The 6ME~GH. VOL. X. BOSTON, FEIBRUARY 26, NO. 10. CI-IANNING McGREGORY WELLS, '92, Ass't Business Manager.

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1 -, -- _- - The a VOL. X. BOSTON, FEBRUARY 26, NO. 10. wth a report weghed by some unknown and varyng standard, they were endeavorng to obtan defnte values for ther ndvdual records by comparson wth the only avalable standard, the average work of the class to whch each belonged. n certan sectons of the Senor Class t was found advantageous to actually obtan an arthmetcal mean of the marks gven n each subject, n order that each man mght know what he personally had done. That such a state of affars s not only nconvenent and unsatsfactory, but capable of real njustce, s well realzed by the men, few of whom feel that the marks gven represent the work accomplshed. The mere fact that records are gven out shows that they are ntended for the nformaton of persons outsde the government of the nsttute, prmarly for the student and hs parents. To serve the purpose for whch they are ssued, they must be ntellgble; that s, they must be capable of ready reference to some clearly understood standard. And what s that standard at the nsttute? Nowhere n the catalogue, n the Presdent's report, on any of the numerous bulletn boards, or n any report ssued ndvdually to the men, s to be found any statement as to whether we are ranked on the amount we know of a subject as taught at the nsttute, or as known to manknd; whether a credt n a dffcult engneerng subject and one n an easer Englsh course s gven for the same absolute amount of applcaton, or for the same proportonate knowledge of each subject; and yet, by each of these dfferent standards, marks were gven on the work of last term. f"passed" and "faled" were the only ranks gven, there would be no ground for confuson; but as long as a graded system of mark HE 6ME~GH. Publshed on alternate Thursdays, durng the college year, by the students of the Massachusetts nsttute of Technology. BOARD OF EDTORS. FREDERCK HOPPN HOWLAND, '92, Edtor-n-Chef. HERBERT EMERSON HATHAWAY, '9. THEODORE SPENCER, '9. FREDERCK TTCOMB SNYDER, 'g. ALLEN FRENCH, '92. ALBERT FARhWELL BEMS, '93. ALLEN FRENCH, Secretary. HARRY NYE WLLAMS, '92, Busness Mfanager. C-ANNNG McGREGORY WELLS, '92, Ass't Busness Manager. Subscrpton, $2.00 per year, n advance. Sngle copes, 15 cts. each. FRANK WOOD, PRNTER, 352 WASHNGTON STREET, BOSTON. CAREFUL observer ' G'. -' watchng the men here durng the frst few days after vacaton, would have carred away one defnte mpress on,,-that Tech. men have an abnormal amount of nqustveness. On all sdes, form- _ t.. ng part of every greetng, was heard a repeated endeavor by each man to ascertan what records hs classmates had made n each study of the precedng term. Exhbted n one form or another, each fellow showed a most postve nterest n the standng of the other men n hs class. And yet, despte these facts and appearances, such an observer would have been wrong. t was not mere nqustveness that led each man to pry nto other men's records. They were smply tryng to fnd out what ther own mght mean. Furnshed by the secretary

2 l _ T-1TH ng s used, smple justce to the men and to the nsttute would requre that these marks be gven a defnte meanng by a statement of the standard by whch they are made, and whch would not only be stated but used by the nstructors n makng up the records. n the broad currculum of the nsttute, where the subjects studed vary through such a wde range n dffculty, n the tme and applcaton necessary wth each, the only equtable rankng system wll be the one n whch a man's proportonate knowledge of the subject as taught at the nsttute forms the standard of hs mark. Ths s supposed to be the bass of the present markng system. A slght nvestgaton wll show that the actual marks dverge wdely from ths deal bass. N-NETY-THREE has elected ts "Technque" Board n good season, and t s to be hoped that the Edtors wll begn work wthout delay. Eghty-seven, n ssung the frst "Technque," gave us a model that, n some respects, has not been equaled snce. Referrng to the last " Technque," n the edtorals and readng matter, as dstngushed from smple statstcs, Nnety-two faled to approach Eghty-seven's standard, and, n ths lne, there s ample room for mprovement for Nnety-three. To be truly nterestng, "Technque" should abound, not only n statstcs, but n brght bts of poetry and spcy artcles, reflectng all the ncdents of nsttute lfe, so that each student who reads t may fnd somewhere an echo to hs own feelngs and mpressons. Ths lfe of ours s full of experences that would amuse and nterest all f placed before us n.ll a pleasant and agreeable form, and heretofore there has been too lttle effort to analyze and record them. The class hstores mght be made fve tmes as wtty and orgnal, and verses and TECH. " squbs " wth some pont to them scattered through the book would ncrease ts attractveness tenfold. ntervew the Co-eds; ther deas on varous matters would be exceedngly nterestng. n short, let our "Technque" reflect everythng that s connected wth our college lfe, and let t be a product of the best talent that the nsttute contans. f that dea s followed out, our " Annual" may be made to rank wth the best productons of our colleges. Encourage the other classes to assst you, n order that you may have as much as possble from whch to choose, and be assured of THE TECH'S best wshes for a grand success, these suggestons beng offered n all good wll. The Senor Dnner Commttee, wshng to ascertan the number of men who ntend to be present at the dnner, have provded themselves wth subscrpton blanks. A canvass of the students s to be made, the subscrbers to pay one dollar at the tme of subscrpton, and the remanng two at any tme before the dnner. Let us hope the scheme wll nduce all to decde to attend the dnner. PRVATE THEATRCALS. You wvere a haughty beauty, Polly (That was n the play); was the lover melancholy (That was n the play); And when your fan and you receded, And all nmy passon lay unheeded, f stll wth tender words pleaded, That was n the play! met my rval at the gateway (That was n the play); And so we fought a duel straghtway (That was n the play); But when Jack hurt my arm unduly, And you rushed over, softened newly, And kssed me, Polly! truly, truly, Was that n the play? -Louse mogen Guney. s S E g, E Me g g z C at A g g - X. r. E 5 g4 k J r.. E. t A: E

3 THEM TERCH. 135 Deceved. HAT hapless slence whch nvarably falls upon two persons, one of whom has offered to the other a heart and hand whch have been mmedately refused, had exsted for some panful mnutes, when Mss Elbrdge sad, wth more vehemence than courtesy,,'well, why don't you go?" "Go?" repeated Mr. Wnsted, vacantly. "Yes, go,'" went on Mss Elbrdge; "you rrtate me excessvely." But, observng the young man's pan, whch even the habtual vacuty of hs expresson could not hde, she added more kndly, " suppose 'm nervous." "Nervous?" repeated her companon yet more vacantly. Seemngly he was on the verge of askng the word's meanng,-actually analyzng the emotons n her tone. "Yes, yes; nervous." And wth a flare of words: "Why are you so placd, so colorless, so, so-? Are you never moved? Have you no emoton? Do you expect me to love a shell?" No sooner had Mss Elbrdge thus coherently and dspassonately put the case than she repented of t n her heart, for she and Mr. Wnsted had been very good frends n an rresponsble sort of a way. But before she could smooth her roughness, Mr. Wnsted had murmured helplessly, " really don't know," and had faded qute away, accordng to her desre. And yet, far from experencng any relef from hs removal, she was utterly mserable,-lke a cat wth no rat to worry,- and fatutously began to queston herself: "What wll he thnk of me? was so brutal,- actually brutal, and a woman; nwhle he s amable; sometmes-yes, he s always consderate, as far as hs knowledge goes. What wll he thnk? Absurd; just as though he ever thought!" As the Socalsts, Communsts, or whatever they lke to hear themselves called, are alwnay s lookng through ther matted har for an uprsng of the poor man n hs strength; as the dramatc crtcs are peerng about through ther eyeglasses for the nformng playwrght of the future,-so the young lady of socety, through her lfe-mask, watches for the hero,- the hero n the degraded age, always expected, but who nevertheless never comes. The adoraton of a lesser than the hero s to her ludcrous; so she accepts t, regardless of the fact that to a small man the petty may be grandly serous. Therefore, when Mr. Wnsted had quetly and abruptly nformed Mss Elbrdge that he loved her desperately, she had been startled and dspleased; but had faled to observe the exstence of a fallacy, n that she had not been merely amused, as she should have been n accordance wth her pont of vew. n fact, she was so dspleased that she was dsturbed. Her conscence -an nhertance from a Purtan ancestor took Mr. Wnsted's part, and tormented her nsulted complacency untl she could endure the elemental strfe no longer, and, orderng her carrage, drove to receve comfort at the hands of her frend Mss Jackson. Mss Jackson, of the age when every woman s her own c/aaperon, had rooms n the West End, n a lttle foregn-lookng street, lghted at nght by great lamps suspended from brackets above the doors of the houses. Mss Jackson was not n socety,-that s, not n the self-conscous, Pharsacally exclusve socety; but she furnshed a weekly letter for a newspaper of a far Western cty, and wrote charmng personal notes of that socety, whch, as thus portrayed, the Western cty rdculed and enved. Not only dd Mss Jackson do ths, but, beng of a versatle mnd, she crtcsed art n all ts branches for a people and a tme that, beng unable to produce anythng good, lked to be flattered upon ther culture, and to be turned out for to the left. Therefore, Mss Jackson knew somethng about the theatres and art collectons of her cty. Moreover, beng always busy, she was never bored; and thus was vrtue ts own reward. On that partcular day she had proceeded n

4 36 36 T H E ~~~~~~~~~1-r E C H-. her weekly letter as far as "t s rumored," when Mss Elbrdge's sudden entrance put an end to magnatve constructon for the tme. "0 Henretta!" cred the vstor, droppng nto a char; " am so dsturbed." "'What's the matter now?" nqured her frend brusquely, wpng her pen on the sleeve of a house jacket whch she always wore whle wrtng. "Henretta," remonstrated the vstor, "you speak as though you'd often seen me dsturbed, when you know never allow myself to be dsturbed." "Well, well, Florence, you needn't tell me unless you lke." "Why, Henretta, of course want to tell you. That's what 've come for. Do you know, that great, dotc Ralph Wnsted proposed to me?" " thought he was a very ntellgent man," nterrupted the penny-a-lner, drawng off her house jacket. ''ntellgent!" " thought he knew enough not to expose hs gnorance; but of course, as he's proposed to you, 'm wrong." "0 Henretta, you aren't sympathetc at all. The dea of hs dong such a thng-to me! He rrtated me so that was rude, and drove hm out of the house, and called hm names "Through the wndow?" "No, no; before he went out. was very rough, but he s so-so-such a nnny; and -what shall do, Henretta?" " don't know," answered Mss Jackson, as she arranged her hat before the mrror. There were gray hars on her head, so she may have understood Mss Elbrdge's mental state better than that young woman herself. "Unless," she added, "you nsert an advertsement n the papers to the effect that, f Ralph Wnsted wll return to hs love, all wll be forgven and no questons asked. But, n the meanwhle, am gong out. You'd better walk wth me; we'll look n at the shop wndows, and forget our woes." ' " t's so very muddy," sghed Mss Elbrdge, luxurously. "'ve got my carrage here; we'll go n that." "No; want my exercse. Come,-come along; send the carrage away; you're growng lazy." n spte of a beautfully enameled blue sky, the streets were very muddy, as Mr. Wnsted learned to hs dsgust when, dscarded by Mss Elbrdge, he sought comfort n roamng. Although hs features were placd and hs har lght, yet hs mnd was chaotcally black. Absent-mndedly he entered hs club. From a dark corner a very young man, who seemed to have been sttng there to let the mold gather upon hm tll hs freshness and reproach should be blotted out, sprang up and greeted the errng lover. Ah! so glad to see a human beng!" ' am not human," sad Mr. Wnsted, stalkng away. He began to walk about the gardens, but they dd not seem to deserve half the prase that had been gven them. Then he lost hmself n a crooked street, on whose crossngs women were flounderng about dstractedly under the noses of rearng horses. t was but very lttle later that Mss Elbrdge, steppng wth her frend out of a store where they had been prcng somethng that they dd not want, and had not the least 'ntenton of buyng, beheld Mr. Wnsted crossng the street wth an old woman, conspcuous by a very large hat, and the affectaton of a very youthful manner. "0 Henretta, look!" cred Mss Elbrdge. "Who s that horrd old woman wth Mr. Wnsted? " "' Old!" she sad, turnng away. "That's a ballet-grl at the ' Damond."' "A ballet-grl! The horrd man! How he has deceved me,-and thought he was so uprght! 'll never, never forgve hm, Henretta." U e U H UU

5 7- - So t happened that from that day Mss Elbrdge refused to recognze Mr. Wnsted when she saw hm. But, far from acceptng hs defeat, Mr. Wnsted, wth a determnaton seemngly foregn to hm, resolved to contnue the chase whle there was a chase to contnue; and as a prelmnary he called for advce upon Mrs. Rchards, a motherly woman, much nterested n the concerns of young men, and ready of counsel. Mrs. Rchards was at home to Mr. Wnsted, and receved hm wth a gracous, ndulgent smle. H-e explaned matters, perhaps a lttle abruptly,-but then he was no dplomatst,-by sayng:- "Mrs. Rchards, 've come to ask your advce, you know." "You've been long away, but you come now that you need me," repled the matron, playfully and sententously chdng. "Ah- know-yes; 've been so worred. You see, Mss Elbrdge-no, proposed to Mss Elbrdge, you know, and called herno, she called me a nnny, and won't speak to her any more,- mean she won't speak to me any more." Now there could be no love affar n her set and Mrs. Rchards n gnorance of t-such was her observaton. Therefore, what Mr. Wnsted left vague she was able to supply for herself n a great measure. "But don't qute understand why she should cut you for such a thng. sn't there somethng else, somethng you're not tellng me?" she urged, curously. "No, no ndeed. t does seem absurd mean odd, you know. 'd ask her, but can't; she won't let me come near her." Mrs. Rchards' eyes were lghted wth joy n the antcpaton of usng for another that fnesse whch she was too old to employ for herself, as she repled: "Don't worry. Come tomorrow afternoon, and you shall see her alone." Mr. Wnsted lookedncredulous. "No, not another word," she went on. "You come tomorrow,-now go." rhe J7EZOFL 137 When on the next day Mr. Wnsted rang the bell at Mrs.' Rchards' door, he was ushered mysterously nto a narrow, closet-lke room of whose exstence he had theretofore been gnorant. Mrs. Rchards appeared to hm after an ntolerably long nterval, as he reckoned t. She dd not wat to greet hm, but flutterng nto the room pushed hm towards a curtan, and whspered, "Now go rght n, and be bold." Mr. Wnsted entered precptately, but although he had determned to be bold, he found such a course mpossble when he stood before Mss Elbrdge, over whose face passed a subtle change as she turned and saw hm. "Mr. Wnsted! " she exclamed n a voce that chlled hm. He shfted hs poston uneasly, and unwttngly brought hmself between her and the door. "Mr. Wnsted," she began agan, " how dare you ntrude upon me lke ths? But mght have expected t of you. Now let me go ;" and, sprngng to her feet, she walked towards hm. As she advanced he retreated, untl he stood wth hs back set frmly aganst the door. " Mr. Wnsted, wll you let me go out?" she asked, tremulously; but Mr. Wnsted contnued to stand aganst the door wthout replyng. She turned her back upon hm. " Ths s rude-worse than rude; t s abomnable; t s"- and she sank helplessly upon the sofa. " Now,," thought Mr. Wnsted at the door, my tme s come; she must needs hear me now. 'll speak to her." But, try as he would, no sound came from hs lps. "Mrs. Rchards planned ths," declared Mss Elbrdge, on the sofa. " t was cruel to allure me here for ths. shall never forgve her and you-you, too; and used to lke you so mullch." " musz speak," thought Mr. Wnsted at the door, but he could form no syllable. " Oh! please, please Mr. Wnsted, let me go ;" and Mss Elbrdge, from conflctng emotons, began at last to weep softly.

6 138 8THE; TEXCHo "f let you go, wll you come rght back?" asked Mr. Wnsted, fndng words at last. " Absurd! never, never, never!" sobbed Mss Elbrdge. Mr. Wnsted's frght departed utterly. After all, ths young grl n tears was not very formdable, he told hmself; and crossng the room, sat besde her. The only notce that she took of hs presence was to draw her skrts more closely about her from contact wth hm. ' Florence," he sad. She shvered, but made no response. s"florence," he went on, "why haven't you spoken to me lately?" "You're a bad, bad man!" she burst out. 'You've cruelly deceved me; you've broken my heart." "What do you mean, Florence?" he asked, anxously. "Don't call me Floren6e,- and you know perfectly well what mean;" and the sobs began agan, but were muffled mmedately by the handkerchef. '" do not; tell me, Florence," the brute went on. 6" thought you were so-so good, you know, and saw you-wth a-a-ballet-grl -O Ralph, how could you?"," couldn't, and ddn't, and you mustn't call me Ralph." " ddn't mean to; saw you wth her that afternoon that sent you away,-a horrd old woman, wth a bg hat, and Henretta Jackson sad that she was a ballet-grl." " Oh!" sad Mr. Wnsted, laughng; " she wasn't n her teens, anyway. But, Florence, ddn't know what she was; was just helpng her across the street." "Really?" asked Mss Elbrdge, lookng up from her handkerchef. "'m so glad- mean, of course, t's nothng to me at all," wth a sudden assumpton of dgnty, whch had no effect upon certan manfestatons of tenderness whch Mr. Wnsted was makng; so she found t necessary to say, "Let me go." "Wll you return f do? " and n persuadng her to do so, Mr. Wnsted found lttle dffculty, consderng how very dstasteful hs presence must have been to her. Lst of letters and communcatons remanng uncalled for at the "cage":- Anderson, G. W. Johnston, M. L. Annandale, W. E. Kales, W. R. Armstead, F. N. Laws, W. F. Armstrong, H. Leernng, W. Baley, R. Leper, G. W. Barnard, H. 0. Locke, J. C. Beatte, R. H. Mak, H. Beecher, Mss A. H. Maunesmann, R. Beddall, A. R. Mansfeld, A. N. Berry, H. McNear, Mss M. J. Bssell, R. W. Mead, P. W. Beale, E. E. Meserve, R. E. Bonesteele, F. P. Meyer, G. J. Breed, S. A. Mller, Mss L. Brown. Mtchell, G. E. Burnham, C. M. Mott-Smth, 1H. M. Campbell. Nchols, G. A. Capen, B. Newman, F. E. Chapn, G. E. Paraschos, N. T. Chase, H. M. Parker, E. M. Cheney, N. Parrsh, J. T. Codman, J. S. Patterson, Wv. E. Conant, R. W. Peck, W. F. Covell, E. C. Pratt, C. B. Crane, J., Jr. Randall, E. B. Cutler, W. W. Resor, W. S. Cutter, L. T. Robertson, A..R. Daggett, W. C. Rogers, H. L. Davs, F.. Ross, D. W. Dean, A. W. Sayward, W. H., Jr. De Bullet, J. C. E. Schneder, E. E. Dorr, F. H. Sears, C. M. Duncan, R. J. Shurtleff, A. A. Eaton, E. L. Smth, A. C. Ensworth, S Sperry, A. Farfeld, E. J. Sutton, S. Ftts, F. W. Thalhemer, W. C. Ftz, C. F. Tdd, A. W. Glbert, P. F. Vorce, W. H. Glmnore, F. C. Warner, G. M. Gorham, M. Warner, M. Hawkns, WV. R. WVason, L. C. Hazelton,. B. Weed, ff. T. Heywood, C. D. Wes, S. W. Holmes, F. C. Wheldon, W. M. Howe, J. W. Whte, H. C. Hubbard, C. B. Whtng, WV. S. Hunt, W. F. Wlder, P. -H. glesas, E. T. Young, J. M. Johnson,-C. H. l * m

7 .4 THE TECH. 139 (OMM UN GAr ONS. The Edtors do not hold themselves reslonsble for oplnons expressed by correspondents. To THE EDTOR OF THE TECH:- Snce the appearance of the artcle n the last ssue of THE TECH concernng a post offce, the opnon of the Presdent and Corporaton on ths subject has been obtaned. Presdent Walker and Mr. Wgglesworth for the Corporaton, to whom the matter was referred, both heartly favor the plan. nasmuch as there s comparatvely lttle mal sent here at present, t s uncertan f there would be a need for the fve hundred and forty boxes specfed n the plan submtted. They thnk t best to put n about one hundred and twenty-fve lock boxes at frst; and f the demand for them justfes puttng n more, that wll be done afterwards. t s proposed to remove the gratng on the north sde of the cage, and on the top of the woodwork place the nest. There s room for twenty-sx boxes horzontally, and fve rows wll make a total of one hundred and thrty; above these, nettng wll be placed, as at present. f each box were free, every student would be enttled to one. n order to lmt the use to those who really wsh them, t s proposed to charge a small annual rental, and to use the money so obtaned (above the expense of mantenance, whch would be slght) to ad some needy and deservng student through hs course. n addton to the bref descrpton gven before, wll add that the nsde dmensons of each box are: wdth, three and one-quarter nches; heght, fve nches; and depth, ten nches. Ths gves a box larger than the Unted States standard. The doors present a very handsome appearance wth ther bronze fronts, whch are warranted not to rust or change color. They are provded wth Sargent and Greenleaf locks contanng sx tumblers; ten thousand changes can be had. The locks are warranted not to break, or get out of order, or rust, or wth ordnary use wear out for twenty-fve years; whle the keys are not nterchangeable. wrte ths to brng the matter before a larger number than would be possble otherwse; meetngs are often poorly attended, and wsh all, and especally the Senors, to understand the plan, then to act upon t. feel almost sure that '9, as a whole, wll adopt ths scheme. They need not stop on account of expense, whch wll be slght per cata, as can be fully explaned n a class meetng. L. C. WASON, '91. The Columba College crcket team s a remarkably strong one, and wll probably gve Harvard and the Unversty of Penn. some nterestng games. There are forty-nne canddates for the Harvard freshman nne. The petton of the Japanese student, S. Okeda, to be allowed to substtute Chnese and Japanese for Latn and Greek n the entrance requrements for Harvard, has been granted. Ths wll undoubtedly attract a large number of Japanese students to Cambrdge. Francs B. Lee, Unversty of Pennsylvana '90, s assstng Professor Felx E. Schellng n complng a hstory of the fraterntes of the Unversty of Pennsylvana. The Harvard eght have begun rowng on the Charles rver, wth postons as.follows: Bow, Watrss, '92; No. 2, Powers, '93; No. 3, Rantoul, '92; No. 4, Val, '93; No. 5, Shaw, '94; No. 6, Lyman, M. S.; No. 7, Kelton, '93; stroke, Captan Perkns; coxswan, C. F. Adams, L. S. Mr. Adams s actng as coach. A New York Alumn Assocaton of Phllps- Andover s beng formed. Over three hundred names have already been subscrbed. The announcement has just been made that Mr. Morrs K. Jesup, of New York Cty, has gven $5,ooo000 n government bonds to the Yale Dvnty School. The gft s made n memory of hs father, who graduated from Yale n S4, and s to be called for hm the Charles Jesup Fund. No stpulatons accompany the gft, and the nterest on the sum wll be used accordng to the dscreton of the Faculty.

8 140 THE TECH. Lucratve postons are once more at a premum. Most of the Senors have begun work on ther theses. Many of the men stretched ther vacaton to a fortnght. 'Tuesday the mll engneers had an excurson to Lowell. That suspended bulletn board was a most welcome nnovaton. The number of men who have just dscovered they are n the wrong course s qute large. The number of men who have faled to return s smaller than usual at ths tme of year. The Senor Class n Steam Engneerng reports that hgh marks do not go wth an easy examnaton. The Faculty s consderng the advsablty of makng Latn necessary for entrance to the nsttute. Mr. Puffer has been gvng a course of lectures on Electrcty at the Wells Memoral nsttute. Several large dynamos have been put n the dynamo room to be used n the thess work of ths year. Many thanks to the authortes for fllng up the moat that exsted n the approach to the New Buldng. Mrs. Charlotte B. Rchardson has left the nsttute $30,00o as a fund for the department of ndustral Chemstry. The Sophomores are pleased at havng to procure ther "Dfferental" books at the cage, nstead of at the usual place. There s already some talk n regard to organzng Sophomore baseball teams among the dfferent courses. A good method of developng talent, n so far as the regular teams are not nterfered wth. A promnent feature of the Twenteth Century Club meetngs s the large number of nstructors who are present. We notce one step n the rght drecton. A letter lst s posted frequently n the offcal bulletn board n Rogers corrdor. The Sophomores n Course V. are havng a four weeks' course of lectures n Physcal Laboratory before begnnng actual work. A. E. Fowle has resgned as Busness Manager of 93's "Technque," and H. V. Shaw has resgned from the Artstc Staff. An accdent to the dynamo n the engneerng buldng prevented the Senor Electrcals from runnng a combned engne and dynamo test last Frday. Mr. Blodgett, of the sgnal department of the Boston and Albany Ralroad, began hs lectures last week on the applcaton of electrcty to ralroad sgnalng. On March 4 th, the Northwestern Unversty tug-of-war team wll contend wth our team n the Exeter Street Gym. An nterestng contest s expected. To ths event may also be added one or two more of nterest. We are all very much oblged to the father of our country for allowng us to celebrate on Monday, the 23d. t would have gone drectly aganst our earnest desres, had we been oblged to commemorate hs brth the dany before. The class of '94 met Wednesday, February th, n Rogers. The electon of the Senor Dnner Commttee resulted as follows: W. C. Peet, R. K. Sheppard, B. E. Holden, M. L. Johnston, R. C. Anderson. About thrty-fve men were reported as canddates for the baseball nne. F. C. Green was elected manager of the team. The Board of Edtors for ' ' Technque" s announced as follows: Edtor n Chef, L. B. Dxon; Assocate Edtors, A. F. Bems, H. L. Rce; Busness Manager, A. E. Fowle; L E E E F W L - C L F E CL F c -- Pr V VF a F K F

9 T-AM E 'rec 141 Assstant Busness Manager, J. C. Boyd; Artstc, G. B.-Perkns, M. B. Bscoe, H. V. Shaw, F. WV. Hght; Athletcs, J. C. Noblt; Socetes, E. E. Blake; Statstcs, F. W. Fabyan, H. A. Morss. Durng the past year and a half F. H. Meserve, '92, has been superntendng the constructon of a buldng of hs own desgn, n Great Falls, N. -H. The buldng s a G. A. R. Memoral Hall, and was completed a short tme ago. When the Cvl Engneerng Socety was formed, t was arranged that second-year men could not become regular members. A short tme ago ths polcy was changed, and Sophomores are now members, n equal standng wth Junors and Senors. Sophomores are earnestly nvted to attend the meetngs of the socety. The tabular vew of the Junor Cvls s more satsfactory ths term than t was last, both as regards the amount and the dstrbuton of the work. Ths fact, however, merely urges the festve grnd to renewed efforts; he spends all hs spare hours n the drawng room, and later n the term reaps hs reward n the. anxous faces of those unfortunates who have been satsfed n dong the average amount of work. A '91 class meetng was held Saturday noon, February 4th, to elect a Class Day Commttee. The resgnaton of Cunnngham from the Photograph Commttee was accepted, and Koch was apponted n hs place. t was voted to elect the Class Day Commttee by ballot, whch was done on Tuesday, February 7th. Messrs. Bradlee, Garrson, Forbes, Vele, Blanchard, Oxford, Bryden, Aken, Shattuck, Leemng,, were elected. The open ndoor wnter meetng of the Athletc Club wll be held n Wnslow's Rnk, on March 7th. The events xvll consst chefly of vaultng, jumpng, and runnng. Besdes beng open to Harvard and the Boston Athletc Assocaton, nvtatons have been sent to the athletc clubs of a number of other colleges, Amherst, Wllams, Dartmouth, etc. A petton s beng crculated among the Freshmen n regard to next year's semannual drll. All those sgnng t agree not to dsturb '95's sem-annual drll exhbton. t seems rather early n the day to take such acton, but no doubt t s best whle the experences undergone at the last exhbton are stll fresh n the mnds of the dsturbed warrors. The drectors of the Co-operatve Socety held a meetng last week. They are now at work upon a new lst of afflated tradesmen whch wll be completed n plenty of tme to accompany the new tckets to be ssued on Aprl st. Ths s not an Aprl fool, but a fact. Now that '91 has elected ts Class Day Commttee, does t not brng tears to one's eyes to thnk that ts members may have used that worthy ballot box for the last tme? The followng men have been elected on the Glee Club: st tenor, E. P. Whtman, W. L. Bugbee, H. M. Wescott; 2d tenor, A. F. Hunt, G. A. Holmes; st bass, John Aken, F. W. Fabyan, W. H. Vorce; 2d bass, W. C. Daggert, B. E. Fenner,. B. Hazleton; drector, Sumner Cooldge; J. G. Mellush, accompanst; W. H. Vorce, busness manager. Both the Sophomore and Freshman baseball canddates are only watng for favorable days n whch.to appear upon the space between the ralroad tracks for practce. There s frst-class materal trvng for postons on the teams. '94 probably has the larger number of asprants. Those tryng for '93's team are mostly men of experence. There are scarcely any canddates who were dropped last year. At a meetng of the Class of '94 on the 2 4 th nst., Hastngs and H. A. Baldwn were unanmously elected to serve as drectors of the Co-operatve Socety. The report that the rectatons n Structures wth Professor Swan, form a most enjoyable porton of the work n Course. s dened by nterested persons.

10 142 'THFE TEC. COfLEGE: 2010 ES. The Faculty of Rutgers have decded to make gymnasum work compulsory for the two lower classes. Columba, Dartmouth, and Wllams have dspensed wth commencement exercses. Phllps-Exeter has rased over $700 for ts baseball nne for the comng season. St. Paul's School, Garden Cty, has -been closed, on account of scarlet fever. The M. A. C. s now the largest club n New York, havng 2,500 members. The N. Y. A. C. s second, wth 2,300. An art museum, to cost $50,,oo000, s to be added to Stamford Unversty by Mrs. Stamford. The trustees of the Chcago Unversty have decded to ask the ctzens of Chcago for 5oo00,ooo more to expend for buldngs. Boston Unversty offers nstructon n a larger number of languages than any other Amercan nsttuton. The Yale Unversty lbrary has receved a valuable addton n a gft from Franklyn B. Dexter, Secretary of the Yale Corporaton, of hs collecton of books and manuscrpts relatng to early New England hstory. The students at Exeter have rased $270 for the purpose of hrng M. J. Kelly, the Boston player, to coach the school nne. The Yale Glee Club wll hereafter devote ther profts to establsh a contngency fund of $3,ooo, f'om whch to pay runnng expenses. The average age of the men enterng the Unversty of Mchgan ths year was 1 7 years -2 months; that of the women was 9 years 5-9 months. The annual Rugby football game between England and reland was won by the former by a score of two goals and three touchdowns to nothng. Fsk Unversty has decded to erect a chapel n memory of the late Gen. Clnton B. Fsk, wth the $25,00ooo left to that unversty by hm. 1 Lectures n Volapk are now delvered at Yale, whch s the frst Amercan college to add the language to ts currculum. The Unversty of Pennsylvana wll send out a scentfc explorng and dredgng expedton to the Bahamas and the Carbbean Sea. All of last year's nne at Yale have returned to college except Stagg and McBrde. Dalzell wll probably take Stagg's place, and there are several canddates for frst base. The success of the past few years has nduced the Unversty of Vermont to try to rase $,ooo to put a baseball nne n the feld wth the other colleges. Prnceton College has receved a gft of over thrty thousand peces of pottery and porcelan llustratng the hstory and progress of art from the earlest Egyptan perod down to the present tme. The Harvard Peabody Museum of Archaology and Ethnology has receved $30,0oo to found a scholarshp wth. The average Wellesley grl weghs one hundred and nneteen and a half pounds, and s a trfle over fve feet two nches n heght. The Unversty of Mchgan s plannng to send ts baseball team East next season to play the eastern college nnes. The alumnae of Vassar College are endeavorng to rase $40,000 wth whch to endow a professorshp of astronomy at Vassar College. At the next meetng of the ntercollegate A. A. n New York, acton wll be taken as to the advsablty of droppng the tug-of-war from the lst of events. The Canadan Football Assocaton wll send a team to England ths year. Arrangements are beng made for games wth the best teams n Great Brtan and reland. The canddates for the Cornell Freshman crew have been reduced to fourteen men, whose average weght s 62 pounds. A successful expedton, sent out by Unversty of Pennsylvana, to nvestgate the flora and fauna of the West ndes and Florda, has just returned.

11 THE- Eton celebrates ts nnth jublee ths year. The authortes are plannng for an exhbton of pctures and relcs of all sorts connected wth the school. The poston of art drector at the World's Far has been offered to Henry G. Marquand, Esq., Presdent of the Board of Trustees of the Metropoltan Art Museum, New York. An organzed movement, at the head of whch s Mrs. Presdent Harrson, s on foot to secure a woman's medcal branch to Johns Hopkns Unversty. There are eghty-three men n the Senor Class at Exeter. t s the ntenton of forty to enter Harvard, twenty wll go to Yale, sx to the Massachusetts nsttute of Technology, two to Prnceton, two to the Columba Law School, and one each to Dartmouth, Wllams, Unversty of Pennsylvana Law School, and Rensselaer Polytechnc nsttute. The frst offcal report of the Unversty of Chcago has just been ssued. t s proposed to make ts scope very wde, and eventually to nclude preparatory schools, colleges of lberal arts, scences, lterature, practcal arts, postgraduate school, theologcal school, lasev school, medcal school, and schools of engneerng, pedagogy, fne arts, and musc. Charles Lennng, of Phladelpha, has left $700,000 to the Unversty of Pennsylvana; $500,000 s to go to the Towne Scentfc School, and the remanng $200,000 s to be used to found scholarshps. An ntercollegate Football League wll be formed by Bucknell, Haverford, Dcknson, Swarthmore, Pennsylvana State College, and Frankln and Marshall. The Columba tug-of-war team has accepted a challenge from Northwestern Unversty for a pull n the latter part of March. The Prnceton Faculty Athletc Commttee are consderng the advsablty of forbddng students to take part n any outsde athletc contests durng term tme, except n the ntercollegate champonshp meetng, and n games wth other colleges. TEPCH A meetng of the ntercollegate Rowng Assocaton, composed of Cornell, Columba, and Pennsylvana Unverstes, wll be held some tme ths month. Bowdon wll probably be admtted to the Assocaton. A letter from Amela B. Edwards to an Eastern journal states that the commttee of the Egypt exploraton fund have determned to make an exhaustve archeologcal survey of the country. The work ncludes measurng and makng plans of the monuments, and copyng and photographng the nscrptons, sculptures, and wall pantngs n the provnce of Mnch. The death of the Hon. George Bancroft has removed the most dstngushed alumnus of Harvard Unversty, and has made 818 Harvard's oldest class that has a lvng graduate. The Rev. A. F. Farley, of Brooklyn, s now the senor alumnus, havng graduated n 188, one year after Mr. Bancroft. Dr. Farley s over nnety years of age, and s a resdent pastor emertus of a Brooklyn Untaran Church. As t may be nterestng to note the dates when the prncpal colleges of the country were founded, we publsh the lst below: Harvard, 636; Wllam and Mary, 693; Yale, 70; Prnceton, 746; Unversty of Pennsylvana, 753 ; Kng's (Columba), 754; Brown, 764; Rutgers, 756; Dartmouth, 769; Dckenson, 783: Unversty of Vermont, 179; Wllams, 793; Bowdon, 794; Unon, 79 : Hamlton, 812 ; Unversty of Vrgna, S9; Trnty, 823; Amherst, 1825; Lafayette, 826 ; Wesleyan, 83; Unversty of Cty of New York, 831 ; Oberln, S33; Unversty of Mchgan, 837; owa, 847 ; Northwestern Unversty, 85; Tufts, 852; Frankln and M\narshall, 853; Massachusetts nsttute of Technology, 86 ; Swathmore, 864; Cornell, 865; Lehgh, 866; College of Cty of New York, 866; Johns Hopkns, 867; Boston Unversty, 869; Unversty of Nebraska, 869; Syracuse Unversty, L, 1l ) jl L q 4a t!-.1

12 144 TE T TECHc W. C. Johnson, the champon amateur oo-yard swmmer of Amerca, broke the world's record for oo feet n the M. A. C. swmmng tank, coverng the dstance n 20 seconds. The College of Physcans and Surgeons, whch has been an adjunct of Columba College, s now a department of the College, and completely under ts control. The new rules framed by the commttee of the Amateur Athletc Unon and L. A. W. contan the followng reference to college athletcs: "Undergraduate students tranng for or competng at contests lmted to collegans may, however, receve from ther college assocatons such expenses as are customary wth them, and are sanctoned by the ntercollegate Assocaton." Other amateur athletes must, accordng to the new rules, pay ther own expenses. n the Yale crew, ves, who was to stroke the crew, has been ordered to cease rowng on account of heart trouble. Ferrs cannot row on account of rheumatsm; Hartwell, who has rowed three years, refuses to row. Brewster and Smms wll then be the only old men left n the boat. The New York alumn of Harvard have presented to last year's football team a magnfcent slver cup, n apprecaton of ther vctory last fall. Upon ts sde s the nscrpton, "The Cumnock Cup; the gft of Harvard Graduates n New York. Sprngfeld, Nov. 22, Harvard, 2; Yale, 6." Besdes ths, each player has a cup of hs own, Captan Cumnock havng the largest and most elaborate. The defnton of an amateur under the rules of the Amateur Athletc Unon, s as follows: "An amateur athlete s one who has not entered n an open competton, or for ether a stake, publc or admsson money, or entrance fee, or under a fcttous name, or has not competed wth or aganst a professonal for any prze or where admsson fee s charged, or who has not nstructed, pursued, or asssted n the pursut of athletc exercses as a means of lvelhood, or for gan or any emolument, or whose membershp of any athletc club of any knd was not brought about or does not contnue because of any mutual understandng, express or mpled, whereby hs becomng or contnung a member of such clubs would be of any pecunary beneft to hm whatever, drect or ndrect. The '9 Mechancals and Electrcals have chosen subjects for thess work as follows:- C. W. AKEN and R. S. BALL: Effcency Test of a Mt. Washngton Locomotve. J. H. BRKs and F. W. FUGER: Deflecton of Parallel Rods F. C. BLANCHARD and J. SWAN: Recprocatng Parts of Marne Engnes. H. L. BRAND and W. E. HOPTON: Test of a Ffty-ton Lnde ce Machne. E. L. CHLDS: The Comparatve Strengths of Bleached and Unbleached Cotton Cloth. F. C. MOORE and C. H. WOOD: The Frcton of Bolt Threads. A. W. MOSELEY and F. H. RosE: Exploson of Gases n a Closed Vessel. F. E. NORTON and F. A. WLSON: The WVear of Gear Teeth. C. A. READ and W. C. RCHARDSO'N: A Test on njectors. C. M. TYLER: The Value of the Steam Jacket. F. A. COLE and H.. COLE: The Strength of Beams. L. G. FRENCH: The Flow of Steam. E. L. LBBEY: The Pressure on Lathe and Planer Tools. H. G. BRADLEY and R. W. CONANT: Effcency and Ware Form of Current from Telephone nducton Cols. WV. H. BRANERD and H. H. SYKES: Safe Carryng Capacty of Wres. C. GARRSON and M. WV. GREER: Varaton of Stray Power n Edson Dynamo wth Varaton of Load. W. MOSSMAN: Conductvty of Commercal Wres. G. H. K. OXFORD and W. 1. PALMER: Characterstc of Edson Machne, and Varaton of Potental around Commutator. T. SPENCER and F. T. SNYDER: Commercal Test of Malden Electrc Lght Staton. H. P. SPAULDNG and L. C. WVASON: Effcency Test of Thomson--ouston Alternater by Ar Calormeter Method. G. H. SPOONER and G. M. WARNER: Characterstc of Weston Dynamo n Engneerng Buldng. H. H. WVATr and C. W. RCKER: To Dscover the Method of Vbraton of Telephone Daphrams. F. S. VEL and T. V. BOLAN: Effcency of Transformers. J. F. WHTE and H. H. ENSWORTH: nverse Electromotve Force of Electrc Arc.

13 TH TED TECH 145 The Athletc Meetng held n the Armory of the Frst Regment, on Saturday, February 4th, was n many respects a success. The breakng of the world's record n the runnng hgh-jump by G. R. Fearng was a notable event, and excted much nterest. t was a noteworthy fact that n nearly every event the scratch men faled to get a place. Several Tech. men made a credtable showng. The Board of Managers of the Amateur Athletc Unon met at the B. A. A. club house on February 4 th, and admtted sx clubs to membershp. The L. A. W. Offcers met n Washngton on February 6th; they represented 8,3 wheelmen. The membershp has been ncreased durng the last year by 5,7o; there are at present 44 women members. The Conventon favored the creaton by Congress of a natonal hghway commsson. Representatves of Yale and Harvard met n New London on February 4 th, to dscuss the condtons whch shall govern the race on the Thames next June, f t s decded to row over that course. The representatves of both unverstes are of the opnon that f the races are n future to be rowed on the Thames, the authortes of New London should do somethng to lghten the expenses of the crews. The Harvard Freshmllen Crew wll take no acton on the Yale challenge untl Columba has been heard from. f Columba accepts Harvard's challenge, a race between all three crews wll probably be arranged; otherwse, Yale and Harvard wll race. The followng s.the order of events for the wnter athletc meetngs at Harvard: Saturday, March 2st-Puttng the 6-pound shot; fnals n heavy, mddle, and lght weght wrestlng; heavy, mddle, and lght weght sparrng; fence vault. Saturday, March 28th -- Sem-fnals and fnals n fencng and broadswords; runnng hgh jump; ro-yard dash; feather and bantam weght sparrng; horzontal bar. The prelmnares n wrestlng and fencng wll be decded before the meetng. The boxers and wrestlers wll be classed as follows: Heavy weghts, over 6o; mddle weghts, between 6o and 4o; lght weghts, between 40 and 25; feather weghts, between 25 and 115; bantam weghts, under 5 The followng commttee has been apponted to represent Harvard at the ntercollegate Athletc Assocaton meetng n New York, February 28th: E. C. Moen, Lee, and Hunt. Ths meetng wll be mportant, as some mportant questons concernng the Mott Haven programme wll be dscussed. At a meetng of the Natonal Lawn Tenns Assocaton n New York, Saturday, an amateur was defned. Dr. James Dwght of Boston was elected to the Executve Commttee. The Eastern champonshp wll be held on Staten sland, and the Western n Chcago. The champonshp of the Unted States wll be played for at Newport. The Harvard Assocaton s to be allowed to take part n the ntercollegate Assocaton games n New York, n May, 89. Ths matter has been under dscusson for some tme, as t s one of the rules that Harvard should not compete n athletc games outsde of New England. t s thought that the commttee took ths acton at the solctaton of the graduate advsory commttee. Canddates for the Prnceton ball team have gone nto actve practce. There are about twenty n all. A number of the canddates were members of last year's team.

14 r THlE TEFCH. TEMPORA MUTANTUR. Long years ago n Moses' tme, When people were troubled wth woes, They tore ther har, and n ther gref They savagely rent ther clothes. And so t s n college now XWhen students are troubled wth woes, They tear no har, but n ther gref They savagely rent ther clothes. - Wllams Weekly. A CONFESSON. The engneer lay dyng, Fast ebbed hs lfe away; The hero that had saved us all, Had met hs fate that day. Tenderlv bendng o'er hm, 'Was an aged, whte-robed prest, And he told to the wonderng lstener, The story of the East; And of Hm who had ded to save us, Then he read the commandments all; But the dyng man nterrupted, Wth a feeble, murmurng call: " never took any human lfe, Nor them other commandments whch "- Here he paused, "But 've often run over The frogs at a ralroad swtch." -Lafayette. A GULTY CONSCENCE. " found you out last Sunday nght," Mss Ethel sad. Mss Grace turned red, And grew confused. "You saw us then- should say me, How could you see? But Jack was merely helpng- me to wnd some brad That had made." Mss Ethel smled. "No; you were out. came to call." 'Oh, was that all?" -Brunonan. REASON ENOUGH. " wonder how these letters here, Became so damp and wet." "What are they, Jack?" "Oh, mostly blls haven't pad as yet." The answer's plan, guess, old man," Sad Fred, wth sudden wt, Because there's so much due on them, Must be the cause of t." -Yale Record. GRACOUS! Wth tremblng steps to the mnster's door, At a nervously quckened pace, Came the deacon's son, as many before, To earnestly pray for grace. Well, the parson was pleased at the youth's desre, And made ready the holy water; But the youth declared hs am was hgher- Hs Grace was the mnster's daughter!-unt. R. S. V. P. Now what n thunder could say? t happened somewhat n ths way: t Was the frst call had made, And yet she ddn't seem afrad To st besde me n a nook And gaze upon a pcture book. And so some mpulse made me haste To slp my arm around her wast. She seemed to lke t pretty well, Just how and why couldn't tell. lbut soon she brushed asde a curl And sad, " 'll bet no other grl, When frst you called upon the mss, Has ever acted just lke ths." smled, and tred to look qute gay, But what n thunder could say? -Brunontan. STLL THE SAME. T pressed her to my throbbng heart, swore no power on earth should part Our lves; our love tme should not kll. Wth oft reterated vow sad that as loved her now, When we grew old, 'd love her stll. The years have passed, and now my wfe. Whom once loved as my own lfe, Has all accordng to her wll. She rules. The accents of her voce Gve me no reason to rejoce. sgh, " Oh how 'd love her stll " - Bowzvdon Orent. A CHOCE OF VORDS. "A pleasant evenng," sad her beau, Stll lngerng at the gate; (She wondered why he dd not go) The hour was gettng late. "Msuse of terms," she sudden cred, And vanshed from hs sght, Whle from the hallway's dark recess Came, " should say good-nght." -Dartmouoth Lt. CUT. Though Csar was a wld young man, And many frolcs led, He stood well n socety Tll Brutus cut hm dead.-brunonan. L;z a,,t F.r