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

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ELECTIONS COMMITTEE The duties and responsibilities of the Elections Committee have increased mark- edly within the past four years. Such an increase may he traced to three factors: the improvement in student interest, the postwar increase in student population, and the increase in annual elections. Because of the improvement in student interest, the Elections Committee has found it necessary to supervise more close- ly the enthusiastic electioneering which is conducted with commendable vigor and imagination. All exaggerated claims made by candidates on nomination petitions and posters are investigated thoroughly by the Elections Committee. The Committee is proud to report that unsubstantiated claims occur very infrequently and are usually found to be honest mistakes. In addition to the fall (Senior Week- Committee, Junior Prom Committee, Sen- ior Ring Chairman, Beaver Key) and Statidhig: ] . IV. Davidson C. A. Kaiuiel., E.J. Man it iei, K. A. Johnson, G. F. Laufs, S. H. Sidney, J. L. Stockard Stated: R. Nock Jr., E. F. Becht, D. R. Test, R. L. Mathews, Chairman, E. C. Dykhojf, S. I. Buchin spring (Class offices, Class Day Marshals) elections, the Elections Committee also conducts the election of Freshman section leaders each term and the annual election of the Sophomore and Junior Council mem- bers. To accomplish these extra duties, the Institute Committee has authorized the expansion of the Elections Committee to a 4:7:10 ratio of Seniors, Juniors, and Soph- omores. ' Lection Time. ' Guardians of the ballot 21

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Standing: R. A. Lindquist, C. A. Kandel, E. E. Hucke, J. A. Hoofer, Chairman; P. P. Shepherd, J. R. Sul- livan Seared; IV. B. Haue, J. J. Davidson, P. H. Grady, R. W. Willard, C. Herbert, S. I. Buchin PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Turning out over 1000 news releases in the past year, the Public Relations Committee has accomplished much toward publicizing Tech ' s many undergraduate activities. Keyed to the primary purpose of promoting liaison between student activities and the press, the Committee is divided into three basic units to cover the fields of special events, hometown releases, and prep school relations. Chairman James A. Hooper heads an Executive Committee com- posed of division heads and the sec- retary-treasurer, which coordinates the actions of the respective groups. The Special Events Division, su- pervised hv Richard Willard, is charged with publicizing special hap- penings connected with undergradu- ate activities at the Institute. Cooper- ating with the publicity chairmen of such events as the Junior Prom, the Special Events Division sends out news releases to the various news- papers in the Boston area. BUDGET COMMITTEE What ' s been the most contro- versial student activity at Tech this year? — Budget Committee, which plans and accounts for the finances of the Undergraduate Asso- ciation, of course! It all started last Spring when J.C. Kern took over the job of Chairman. Never one to step light- ly when he has the chance to fall in up to his neck, Kern proceeded to install an entirely new system of red tape; prepare the over-all budget for the year, completely oblivious of the cries and moans of those activity heads who had been cut off without a cent; write a new set of By-Laws, expecting to slip them through Institute Com- mittee like he did the budget; pick up several neat Juniors as assistants so that he could pass the buck for the whole mess to them; calmly delete the bands from all dance budgets; and then take a nice little vacation. Left to Right: W. H. Shenkle, G. G. Gentle- man Jr., J. C. Kern, R. Norton, F. G. Lehniann S:S?!S!

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Standing: J. AI. Pn er, R. M. Briber, H. R. Laurence. R. E. Lyle, G. I. Weiss Sitting: R. R. Stephenson, H. M. Rich, M. J. Gardner, Chairman; G. J. Battaglia Right: The ' ' A Ball, Morse Hall WALKER MEMORIAL COMMITTEE The Walker Memorial Committee is the subcommittee of Institute Committee which supervises all undergraduate extra- curricular activities except athletics. On March 10, the committee presented the annual Activities Ball, in honor of the men who have taken part in activities during the year. In previous years, the committee itself had handled all the pre- parations for the dance, but this year a subcommittee consisting of representa- tives of the major activities was formed to do this, making the dance by the activities as well as for the activities. The members are: Chairman, Melvin Gardner, Glen Battaglia, Robert Briber, J. Burgess Jamieson, Harold Lawrence, Richard Lyle, John Priser, Harold Rich, Robert Stephenson, George Weiss. Left: Recognition for services rendered, the A Ball Beloiv: Hal Laurence, Boh Stephenson, and Bob Briber discuss a question of import