre- ton told the students of the man- . . ~~~hensive article onl the rubber situ- possibilities open to them to serv Howver i isno wihot acetai iation bringing out at that timie their coun~try and reassured thenfeeling of nostalgia, nor without maypoints which are now being 'Ithat they should select the cours- Lamar Field, '44 James E. Gallvan. '44 Business As~sociates Norman T. Knapp, '44 Arnold M~ackintosh, '44 MUortimaer WN. misgivings for the future that we made too clear in .Xleer, '44 do so. For the past year has been recent events. the light of Iwhich in their own mind was th- atbest. Leslie M. Briudis, 145 Charles Ui. Biirals, '45 John C. Conroy, '45 B. Bruce Pabens, '45 Sitaff Assistants Jack HV. Frailey, '45 W\arreou J. Grosjean, '45 i I rwvin M. Jennlis, '43 D~onley J. IParry Jr., '45 an important one, one well worth';gr Aad Right at the end of the year thn Faranlk S. l'ohanlka, Jr., '45 i Debating, Society was granted Clas: Asrnoldl .. Singer, '45 looking back on. Not long before graduation six Artn yteIsiueCmi .Johnl 1l. Wh'littemore, '45 Mliltou A. W~ideltz, 145 Primarily the keynote of the year {seniors were announced as the win- |tee as most of -the student body wer'-. Chwarles Wi. Z.iebarth, '45 covered by our volume has been ners of the annual Roger's Awartds. thinking about their finals. No.- Burton S. AngelL '4a Ira G. Cruckisbanl-. '43 WNaldo F. Dafvis, '43 W arren E. Foster, '43 Editorial Board Orv is B. Hlartman, '4;3 WNilliawl G. Loudlen, '43 George C. Marakas, '43 Robert WV. Mlaxwell. '43 Offices of The Tech Lhat of changing conditions. It has Ths e eeCr afo.Kr was this easy, as warm Sprinc W\alter C'. M~e('artby, '43 John IV'. .Meounough, '4.i Morris 11. PRoselltbal, '43 peel a ofrepetedreadust erio Ray Wyland and Harry Knox, alli the halls of the Institute and acroso Rublei t 15. IRuiuseg, '43 ments. Perhaps nlo better indication 'deserving of the honor. Unfortu-,teEpll'd Robert J7. Sebhaefer, '43 of future events could have been nately these were not awarded in News and Edlitorial-Room 3, W\alker Mbewlorial, Camlbridge, Mass8. Telephone h3,lAkland 1S82 IB:usiness-Rioow 301, Waslker Telephoue KIl Rkllaudl 1881 foun a thn inigniicat bx o Wetime to be in Technique, which came'; Lethargy found thano the finsigniicanueo remnd out by the time of the next issue Without a let-up, the Class of '412 pag ofthefirt on isueremnd-of The Tech. Producing an excel- Icontinued its studies -right ont intor SUBSCRtIPTION, $1.50 Per Year ing the students that if they were lent yearbook, the managers of the summer. Activities went on ir-- Published every Tuesday and Friday during C:ollege Year an hour late to class that day it !Technique immediately turned over theory, but most of the Senior rcexcept (luring College vacation, Entered as Second Class Matter at the Boston Post Otwee was probably because they forgot their activity to the new board, laxed Into lethargy and occasional I t to advance their clocks for the !which started tto work on the new rounds of bridge, listening +o the REPRE9ENTEO FOR NATIONA.. ADVERTISING DV National Advertising Service, Inc. Cockge Px6Ub RePreuw&vo 4 20 M~oisom AmL N9w YORK N . Y. CmicoD * OwsBostAoun - U comwis Mecmber Pssocicded Godllbae Press Distributof of Co11egoe Di6e change to War Time. Changes Stoen_5_ [solA~ rtta Nt5+s~ltof volume, due four months early be-rai and so on. With the excep. |cause of the summer speed-up. tion of a few acquaintance dances,. To become the first wartime class the Institute was now asleep, schol' this war, the Class of '42 was. asticallv and sociallv. I 6.aL4A.'" ., C41.. aV_ V6.L.,. AND SO TO BED The members of the Cla-ss of 1943 entered the Massachusetts Institute of T echnology one sunny fall day with nothing more in their minds than a mild suspicion that perhaps they were in the wrong school and a sincere aread that they would not return af ter the mid-term examination week. After they had weathered that first scholastic squall, they settled down to a contemplated three-and-one-half years of extracurricular activities, dates and dances, and a minimum of study. but a second and far snore serious storm soon threatened their reverie and, gaining momentum with every passing day, imposed itself upon them until they forgot that all-important diploma and began to worry about their homes, their freedoms, and their country. They were Sophomores when the national administration asked for the Selective Service Act in order to insure the country a sizeable standing army and moderate security. They watched with apprehension when the class ahead of them was placed upon an accelerated schedule and graduated late in April, giving them Seniority rights on the campus a little earlier than usual. They were thrown into the grand melee in fine fashion when they themselves embarked on a speeded-up scholastic program last June and completed the first. term. of their Senior year this September. They came back after a brief vacation to wel- However, in one inspired session. ithe Institute Committee took thec step which was to change the chartacer of manry T1echnology dances Xfor quite a while. A positive bars oI1 formal aff airs, with the two n1oLable exceptions of the Junlior Prom and the Senior Ball, was laid down, and steps were taken to see that, this was followed out. Hampered by wartime restrictions, the annual T.C.A. freshman. ad review of the year .. .... .-. |camp was held on campus this faila Hahnina poiinssc.a a Week, including the stag banquet sthe M n sical Clus, Wald attended by many 'Institute big Hahnin he usial lub, Wldoshots. This while underclassmen Davis hin the 5:15, George Musgrave were writhing with finals not so in the Debatinlg Society and a while: very far away. later Jerry Coe, Dick Childerhose, AtvtesOse George Schutte and John Burke!{ Onl May 5, a: few tang was added to head their respective classes. to undergraduate politics by the In the midst of. these events The!i ousting of the representatives of the year. for the first time since the. 'rech kept at its job of representing | lse n ... fo h Ihe . Institute Committee for absences. iNew England hurricane. The sigli' !Vof many a pea-green freshman. wandering ajbout the campus, Icoupled with many war-timechanges, caused age-hardened Sen- Iiors to wonder if they were at the. (Continlued on Page 6) the student body, for it was at this!Mn ae eerdi h nun time that editorial campaigns were days when the activities, except started to have the various activi- T.E.N., were not allowed to return ties consult schedules to prevent to the fold, for not putting their overlapping of events, and also a I petitions in the agenda at the next plea to the selective service tom LIg organize a consistent system foril handling technically trained men. IM U Trhere were also at this time edi-1 torials concerning our long rival,1 Voo Do3, the investigation of which| was in f ull swing. Summer Session Then came the announcement of the summer session speed-up for the then Junior class, which news come the largest freshman class in Institute history to Technol- over-shadowed temporarily the ogy's undergraduate body. They smiled with satisfaction whenL Junior Prom, super-formal affair the President appointed Paul V. McNutt to the post of man- at the Statler. power administrator for they knew that here was a solution toI It was Friday the 13th when Tech America's pressing manpower problem. And today they readI carried a story telling of victories r in THIE TECH some of the ettects this new manpower policy over Harvard in f encing, rifle and will have on the freshmen, Sophomores, and juniors. squash, not bad news for an un- And now they will probably look back, emit a sigh of relief, lucky day. Another sports event at acold thank heaven that they, at least, will be able to finish their this time was the All-Tech swim, undergraduate stay at Technology in civilian attire and in cus- .I tomary commencement style. For they realize that undergraduate lif e as they have known it will cease f or a time with their graduation. Although they do not know exactly what willI happen to the undergraduate activities they are leaving behind, I they do know that these will be seriously curtailed. Yesterday the incoming officers of these activities were approved at Institute Committee meeting, and immediately af terr vacation- a new Institute Committee, that of the Class of 1944, .1 will assume the responsibilities of administering Technology'ss undergraduate life. Some of its members will leave in June, I others may be withdrawn from school after that, and the entiree body may be dissolved by the pressure of wartime conditionls. i. The Institute Committee and the Technology undergraduate is.s in a very unstable position. We, the members of Volume LXII of THE TECH, havee been fortunate to watch this succession of events with special11 interest and from a special vantage point. We have seen thee members of the Class of 1943 enter the Institute as eager, uninitiated slide rule pushers, branch out to take over the dutiesIS I of-undergraduate leaders) and, last night, unofficially pass theseeI same duties over to the Class of 1944. Today, Volume LXII joins the Class of 1943 and releases its duties and responsibilities!S to the unsteady embrace of Volume LX111. In so doing, we give-e them our sincere wishes tha~t, in what will be particularly trying9 times, the training we have given them, any knowledge we mayy have passed on to them, and that foundation 'which our efforts-S and hard work have forged will prove useful. t AiFFICULTIESI . . .~~~~~~~~ m m w m m e E . .1
2 :e d c· s .e rt n e t yel; l I . I , I . EMday, Deceminber `18, -94! themselves to get in touch I with c. Training under College Government administration organ- Contracts. izations handling the matter. These (1) All selected students will train organizations have a difficult ad- in the grade of Private (seventh ministrative:task ahead. The impor- grade). tance of their doing it in an orderly (2) Commutation allowances will way will be manifest to all con- not be permitted. Quarters and ra- Inactive Status For cerned. No institution will receive tions will be furnished under gov- any advantage by departing from ernment Junior contract. Non-Reservists this procedure. Inducted Before June (3J Military training, organized The plans of the Army and Navy, under a cadet system, subordinated Id, Note:-T he follouwing is thle complete in 'their fundamentals, I are the to academic instruction, within the lrxt of the joint statemzlenlt of the Secresame, but there are certain varia- time available, will preserve the ;-ar)y of lIar atld ilMe Secretary of tile Navy benefits of basic lions training in the plans and of pro- ol the m,2obilizationl of college the facilities respective vide for maintenance of discipline .;l specialized tralilnnlg for thle Army and Services, due to differences in the and a superior physical condition. ,Xavy. laws affecting the two Services, and in their requirements With and proce- d. the Selection demands of of a Colleges. mechanidures. .These variations cal war and are of in both steadily growing In the selection of institutions, Lhe permanent 'plans and in the [specific consideration arnied forces, will be the given Army, Navy, Ma- plans for fitting the present mem- to the following; rine Corps and Coast Guard are in bers of their respective Enlisted need of a-flow Re- ! into their respective (1) Standards and equipment serve for Corps into the services respective of large per- numbers of young the required instruction. manent programs. men The who plans require wills specialized, edube operated in harmony and with (2) Adequacy of housing and catiomal, and technical training. l1 mutual assistance. messing facilities. Their own facilities of teaching tI Existing Contracts Unaffected I (3) Minimum Army overhead. staff and equipment are not sufficient for these needs. The colleges and universities will have such faciilties available. Consequently the Armed Services have together formulated plans to utilize for these needs to the maximum practicable extent the resources of these colleges and universities. In formulating these plans, they have had the benefit of fruitful consultation with 111any educators, and particularly tie Staff of the War Manpvwer Co.imission, a Committee of the Allierican Council on Education, and the Navy Advisory Council on Education. In the administration of these plans, the Army and Navy are counting on further assistance iroin the same sources. Both plans contemplate that the educational training will be carried on while the men are on active diuty, in uniform, receiving pay and under general military discipline. The Arned Services will contract wnith colleges and universities which w-ill furnish to the men selected by the Services instruction in curricula prescribed by the Services, and also the necessary housing and messing facilities. Selection of those institutions which will be asked to undertake such contracts will necessarily be governed by their facilities for undertaking such responsibilities. The Chairman of the War Manpower Commission after con- {sultation with the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy will prescribe the rules and regulations < under which institutions of higher learning will be selected for this work. The actual selection will be Lmade by a joint committee consisting of representatives of the Armed Services and the War Manpower Commission. In the event of failure on the part of the members of Nothing in these new plans will affect existing contracts of the Army or Navy with educational institutions for facilities or training. It is probable that there will con- (iinue to be similar special arrangeiients that will not fall within the framework of the new plans. Such arrangements at present,, range from the bare leasing of physical I e. THE 'TECH RESERVE:: PLANS - Men In Ari-t nlist ed- Reserve- Face Active D-tyl As Navy Pla AllowV For Completion Of College Army To Offer College Study To Privates Academic Standards of Students. - - -- -- Paze -Three.. " "45 - - 11-11, I ;natian:.of. the -Enlisted Reserve Corps. (1) Medic- .students (including dentist and veterinary) in the Enlisted Reserves will be called to active duty at the end -of the first full semester, or substantially- corresponding academic period, that begins in 1943, and will be detailed to continue courses of medical instruction under contracts to be made by the War Department with Medical Schools for facilities and instruction. Medical students who have been commissioned in the Medical Administrative Corps may, at the same time, resign such commissions, enlist as privates and be detailed in the same manner as medical students in the Enlisted Reserve. (2) Pre-medical students in the Enlisted Reserve Corps, taking ap proved courses, will continue in an inactive status until the end of the first full semester, or substantially corresponding academic period that begins in 1943, and will then be called to active duty. Those selected at induction or at the completion of their basic military training for further medical or pre medical training will be detailed for such instruction under the Army Specialized Training Program. (3) Medical and pre-medical students, not in the Enlisted Reserve Corps, taking approved course, if inducted under Selective Service prior to the end of the first full semester, or substantially corresponding academic period, that' begins in 1943, will be placed on inactive'duty to continue such course uintil the end of that semester or period. They will then be called to active duty, I at which time they may be detailed for further medical or pre-medical training under the, Army Special- serve Corps will, if inducted prior to the end of the first full semester, or substantially corresponding academic period, that begins in 1943, be placed on inactive duty while continuing such technical engineering course until the end of that semester or period. They will then be called to active duty. Those selected at the completion of their basic military training for further technical training wvill be detailed for such instruction under the Army Specialized Training Program. I I I - -- responding academic period, and, upon completion of basic training, will.: be eligible for selection for training under this program or for other military duty. . . . . . . (8) In the event that there appears to be occasion for selecting enlisted men for the Army7 Specialized Training Program other than in the foregoing manner, requests for approval with reasons for the same will be submitted to the Chief of Staff h. Disposition at the End of Train- ing. At the termination of specialized training, whether as a result of screening or completion of a course, the soldier will be selected for: (1) Further training in an Officer Candidate School. (2) Recommended for a technical non-commissioned officer. (3) Returned to troops. (4) In exceptional cases, detailed for very advanced technical training. (5) In very exceptional cases, be made available for technical work to be done out of the Army, but deemed to be highly important to the war effort. i. Operation of the Plan. (i) The assignment of soldiers to thle'Afmy Specialized Training Program will begin during the month of February, 1943, except for such action as may be required under the same prior to that time. (2) The Commanding General, Services of Supply, is responsible for the operation of the Army Spe cialized Training Program. (1) Standards of academic proficiency to be maintained by students who are trained under this program will be formulated after consultation with NAVY the -COLLEGE: American TRAINING !Council on Education. ized Training Program' or assigned PROGRAM to other military duty. I ., . I 1. General Purposes faclltles to provision for facilities, l (2) In this connection, the' instruction and use of equipment xmethod of initial selection of stu-i (4) Senior (fourth In order year) to students provide a continuing The selection of colleges for such dents will include such tests as will i taking advanced supply ROTC of officer (including candidates in the special arrangements will also be i reasonably assure that the individ- those in the various Enlisted special Reserve fields Corps) required by subject to rules and regulations ual selected is intellectually, tem- will be ordered the to active U. S. Navy, duty upon Marine Corps, and prescribed by the Chairman of the permentally, psychologically andlgraduation Coast or upon Guard, completion a new plan of for using War Manpower Commission after. educationally capable of attaining the facilities of selected colleges consultation with the Secretary of these standards. Attrition and wast- and universities, s m sty, for or training substan for War and the Secretary of the Navy, , age must be held to a minimum. tially Naval corresIpnding Service, has academic been established. peand will be coordinated as between i riod, that begins in Under 1943, this whichever plan selected high school thle Army and Navy by the Joint (3) In order to insure that indi- is earlier., graduates, Upon or entering others of satisfactory Committee. active vidual students meet academic educational qualifications, having duty they will be ordered to their . . _- - - standards and to permit prompt established their proper mental, Ahrmy Specialized Tr~aining ProgramaIrelief respective and reassignment branch schools of those and com- physical, and potential officer quali- missioned I a. upon successful complefications Objective by of appropriate the Plan. not suited for further speclalized examina- training, a system for continuous tion of the course. tions, will be inducted in the Navy The objective of the plan is to screening will be formulated and as apprentice seamen or privates, meet the need of the Army for the applied at all colleges participating (5) Junior (third year) students U. S. Marine Corps, as appropriate, specialized technical training of in the program. placed in the on active Enlisted duty Reserve with pay, Corps and who I soldiers on active duty for certain assigned to designated colleges'and Army tasks for which its own train- are pursuing approved technical en- f. universities to follow courses of ing Standardization facilities are of insufficient Curricula in exgineering courses will continue in study specified by the Navy Departtent or character. To that end, the (1) To prepare for the particular an inactive status until the end of ment. Army will contract with selected technical tasks outlined by the var- the first full semester, or substan- This plan will permit selection of colleges and universities for the use ious Services for which specialized tially corresponding academic pe- the counltry's best qualified young of their facilities and faculties in training under this program is reriod, that begins in 1943, and will I men on a broad democratic basis, effecting such training of selected quired, appropriate courses will be then without be regard called to to active financial duty. re- soldiers in courses-prescribed by the prescribed by the Army. Curricula Those sources, and thus permit the Navy Army. This plan will enable the will be prepared in consultation selected at the completion of their to induct and train young men of Army to make a selection for this with the American Council on Edu- basic military training for further superior ability for officers and training of qualified young men on cation, looking to the speediest technical training will be detailed specialists. a broad democratic. basis without practicable training for such particular for technical such regard instruction to financial tasks. Varying under the resources. Army with the nature of such tasks, the Specialized Training Program 2. Status of Present Enlited lI b. Designation of Soldiers for curricula will call for varying Reserves Training. lengths of the period of training. (6) Junior (third year) students (1) Except as set forth in g below, They will also vary as to whether who are pursuing approved teeh- the selection of soldiers for such there are basic and advanced stages nical engineering courses and are training will be made from enlisted in any particular course of training. not members of the Enlisted Re- mien who have completed or are Soldiers selected for training may completing. their basic military be assigned to any stages of a pre- training and who apply for selecscribed course which their previous tion- for specialized training. training fits them to enter. At a date to be announced, all V-1, V-5, and V-7 reservists regularly enrolled in college as unldergraduates will be placed on active duty, as apprentice seamen with full pay, subsistence, and uniforms. In order to carry the present programs to a conclusion and adapt them to the new program, it is contemplated that present enrollees in V-1 and V-7 will, when placed in active status, be assigned as follows: (2) The selection of enlisted men (2) It is essential, if morale is to for such further training will be fol- preserved among those taking low the general plan for the selec- the program, that the soldier feel tion of enlisted men for Officers that his training, both at elemen- the Committee to agree, the final Candidate Schools with such taryaddi- and more advanced stages, is (a) Those who have on July 1, decision will be made by the Chair- tional methods of ascertaining qual- directly pointed at fitting him for 1943, completed six or seven equiv- .nan of the War Manpower ificationsCom- as may be deemed some appro- concrete military task for alent semesters, may complete two priatemission. after consultation with the which he is being trained. or one additional semesters. Ed. American Council on Education. (3) It is important, however, note: The expression "equivalent Procedures to be Announced (3) All such selections will that be in the selection and screening ment, means a term The Joint of continuous Committee will shortly under War Department control. exceptional technical ability be instruction, approximately 16 make weeks announcement identified of and its conserved, proce- even (4) No though it may not prove in length. dure enlisted to for fit the man' di- selection who has of institu- (7Y All other rectly into Enlisted passed-. his Army Reserve 22nd birthday will be tasks. I | tions and' contracts under these eligible. Corwsstudents will be called to (b) for selection Those under who this pro- have at that i X plans. Meanwhile it is requested gram, except for an- advanced stage I active duty at date g Special Provisions for Selection the end 'of the cur- completed five equivalent i that institutions do not endeavorl Iof technical trainings .. for Training and for the Termi- rent semester, or substantia cor. .(Cantin4ed.-on.Page 4) , . . I
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