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1 Contnuous * MT News Servce Cambrdge Snce Nes 1881 S,ce,: at Massachusetts Volume 98, Nurmber 4:4 : Frday, October l > r; -1r l {g B 10/ rne ecn - 1 '7Q T ]N:S 1DE1= The Boston Symphony Orchestra began lastweekend what looks-'lke another fne wnter season --_--p6 The Boys from Brazl, a new move starrng Gregory Peck and aurence Olver, deals wth clonng and Nazsm n a fashon that s sure to be rememnbered when the Academy Awards roll around 7 The MT Women's Rugby Team contnues undefeated wth a te n the- thrd match of the season ---- Ị [ WEATHER --- txcerpts ',, "A lot of students are confdent that these By Kent Ptman, The Commttee on Educatonal Polcy (CEP)wll "strongly support theeffort ofthe Gradng Commttee to mprove the clarty and qualty of gradng but notsupport the actual proposals" at the upcomng fac'lty meetng, proposals wll be beaten and that they don't have to nvolve themselves n t " br~~~~~~~---~~~~~ - ~~OaS-a u0 -a- -~~dpy~c~-~ AAD ra l ^~ ~~~~~- ' -' ', :, - ' -',Z-,, '' - : :~ ":, :,, : : f ', ton, the frst proposal, the Vote was more dvded, but by a majorty vote t was decded that the CEP would "not support" ths moton ether The CEP wll recommend that the grade defntons suggested by the Gradng Commttee be trun- '79, the meetngs organzers -Hakala explaned that hundreds of posters had been dstrbuted about the campus advertsng the event "Maybe the ran had somethng to do wth t but 'm really dsapponted" He expressed hs belef that, "A lot of students are confdent that these proposals wll be beaten and that they don't have to nvolve themselves n t" Thngs are not that sure, Hakala emphaszed He sad that he had talked wth many faculty members last year who had been ons of 40 students learn dsco dance rn tents every we asses sponsored by the Ballroom Dance C!ub Kelley Gam- presdent,;' p!ans to schedule classes next term (Photo ble the clhub's by Robert Nathanel) decded to oppose t snce the students were so strongly opposed to the changes Student opposton to the gradng proposal changes s about 90 percent accordng to a survey taken at the end of last year Hakala ponted out that students ths year have been very apathetc toward such ssues, and that f ths trend contnues, the gradng proposal changes could pass vrtually unchallenged The faculty wll vote on the gradng proposals on Wednesday, October 18 at 3:15pm Any Olse,,, A,tl, T N,4 :+ unsure ot wnemher or not to vote memnoe o tne v comunhhty Professor Robert Hulszer told cated after the frst short descrp- unue or wnener or no to vote The Techt yesterday ton, resultng as smply: "excep n favor of the new gradng may attend that meetng as an The Gradng Commttee's toposals, obsod erfomanver and had fnally proposals for the changes n the "good performance," "adequate gradng practces at MT was a performance,' and "mnmally key topc of dscusson at yester- acceptable performance day's CEP-meetng Rossn commented that he felt Accordng to student CEP a sense of compasson among the " l member Bran Rossn '79, there CEP members for all the hard was an overwhelmng majorty of work done by the Gradng Comthe members n favor of a moton mttee n the last year, and that that the CEP "not support" the ths mght have nduced a certan second proposal of the commttee amount of reluctance n the CEP whch would place grade dstrbu- about rejectng all of ther tons by subject on students' proposals grade reports, and there was The UA Student Partcpaton smtla'rsuppor for a moton to n nsttute Affars (SPA) Cornm- "oppose" the thrd proposal mttee held a meetng Wednesday whch dealt wth the placement of to dscuss these same ssues, cumulatve-grade dstrbutons on however-only 12 students 1 showed On the ssue of grade redefn- AlfredGeller'79andJohn Hakala tt the gradcard a Geller nvda ohn Haka S - Proen w ork awad Generally: dsmal weather n store for Carrbrdge " t o day ' : Mostly cloudy wth scattered thunderstorms embedded n a wde area of lghter ran Hghs By J G Harrngton transfer RNA, wth great accuracy Schmmel studed how decded that he would rather get a months of medcal school he today n the upper 50's Clearng tonght wth a low near 49 of bochemstry and bophyses, these molecules, whch he PhD After dong some post- Dr Paul Schmmel, a professor For Saturday, just a few receved the Pfzer Award n Enzyme Chemstry at the annual ferentatng between transfer physcal chemstry, he came to descrbed as "wzards" at dfdoctoral theoretcal work n lngerng clouds wth northerly wnds and cool temperatures- meetng of the Amercan RNAs, bnd to these RNAs, and MT to brng a more molecular Hghs Saturday only n the Chemcal Socety on September whch parts of the RNAs they approach to bochemstry He mddle 50's Cool Saturday 12 for hs research n proten synthess The award s gven for out- Schmmel started hs work on thess to be one wth oppor- sensed n order to recognze them found the area of proten syn- nght wth lows n the md 40's For Sunday, far and cool standng research accomplshments by a bochemst under forty and moved on to the recognton as one n whch he could appl'y a the correcton apparatus n 1969, tuntes for basc research, as well Hghs n the 50's, lows near 40 Ran probablty near 100% today, 50% tonght, 20% Satur- n an ntervew, Schmmel ex- recognton contnues now, along Schmmel sad he was surprsed years of age problem n 1972 Hs work on more molecular approach day and 0% Sunday planed that the award was really wth research n other areas to hear he had won the award He --Y~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ gven for two separate ac- When asked how he got n- explaned that when he receved a n juxtaposton wth ths - report on unonzaton was the organc chemstry class story n-ths partcular organc class the students had the rght to select when the exams would be scheduled, as long as they scheduled three allowng for the semester's materal to be completely covered complshments, both n proten synthess The frst area of research concerned mechansms certan enzymes use to correct mstakes n proten synthess Schmmel's team publshed the basc papers n ths area, and then moved on to the second area, the problemn of recognton He explaned that some protens have the ablty to dstngush between dfferent types of one nuclec acd, t was not untl late n the 5 semester, around mdway,anc through, that someone made a!x ~moton to schedule an exam By Mchael Tavss ] : 4 ~ Heated dscusson ensued durng whch allances were "f stayn' alve means geltn' hc~ ~ formed and stands on the ssue downn then gettn' down s where were determned by class -'m at!" So spoke Zonker Harrs, (-acadtemc not economc) one of the Doonesbury crowd, as schedules The decson was he mae hs way to the famed ~l> put off-many tmes forflmsy Studo 54 n New York Cty to reasons, and the frst exam has strut hs stuff Zonker s not the ~ ~ yet to be scheduled only one by far who has caught At one pont durng the booge fever f the popularty of l_:~ ~ debates one woman suggested the moves Saturday Nght Fever to the professor that he set a and Grease means anythng at all, date for the exam because the several thousand people of all class could not come to an ages and all backgrounds have l agreement When you gve also caught the fever l people a democracy, they These thousands nclude more always want someone else to ~~~~~~~~~~~~than 250 students on the MT make he responded the decsons for them, campus who would lke to learn more about how to dsco Due to UMass such popular nterest the Ball- Collegan (P/ease turn to page 5) G adng proposal ppos ton seen splak _ A volved n ths work, Schmmel sad that after completng seven By enny Mat-tn Edtor's note: Ths s the second artcle n a three-part seres on MT Department Heads n ths artcle,'the department heads dscuss the specal characterstcs of phone call from the edtor of a journal he works on, he expected ther departments "The bg thng about our department s the emphass on fundamentals," stated Professor of Electrcal Engneerng and Computer Scence Gerald Wlson t to be about work for the journal, but to hs surprse t was about the award nstead Schmmrel also stated that the award, whch has been won by many who went on to receve Nobel przes, "would never have come to me wthout graduate students" He explaned that most of the actual work was done by graduate students Presently, Schmmel s engaged n gene regulaton research, as well as contnung hs recognton work He also teaches 564J (771J), a course n bophyscal chemstry Departanentapproaches related ns sco classes -,:, s:- -'' :,'-', ~-, '61, one of many department heads who have told Th2e Tech what they thnk sets ther departments apart from others Samuel Jay Keyser, Head of the Department of ngustcs and Phlosophy, called combnng lngustcs and phlosophy nto one department "a unque experment," and one that s workng extremely well "t's exactly the knd of vsonary move you mght fnd at a pace lke MT," he added "The merger s a very, very pleasant one" eaders n MT aeronautcs and astronautcs have tradtonally been leaders n the aerospace ndustry, noted Jack Kerrebrock, Head of the Department of Aeronautcs and Astronautcs Herbert Rchardson '53, Head of the Department of Mechancal Engneerng, recalled that the Engneerng nternshp Program grew, n a sense, out of a recommendaton made by hs department The program combnes (Please turn to page 3) cl4b- -- -c-c

2 - - -;- _ PAGE 2 'THE TECH- F-RDAY OCTOBER e~~~gll%~bblsp1p~ lagla~rd13 P~~11B~rl e --- M an u n * 4 - Moauntananerg *ox : Ma/oumtneerng' s a sls / of tmng as well as teh nque The wrong moment, lke the wrong method, ': ma ks the gap between ( amateur and' afconado So the key to successful mountaneerng s to choose the occasons wsely and well When, then, s t approprate to slowly laff ua the smootlh, refreshng mountans of Busch Beer? Celebratorns, of course, are both expected and excellent opportuntes to '!: test your -m-ountaneerng:- mettle ndeed, con major- -,_ holdays t s vrtually mandatory~or '~r ''% r~f to do so sfherng n m the fscal new ~ [~f~syehar o r: oom- memo-,ratng :Calvn C Cooldge's bonthday -~ '''e- "oor -throwr4 cauton to the wnd dutrng Take-AN-Sorghurn-To-un ch- :::: Week wthout the t beneft of BuschA A111: ' ; dsturbng$ pro~spect at best On the-! other hand, not :::,-"'~ every event nee be as sgnfcant as those outlnedabove :",_-, c--'-- '--'--' "c~-'`--~--- ' ~ ~/c ; s --''--Y'U SnJaU vctores lke exams passed, ': papers completed or classes: attended are equally : pleasu'res Of mountaneerng run the rsk of beng labeled socal cl'bers But such cheap shots awre to be gnored They axe the work of cyncs, nay-sayers and chronc malcontents Smlaxly, the-ambence of an athletc a;ternoon (eg -The Bg Game) s another deal moment Downrng the moutans elevats the morale of the fan and? hence, the team Therefore, f you cae at all about the outcome, -t s your duty to mountaneer When should one not enjqy-the nvgoraton of the mountans? Here, you'll be 'happy to learn, the lst s much brefer - Motuntneetng s - -" :- consdered ', declases 1" )'wth v /, dessert, Vmproper durng judcal proceed- :''ngs and just platn foolsh whle crop dustng around power lnes Otherwse, eas t hotheds he of the "r stes used to say, "Seze -, te tme!" acceptable " k Remember the ' mounta-neers motto: J- mnatrcula- [ ton s celebrato ', nterper-' - ' sorl relaton-; shps are also '~' meanng- 4%ful t'nes There are ' few thngs fner than : gtakng yor compan-,"', on n hand and head- ' : ':''ng for the mounta, transcendng the ho- -hum and hum-dn,n favor of a romantc "--'~ -R & Re Nathurally, couples who share the ' Mountaneerng s the scence and art of drnkng-buschthe term orgnates due to tle snowy, cy peas sported by the label outsde and perpetuates due to the coldnaturaj refreshng taste nsde (cf lessos 1, 2 and3) 'r -a - Dorft ust -reach for a ' C ;: beer Anheuser-Busch lnc St oues Mo Head for the mnountans ~~~~, t ~~~~ : - ',- ' ','_ '~ *' - k,,,~: ',,, r,,,,^"7-,,,2,,_,,;,;,,' -,-,f,,~,,, ;,,,,,,,,,

3 ~~B~a~ll~P~n~Ra~~ar~-~s~s~baa~~8~8~~-~h, MT students are enthusast (Contnued from page 1) room Dance Club s sponsorng a seres of dsco lessons whch are now beng gven each week n the Sala de Puerto Rco by dancng nstructor Randy Deats Kelly Gamble '79, presdent of the Ballroom Dance Club organzed the lessons " was approached by Tom Holton G wth the dea and we decded to gve t a try We had about 280 people VWorld e'llt~ao Pope pad respects - An estmated 100,000 people attended a funeral Mass for Pope John Paul on Wednesday outsde Sant Peter's Baslca n Vatcan Cty A closed conclave of 114 cardnals to elect a new Pope begns October 14 Nat-onal ERA makes progress - The 'US Senate rejected on Wednesday a proposal that would have allowed state legslatures to reverse ther votes on the proposed equal rghts amendment to the US Consttuton Further, the Senate was expected to jon the House today n approvng a 39-month extenson of the ratfcaton perod ERA would then need the support of three more states by June of 1982 to pass 700-page bll fals - The House klled a comprehensve US crmnal code revson oan Wednesday as many Representatves felt they had too lttle tme n the current sesson to debate the legslaton Senator Edward Kennedy, the bll's man sponsor, sad he would try to get t passed next year ocal show up at the open class," she sad "We took an exactly even class of 40 men and 40 women Next term Randy has sad that he would be perfectly wllng to teach more sectonsand even advanced sectons" Those 80 people, who were admtted on a frst come, frst served bass, are splt nto two sectons of 40 Democrat defects from camp -- Barbara Ackermann, defeated by Edward Kng n the Democratc prmary, has decded to support Republcan gubernatoral canddate Francs Hatch Jr Ackermann blamed dfferences n prncples and phlosophy of government between herself and Kng for -her Wednesday anrnouncement -- enny Martn _ ---- *- -- -C C_C Deats, who gves ntructon n ballroom, latn and dsco daneng, sad that "there are no formal qualfcatons for dsco, or any other type of dance nstructor 've been teachng ballroom dancng for fve years There s a real parallel between atn Amercan dances and dsco" He added that,the class s gong well, and that "people are pckng t up very quckly" The students are apparently havng fun whle they learn " thnk t s one of the most panless ways to learn to dance," z Moberg '80 sad "You can pck dsco up from a frend," she contnued, "but you don't learn all the movements and fner nuances ' X r-p- - -CC - C-! 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4 al-_ PAGE 4 THE TECH FRDAY, OCTOBER 6 19'78 - ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a10 ow Ts ;acronyms are letter perfect By 'Bob Wasserman t had been a hard nght for Jm, class of '80, and t was almost 3am when he drfted off to sleep Hs repose was not to be restful, though He soon began to dream "'ll never get ths problem done," thought Jm, "l guess should take t over to my TA and see what he can do for me " Jm walked over to the CAES buldng and approached the TA, who doubled as an RA "What's your grpe? the TA asked "1 can't solve ths problem here," Jm answered meekly "You're n EE&CS and you can't fgure ths out?" the TA growled Seeng Jm shake hs head negatvely, the TA went on "Well, what are E~~'/fl you n? ME? CE? MS&E?" E S"Anyway'" he contnued, Jl 'J~ "t's as easy as ABC You _ a just use the SAS theory, e, where F=-ma, eg, n the HOH molecule QED" _ -, "Wat, wat," pleaded Jm, "'m lost can't follow all the abbrevatons, and you stll haven't helped me wth No 2574b" " thought you were an A student, Jm," sad the TA "Well, maybe you should grnd t out on a PDP or an BM Why don't you go over to the PC rght now, or maybe talk t over wth the SPB and use the CTSS" Jm gasped " can't fgure out all the acronyms You're gvng me the run-around" "You've really got a serous problem, then," sad the TA "You better go over to the DSA offce" Fortunately, the TA ponted the way to Jm, who walked across obby 7 to the offce "Yes, can l help you?" a woman n the offce asked Jm "Oh, you're a freshman," she observed ncorrectly, "you want to go to the OFA, whch used to be the FAC" "No, no," answered Jm, " just "You're on the FC, then Aren't you n CA, or s t TEP, or TDC? Oh no, you're n the NRSA, aren't you?" she concluded "That doesn't matter," cred Jm, " just have a lttle queston" "Here's the DSA now," sad the woman, "'ll see f he wants to talk wth vou" Jm confusedly followed her n and sat down next to the -DSA "Hello, Jm," the man sad reassurngly, "t seems as f you've got a lttle problem here" The man thought further "Have you consdered gong nto the ESG? Or maybe the JYA program mght be just,thethng for you?" "Huh?" quered Jm "Well, anyway, AP s rght around the corner For the meantme, you should consder jonng one of the student actvtes They mght Just be the thng you need" Hmm, Jm thought, that mght be good Maybe somethng lke football or drama "You look nterested, Jm," the man observed "Great!! 'll get you n touch wth someone n the ASA rght away There are some really good extra-currcuars, lke APO, SCC, TCA, and even MTSFS" "Save me, save me," groaned Jm, " just want somethng smple can't'understand all the letters" "You problem s graver than thought" sad the man sternly, " better send you to the Charman of the CAP He'll know what to do wth a student who doesn't lke acronyms" Dazed, Jm fnally stumbled nto the offce of a scholarly man, though younger than he had magned "We here at the CAP empathze wth you, Jm We're tryng to clarfy the meanng of certan letters ourselves But acronyms are an Amercan way of lfe Why, such great men as FDR, JFK, and even BJ beleved n abbrevatons" "But, but, there's just too many of them can't follow any conversatons around here at all," complaned Jm "Jmmy, you'll have to accept these thngs You're not at any od college, lke UCA or RP, you know You are attendng M-4-1!!- "HTFP, HTFP, HTFP " muttered Jmmy under hs breath when he was suddenly shaken awake, "Jm, buddy, wake up, you must have had a nghtmare," sad hs roommate "Are you hungry? You slept through breakfast already, but can make you some lunch" "Wow, 'd love somethng to eat," repled the much-releved Jm, what've you got'?" "Alphabet soup," repled Jm's frend "No thanks," sad Jm, Edtor's Note: case you had troublejbflowng Jm's long abbrevated odysse), her's a glo'ssarm: ABC: (%sc hope ou y know these) A: frst-rate Al'O: Alpha P1h Omega Natonal Servce Fraternt y :\SA: Assocaton of Student Actvtes CA ES: Center far Advanced Engneerng Study CAP: Commtee on Academc Perforn~lln~e CE: Cvl Engneerng CTSS: Compatble Tme-Sharng System DSA: Dean or Student Alfars EE&CS: Electrcal Engneerng and Computer Scence eg: exempl gwta for example ESG: Expermental Study Group FAC: Freshman Advsory Councl FDR: Frankln Delano Roosevelt HOH: hydrogen hydroxde AP: ndependent Actvtes Perod BM: nternatonal Busness Machne e: d est that s FC: lhter-lraternty Councl PC: nformaton Processng Center JFK: John Ftzgerald Kennedy JYA: Junor Year Abroad BJ: kx'ndon Banes Johnson CA: ambda Ch Alpha ME: M echancal Engneerng N1TSFS: MT Scence Fcton Socety MS&E: Materals Scence and Engneerng NRSA: Non-Resdent Student Assocaton OFA:- Vlfce of Freshman Advsng 1P11: Programmed Data Processor Qt'D: quml erat delonsts'rtltadttm whch was to be dermonstratet RA: Research Assstant Rll: Rochester Polytechnc nsttute SAS: Sde-Angle-Sde SCC: Student (enter Commttee SPB: Student nformaton Processng Board TA: Teachng Assstant TCA: Technology Communty Assocaton TDC: Theta Delta Ch' TEP' Tau Enslon Ph UCA: Unversty of Calforna at os Angeles To the Edtor:! wsh to respond to Mr Wasserman's comments on the overcrowdng n the housng system am a sophomore My frst semester, had a double n East Campus My second semester, X had a sngle there Therefore, cannot really speak for those who lve n crowded rooms But thnk may speak for those who would have lked to come to MT, but were not admtted Many of them, and, 'would!gladly have lved n crowded condtons f t - meant that we could have the educaton and opportunty whch s here Therefore, Mr Rchardson s tobe prased for admttng as many students as possble f were lvng n a crowded room, could always go to the lbrary to study f my roommates parted or talked or played the rado, and kept me from sleepng, should be angry at them for ther rudeness, but not at Mr Rchardson for admttng me or them also wsh to respond to Mr Wasserman's asserton that MT can rase more money by admttng more students n my case, and, am sure, n very many cases, M T has lost a great deal of money n admttng me; should say, MT has spent a great deal n provdng me wth a very generous scholarshp and loan, and work opportunty at well above the mnmum wage, whch would probably be recevng f Soccer deserves better ess To the Edtor: was very dsapponted n The Techt's artcle of Frday, Sept 22 concernng our great wn over Harvard t was certanly one of the most outstandng varsty athletc team achevements n many years, yet t was presented as a routne one There were many outstandng performances n the game, but none were more crucal than goalkeeper Tom Smth's job n the goal Besdes 15 saves durng the game he made the play of the day stoppng a Harvard penalty kck wth 1:40 left to-play n the game (penalty shots arescored 90 percent of the tme!) However, there was no menton of ths feat n the artcle Walter Aless = wx 1sTuTsEE,,RAl?gOUrUTETR 8TRYNsae u FoR ElEA ERS, M T: oveo - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ p rather than antagonstc Robert Purngton 'Sl October 3, 1978 by 'Kent C Masseydd the same work elsewhere Ths s not to say that MT does not gan money, by admttng m ost students But t would take a far more careful examnaton Davd Schaller '78 - Charman Bob Wasserman '80 - Edtor-n-Chef Steven F Frann '80 - Managng Edtor ee ndqust '79 - Busness Manager Volume 98 Number 44 Frday, October 6, 1978 Thrd class postage pad at Boston, MA, Non-Proft Org Permt No The Tech s publshed twce a week durng the academc year (except durng MT vacatons), daly du-:ng September Orentaton, and once durng the-last week of July Please' send all correspondence to: PO Box 29, MT Branch Cambrdge, MA Offces at Room W20-483, -84 Massachusetts Avenue Cambrdge, MA Telephone: (617) 263-1Be41 SSN Advertsng, subscrpton, and typesettng rates avalable 1978 The Tech Prnted by' Charles Rver Publsdng, nc - arst, Soccer Coach of MT's fnances than that made by Mr Wasserman n hs comments to 'convnce me that tuton mones played a very mportant role n determnng the number of students to be admtted Rather than crtczng MT constantly for matters about whch understand very lttle, have fou6nd t better to work as hard-as l can to be worthy of the Paul Hubbard but worth t O,_ -honor and opportunty whch MT has afforded me Ths s not to say that MT s rght n everythng, or that most students should not be nterested n how MT s run Part of our responsblty here s the betterment of MT Mr Wasserman's concern for the comfort and welfare of hs fellow students certanly deserves our prase and recognton But our crtcsms should be well thought out and constructve, : t t c

5 pdlbb ' -' absaaapaqrblprsbq)8e8 W dlb V h- n (Contnued from page ) cademcs wth off-campus work xperence Head of the Department of lumantes Bruce Mazlsh em-,haszed that hs department mbraces a large number of dv- Oct 13 s tle last day for junors nd senors to change an electve to or rom pass-fal gradng Add Date: Oct 13 s the last day todd subjects to regstraton The Black Rose ecture Seres s,resentng Martha Acklesberg' and athy Parsons, speakng on 'Anarchsm and Femnsm," n room -150 on Oct 6 at 8pm Admsson S ree On Wed, Oct, at 8pm, :enbrdge Forum wll feature Profesor aurence Wyle, C Douglas Dlan Professor of the Cvlzaton of :rance n a publc dscusson on 'Nonverbal Communcaton," at the frst Parsh, 3 Church St, 2ambrdge The dscusson s open to he publc free of charge Senors n Electrcal Engneerng nd Computer Scence who wsh to pply for graduate work n thatlepartment n 1979 have already been sked to submt ther graduate apdcatons by Nov 1 Senors n other lepartments who plan to apply for dmsson durng 1979 are urged also o apply by Nov 1 Applcatons may e pcked up n rooms and 3-03 Preapplcatons for NSF Graduate :ellowshps are avalable n the 3raduate School Offce, room "U lummomm You Never ooked So Good RDNG APPARE, NC 292 Boylston St, Boston, Ma Telephone: (617) ' ercou 1--o -ow e, nnaor sons whch are separated at other nsttutons, ncludng hstory, lterature, musc, and anthropology He also mentoned that t has no graduate dvson The Psychology Department, on the other hand, awards no un _ l-- r-- r-- -, _ - s- - -QSs C- - The deadlne for fnal applcatons s Nov 30 * Representatves from the Peace Corps and Volunteec, n Servce To Amerca (VSTA) wll be on campus next Wed, Oct 11, to meet wth MT students, nterested students may sgn up for personal ntervews that day, from 9am to 5pm, at the Offce of Career Gudance and Placement, room Students should pck up and fll out an applcaton before ther ntervew H _EuMM~- E M -] Bostors hghest form of entertanment costs less than a move t's the Hancock Tower Observatory located 740 feet above the ground, atop the tallest buldng n New England And from here you can see and feel the total Boston experence Wth 60 mles of breathtakng scenery, t's the most fantastc vew of Bosfon there-s Especally at nght Plus you'll see mult-meda exhbts lke an exctng lght and sound show about the Revoluton, featurng a 20- foot scale model of Boston n 1775 The Observatory s open Monday dergraduate degree, although t offers undergraduate classes Rchard Held, Head of the Department of Psychology, explaned, "Gven the complexon of MT students, t has not made sense for us to have an un- -p J~_-_ dergraduate degree" Frank Perkns '55, Head of the Department of Cvl Engneerng, ponted out that hs branch of engneerng s not drven by technologcal change as fast as others, and that t deals more wth socal ssues, makng t closely related to several less techncal felds He sad, "We have always consdered our currculum to be a partcularly valuable one, not only for cvl engneerng but for other dscplnes such as busness and law" Perkns sngled out economcs and lsted archtecture, urban ' '" -Now what? You can work 9 to 5 for the man, or you can work fulltme for manknd The PEACE CORPS and-vsta offer you a real alternatve that could be the most rewardng experence of your lfe n the PEACE CORPS you can go where your sklls and tranng are needed You can lve n a new land, speak a new language, and be adopted by a new people VSTA offers you the opportunty to help people rght here n ths country, whether t's n the troubled ghetto, the mountans of Appalacha, or n your owncommunty f you want to do somethng realty mportant, consder the PEACE CORPS or VSTA because you CAN make all the dfference n the world To fnd out more about the opportuntes awatng you n the PEACE CORPS or VSTA, Speak wth representatves Wednesday, October 11, 9am to 6pmr at Buldng 12, Room 170 or call: (212) We'll show you how to use that dploma through Saturday from 9am to 11pm and Sundays from noon tll 11pm, every day except Thanksgvng and Chrstmas Admsson for students wth a college D s only $125 You'll fnd our tcket offce on St James Avenue opposte Copley Square So next tme you spend a nght on the town, vst Boston's hghest spot t's not only less expensve than a move t's lve Joh Hancock Obserta tory n The-Best Place to See Boston FRDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1978 THE TECH PAGE 5 plannng, and, to a lesser extent, management and poltcal scence as playng roles n cvl engneerng The department encourages a double major for those who can carry t, he sad " don't know how other departments feel about t, but we encourage t very strongly" EE, Materal Scences & Physcs Majors WATCH FOR THE HUGHES RECRUTER VSTNG YOUR CAMPUS SOON Contact your placement offce for ntervew dates HUGHES Cseatng a new world wth electroncs AN EQUA OPPORTUNTY EMPOYER M/F THE UA NEWS On Thursday October 12, 1978 the General Assembly wll meet n Room 400 of the Student Center at 7pm Untl 8pm, members of the Ad Hoc Commttee on Advsng wll be present n an effort to gather the necessary student nput for the upcomng study/revew of advsng and counselng at MT Members of the Commttee on Educaton Polcy wll be present from 8pm to dscuss some of the current ssues facng the CEP and the student body f you have any nterest n the actvtes of ether of these commttees t s mportant that you or your GA representatve be present n addton a report wll be presented about a recent meetng held at Boston Unversty to dscuss cooperatve ventures among eleven colleges present, as well as lobbyng nterests related to the Tuton Advance Fund (a fnancal ad bll comng before Congress n the near future) ~~c ~c ~~e ~: f you have any questons or would lke to help wth some ongong projects or would lke to start one of your own, contact your GA representatve or call Barry Newman or Tm Morgenthaler at x Make your voce heard! z 4X Get nvolved! You Never ooked So Good USE YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU BUY A HAT! RDNG APPARE, NC 292 Boylston St, Boston, Ma Telephone: (617) P~sl~sBBY _ ~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :: -t, :: e ' nos ''" ; fvk~~~e 'T~ _ t J

6 PAGE 6 TE TEC FRDAY, OCTOBERG, PAGE 6 THE TECH FRDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1978 rmrsas lwplpllaarala4;raaa 0 f s~~~~~~~~~~~~d By Joel West The Boston Symphony Orchestra s one of the world's fnest orchestras, arguably the best on ths contnent n the openng concerts of ther 98th season, performed last weekend at Symphony Hall, the BSO lved up to ts reputaton The program was typcal of the fare offered durng the symphony's 22-week wnter season; one lght openng pece, one post-world War composton, and one romantc warhorse from the concert lterature n ths case, the peces were JC Bach's Symphony n E for double orchestra, A Symphony of Three Orchestras by Ellot Carter, and Brahms' Pano Concerto No 2; featurng panst -Peter Serkn The Bach was wrtten n the 1770's whle JS Bach's eldest son was n ondon Ths work s that of a mature JC Bach, contemporary wth some of Mozart's earler work t s scored for wo strng orchestras, the frst accompaned by oboes, horns and bassoons, the second joned by two flutes The work, as played by the BSO, rests on BSO opens season wth Bach, BrahmVs Klaver the strength of the strngs The BSO has axn excellent strng secton, and ths pecee served as a showcase for ther ablty tc play wth unty and clarty The choce of the pece tself seems nap proprate; perhaps the management or conductor/musc drector Sej Ozawa hmself feels that he should conduct 7th and 18th1 century musc to mantan hs credentals nf the muscal world However, the 60-odd strng players totally overwhelmed the 2 flutes, 2 oboes and harpschord durng the tutt passages, allowngthe wnds to be heard dstnctly only when the strng s exhbted great self-restrant durng a few wnd solos And there s no wvay that the 17 Voln l's could smultaneously execute a trll wth the precson of 8 or 10 equally talented volnsts Ellot Carter (1908-), a student of Walter Pston and Nada Boulanger, has to rank as one of ths country's best-known lvng composers Best known for hs Strng Quartet No 1, Carter was one of sx composers commssoned n 1976 by the Natonal Endowment for the Arts to Wrte ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,U1 lb C-- ~ '1- la~1l~-an -, '1 -- lac ~ F ~_! f r d! < - - ^lj~f ~~~~~~~~~~~~~- " S k~~~~ewt works for the New York, Boston, Phladelpha, Cleveland, Chcago, and os Angeles orchestras ke most twenteth century composers, Carter makes lberal use of percusson - vbraphone, chmes, xylophone, marmaba, anvl, tam-tams, and trangle are but a few of the varous nstruments played by the three percussonsts The performance of such a contemporary work-must be crtczed sde-by-sde wth the work tself Begnnng wth the sheen of the hgh volns,, Carter shows hmself a master of orchestral texture and color However, n terms of structure and form, Carter's pece left the audence desrng somethng more easly comprehended; ther restlessness durng the pece was followed by polte applause Emanuel Borok, the assstant concertmaster, was gven the opportunty to dsplay hs fne talents durng several solo passages wrtten for the prncpal volnst of Orchestra And, as usual, Sej Ozawa showed hmself to be one of -the most capable conductors of modern musc n the Brahms, the strng secton agan Grl Frends: A compellng study ~~~~~~~~~~~~~99 =A played wth remarkable clarty for ther sze Ozawa and the BSO do an excellent job wth Brahm's symphonc works, as demonstrated last year wth Symphony No 3 and last weekend ' wth Pano Concerto No 2; one can hope that Deutsche Grammophon wll have them record the symphony cycle after the BSO's performance of the 4th ths year' Peter Serkn, the 31-year-old son of Rudolf Serkn, has receved frequent crtcal acclam srce hs debut 19'years ago at the Marlborough Musc Festval Hs' tender and senstve performance of the Brahms was excellent at tmes, notably at the openng of the fourth movement However, hs nterpretaton of he workseemed at odds wth Ozawa and thee orchestra durng most of the work, lackng the power and presence necessary for, the solost to mantan equal footng wth such awesome forces, The BSO contnues ts season ths after-- noon andtomorrow evenng wth the Faur6 Requem and Messaen's Tros Perttes turges Onlylther are Susan and Anne able to ~_@ G9rl Freds, a 'Wadrer Bros release; starrng Melane Mayrona, Anta Sknner, beco'me tre frernds, even more so than at El Wallach, and Chrstopher Guest; the flm's begnnng Accompanyng Susan's growth n produced and drected by Clauda Well;- now playng at the Sack P Alley theatre; maturty s a growth n personal confdence acheved va an rated PG equally rocky road Ths road takes her from photographng bar By Al Sanders mtzvahs and weddngs up to her frst dsplay of work, at a gallery When a young person s suddenly confronted wth the stuaton of havng to face Along the way, Susan gets nvolved wth the world alone for the frst tme, t s a several nterestng characters Among them frghtenng experence Several flms have are El Wallach as a fatherly rabb who explored ths topc, usually nvolvng proves to be anythng but a bedrock of young men fresh out of college, as n The emotonal securty, Amy Wrght, portrayng a spaced-out htchhker who becomes Graduate t was moves such as these that gave Susan's temporary 'roommate, and Clauda Well the nspraton for Grl Chrstopher Guest as a boyfrend of Frends Already acclamed as a producer Susan's whose' sense of humor helps make of documentares, she orgnally set out to up for hs self-centered tendences flm a 30-mnute short subject As she Grl Frends gets off to a rather dsjonted descrbed t, the dea was to make '"sort of start We see bts and pece s of Susan and a female equvalent to The Graduate" Anne's lfe together that create a mood However, after fourteen months of frantc shootng schedules and the contnual down acqures a contnuty that s more than tell a story Once the flm settles trauma of tryng to rase money, the project evolved nto a full-length feature was forced to stop due to lack of money remarkable consderng how often flmng Through even- more determnaton, she was f one must look for faults, any flaws n able to get a major dstrbutor, Warner the move would probably be found to Brothers, to pck t up stem more from ts low budget, than from Wth these nauspcous begnnngs, Grl any poor judgment on the producer's part -Fends -must have somethn gong for t, However, the lack of money was not '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~to acheve major release status t does, always a dsadvantage Often Well-was namely a very creatve flmmaker n' MS forced to reach way down nto her bag 6f ~~ell and some meor' blen performances creatve trcks comng up wth scenes havng much more mpact than more straght- ~~~~ 2 5 b y~~~~~~~~~~~~~~b some less than well-known actors,~~~p~~~ar~f~j~s-~~: ": Despte the domnance of women n the forward (and more expensve) ones would :j l~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~t~~flm, on bsoth sdes of the -camera, the flm have had shoulda not be thourght of--str~ctly as a Elements such as Melane Mayron's "woman's flm" Ths was not -the compellng performance n a demandng producer's ntent Grl Frends portrays role and the emotonal, close-knt emotons that both sexes can relate to screenplay more than make up for the lack :,*- ~~~~~~~~~The story revolves around Susan of vsual extravaganza that move goers Wenblatt (Melane Mlayron), a strugglng have become so used to these days Wth ]!- 7 photographer who s forced to lve alone the countless number of mult-mllon dollar turkeys of the past few years, t s r ':J--:for +3,; the frst tme n her lfe when her rooml P^B~a~ BC~a3~rr~~: ~ ; ~j j% - - ~: mate, Anne (Anta Sknner) decdes to get refreshng to fnd a low-budget'gem "R!- ','j~araa% l,, :<: ' a ' s ', marred Although outwardly happy for l - e '-:{':Anne, - -e~ : -- ; Susan somewhat selfshly feels betrayed by her ' lo -- ;-:~'~ ~:j : ~ ~: - - ;Such feelngs place a stran on ther ~~~~:~~~~~ ~ ~ ' ~ ~ wa-> ~~~, - ''srelatonshp crea ng a deep"r and de per : ; rft between them Susan comes to admre, - ; - ~- : :::,:: ~a -- '--, -"~ flmt othe securty of Annte's marre l f whle -,- h :'~:;~::'~:~'' ' "' ::<:* -' T Anne smlarly enves Susanls newfound n- *~30~ '' F+ v d e p e n d e n c e Susan Wenblatt (Melane Mayron) left to fed or-hersel wanders through NewYrk Cty'-' - : mnner Athoughts,- cty~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Durng a clmactc confrontaton ese nner thughts come comewhat out rtd sefhly thopeor fh'oeels ''2~"'rk The Tech's move ratng scale: Vexcellent ja very good a'~ good' ***SA fat"' - "poor- - : 1 _~~ Nthe'absolute pts

7 - - 1,1lle FRDAY OCTOBER THE TECH PAGE 7 _, m The Bovs (fromn Brazl) are back n town e The Boys From Brazl,-a Twenteth Tentury Fox release, starrng Gregory Peck, aurence Olver, James Mason, and ll Palmer; drected by Frankln J Schaffner; now playng at the Sack P Alley theatre; rated R By Davd Solo "A mystery melodrama wth scence fc- -tron thrown n," s how drector Frankln J Schaffner descrbes hs latest flrn, The Boys From Brazl More than that, t s an archetypal suspense flm n what may be hs best work to date, Schaffner has created a masterpece that allows the audence to mesh wth the characters at an ntmate level The flm s set n the present; a young nvestgator, Barry Kohler (Steven Guttenberg), dscovers that there s an uncharacterstcally large gatherng of Nazs n Paraguay The group s led by Aushwtz's "angel of death"--josef Mengele Mengele s protrayed by Gregory Peck as the eptome of evl, a fol for Sr aurence Olver's Ezra eberman Kohler learns that the group, a part of an nternatonal Naz organzaton, plans to kll 94 men around the world durng the next 21/2 years, cvl servants who are n "Or W JO' common denomnator - After learnng of the plan, Kohler contacts eberman, a famous Venna-based Naz hunter patterned after real-lfe counterpart Smon Wesenthal eberman s old; n hs late 60's he s no longer as actve as he once was, although hs mnd s as sharp as ever Skeptcal at frst, he s convnced when Kohler s cut off, klled by the Nazs who dscovered hs spyng Thus the flm s launched eberman has only the slghtest of clues and the smallest amount of money, yet he sets out, across several contnents, to resolve the mystery posed by the shreds of evdence he has collected Why do the Nazs want to kll 94 cvl servants? Ths s the puzzle eberman must solve durng the flm's fast-paced two hours Schaffner mantans the hgh level of exctement throughout the flm wthout resortng to graphc volence, thereby settng up the fnal encounter as especally vvd t s a flm that takes tself very serously; humor wll not be found n The Boys From Brazl Any laughter by the audence s nervous laughter resultng from the steadly ncreasng tenson n the characters, the fears of eberman, Mengele, and Sebert (James Mason), ther mddle 60's but who have no apparent : ~~~~~~~~~: another promnent Naz The hghlght of the flm s the characterzatons gven by some of the best actors n the ndustry Gregory Peck portrays a character that s the anththess of the usual Peck role n every speech, n every nuance, n every acton he radates evl Olver's eberman s a more complex character A Jew n hs late 60's who has been huntng Nazs snce WW wth varyng success, he s now n a state of declne, barely able to afford to lve Hs quest for Mengele s a fnal effort, a part of a desre to ext n a grand fnale Hs character s moderated wth a pragmatc vew of the world, exhbtng a mxture of wse old man and noted crmnologst The supportng roles are smoothly acted by a strong cast James Mason and ll Palmer (Esther eberman) create roles lyng between the extremes of eberman and Mengele The flm also marks the cooperaton of two men wth very successful backgrounds, Schaffner and novelst ra evn evn, author of The Stepford Wves and Rosemary's Baby, both adapted to successful flms, has had ths best sellng novel adapted to the screen n a verson he consders one of the truest adaptatons of hs work Schaffner, who won an academy - award for Patton, has also drected slands n the Stream, Planet of the Apes, Papllon, Ncholas and Alexandra, and several other moves As he s consdered one of the best drectors n the feld, The Boys From Brazl may earn Schaffner another Oscar n combnng two controversal topcs, evn and Schaffner have undertaken and met the challenge of not lettng the controversal nature of the topcs overwhelm the plot Clonng occupes a central poston n the flm whch rases serous questons about the moralty of the process Nazsm s depcted as a problem that has not gone away, a problem that stll presents tself and wll contnue to do so unless socety s careful Overall, t s a techncally excellent pcture Every aspect of flm makng s executed wth a grace and precson that makes The Boys From Brazl an exceptonal work of art The same abltes that Schaffner used to make Patton such a strong, effectve flm are brought to an even sharper focus n ths flm Each member of the cast and crew contrbutes a specal talent that combnes to make ths not only a near perfect producton but a flm that s lkely to be promnent at Oscar tme next summer ' '" '-'"''' :: ' :::::,~:,~~~:!::: :- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :: ::: _, ' 2 Melane Mayron and Chrstopher Guest fnd love and togetherness as they both search for happness n "Grl Frends" c *- A - P-~~C~-~ C---~C-C~_ - 131b- - ~ 1~1 AROUND MT nformal Dance sponsored by the MT Ballroom Dance Clutb, Fr, Oct 6, 8-12prm n the Sala, admsson $1 For'nformaton call Ter Weston x or Kelly Gamble x Strat's Rat Frday, Oct 6 Musc and dancng all nght wth a lve DJ Admsson s free, wth beer, wne, and soda avalable for 35 cents a glass 8:30pm to lam n the Sala; MT or Wellesley D requred AT THE MOVES Anmal Farm Off The Wall wll present a feature length anmated verson of George Orwell's poltcal allegory from Oct 4-10 For program and prce nformaton call: Start The Revoluton Wthout Me, The SCC MdNte Move, Sat, Oct 7, Student Center Ths weekend's SC lneup: The Grapes Of Wrath (Classc Flm Seres) Fr, 7:30prn, Gone Wth The Wnd (Fr) 8:00pm only, Kresge Scence Fcton Double Feature: The Day T'he Earth Stood Stll (Sat) 6 & 9:30pm, The Tme emachne (Sat), 7:45 & : Spm, (Olver's) Hamlet (Sun) 6:30 & 10prn, N THEATRE Macbett, onesco's absurdst reworkng of Shakespeare, opens Oct 5 at the Boston Arts Group Theatre, 367 Boylston St Tckets are $450 & $400; showtmes are Thurs-Sat at 8pm and Sun at 3pm For nformaton call: Hamlet and As You ke t performed by the Boston Shakespeare Company, Oct 6 - Nov Hamlet runs on Thurs & Sat, As' You ke t runs Wed & Fr, both are at 7:30pm Tcket prces: $6, $5, $4; Wed & Thurs, $650, $550, $450; Fr & Sat The Boston Shakespeare Company Theatre s located at 300 Mass Ave For nformaton call: 2, '~00 N TOWN Jethro Tull at the Boston Garden Fr, Oct 6, 8pm Tckets $ $7 50 UK at the Orpheum, Sat, Oct 7, 8pm Tckets $650- $750 The Boston Musca Vva n concert Tues, Oct 10 The program conssts of Bartok's Contrasts, Tme Cycle by ucas Foss, The Vola n My (f/ by Morton Feldman, and Alarums And Excursons by Joyce Mekeel The concert wll take place at the ongy School of Musc, Follen St,'Cambrdge, at 8:30pm Tckets $5 For nformaton call: HARVARD BUSNESS SCHOO Extenson! Must Close October 22 Tckets On Sale Today %glks Kp ('l rnassl o Dream') PERFORMANCE SCHEDUE: Tues Wed Thurs & Fr Evgs at 8 PM Sat at 2 &8 PM:Sun at 2 & 7:30 PM Saturday Matees Only: John Reardon star of the Metropoltan Opera ll play the role of oa Quxote Rchard Aley plays all Sunday Matnees THEATRE-CHARGF _(617) Tets also at TCKET Group Saes: 4H-AG -MUSC HA - %98 < a_ * MBA PROGRAM An Admssons Representatve from Harvard Graduate School of Busness Admnstraton wll be on campus Thursday, October 12, 1978 to meet wth students nterested n the two-year MBA program Contact the C:areer Plannng and Placement Center for more detals and to sgn up for an nformaton sesson Harvard Busness School s commtted to the prncple of equal educatonal opportunty and evaluates canddates wthout regard to race, sex, creed, natonal orgn or handcap 11-- ; qal -1 W _ * EE Materal Scences & Physcs Majors DON'T MSS TAKNG TO THE HUGHES RECRUTER VSTNG YOUR CAMPUS SOOSN Contact your placement offce for ntervew dates r "HUGES: CreafQ 7 a new wodd wth electroncs AN EQUA OPPORTUNTY EMPOYER M/F,

8 _ C1 r',- _- -- r MMl PAGE 8 THE TECH FRDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1978 We rugby begns wth roar An 8-8 te n the thrd match of the season aganst Brown has brought the Women's Rugby Club's record to The Engneers have already brought homrne a shut-out n the season opener and an upset vctory aganst an experenced Boston club, showng ther potental to be one of the strongest teams n New England Scrum-half Barbara Kastng quckly converted a penalty play from three yards out nto Tech's frst score n the game aganst Brown MT mantaned ther lead throughtout the frst half, but an nspred Brown came back early n the second half to te the score at 4-4 Kastng put Tech once more n the lead when she grabbed the ball from a fve-yard scrum and dashed across the goal lne before Brown could set up an adequate defense MT held ther 8-4 lead untl the closng mnutes of the second half when Brown's outsde center broke free and ted the gamne at 8-all, ts fnal score The club had opened ts fall season wth a 12-0 vctory over Senna College n Albany, New York Both teams had trouble gettng organzed for ther season opener, and nether team scored durng the frst half of the game Durng the second half, however, the MT ruggers began to settle down Tech's frst score resulted from a drve down feld by the MT backs that Senna fnally stopped on the ten-yard lne Recoverng the ball from the serum, Captan Bonne Cepko G crossed the goal lne for the try, sportn and aure Spllane's converson kck gave MT a 6-0 lead Not to be outdone, the MT forwards drove upfeld to set up Tech's second score of the day n a serum down on the one-yard lne, the Tech scrum pushed Senna off the ball, and Cepko touched t down for four more ponts, The converson kck was agan successful and MT mantaned ts 12-0 lead for the remander of the game n a scrmmage aganst veteran Beantown's Women's Rugby Club from Boston, MT agan came out on top, defeatng a surprsed Beantown 6-4 Beantown scored frst on a long run by ther fly-half, but Tech came back to te the game at 4-all when nsdecenter Nancy Breen '80 crashed through three defenders to cross - -C---~lsl - e --- ~ ~sa~--- ~- = ' -race C- sports~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~a - Unted Methodst Church attempt was good, and Tech's defensve play kept Beantown at bay for the rest of the game *k* * * Women nterested n playng rugby at MT are nvted to jon the team at any-practce, Mon, Wed, or Fr from 5 untl 7pm at Brggs Feld N2o tnme to wrte the goal lne MT's converson,j _,, t 16 l - EE, Ma 56 Magazne St (Central Square) Sunday Worshp 11:00 Welcome ' Sences & Phycs Majors BEF ORE YOU PCK UP YOUR DEGREE, PCK OUR NTERVEW Contact your placement offce for ntervew dates home?sen them HUGHES 'Th nstea d,! -- Cnt"g a new mvd wth e/tmnw J AN EQUA OPPOMMNTY EMPOYER- M/F 101 Wo - Varsty ce Hockey wll have a preseason organzatonal meetng Thurs Oct 12 at 5:30prn on the fourth floor of the student center Graduate students art, elgble ce practce starts Oct 16 Messages may be left n the Athletc Headquarters for Tom Staglano or Wayne Pecknpld at x The M T Nautcal Assocaton needs salng card holders to help nmake some mportant decsons A general meetng wll be held on Tues Oct17 at 6pmo n the Shore School of the Salng Pavlon All salng card holders are urged to attend classfed advert sn For Sale: Panasonc all-n-one turntable, AM/FM rado and cassette recorder wth speakers Sold for $300 new - wll sell for $125 Call and leave phone number Rentng exquste new exngton home furnshed or unfurnshed 10 rooms 4 bedrooms 2 baths freplace large modern ktchen, garage prces and condtons negotable excellent opportunty for gracefut lvng close to Cambrdge Call Dr Astur g r-, p~ l You Never odked So Good!,~-'~, ~, BOOTMAKERS SNCE 1863 Now that you have an engneerng degee, we would lke to offer you an engneerng career Our busness s exclusvely professonal engneerng wth specalzaton n projects for the electrc power ndustry The opportuntes n ths feld for the graduate who truly wants an engneerng career are sgnfcant excellence and advanced desgn technques to fulfll ts requrements For the magnatve and energetc engneer ours s a vable atmosphere n whch to work We have a contnuous need for graduates wth bachelor and advanced degrees n each of the mechancal, electrcal, structural and nuclear dscplnes f an engneerng career s your plan, we would lke to talk wth you Please Our company' representatve - wll be on the MWT Campus October 17, 1978!~~~~~~~ SARGENT UNDY 1ENOWEEmR The power ndustry s the world's most mportant energy producng medum, and s a prmary source for solvng serous envronmental problems The magntude of contemporary power generaton and trans- 55 E Monroe St, Chcago, 6060: / ( 1 make an 'appontment through your R DNG APPARfE NC 292 Boylston St Boston, la 021 t Telephone: (617) An equal opportunty employer r msson depends on engneerng placement offce to ntervew wth us N-1 -,, - ~ _ s-'1r; '-