Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Technique Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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1915 TECHNIQUE 25 mation day by day, making possible the co-operation and unity of pur- pose which now exists. To tabulate all the reasons in support of a daily newspaper at the Institute would require much time and space, but it suffices to say that it is a most necessary convenience and that it furnishes experience to the men actively in- terested in a very valuable line of work-journalistic writing. To quote from a recent Engi-neering News concerning this latter point: The average citizen is more or less at the mercy of the press as regards the status of municipal projects in- volving the services of engineers or architects. On account of the igno- rance of the reporter, he may get distorted ideas concerning various public improvements. An unpreju- diced, non-technical opinion com- ing from a reputable engineer will appeal to the average citizen and enable him to talk and vote in- telligentlyf' . . . ':Of the two, however-the engineer, trying to write a news- paper description of something he understands, or the reporter, con- fidently describing something he does not understand-commend me to the former. The daily affords practical experi- ence in telling the storyf, Its value is unquestionable. L. W. SNOW, '111. THE MUSICAL CLUBS f 'Y HE Combined Musical Clubs, Q with the largest membership 5' in their history, and with many changes in the concert system and the organization, have had a most successful year. From the best material that has tried out within the memory of the most perennial member, the final cut left some thirty in the Glee Club and about thirty-five in the lVIandolin and Banjo Clubs. The nrst joint concert in which the Clubs have taken part since 1909 was held with the Wesleyan glee and mandolin performers, on the day after Thanksgiving, in Jordan Hall, Boston. A loyal band of Wesleyan alumni turned out to welcome the visitors and to entertain them after the concert, which, with each club striving to outdo its rival, was unusually good. Two weeks later the Winter Con- cert, the Hrst oflicial appearance of the Clubs for the year, was held at Copley Hall, before as many under- graduates and their fair ones as could be comfortably accommodated at the dance that followed. The past few Home concerts have proved so successful that they have outgrown the old quarters. Junior Week will see the Clubs performing in the ball- room of the Copley-Plaza for the first time, and the dancing which E . -,,w,',.ra....---H:::su.:m-..::mfm:ma 0 w. v::f'::e:m::w,.1-1-,win f--' :fa . E. .3 1nfufrgfyznumumvgulnmv ff -is mu'1uupv1n-.ufJhuunrG5'2- L -if + . . : , ,, - .111-:::'a1.:...-:-5,-:mgi:.j:g':.-.A - W E .:::rr':,75:'::1u:u'1fx: 1','f,z.'.7 .H X . :'!'l'l?55 .. - '- E 195f4f'f5fms1fw-We 2,-fgzi. fy ' r' M-: ' . 4- E , :AA-.M ,- fa,,.1495525i'2.:3i?,i?2Df-. - i' - 56 A ji, :liri1'Mmiuu1 frzfz.-34,3-grmmllg gs-gg!! lik? 5 :,....-:f-ffflff I! I U 'MQ QW l ij. : L Aim: Um. .:1zf1f'A'o'wm1vr Ki, A i.5.L:.f H11 a w m as ...maiiirfiixexenexx - 3 537.9225 W -I v 1 L' V 1 an I E'Jh::L-',FSI:U:-fm::::f::,c',', :L',',1T75 'Q 2 E Q 1 1- ', .Hi 'iginrsf' IZ' 'x .I U V. I '. it f F.1.:1:':.?l',C'!'AZ'5.',':'.L5'.. ':v':i4'. :':::':E I -L' JI9-nn, T' E ,

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24 TECHNIQUE 1915 the same way we read the daily paper and become familiar with things near at hand and far away, and there is scarcely any part of the world we are not in touch with. But we never think of the tremen- dous system which makes it pos- sible,-of the business of reporting, of the Associated Press, of the in- dustry of printing, but we read the news as a matter of course. Now, when we say that there is no need of a daily at the Institute, we are so accustomed to having it that we have lost sight of its value to us, and the information which we get from it, directly or indirectly, we are taking as a matter of course. VVhen privileges are taken away from us, we miss them. We do not appreciate the convenience of the car, the telephone, and the electric light as fully as we would if we had to go without them. The same is true of the newspaper. If it were taken away from us, and we were obliged to return to the old, slow, uncertain methods of street- corner gossip to get our news, we would more fully appreciate its value. Then the proper way to deter- mine whether there is need for a daily at the Institute is to try to picture the state of aiairs without it. I dare say we would exist and pass our examinations,-perhaps more of us would do that, but so would we be able to read by kero- sene light if electricity gave out, and so could we tell time by the sun-dial if we had no clocks. It is not a question of absolute necessity, for the daily paper is not an abso- lute necessity at the Institute, but it is a question of convenience, of efhciencyg and no one can deny that it is a convenience to all Institute men who read it or who get, second- handed, the information which it contains. YVithout it, student or- ganizations would drift helplessly along, each one existing without re- lation to its sister organizations, if at all. The question of frequency of publication here is simply one of expediency from the financial end. There is no question but that a daily is more in keeping with the progress of the times than a semi- weekly or a tri-weekly, both of which have been tried here in their turn. In Technology the need for a daily is more imperative than in other campus institutions, for here our sixteen hundred men are sepa- rated by division into four classes, into fourteen courses, into commu- ters and city residents, and in other ways, so that some system of keep- ing men in touch with each other is necessary. This is the function of a daily paper, which is essentially a clearing-house of news, which collects and distributes the infor- 2 --fvlfnnygggij:caxL.'m-..:::::.f1,'v167-' ,M ....-..1..:.a...1. - .,.1,f:,. - - Em, : ?'viL,a- ' M-'f - ...,,-:fee E555 I : :..., nw. ff.':::ui::a 11-xgaxrzzk : -I this als--1. . .?a!!lLLLf:?f Pff7hPf?3??U7lffL.-l-v-1-g.nl' I iiiiii :zuzmf 1,72 ,Q,,,,Q2..,9,:,,':,,:gZj': T-rs--H , -I Rf-2 ' ,.: F 5 iff'- umv- ' ' ' ' aa . , - -- -------- memmiziassiit-I F111-fijiii .......... ,...,...-,....,,......,,,.,,e , 1 -T 5 i VK W!! l Ei '31 W I :E :LA'm 'A 'R' ' ' E fi' ' - ' 'N ,J M if Lx . zz 1 a 'rQF. m:'ac'z'n4w7:fL':. --'4cf',?, ,'!fI!!'2E ' -I ss I

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Q6 TECHNIQUE 1915 will follow will continue right up to Mayor Curleyis limit. In addition to these big concerts of the year, there have been the usual barn-stormingv trips in the towns around Boston. Some of these have only pleased the mana- gers by the financial returns, but others have proved very pleasur- able affairs, as the concert and dance at Framingham High School, lasting till the departure of the last car. To promote even better fellowship among the members, a smoker-re- hearsal was held in the Union early in March. Each Club took its turn performing for the enjoyment of the others, and the intermission was filled with smoke and knocks. At this meeting the new constitu- tion was submitted and accepted. The system of hurried elections pre- ceding the annual banquet in May has been modified, the Executive Committee and the newly organized Faculty Advisory Committee select- ing the general manager, the treas- urer, and Club managers from among those trying out for the posi- tions. The rest of the system of election and management has been overhauled and improved upon to an extent that assures for the coming years even more progress and success than has fallen to the lot of the seaso11 of 1913-19141. R. D. SALISBURY, '14. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE TECH many changes in the nu- ts merous undergraduate activ- ities at the Institute. Some have expanded and grown in strength, some pursued an even and undis- turbed course, and some few have gradually dwindled and finally dis- appeared. Most noticeable of all have been the modiiications in the regulation and interrelation of the various forms of student endeavor. More, these changes, great and fun- damental though they be, must be regarded as the mere foreshadowing of still other and more far-reaching changes which must come inevi- tably with the passing of the old, and the birth of the new, Technology. Increased opportunity for new, in- creased scope for existing, student activities are the logical comple- ment of the general expansion and development promised by the great change. It is good and desirable that an institution should follow the normal course of evolution, and that each year in its history be a record of definite progress. But periods of rapid growth must be associated with rapid changes and the certain unavoidable losses incident to them. At such times traditions-for, with the brief memory of the briefcr SHOW HE last few years have seen I , g .,,,vQipf:g:::'.5ae.wr..:mff-Q-7me ,- X v-H is :ea'nmEw+-- - ffl :fn E . 5 I -..W , ,,.,,.,,,,,...,,.f,, ., ,. h L , ,M I Q . . . . rw I :.-V 111' 1 u uw- ' My ' n tt'--li' Fam!!! . . .f-4... ,I .. .r.-...- -. -J - .... 1 .,... ,,,,,,,,,,,,., n E I am- - ., -.,!,,.,,,,,,,,.f. . - - - Qty - , uf-I---gm.- 1--. 5 . -..- EE:-L-,..: im. --I 1 ,,,M.,.,,,, , 5 i lx ., A I.:-Lanai! ,, ,- when f,c5'.!,ee.'t...um:cQR:xxN2 ggritgi - : .ar :.: - 'H ' ' Qg:::: ',Ft::::f:i::::::,',':m.-:'.',':'77! 2 E 2 E Li.. - -fi x w un rl -K . 11 I '. :1211:mC':'A4!un'., ,1. w:! f -' 5 . as : -E ii