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

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1915 TECHNIQUE Q9 level, in this respect, at least. It is to be hoped that those in whose hands its fortune rests from year to year, will remember that, as it came to be in the immediate inter- ests of the athletics of the Institute, so its loyalty should inseparably hold to those interests. And, as it arose out of Tech as a whole, and to the glory of Tech as a whole, in this spirit of high democracy it should be steadily carried onf' The writer of the above, and the Friend', there mentioned, was the late Mrs. Evelyn Greenleaf Suther- land, tenderly remembered by a past generation of Tech men. Not only was loss safeguarded by her own personal financial guarantee, but positive success insured by her other efforts. Through her word, the Hollis Street Theatre became available for the initial production at a time when college shows were given in halls, through her influ- ence, well-known composers were persuaded to write songs for the production, and, Hnally, the book of this first Show was the product of her pen. Her wishes and intent in her labors for the Show are given in her statement quoted above. Her interest in and affection for Tech are best evidenced by her gift to it. It is interesting to note in the tale of the early managers that the ma- jority were men closely afliliated with the athletic interests of the Institute. Winslow and Corbett were managersg Hall, Murray, and Rowe, members of the Track Team, Laws, the centre of the Varsity Football Team, MOI'S6, on the Hare and Hounds, and an original mem- ber of the Advisory Council,-to name but a part. This is hardly to be wondered at, considering the genesis of the Show, but serves to illustrate further the very close re- lationship existing between the two branches of undergraduate activity. Of the later years of the Show, but little here needs to be said. That it is amply fulfilling the earlier hopes, and yearly bringing nearer to realization its many potentialities, requires no affirmation. For its future, the present writer can do no more than echo the words quoted above, adding the wish that, in meeting its ever increasing oppor- tunities and responsibilities, it may contribute a modest share to the triumphant tale of successful years to be made by THE NEw TECH- NOLOGY. ALLAN W. ROWE. TI-IE TECHNOLOGY CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION HE TECHNOLOGY CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA- TION seeks to maintain a positive Christian influence among all the men at the Institute. This ,. . , f ........- if-.2i.i....L..4-Z--ix. .,. ir ,E : ,zf E, - -2-.-s :: : ,,, .11-:::v.....,.- -'.:.-:.a::a:,w.':m::-.. -' A, E. -.3 .:':::v::zw,:::.g,.. Jfamx .... L : : , .-Jn: r . .J . HRW.. X -S' w U ...+....,,T,.f,-1,11-:ww-EEHM X' : , : : rm,- gr? . 1- : r-1, ,Lf ,-m m, ,Qi ,, IC, ., g. g - E I j--4,5111 ff I V IEE? 'viffmfrsm.2z'.'44:fe.f:4v241cq1'f,51'44, N, .x iq 5 .. .,...,...- :iiEE::w: fffQp',swzsmv:ff,..f.s' - mm ,Q ,Q - 3 ' walk- A : -E 3 -E-mamma ::,-:C',64.Z'.??5f15E:s:t,..,,:gE Q5 :L:: ' 5:12:,':-1::::::,',':,v,',':v,'1iWZ 1 1 Q Q 1 3. :J i. .--ix 'ILA T ix .l 3 V. 1 1 ' 1 'FR.WRC'L A2'!:?m'J,!, i:.'W:l. I 4155-ua 4

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Q8 TECHNIQUE 1915 tertainment in a small hall to a dollar-and-a-half entertainment in the Hollis Street Theatre. The astounded committee pleaded bank- ruptcy and consequent inability to meet what they gloomily prophesied would be a certain and appalling deficit. The Old Friend expressed willingness to so far back the faith in Tech already expressed as to formally agree to meet any deficit that might occur, if the aHair were carried out under competent and experienced direction. Thus reas- sured, the committee, albeit trem- blingly, embarked upon a-to them -shoreless and uncharted sea, to find on the evening of the 12th of May, 1899, that they had entered the haven of a very triumphant success. The Tech Show was an established fact. The precedent was estab- lished for all time to come, and, in its Hrst experiment, the Show was the joyful and amazed winner of some hundreds of dollars, which should presently enable the Ath- letic Association to arise, phoenix- like, from the depths of its humilia- tion. That was the beginning of the Tech Show. The venturesome, successful, and now historic com- mittee of management were: Milton Webster Hall, 1900, general director and business manager, George Car- los Winslow, 1899, ticket manager, James Bradford Laws, 1901, man- ager of oliog Allan Winter Rowe, 1901, manager of sketch, Harry Leonard Morse, 1899, press agent. Since the Hrst Show, each year has seen fresh venture of Tech into the histrionic Held, and each venture has shown a marked increase in Hnancial success, if a somewhat fluctuating artistic standard. 6' It was the hope of the Old Friend, through whose suggestion the Erst Tech Show came to be, that it might accomplish very much more than the financing of the Athletic Asso- ciation, desirable as this consumma- tion was in itself, and as relieving the strain long and generously borne by the friends of athletics in the Institute. The Old Friend had long dreamed of the Tech Show as a nucleus and strong promoter of social life in the Institute, as bring- ing men of widely varying general interests together as fellow-workers for their alma mater in a new field, and as strongly fostering the demo- cratic spirit, which must be the spirit of Tech if Tech is ever to stand assured in the Hrst place as a maker of workmen. These objects the Show has in great measure helped to accom- plish, and in so much the Old Friend's dream has come true. From the first the Show has called to itself the Httest men, on the sole ground of their Htness. It is to be earnestly hoped that the Show will never fall below its original high 5 .s ,ff x n mmf. 9 ci x , 1 : -w 4, , 1, ? .a::5'..'Wa::c:u51,1Li'3'-Tj jQZ,.:f.4'21F : ,g -' .. .. '-H'-,,,.. W . --F . BH' war r -'- E ::,'...ff.:7f ,BE QM x.::.mn'E?5Fl,Ag5W:::u,,, ,Nksk - . . ,,,, ' lriinj L- .....::'-5f!77lli'lfiKiiGlTCLG5'r'-2jQf-1- '4 I 'fig l Ulfffflfmiiwmglwgfimiffra LL E I. TEH: V 1'-555,55 Um. .3 jA'ffQ:fmfff,1z7z1 A 1 5 g,,:.,5Lsm,:,mMgfg'gqm?TqE1,igQQ,gXXRg Egzgfgil . .1 . 4 45, . : Ef:::': ,,,??::,':i,g,':::ul.'::,w.':c'f,'-572. i 2 E E 2.5.1 '. -flxx g i l? L. . nl .'. I 2 'I '. 5 .iL'4'RC'!Z4'!:15E'L',!ifZ .? ,:

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30 TECHNIQUE 1915 seems like a very commonplace statement. It is a very common- place, and yet very important, piece of work that the Association aims to accomplish. It is not with any big, spectacular programme that it comes before the student body, but in a quiet way. Nevertheless, its officers and members are trying to make the Association a power that shall help men to live clean, noble lives, of great usefulness to their fellow-men. Technology is a peculiar field, and oders difliculties all its own in Christian Association work. By this the writer does not mean to imply that Tech men are peculiar people? They are not, except that they work particularly hard. And in this fact lies one element of the ditiiculty. The men here at the Institute are so busy that they hon- estly have very little time to devote to definite altruistic work. But it should be noted that the phrase very little timei' was used. The Technology Christian Association acts on the theory that each man here has a small amount of time which he can devote to some un- selfish work. No one is asked to do much, but each one is urged to do something. Our men are scattered all over the city and the suburbs. Many of them are active in the work of the home church, Sunday-school, or in some settlement house. The Tech- nology Christian Association recog- nizes all this work in a broad sense as what it seeks to promote. A practical way in which these men can aid the Technology Christian Association is by telling the secre- taries just what they are doing, so that they may have a better idea of the influence of Tech men. But enough of difficulties. They are many, and the Technology Chris- tian Association, in common with other organizations, is looking for- ward to the glorious future across the Charles, when in every Way the Association will find it easier to realize its dreams. Even though they do not make a big showing here and now, the oflicers intend to have an organization which shall be ready to use to the utmost the pos- sibilities and the responsibilities which will come with the opening of the new buildings. At the end of the first term, the Technology Christian Association had 405 members. This meant a growth of nearly 100 per cent., for in September the membership was 218. While only a small propor- tion of these men are actively con- nected with any department of the work, their interest is none the less real and helpful. For it is not the fact that a man holds an office that counts, but his being sufhciently in- terested even to join an organiza- .... ' --fy: fr' 'EEL :ETHTNAHEC ,ai ' ffl v E - E Eg? '1, : , .fra-::i-a:.::1:::.::.'::.v::::a - 4- -f 1, G '::fv?:Q9iu:::fi?f.'2i '7Z74i1L:Z' .- ,, g A M ,,., , ju, ,, . , , I ..- I.- ...nun . . . ,.. .rg . . . ,...,:.::e:.':.:'.':- f44:: . .. wvfwffff1ff11.-R-Q K2-:qi-5 :.m..,,,g l,xi-l? 5'f!!!!llLTi2'i'B9! i!'!t'.L'l.l'1!' ' I F ,QE I - , 5 2 : 'mia :::::::.f-: Qllh..Sl!!llQ5'f717!fiZ71Zm,.u ' ,...,,,:.,,.,.-'-M 3 5 A I Z It E., - -g,,, ,Hn,45,3,3,,T,E,5QxQRs5,xki Er-1 ' --' W . I , E -. X -- Egian'-1 R::::,':i1::r::1,'.':,'.nn-: EW! i i i Q ' if ' '. -- x j -,Wi 71 -X i it T 'i 'f'T . T..fiZG'R',C'!'A4'!W,'!. .L'.5.'i,!.'ZL .? ru:-:FH 2