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

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- y iHrt ki ■ Vl— KMi jH 1 Left to Kight: N. Koosstii, A. A. Wassermati, G. G. Ftsc j, Chairman; T. B. Bishop, Secretary JUDICIAL COMMITTEE The Judicial Committee of M.I.T. is a subcommittee of Institute Committee es- tablished for the purpose of investigating all actions on the part of students which tend to conflict with the best interests of the Institute and or with the general welfare, and to make recommendations upon these actions to the proper authority. The committee acts in an advisory capacity with respect to the Dean of Students and the Faculty Committee on Student Discipline, the chairman having a seat on the latter. The committee has two offices; a chair- man, and a secretary, elected by Institute Committee, and three other members elected by the Dormitory Committee, 5:15 Club and Inter-Fraternitv Conference, re- spectively. STUDENT FACULTY COMMITTEE In the past the student faculty commit- tee has served as a mechanism for han- dling student complaints. During the past three years, however, the committee has begun turning its attention more to the broader job of investigating ' matters of importance to both students and faculty. The student portion of the committee met weekly throughout the year, and monthly with the faculty in a series of dinner meetings. The student portion of the committee consists of Ben Wood, chairman, Les Allison, Anne Rosie, George Bromfield, Fred Bumpus, Dave Findlay, Bob Glad- stone, Bob Briber, Bob Donovan, Ken King, and Charles Walker. The faculty are represented by Prof. Rule, chairman. Prof. Bavelas, Adm. Cochrane, Prof. Gard- ner, Prof. Holt, Dean Pitre, Prof. Putnam, Prof. Sears, Prof. Thomas, and Prof. Whitman. Standing: R. M. Briber, G. Bromfield, K. King Jr., D. Findlay, R. P. Donovan Seated: F. J. Bumpus, V. L. Allison, B. J . Wood, Chairman; A. C. Rosie Dean Pitre and Professors Rule, Gardner, and Putnam A eet uith the Committee

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OPEN HOUSE COMMITTEE M.I.T. ' s 17th Biannual Open House was held on Saturday, May 13, 1950, in conjunction with the Boston Jubilee week. Over thirty thousand visitors toured the halls of the Institute, viewing the many departmental and activity exhibits. Since the middle of October, the Open House Committee, headed by chairman Norm Champ, had been hard at work on the project. Publicity in the form of post- ers, circulars and press releases was sent out not only all over the Institute but throughout New England by the Publicity Committee headed by George Piness and John Holland, On Open House Day extracurricular ac- tivities, such as the Model Railroad Club and WMIT, worked on operating sched- ules, and the three major publications. The Tech, T.E.N., and Voo Doo printed special editions. The afternoon was round- ed out by athletic events, including base- ball and lacrosse games and a track meet on Briggs Field. Also featuring the day B 3 E Standing: R. G. Davis, G. Piness Jr. Seated: H. A. Larsen, N. B. Champ jr.. Chairman; M. H. Baxter, Business Manager was the second half of the Sophomore Prom, with a name band playing in Walk- er on Saturday night. All these activities and exhibitions were co-ordinated by the Presentations Com- mittee headed by Howie Larsen, who was aided by Press Jones, Norton Belknap, and Johnny Mattson. This Committee was concerned not only with co-ordination of exhibits, but with obtaining information from departments and activities for pub- licity, scheduling, and program. Inspection of Electrical Rni ineenng Lab

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NATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION The United States National Student Association is a relatively new organi- zation on campus, and, in fact, in the country. It was given full recot;nition as a subcommittee of Institute Commit- tee in the Spring of 1948. The purpose of NSA is to work through student govern- ment to promote the welfare of students, both at home and abroad. ). . Eberi), Presnleut: H. C. White, A. Elston, E. Can- To this end, NSA has to date: Conducted the MIT Foreign Student Summer Project during the summers of 1948 and 1949, and has secured the neces- sary support for a similar project this summer. With MIT waiving tuition and government providing transportation, the student committee has raised $45,000 to pay expenses in this country. sruDo ' - SOClf 25 ' «iirr M. S. Hedaya, D. ]. Eberly, R. S. Arbuckle, H. W . Eisenberg Arranged for reduced transportation costs for Technology students wishing to travel abroad; sponsored foreign student tours to TVA, Oak Ridge, Niagara Falls, and Detroit; sold over 500 purchase cards to students wishing to buy goods at a dis- count; conducted a Displaced Persons pro- gram by bringing five DP ' s to MIT this year and arranging for their living quar- ters in fraternities; conducted the World Student Service Fund Drive for Institute Committee for a goal of $4,000. Officers this year were Eberly, Chair- man, Hedaya, Secretary, and Arbuckle, Treasurer. N.S.A. cnnmitttte meeting chairmanned by Herb Eisenherg