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...economic affairs for the State Department, became a vocal and effective champion of freer trade. Traveling thousands of miles in 28 months, Waugh helped write the GATT agreements in Geneva, campaigned for Japan's admission and finally won. Back home, Waugh carried much of the Administration's load during the congressional hearing on renewal of the Trade Agreements Act, had the satisfaction of seeing it go through after a hard fight...
...prototype of even better computers that will be capable of running entire factories. Tomorrow's great brain will start up machinery, feed in raw materials, switch from one product to the next as orders come in, convey parts to assembly lines, put them together, inspect, box, band and load finished products into freight cars and trucks...
...Biology. This faculty group pointed out that if students were forced out of Biochem, more than half would probably go into Biology, thus overcrowding the present advisory system in the Biology Department. At present, most members of the Biology Department have about 15 students each, and a further load would seriously burden the advisers...
Largely because of this attitude, the alumnus feels that he is considered as an individual, not a sum of money. It makes him more ready to accept the fact that grants of large corporations cannot alone support the College and that he must do his share to carry the load. Thus, although the 1955 fund ended in December, and the 1956 drive does not begin until April, 230 graduates have already mailed in $30,000 without being solicited...
...occasionally the pressures of his academic load lead the Tech student to release himself in a more spectacular manner. Last May, for example, a water fight broke out between two fraternities and broke out between two fraternities and ended up in a riot. A District Judge, almost hit by a water bomb, called the police, and before the excitement was over 47 M.I.T. men had been arrested...